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Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Computer crimes
Internet
Money laundering
Pornography
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include child pornography activities and the production of such pornography for importation into the United States as predicate crimes for money laundering prosecutions; and (2) define &quot;possess&quot; with respect to crimes of child sexual exploitation and child pornography to include accessing by computer visual depictions of child pornography with the intent to view. 

action_date: 2007-11-15
text: 
Enhancing the Effective Prosecution of Child Pornography Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) include child pornography activities and the production of such pornography for importation into the United States as predicate crimes for money laundering prosecutions; and (2) define &quot;possess&quot; with respect to crimes of child sexual exploitation and child pornography to include accessing by computer visual depictions of child pornography with the intent to view. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-03
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3773.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 1121). (text: CR 11/13/2007 H13594)
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 1121).(text: CR 11/13/2007 H13594)
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H14062-14063)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4136.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13594-13595)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4138
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Damages
Department of Health and Human Services
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Discrimination in medical care
Dismissal of employees
Electronic government information
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Hospitals
Internet
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Limitation of actions
Medical records
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Promotions
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Wage restitution
Web sites
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
College and University Rural Education (CURE) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4139
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Career education
College costs
Colleges
Community and school
Community colleges
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Employee selection
Families
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Industry-university relations
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Rural economic development
Rural education
School districts
Secondary education
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student employment
Student enrollment
Student transportation
Transportation and Public Works
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
College and University Rural Education (CURE) Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to partnerships between rural institutions of higher education (IHEs) and rural local educational agencies, rural education service agencies, regional employers, or rural education nonprofit organizations for activities to: (1) improve the rural IHE enrollment rates of rural high school graduates and former attendees; and (2) encourage nontraditional students' participation in rural IHE degree programs.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to partnerships between rural IHEs and regional employers to: (1) provide additional training to rural IHE attendees in careers relevant to the regional economy; and (2) encourage regional businesses to employ rural IHE graduates.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to rural IHEs to create or strengthen academic programs that prepare graduates to enter high-need occupations in the regional and local economies.
 
Requires the General Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate, and make recommendations to Congress regarding the improvement of, rural access to four-year IHEs and degree programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a plot allowance for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in State cemeteries.

Bill: 110-hr-4141
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Families
Married people
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a $300 plot allowance to a state for spouses and children of certain veterans who are buried in state cemeteries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Improving Medication Access for Veterans Act

Bill: 110-hr-4142
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Dental care
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Vaccines
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
 Improving Medication Access for Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish certain prescribed drugs and medicines (i.e., only drugs and medicines included on the National Prescription Drug Formulary of the Department of Veterans Affairs) as specific therapy in the treatment of any illness or injury suffered by each veteran who is receiving additional compensation or allowance due to a service-connected disability, or an increased pension as a veteran of a period of war, by reason of being permanently housebound or in need of regular aid and attendance.
 
Allows any Medicare-eligible veteran to elect to be furnished by the Secretary, on an outpatient basis, such drugs and medicines as specific therapy for any illness or injury suffered by the veteran. Requires such election to last for a calendar year and be irrevocable. Allows for election renewal. Requires appropriate information to be furnished to each veteran prior to making an election.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to administer immunizations to veterans who voluntarily request such immunizations in connection with care for a disability in a Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility.
 
Provides for appropriate copayments for the drugs and medicines received by veterans under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bill: 110-hr-4143
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Construction costs
Georgia
Health
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for the modernization of inpatient wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA benefits to present documentation proving both citizenship and identity in order to receive those benefits.

Bill: 110-hr-4144
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Citizenship
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
Identification devices
Immigration
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Medically uninsured
Occupational retraining
Poor children
Relocation
Trade adjustment assistance
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Requires any applicant for benefits under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act, the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program under the Trade Act of 1974 (TA74), or the alternative trade adjustment assistance program (ATAA) under TA74 to present satisfactory documentation providing both citizenship and identity as a condition of receiving benefits under such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
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: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4145
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Presidential elections
Voter registration
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Provisional Ballot Fairness in Counting Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the treatment of provisional ballots in federal elections. 
 
Prohibits any election recount until all provisional votes have been counted. Requires the chief state election official, in determining whether to count a provisional vote, to review not only official registered voter lists but also any information an individual voter submitted during the registration process.
 
Requires a provisional ballot in a federal election to be treated as a voter registration application if it is rejected on the ground that the individual is not registered to vote in the election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the availability of emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.

Bill: 110-hr-4146
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Health
Hospital care
Hospitals
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Requires the determination of whether a veteran can be transferred to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility after receiving emergency medical treatment in a non-Department facility to be based both on the condition of the veteran and on the availability of a bed in a Department facility that is not geographically inaccessible to the veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Attorney General to provide grants for the implementation of the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program.

Bill: 110-hr-4147
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Citizen participation
Criminal justice information
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Nonprofit organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Directs the Attorney General to provide grants to Parents For Megan's Law, Inc. to implement the Sex Offender Registration Tips Program, a program established to reduce sexual victimization by providing accurate sex offender registry information to law enforcement agencies and identifying sex offenders who fail to register.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Active Duty Higher Education Act

Bill: 110-hr-4148
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Military operations
National Guard
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Active Duty Higher Education Act - Revises eligibility requirements for educational assistance to members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces supporting contingency operations to require such assistance to be based on the members' cumulative days of active duty service. (Currently, such assistance is based on the members' consecutive days of active duty service).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Truth-in-Tuition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4149
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College administration
College costs
Commerce
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Indexing (Economic policy)
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Truth-in-Tuition Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that are participating in the Act's student assistance programs to provide each prospective cohort of students applying to enter their undergraduate or graduate programs with a binding, multi-year tuition and fee schedule for the normal duration of such studies.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to waive the application of such requirement to IHEs that are unable to comply because of events causing them severe economic distress.
 
Directs the Secretary to award: (1) competitive grants to IHEs that, for an academic year, have a net tuition (tuition and fees, minus grant amounts) increase that does not exceed the percentage change in the higher education price index; and (2) bonus amounts to IHEs that guarantee that their net tuition will not outpace changes in such index over specified periods of time. Requires IHEs to distribute such grants and bonuses as need-based grant aid to students who are eligible for federal Pell Grants.
 
Requires IHEs whose annual net tuition increase outpaces such index to issue an explanatory report to the Secretary that includes actions being taken to remedy the situation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4150
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
Lifetime Pension Annuity for You Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an exclusion from gross income for up to 50% of lifetime income payments from certain annuity contracts; (2) exclude longevity insurance benefits from employee benefit plan minimum distribution requirements; and (3) allow a tax exclusion for amounts received as an annuity under any portion of an annuity, endowment, or life insurance contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
STEM Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4151
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2007-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Blacks
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Engineers
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian education
Mathematics
Minorities
Minority education
Native Americans
Public service advertising
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists
Secondary education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Technical education
Women
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: 
STEM Promotion Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to contract with successful advertising firms to implement a campaign to expand the population of qualified individuals in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields by encouraging young Americans to enter those fields. 

Requires that such a campaign be designed to: (1) enhance the image of education and professions in the STEM fields and promote participation in such fields; (2) hold as a high priority making specific appeals to Latinos, Native Americans, African-Americans, and women in order to increase their numbers in STEM fields; and (3) include a narrowly focused effort to attract current professionals in STEM fields into teaching in elementary and secondary schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Introduced in House