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Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-569
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Child health
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Epidemics
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health planning
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Infant mortality
Infants
Intellectual property
Malaria
Mortality
Negotiations
Orphan drugs
Pharmaceutical research
Pneumonia
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Science, Technology, Communications
Tuberculosis
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish a comprehensive strategy to accelerate efforts to develop vaccines and microbicides for neglected diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.
 
States that such strategy shall: (1) expand public-private partnerships and seek to leverage foreign country and private sector resources; (2) include the negotiation of advance market commitments and other economic incentives for the research, development, and manufacturing of vaccines and microbicides for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other neglected diseases; (3) address related intellectual property and regulatory issues; (4) maximize U.S. capabilities to support clinical trials of vaccines and microbicides in developing countries; and (5) expand the purchase and delivery of existing vaccines. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the World Bank, the International Development Association, the GAVI Alliance, such entities' member nations, and other interested parties to establish advance market commitments to purchase vaccines and microbicides to combat neglected diseases. (Defines &quot;GAVI Alliance&quot; as the public-private partnership launched in 2000 for the purpose of saving children and protecting all people through the widespread use of vaccines.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1912-1913)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1912)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 110-s-571
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Emigration
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
 
Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
 
Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Aid Reward Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-572
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College administration
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Graduate education
Higher education
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Student Aid Reward Act of 2007 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a Student Aid Reward (SAR) Program of payments to encourage institutions of higher education (IHEs) to participate in the student loan program under title IV that is most cost-effective for taxpayers.
 
Requires that a SAR payment to an IHE equal at least 50% of the savings to the federal government generated by the IHE's participation in the most cost-effective student loan program, rather than one not cost-effective for taxpayers.
 
Requires IHEs receiving SAR payments to: (1) provide student loans under that most cost-effective program for five years after the payment date; and (2) use payment funds, where appropriate, to supplement student Pell Grants. Allows such funds to be used also to award need-based grants to lower and middle income graduate students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1915)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1914-1915)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Heart Disease Education, Analysis and Research, and Treatment for Women Act

Bill: 110-s-573
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Cardiovascular diseases
Clinical trials
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Education
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health information systems
Health surveys
Higher education
Hospital care
Indian medical care
Indian women
Law
Licenses
Medical education
Medical malpractice
Medical records
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Native Americans
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Pharmaceutical research
Physicians
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Stroke
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act or the HEART for Women Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to require an application for approval or for investigation of a drug, device, or biological product to include information stratified by sex, race, and ethnicity, including any differences in safety and effectiveness. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) withhold approval of such an application or place a clinical hold on an investigation if such information is not included; and (2) report to the scientific community and make information available to the public on such stratified data upon approval of an application.

Requires the Comptroller General to study the drug approval process to ensure compliance with this Act.

Requires the Secretary to require that all nonidentifiable patient safety work product reported to a patient safety database be stratified by sex. 

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to report to Congress concerning the quality of and access to care for women with heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases.

Provides for an educational campaign relating to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases in women.

Authorizes appropriations to enable the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) program projects in all states and territories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.

Bill: 110-s-574
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Diplomacy
Government Operations and Politics
Insurgency
International cooperation
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military strategy
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect U.S. Armed Forces members who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and (2) Congress disapproves of President George W. Bush's decision announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq. 
 
Amends the United States Policy in Iraq Act to require reports every 30 days on specified aspects of U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq until all U.S. combat brigades have been redeployed from Iraq. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 34. Record Vote Number: 51. (consideration: CR S2199; text: CR S2199)
action_date: 2007-02-17
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S2185-2199)
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S2182)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S2015; text: CR S2015)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S2015)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 25.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1916)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-575
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Border patrols
Boundaries
Canada
Commerce
Common carriers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Employee training
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Free trade
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Harbors
Identification devices
Immigration
Imports
Industrial buildings
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
Planning
Police training
Public-private partnerships
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Smuggling
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Border Infrastructure and Technology Modernization Act of 2007 - Directs the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security (Under Secretary) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) increase, during FY2008-FY2012, the number of agents and inspectors in the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the DHS; and (2) provide such agents and inspectors new technology training to a level of proficiency acceptable to protect U.S. borders.
 
Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to update, and submit to Congress, the Port of Entry Infrastructure Assessment Study.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to prepare annually, and submit to Congress, a National Land Border Security Plan that includes a vulnerability assessment of each port of entry located on the U.S. northern and southern borders. Authorizes the Under Secretary to establish one or more port security coordinators at such ports of entry.
 
Directs the Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the DHS to: (1) develop a plan to expand Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs along the U.S. northern and southern borders; and (2) establish a demonstration program to develop a cooperative trade security system to improve supply chain security.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to carry out a technology demonstration program to test and evaluate new port of entry technologies that enhance port of entry inspections and the detection of weapons of mass destruction, and to train personnel in its use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1916-1918)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1916)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-576
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil procedure
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Conspiracy
Constitutional law
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure
Discovery (Law)
District courts
Due process of law
Evidence (Law)
Exclusionary rule (Evidence)
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Habeas corpus
Hearsay evidence
Human rights
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Lawyers
Presidential powers
Prisoners of war
Punishment
Searches and seizures
September 11, 2001
Supreme Court
Terrorism
Torture
Treaties
War crimes
Warrants (Law)
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007 - Amends federal provisions concerning the prosecution of unlawful enemy combatants by U.S. military commissions to, among other things: (1) repeal the authority for civilian trial (prosecution) counsel in a commission proceeding, but authorize civilian military defense counsel; (2) exclude statements made by coercion; (3) authorize the Secretary of Defense to make exceptions to commission procedures and rules of evidence as required by unique circumstances of military or intelligence operations during hostilities; (4) provide for self-representation by the accused, while requiring assistance by military defense counsel; (5) authorize the military judge to order trial counsel to disclose to defense counsel the sources, methods, or activities in which witnesses or evidence against the accused was obtained; (6) require commission decision review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces rather than by the Court of Military Commission Review; (7) provide the scope of review of detention-related decisions; (8) repeal a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 prohibiting invoking the Geneva Conventions (Conventions) or similar protocols in any habeas corpus or other action to which the United States is a party; (9) require the President to notify other parties to the Conventions that the United States expects members of U.S. Armed Forces and other U.S. citizens detained in a conflict not of an international character to be treated in a manner consistent with the Conventions; (10) include as War Crime offenses the denial of trial rights and the imposition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; (11) restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by the United States; and (12) provide for expedited judicial review of civil actions that challenges any provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11563)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1918-1919)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-577
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Coal
Commerce
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity exchanges
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Finance and Financial Sector
Futures trading
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Heating
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Natural gas
Petroleum
Propane

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prescribe reporting and recordkeeping requirements for positions involving energy commodities (a commodity or the derivatives of a commodity used primarily as a source of energy).
 
Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to subject to the requirements of this Act a contract, agreement, or transaction for future delivery in an energy commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1921-1922)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1920-1921)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-578
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Competitive bidding
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Poor children
School health programs
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish requirements for providing and receiving reimbursement for school-based health care for children, including children with special needs, and the related administrative and transportation costs covered under Medicaid. Includes health care provided through Medicaid managed care organizations.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, acting jointly, to develop and implement a uniform methodology for claims under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1922)
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-580
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Colorado
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Mormons
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
Postal service
Religion
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Utah
Washington State
West (U.S.)
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 

 
Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise the feasibility and suitability studies for certain existing National Historic Trails for consideration of possible additions to such trails; and (2) study the feasibility and suitability of designating certain routes and cutoffs as components of the Oregon, Pony Express, California, and Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trails and as shared components of the California and Oregon National Historic Trails. 

action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 

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

 
Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) revise the feasibility and suitability studies for certain existing National Historic Trails for consideration of possible additions to such trails; and (2) study the feasibility and suitability of designating certain routes and cutoffs as components of the Oregon, Pony Express, California, and Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trails and as shared components of the California and Oregon National Historic Trails. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-95.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-95.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-88.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1962-1963)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1962)
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate