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Iraq Troop Protection and Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-670
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Constitutions
Economic assistance
Energy
Ethnic relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Human rights
Insurgency
International cooperation
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Logistics
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military assistance
Military occupation
Military operations
Military strategy
Military training
Military withdrawal
Minorities
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Political participation
Political parties
President and foreign policy
Sovereignty
Terrorism
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Iraq Troop Protection and Reduction Act of 2007 - Prohibits, with a limited presidential national security waiver, U.S. military force levels in Iraq after the date of the enactment of this Act from exceeding such levels as of January 1, 2007. 
 
Prohibits appropriations for security and reconstruction assistance to the government of Iraq 90 days after enactment of this Act unless the President provides Congress with a specified certification respecting Iraq's: (1) security forces; (2) oil revenue distribution; (3) civil rights and political accommodation concerning its ethnic and sectarian groups; and (4) policy towards the participation of former Baath party members in the Iraqi government.
 
Terminates authority for the use of U.S. military forces in Iraq 90 days after enactment of this Act unless the use of such forces is specifically authorized by Congress in a statute enacted after enactment of this Act or the President provides Congress with a specified certification respecting: (1) U.S. redeployment and mission transition; (2) Iraq's security forces; (3) oil revenue distribution; (4) civil rights and political accommodation concerning Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups; (5) the participation of former Baath party members in the Iraqi government; and (6) the convening of an international conference on Iraq. States that the termination shall: (1) continue in effect if Congress enacts a joint resolution disapproving the President's certification; and (2) not be construed to prohibit the use of U.S. military forces in Iraq for force protection, force security, or similar purposes during the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq. 
 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to deploy U.S. military forces to Iraq unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that such forces are adequately equipped and trained for their missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act

Bill: 110-s-671
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Asian American ethnic groups
East Asia
Families
History
Immigrants
Naturalization
Philippines
Visas
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2179)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Community Renewable Energy Bonds Act

Bill: 110-s-672
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Bonds
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Geothermal resources
Hydroelectric power
Irrigation
Landfills
Methane
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Rural Community Renewable Energy Bonds Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt facility bonds to finance qualified renewable energy facilities (facilities using wind, biomass, solar power, hydropower and other renewable sources to produce electricity). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3733-3735)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2179)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Wind Energy Development Act

Bill: 110-s-673
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Rural Wind Energy Development Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for the installation of wind energy property; and (2) an accelerated depreciation allowance for such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3733-3735)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2179)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-675
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Closed caption television
Court reporting
Curricula
Disabled
Dislocated workers
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Law
Scholarships
Video tape recording
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make competitive grants to eligible entities to promote recruitment, training, and placement of individuals, including individuals who have completed a court reporting training program, as realtime writers providing closed captioning in video programming. Sets forth priorities in making grants. Limits grants to$1.5 million for a two-year period. Repeals this Act five years after funds are appropriated to carry it out.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: 
Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make competitive grants to court reporting systems meeting certain requirements to promote recruitment, training, and placement of individuals, including individuals who have completed a court reporting training program, as realtime writers providing closed captioning in video programming. Sets forth priorities in making grants. Limits each grant to$1.5 million for a two-year period.
 
(Sec. 4) Sets forth grant application requirements.
 
 (Sec. 5) Allows grant funds to be used for recruitment, scholarships, distance learning, developing and implementing both English and Spanish curricula, mentoring, encouraging individuals with disabilities to pursue a career in realtime writing, and employment of personnel for all those purposes.
 
(Sec. 6) Sets forth reporting requirements.
 
(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations. 
 
(Sec. 8) Repeals this Act five years after enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-138.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-138.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2180)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-677
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Child safety
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
School buildings
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: 
School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the placement and use of surveillance equipment in schools under the matching grant program for school security; (2) allow the use of grant funds to establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations and for making capital improvements to make school facilities more secure; (3) set the federal matching share of program costs at 80%; and (4) revise application requirements for school security grants.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate advisory school safety guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-678
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Airline passenger traffic
Commerce
Consumer protection
Potable water

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: 
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007 - Requires each air carrier, in the case of a delayed departure, to provide passengers with: (1) adequate food, potable water, and restroom facilities; and (2) an option to deplane, with exceptions, if more than three hours have elapsed, and during any subsequent three-hour periods of delay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1207.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2204-2205)
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year.

Bill: 110-s-679
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arab countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Border patrols
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Development credit institutions
Diplomacy
Economic assistance
Energy
Ethnic relations
Europe
European Union
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Insurgency
International cooperation
International relief
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislative resolutions
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military assistance
Military bases
Military occupation
Military operations
Military strategy
Military training
Military withdrawal
Minorities
NATO countries
Negotiations
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Political participation
Political parties
President and foreign policy
Presidential appointments
Regionalism (International organization)
Sovereignty
Summit diplomacy
Syria
Terrorism
Turkey
United Nations
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: 
Directs the President to: (1) complete the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq within one year of enactment of this Act; (2) change U.S. military priorities in Iraq to the training of Iraqi security forces; (3) condition U.S. political, military, and economic assistance to Iraq upon Iraq's meeting specified benchmarks; (4) maintain an over-the-horizon troop presence in the Middle East to prosecute the war on terror and protect regional security interests; (5) state publicly that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in Iraq; (6) work with Iraqi leaders to convene a diplomatic summit or a series of summits on Iraq; (7) establish an international support group for Iraq's stabilization; (8) establish a regional security alliance to strengthen U.S. allies in the Middle East; and (9) appoint a senior advisor for economic reconstruction in Iraq.
 
