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Agricultural Border Safeguard Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2629
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Animal diseases
Animals
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Livestock
Plant diseases
Plant protection
Science, Technology, Communications
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
 Agricultural Border Safeguard Protection Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act to repeal the transfer of agricultural import and entry inspection functions from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) develop agricultural import and entry procedures for inspections, monitoring, and auditing; (2) ensure that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has an electronic system with real-time tracking capability for monitoring, tracking, and reporting inspection activities; (3) develop and maintain an integrated, real-time communication system with respect to import and entry agricultural inspections to alert state agriculture departments about significant Service findings; and (4) establish the International Trade Inspection Advisory Committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program.

Bill: 110-hr-2636
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case management
Community health services
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Mental illness
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to adjust the minimum state allotments for Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness programs to be the greater of the amount otherwise received by the state for FY2006 or $600,000. (Current law sets forth a minimum allotment of $300,000 per state.) Provides that if the funds appropriated are insufficient for all states to receive the minimum allotment, then states shall receive no less than the amount they received in FY2006 with additional money spent to give states the minimum of $600,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2639
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coinsurance
Estates (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Physical education and training
Physical fitness
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions
Taxation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Promoting Health for Future Generations Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for contributions to health savings accounts (HSAs); (2) allow Medicare and veterans health care beneficiaries to establish and contribute to HSAs; (3) allow individuals age 50 or older (currently, age 55 or older) to make additional HSA contributions and to increase the allowable amount of such contributions; (4) treat Medicare supplemental insurance premiums as a tax deductible medical expense; (5) allow a new tax deduction for high deductible health plan premiums; (6) allow individual contributions to a Medicare Advantage medical savings account (MSA); (7) allow adult children of holders of HSAs and MSAs to inherit such accounts; and (8) allow MSA funds to be used for wellness and fitness programs.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow MSAs to provide preventive care without requiring a deductible for expenses related to such care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9191)
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7209)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6245)
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Marriage and Family Therapist Services Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Counseling
Families
Family services
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Medicare Marriage and Family Therapist Services Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of marriage and family therapist services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and for coverage of marriage and family therapist services provided in rural health clinics and hospice programs.
 
Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.
 
Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Initiative Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Correctional personnel
Corrections
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug testing
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Medical tests
Mental health services
Prison alternatives
Rehabilitation of criminals
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Judicial Initiative Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to train state juvenile justice system officers and employees regarding appropriate access to mental health and substance abuse treatment services for juveniles. 

Directs the Attorney General to make grants to partnerships between state and local juvenile justice and mental health agencies for programs to divert juveniles from incarceration and for mental health and substance abuse screening and treatment.

Establishes a Federal Coordinating Council on Criminalization of Juveniles to study and coordinate federal criminal and juvenile justice and mental health and substance abuse activities.

Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to require states seeking eligibility for violent offender incarceration grants to implement (or begin to implement), not later than January 1, 2008, a program of mental health screening and treatment for juvenile and other offenders during periods of incarceration and supervision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Services in Public Health Emergencies Act

Bill: 110-hr-2646
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Communication in medicine
Conferences
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health planning
Law
Legislation
Medical education
Mental health services
Public health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Mental Health Services in Public Health Emergencies Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to make grants to: (1) states and political subdivisions to provide mental health services in response to public health emergencies; and (2) states to develop statewide plans for providing such services and to train personnel to implement such plan effectively.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish the National Mental Health Crisis Response Technical Assistance Center to: (1) provide consultation and technical assistance to the Director and state and local governments on developing and implementing plans for providing mental health services in response to public health emergencies; (2) develop policy guidelines on mental health concerns related to crisis incidents and develop recommendations for proposed regulations and legislative proposals; (3) develop and conduct training events and conferences on mental health needs of disaster victims and witnesses; (4) serve as the principal clearinghouse for information concerning the mental health aspects of public health emergencies; and (5) provide onsite technical expertise during public health emergencies.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to award grants for the training of health professionals with respect to the treatment of individuals who are victims of disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Services Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2647
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Continuum of care
Corrections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disasters
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Juvenile delinquency
Mental health
Mental health services
Prison alternatives
Rehabilitation of criminals
School health programs
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Services Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support programs to promote mental health among all children and their families and to provide early intervention services to ameliorate identified mental health problems in children. Requires the Secretary to provide an equitable distribution of such grants by region. 
 
Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to award grants for programs that address the service needs of juveniles by requiring the state or local juvenile system, the mental health system, and the substance abuse treatment system to work collectively to ensure: (1) the appropriate diversion of such juveniles from incarceration; (2) the provision of appropriate mental health and substance abuse services as an alternative to incarceration; and (3) the provision of follow-up services for juveniles who are discharged from the juvenile justice system.
 
Provides funding for the provision of emergency mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services to children who are directly affected by public health emergencies.
 
Allows the Secretary to award grants to enable eligible entities to increase the coordination and development of disaster preparedness efforts relating to the needs of children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in the deductible portion of expenses for business meals and entertainment.

Bill: 110-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Costs
Expense accounts
Income tax
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the income tax deduction for business meals and entertainment expenses from 50 to 75% of such expenses in calendar year 2007 and 80% in 2008 and thereafter.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Apalachicola River Ecosystem Act

Bill: 110-hr-2650
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alabama
Animals
Congressional reporting requirements
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Florida
Georgia
Habitat conservation
Navigation
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Rivers
Transportation and Public Works
Watersheds
Waterways

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Restore the Apalachicola River Ecosystem Act - Modifies the project for navigation, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, and the project for the West Point Reservoir, Chattahoochee River, Georgia, to: (1) deauthorize the channel between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Apalachicola to Jim Woodruff Dam near Chattahoochee; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the Apalachicola River basin with the goal of reestablishing the ecological integrity of the Apalachicola River basin ecosystem.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Generating Renewable Energy and Encouraging Novel Technologies Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2652
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Bonds
Cellulose
Coal
Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Electric appliances
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy facilities
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Ocean energy resources
Oil shales
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Generating Renewable Energy and Encouraging Novel Technologies Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to renewable energy and other energy-related tax incentives. 

Allows current year expensing for: (1) wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and ocean energy property used to produce electricity; (2) qualified fuel cell or microturbine property; (3) oil shale extraction and processing property; and (4) coal-to-liquid fuels process property.

 Extends eligibility for clean renewable energy bonds (CREBs) and the issuance authority for such bonds through 2018.

Extends through 2018: (1) the tax credit for investment in solar energy and qualified fuel cell property; (2) the income and excise tax credits for alcohol used as fuel and for alternative fuels; (3) the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property expenditures; and (4) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial building expenditures.

Extends through 2016 the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures and increases the amount of such credit.

Allows accelerated depreciation for electric transmission or distribution property.

Extends through 2017 the tax credit for using wind, solar, and geothermal resources to produce electricity.

Allows new tax credits for: (1) producing electricity from ocean energy; (2) investment in cellulosic biomass ethanol plant property; (3) investment in oil shale extraction and processing property; (4) diesel used as fuel; and (5) investment in a coal-to-liquid fuels project.

Revises tax credit amounts for certain energy efficient appliances (e.g., dishwashers, refrigerators) produced after 2007.

Extends through 2040 the tax credit for producing electricity from advanced nuclear power facilities and increases the amounts of such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for priority consideration for grade crossing safety improvements where there have been serious collisions.

Bill: 110-hr-2653
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Railroad safety
Road construction
Safety measures
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in providing assistance for projects to eliminate hazards of railway-highway crossings, to give priority consideration to emergency grade crossing safety improvements at railroad grade crossings where there have been multiple serious collisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House