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To amend section 1477 of title 10, United States Code, to provide additional options regarding the designation of the person to receive the death gratuity paid with respect to a member of the Armed Forces who dies without a surviving spouse, but who is survived by a minor child.

Bill: 110-hr-1115
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Grandparents
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Parents
Siblings
Single people
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Provides that, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving on active duty or inactive duty for training, and who dies without a surviving spouse but with one or more children under age 18 who will be in the custody of a parent, brother, or sister, the death gratuity for such member shall be payable to such parent, brother, or sister as designated by the member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To require that the payment rate used to make any direct payments with respect to wheat for the 2008 through 2012 crop years be $1.20 per bushel.

Bill: 110-hr-1116
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Wheat

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Sets the direct wheat payment rate for crop years 2008-2012 at $1.20 per bushel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1117
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Counterfeiting
Department of Homeland Security
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Law
Photography
Right of privacy
Security measures
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
REAL ID Repeal and Identification Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Repeals title II of the Real ID Act of 2005.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish by regulation minimum standards for acceptance of state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards by federal agencies; (2) establish a negotiated rulemaking process before publishing such standards; and (3) award grants to states to assist them in conforming to such standards. 

Prohibits federal agencies from accepting state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards after specified deadlines unless such identification conforms to the minimum standards promulgated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1120
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Child pornography
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer security measures
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic mail systems
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Interactive media
Internet
Libraries
Pornography
Secondary education
Telecommunication rates
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require schools and libraries that receive universal service support to enforce a policy that: (1) prohibits access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision; and (2) protects against access to visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or harmful to minors. Allows an administrator, supervisor, or other authorized person to disable such a technology protection measure during use by an adult, or by minors with adult supervision, to enable access for educational purposes.
 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) issue a consumer alert regarding use of the Internet by child predators and the potential dangers to children because of such use, including the potential dangers of commercial social networking websites and chat rooms; and (2) establish a website resource of information for parents, teachers, school administrators, and others regarding potential dangers posed by the use of the Internet by children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6408-6409)
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E386)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1123
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Black lung
Coal
Energy
Evidence (Law)
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Miners
Social Security Administration
Survivors' benefits
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Black Lung Benefits Survivors Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Black Lung Benefits Act, with respect to claims filed on or after the effective date of the Black Lung Benefits Amendments of 1981, to eliminate exceptions to: (1) the applicability of certain provisions regarding rebuttable presumptions; and (2) the prohibition against requiring eligible survivors of a miner determined to be eligible for black lung benefits to file a new claim or refile or otherwise revalidate the miner's claim. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Fly Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1125
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Age and employment
Age discrimination
Aircraft pilots
Airline employees
Airlines
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
Flight crews
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Freedom to Fly Act of 2007 - Allows a pilot who has attained 60 years of age to serve as a passenger airline pilot until the age of 65 years old only if the pilot serves: (1) as a required pilot in multi-crew aircraft operations; and (2) with another required pilot who has not yet attained 60 years of age. Terminates the age-60 rule (mandatory retirement age) 30 days after enactment of this Act.
 
Declares that such requirements shall not provide the basis for a claim of seniority made under any labor bargaining agreement in effect between the pilots and an air carrier by any pilot who has attained age 60 before the effective date of this Act and who is seeking a position as a pilot with such carrier following that pilot's termination or cessation of employment or promotion or transfer to another position with such air carrier.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act

Bill: 110-hr-1127
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Commerce
Corporate finance
Cost effectiveness
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Imports
Independent regulatory commissions
International competitiveness
Inventories
Labor and Employment
Law
Manufacturing industries
Parties to actions
Prices
Profit
Trade associations
U.S. International Trade Commission
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products (industrial users) to participate in such proceedings.
 
Requires the U.S. International Trade Commission, when deciding whether an antidumping or countervailing duty should be imposed or continued, to weigh harm to industrial users from such imposition or continuation, as well as (under current law) the potential benefits to the industry in the United States materially injured or threatened with material injury by a foreign countervailing subsidy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide medical personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs with access to information provided in the joint patient tracking application for the treatment of individuals at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries sustained while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

Bill: 110-hr-1128
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Health
Health information systems
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Medical records
Middle East and North Africa
Military medicine
South Asia
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide medical personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with access to all information provided in the Department of Defense (DOD) patient tracking and management system for the purpose of treating an individual at a VA medical facility for injuries sustained while serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act

Bill: 110-hr-1131
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Black history
Blacks
Civil War
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Military history
Minorities
Museums
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and to carry out other specified duties.
 
 
Directs the National Endowment for the Humanities to award grants for appropriate activities relating to the Civil War sesquicentennial, and to consider for such grants university, museum, or academic programs with national scope that sponsor multidisciplinary projects, including those that concentrate on the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1134
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Medical education
Physical therapy
Public health personnel
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Physical Therapist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) include physical therapy within the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot;; and (2) make physical therapists eligible for the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (to assure an adequate supply of physical therapists among other health professionals).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1135
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Income tax
Land transfers
Local finance
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient.

Bill: 110-hr-1137
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Increases from $1,000 to $2,000 the monthly special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
 
Provides for payment of such pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased recipient as long as the surviving spouse was married to the recipient: (1) for one year or more; or (2) for any period of time if a child was born of the marriage or was born to them before the marriage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the "J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 110-hr-1138
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Federal office buildings
Judges
Law
Names
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the &quot;J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2007-03-26
text: 

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

Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the &quot;J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3023)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3023)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1138.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3023-3024)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-71.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-71.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1142
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Animals
Blood diseases
Brain diseases
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Colon cancer
Communicable diseases
Digestive diseases
Diphtheria
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Health
Hepatitis
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Kidney diseases
Labor and Employment
Law
Leukemia
Liver diseases
Lung cancer
Lung diseases
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Prostate cancer
Rabies
Rescue work
Skin cancer
Survivors' benefits
Tuberculosis
Women
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends federal law to provide that, with regard to an employee in fire protection activities: (1) heart disease, lung disease, specified cancers and infectious diseases shall be presumed to be proximately caused by the employee's employment; (2) the disability or death of an employee in fire protection activities due to such a disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of such employee's duty; and (3) such presumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House