Common Sense Budget Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Armed Forces and National Security
Budget deficits
Child health
Defense budgets
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disasters
Dislocated workers
Economic assistance
Emergency Management
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Health
Health insurance
Illiteracy
International Affairs
International relief
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Medically uninsured
Occupational retraining
Poor children
Poverty
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
School buildings
Security measures
Social Welfare
Sustainable development
Terrorism
U.S. Agency for International Development
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: 
Common Sense Budget Act of 2007 - Requires certain reductions in amounts appropriated for FY2008 for specified Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs. Makes amounts from such reductions available for: (1) modernization of school facilities; (2) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under title XXI of the Social Security Act; (3) adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities; (4) programs to increase energy efficiency and conservation and increase investment in sustainable and renewable energy alternatives; (5) sustainable development and humanitarian assistance programs to alleviate global poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, disease, and disaster; (6) homeland security safeguard improvements; (7) deficit reduction; and (8) veterans health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Introduced in House