Declares that: (1) the purposes for the authorization of military force in Iraq under P.L. 107-243 (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002) have been accomplished; and (2) effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act the President shall be authorized to use military force in Iraq solely to implement the strategy provided for under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act respecting such strategy's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3016-3017)
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Bill: 110-s-681
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Interest
Law
Money laundering
Securities industry
Securities regulation
Standards
Tax administration
Tax consultants
Tax deductions
Tax evasion
Tax havens
Tax penalties
Tax returns
Tax shelters
Taxation of foreign income
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: 
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to tax shelter activities to: (1) establish legal presumptions against the validity of transactions involving offshore secrecy jurisdictions (i.e., foreign tax havens identified in this Act and by the Secretary of the Treasury); (2) impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions, financial institutions, or international transactions that are of primary money laundering concern or that impede U.S. tax enforcement; (3) increase the period for Internal Revenue Service review of tax returns involving offshore secrecy jurisdictions; (4) require tax withholding agents and financial institutions to report certain information about beneficial owners of foreign-owned financial accounts and accounts established in offshore secrecy jurisdictions; and (5) disallow tax advisor opinions validating transactions in offshore secrecy jurisdictions.

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal enactments to impose a penalty for failure to disclose holdings or transactions involving a foreign entity.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to publish a final rule requiring unregistered investment companies, including hedge funds or private equity funds, to establish anti-money laundering programs and to submit suspicious activity reports.

Modifies requirements for certain third party summonses used to obtain information in tax investigations that do not identify the person with respect to whose liability the summons is issued (John Doe summons).

Increases penalties for promoting abusive tax shelters and for aiding and abetting the understatement of tax liability.

Prohibits tax advisor contingent fee agreements for obtaining tax savings or benefits.

Allows increased disclosure of tax information for enforcement purposes.

Directs the Secretary to impose standards for written tax opinions by tax practitioners.

Denies tax deductions for certain fines and penalties for violations of law and for interest paid on certain understatements of tax.

Sets forth rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine and imposes penalties for underpayments of tax due to transactions lacking economic substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2206-2216)
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Housing Equal Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-683
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Housing authorities
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: 
Public Housing Equal Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to instruct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), when determining certain allocations for a public housing agency, to include as eligible units all public housing dwelling units that: (1) are owned by the public housing agency at the time of such determination; and (2) have previously received assistance under an agreement with HUD authorizing the agency to expend such funds on behalf of the units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Elk Population Management Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-684
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Elk
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hunting
National parks
North Dakota
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Volunteer workers
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: 
Elk Population Management Act of 2007 - Declares that nothing in section 4 of the Act of March 2, 1929, (relating to prohibited acts of killing, wounding, or capturing wild birds and animals and fish in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado) or any other provision of law, prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permitting an authorized individual to use lethal means to reduce the population of elk located within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, in accordance with the elk management plan for such Park (as defined in this Act). 
 
Instructs the Secretary to consult with the appropriate agency of the State of North Dakota to determine the level of participation of such agency in carrying out this Act.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from permitting an individual to take any elk located within Theodore Roosevelt National Park for any purpose other than to carry out the elk management plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2232-2233)
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reform Health Care Now Act

Bill: 110-s-685
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Access to health care
Expedited congressional procedure
Health
Health insurance
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Medically uninsured
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: 
Reform Health Care Now Act - Requires the chairs of specified congressional committees, within 30 calendar days after the commencement of the session of Congress following the enactment of this Act, to each introduce a bill to provide a significant increase in access to health care coverage. Authorizes the ranking minority party member of a committee to introduce such a bill if the chair fails to do so.

Sets forth expedited consideration procedures for a bill introduced under this Act if: (1) its title reads &quot;to reform the health care system of the United States and to provide insurance coverage for Americans&quot;; (2) it reaches the goal of providing health care coverage to 95% of Americans within 10 years; and (3) it is deficit neutral. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2233-2234)
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2233)
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 110-s-686
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2007-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Landowners
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York State
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the &quot;Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.&quot; 

action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate a corridor of approximately 600 miles following the route taken by the armies of General George Washington and Count Rochambeau between Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as the &quot;Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.&quot; 
 
Requires the Trail to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with: (1) other federal, state, tribal, and local agencies; and (2) the private sector.
 
Prohibits the United States from acquiring for the Trail any land or interest in land outside the exterior boundary of any federally-managed area without the owner's consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 226.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-96.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-96.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-88.
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2234-2235)
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate