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Health Insurance Tax Credit Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4263
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Chronically ill
Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Health Insurance Tax Credit Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for charitable contributions to tax-exempt charities which subsidize health insurance premiums and pharmacy co-payments of uninsured individuals or individuals who cannot otherwise afford health insurance or drug treatments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center".

Bill: 110-hr-4264
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Florida
Health
House of Representatives
Names
Spinal cord injuries
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the &quot;Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center.&quot;

action_date: 2008-06-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the &quot;Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 6/24/2008 H5970)
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 6/24/2008 H5970)
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6121)
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Buyer objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4264.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5970-5972)
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Phylicia's Law

Bill: 110-hr-4265
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accident prevention
Child safety
Death
Economics and Public Finance
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to education
Health
Parent-school relationships
Safety measures
School security
Secondary education
Student activities
Student transportation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Phylicia's Law - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies applying for funds under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities program to require schools sponsoring off-premises overnight field trips to develop, and provide to parents whose children are to be taken on such trips, written safety plans that include: (1) policies on curfews, room checks, and chaperone qualifications; and (2) emergency procedures to be followed when a serious injury or death occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act

Bill: 110-hr-4266
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Families
Furniture industry
Glass and glass industry
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Katie Elise and Meghan Agnes Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate final consumer product safety standards, applicable to any furniture the CPSC determines poses a substantial safety hazard due to tipping, that are (at a minimum) substantially the same as a specified ASTM standard.
 
Requires the CPSC to promulgate final consumer product safety standards to require that, in any furniture containing a glass surface or pane of a size that poses a safety hazard on breaking, the glass be safety glass.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Epilink 701.

Bill: 110-hr-4267
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Epilink 701.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on potassium sorbate.

Bill: 110-hr-4268
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on potassium sorbate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on sorbic acid.

Bill: 110-hr-4269
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on sorbic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on triethylene glycol bisÝ3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl) propionate¨.

Bill: 110-hr-4270
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on triethylene glycol bisY3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl) propionate?.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a waiver of certain prohibitions and limitations on fuels and fuel additives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4271
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) apply the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive prohibitions on the introduction into commerce, or an increase in the concentration, of certain fuels or fuel additives when an applicant has established that they will not contribute to the failure of emission control systems of motor vehicles to fuels and additives for motor vehicle engines, nonroad engines, or nonroad vehicles as well; and (2) require the Administrator to grant or deny a waiver application, after public notice and comment, within 270 days after its receipt (currently, a waiver application must be treated as granted if the Administrator has not acted within 180 days of its receipt).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for an additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or local officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office.

Bill: 110-hr-4272
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Election candidates
Local employees
Local officials
State employees
State officials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
 Provides that the prohibition against a state or local officer or employee being a candidate for elective office shall not apply to any local government office of an area with a population of less than 100,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the "Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Bill: 110-hr-4273
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congress
Congressional tributes
Health
History
Michigan
Names
Officer personnel
Veterans' hospitals
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Alpena, Michigan, as the &quot;Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4274
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Families
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Parents
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4275
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Energy assistance for the poor
Government Operations and Politics
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: 
Keeping Americans Warm Act of 2007 - Appropriates funds for FY2008 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for emergency payments to states under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, notwithstanding such Act's requirement that funds be made available only after the President's submission to Congress of a formal budget request that includes a designation of the requested amount as an emergency requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of William Becker.

Bill: 110-hr-4276
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Provides for the relief of William Becker.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Manzano.

Bill: 110-hr-4277
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2007-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Manzano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on yttrium oxides having a purity of at least 99.9 percent.

Bill: 110-hr-4278
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on yttrium oxides having a purity of at least 99.9 percent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4280
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Aviation safety
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disability retirement
Disabled
Emergency Management
Families
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Flight crews
Forest fires
Government contractors
Labor and Employment
Subcontractors
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who serve the Forest Service or any agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty. 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for similar eligibility of aerial firefighters for public safety officer death benefits, applicable to a public agency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on methyoxyacetic acid.

Bill: 110-hr-4281
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on methyoxyacetic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on 2-Acetylnicotinic acid.

Bill: 110-hr-4282
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on 2-Acetylnicotinic acid.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act

Bill: 110-hr-4283
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Prison labor
Rehabilitation of criminals
Secondary education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year to receive credit beyond time already served for up to 60 days each year, in addition to any credit received for satisfactory behavior, for earning a certificate of completion in, or for participating in or teaching, a designated program that benefits prisoners or the Bureau of Prisons, including specified educational and vocational, treatment, and work and developmental programs.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to establish the number of days of credit a prisoner may be awarded considering the difficulty, time required, responsibility expected, and rehabilitative benefits of the program.

 Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Attorney General's custody eligible for the credits, including prisoners transferred from foreign countries.

Directs the Bureau of Prisons to assure that a prisoner serves a reasonable part of the last portion (currently, the last ten percent) of the term of imprisonment under conditions that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to prepare for reentry into the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John "Marty" Thiels Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007.

Bill: 110-hr-4284
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Louisiana
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the &quot;John 'Marty' Thiels Southpark Station.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House