hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Combat Pay Tax Flexibility Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Earned income tax credit
Income tax
Military pay
Military personnel
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
Combat Pay Tax Flexibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to include combat zone compensation as earned income for purposes of calculating the earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide for National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration utilization of the Arecibo Observatory.

Bill: 110-hr-3737
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asteroids
Astronomy
Atmosphere
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Puerto Rico
Solar system
Space activities
Surveys
Telescopes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to: (1) ensure that the Arecibo Observatory, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, is fully funded to continue its research on Earth's ionosphere, its research in radio astronomy, and research on the solar system; and (2) coordinate with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to ensure that capabilities of the Arecibo Observatory continue to be available for NASA research in characterizing and mitigating Near Earth Objects, and other research as needed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Earmark Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3738
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Budget resolutions
Congressional budget
Economics and Public Finance
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
Earmark Reform Act 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget of 1974 to subdivide amounts allocated to the congressional appropriations committees into: (1) a specified total of new budget authority and outlays for earmarks in appropriations measures for the first fiscal year of the first concurrent budget resolution; and (2) an amount of total new budget authority and outlays for such earmarks for the first fiscal year of each ensuing budget resolution equal to 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated to such committees. (Thus caps total earmarks at 1% of total new budget authority and total outlays allocated each fiscal year to such committees.)
 
Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if its enactment would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays for a fiscal year to be exceeded.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11304-11307)
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
ASPIRE Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Mutual funds
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Student aid
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2007 or the ASPIRE Act of 2007 - Establishes a KIDS Account Fund in the Treasury.
 
Establishes within the Fund a Kids Investment and Development Savings Account (KIDS Account). Makes eligible to contribute to such account, and to receive a matching federal contribution, any U.S. citizen born after December 31, 2007, and under 18 years of age, whose modified adjusted gross income is below the applicable national median adjusted gross income amount.
 
Creates the KIDS Account Fund Board to establish a default investment program under which, in a manner similar to a lifecycle investment program, sums in each KIDS Account are allocated to investment funds in the KIDS Account Fund based on the amount of time before the account holder attains the age of 18.
 
States that, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, each KIDS Account shall be treated in the same manner as a Roth IRA. Applies Roth IRA requirements separately to KIDS accounts.
 
Provides for: (1) distributions for higher education expenses; and (2) privately managed KIDS accounts.
 
Subjects the Board to the same composition requirements, duties, and responsibilities as the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, to develop programs to promote the financial literacy of account holders of KIDS Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain members of the First Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division of the Army National Guard.

Bill: 110-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Infantry
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
National Guard
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Provides for the relief of certain members of the First Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division of the Army National Guard.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the use of qualified mortgage bonds to finance residences for veterans without regard to the first-time homebuyer requirement.

Bill: 110-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Bonds
Finance and Financial Sector
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Mortgages
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the use of tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds to finance the purchase of residences for veterans who are exempt from prior homeownership requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To declare certain children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.

Bill: 110-hr-3743
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Defective products
Electronics
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Lead
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: 
Bans as a hazardous substance within the meaning of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act any children's product containing more than the specified amounts of lead. Defines the term &quot;children's product&quot; to mean any consumer product marketed for use by children under age six, or whose substantial use by children under age six is foreseeable. 

Sets forth standards for the amount of lead that may be in such products over time. Authorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to revise the standards to any lower amount of lead that CPSC determines is feasible to achieve. Requires CPSC to review and revise the standards to require the lowest amount of lead that is feasible to achieve five years after this Act's enactment.

Requires children's products that are electronic devices to be equipped with a child-resistant cover or casing that limits exposure of and accessibility to the parts of the product containing lead if the CPSC determines it is not feasible for such products to attain lead standards. Requires such an alternative standard to be considered to be a consumer product safety rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Authorizes CPSC to establish a schedule by which such electronic devices shall be in full compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 411 Mount Holly Road in Fairdale, Kentucky, as the "Lance Corporal Robert A. Lynch Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Kentucky
Marines
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 411 Mount Holly Road in Fairdale, Kentucky, as the "Lance Corporal Robert A. Lynch Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11226)
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Mandarin Language Teaching Grant Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Chinese language
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Mandarin Language Teaching Grant Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to state school districts to institute Mandarin language classes for elementary and secondary school and adult education students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education
Advice and consent of the Senate
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Church and social problems
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Data banks
Disabled
Discrimination in employment
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment agencies
English language
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Job hunting
Labor statistics
Literacy programs
Migrant labor
Minorities
Minority employment
Native Americans
Occupational retraining
Performance measurement
Planning
Presidential appointments
Reading
Religion
Science, Technology, Communications
Seasonal labor
Veterans' employment
Vocational rehabilitation
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title II, adult basic skills and family literacy education programs (renamed as the Adult Education, Basic Skills, and Family Literacy Education Act).
 
Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to: (1) state and local planning, allocation, work force investment board membership, and performance accountability; (2) one-stop centers; (3) consolidated funding for adult program activities, including job training, dislocated worker retraining, the employment service system, and reemployment grants; (4) training programs for both out-of-school and in-school youth, including challenge grants; and (5) national job training programs, including the Job Corps and programs for Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and veterans.
 
Exempts religious organizations, with respect to their employment of individuals of a particular religion, from WIA nondiscrimination requirements.
 
Sets forth provisions for the approval of state Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) plans for the carrying out of certain workforce development activities. 
 
Repeals Wagner-Peyser Act provisions relating to the U.S. Employment Service.
 
Revises requirements and reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) vocational rehabilitation services under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and (2) the Helen Keller National Center Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Interest
Married people
Military dependents
Military operations
Military personnel
National Guard
Student loan funds
Veterans' benefits
War

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that no interest shall accrue on student loans under the Federal Direct Loan program for individuals who are serving on active duty or performing National Guard duty during a war or other military operation or national emergency. Limits receipt of such benefit to 60 months.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to offer direct consolidation loans to eligible service members who want to avoid the accrual of interest on existing loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/9/2007 E2078)
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Prevention Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug addiction
Drugs and employment
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee rights
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grievance procedures
Health education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Methamphetamine
Public service advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Methamphetamine Prevention Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish a Drug-Free Workplace Information Clearinghouse.

Requires the Clearinghouse Director to: (1) serve as a resource for employers maintaining or attempting to establish a drug-free workplace policy; (2) provide assistance to employers and employees in resolving complaints, grievances, and requests for information regarding drug-free workplaces and in understanding rights and responsibilities under federal employment laws pertaining to drug-free workplace policies; and (3) conduct an educational campaign for employers on federal drug-free workplace standards or guidelines and on federal assistance available to employers to establish or maintain a drug-free workplace. 

Requires the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to: (1) make grants to medical associations, health care providers, and health care facilities to conduct training for health care providers on recognizing the signs of methamphetamine addiction and recognizing vulnerable populations for purposes of preventing and treating such addiction; (2) conduct an educational campaign on the public health effects of methamphetamine addiction; and (3) make grants to schools, community organizations, and local governmental entities to establish or maintain a methamphetamine awareness project consisting of after-school or extracurricular activities in which students learn about the dangers of methamphetamine through hands-on advertising or video production exercises. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Vision Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3750
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blind
Block grants
Continuing education
Curricula
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Eye care
Eye diseases
Federal aid to education
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Occupational therapy
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Vision Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify programs to increase awareness of vision problems. 

Directs the Secretary to expand and intensify: (1) activities to establish a solid scientific base of knowledge on the prevention, control, and rehabilitation of vision problems and related disabilities; (2) research within CDC on the prevention and management of vision loss; and (3) programs targeted to prevent vision loss, treat eye and vision conditions, and rehabilitate people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted in underserved and minority communities.

Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations to enable the Secretary to introduce core performance measures on eye health by incorporating vision screening and examination standards into state programs.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations for vision rehabilitation professional development. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3751
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Economics and Public Finance
Farmers
Grants-in-aid
Health
Iowa
Kansas
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Stress (Psychology)
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network to provide behavioral health programs to participants in the agricultural sector in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; and (2) provide grants to states for Network pilot projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act shall not apply to an Indian tribe or to Indian lands of an Indian tribe until that Indian tribe has been federally recognized for a period of not less than 25 continuous years.

Bill: 110-hr-3752
Sponsor: Rep. Campbell, John [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2007-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Minorities
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: 
Bars applying the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to an Indian tribe or to Indian lands of an Indian tribe until such Indian tribe has been a federally recognized Indian tribe for a period of not less than 25 continuous years. Makes such waiting period on gaming activities nonapplicable to Indian tribes that were federally recognized before the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Introduced in House