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Same Number Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1769
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Internet
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Same Number Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that a provider of voice services (a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service) has the duty to provide number portability to the extent technically feasible. 
 
Requires that the costs of establishing numbering administration arrangements and number portability be borne by all voice service providers on a competitively neutral basis. 
 
Requires designation of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency telephone number within the United States for both wireline and wireless telephone service.

action_date: 2007-11-02
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Same Number Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that a provider of voice services (a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service) has the duty to provide number portability to the extent technically feasible. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish number portability performance standards for such providers.
 
 Requires the FCC to designate one or more impartial entities to administer telecommunications and voice service numbering and to ensure that numbers are available on an equitable basis. Gives the FCC exclusive jurisdiction of those portions of the North American Numbering Plan that pertain to the United States. 
 
 Requires that the costs of establishing numbering administration arrangements and number portability be borne by all voice service providers on a competitively neutral basis. 
 
Requires designation of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency telephone number within the United States for both wireline and wireless telephone service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 468.
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-219.
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-219.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1163.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006

Bill: 110-s-1770
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-07-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government trust funds
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: 
Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006 [
sic
]- Establishes in the Treasury separate funds to be used to pay 80% of the cost for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service emergency wildland fire suppression activities that exceed amounts annually appropriated for wildland fire suppression activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the "Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office".

Bill: 110-s-1772
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Kansas
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the "Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10978-10979; text as passed Senate: CR S10978)
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10978-10979; text as passed Senate: CR S10978)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 299.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Payroll Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1773
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Surety and fidelity
Tax administration
Tax auditing
Tax evasion
Tax penalties
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Small Business Payroll Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a registration system for payroll tax deposit agents (defined as any person that provides payroll processing or tax filing and deposit service to one or more employers). Requires such agents to: (1) submit a bond or to submit to quarterly third-party certifications; (2) make certain disclosures to their clients concerning liability for payment of employment taxes; and (3) pay penalties for failing to collect or pay over employment taxes or for attempting to evade or defeat payment of such taxes.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue a notice of confirmation of any address change for an employer making employment tax payments; and (2) send such notice to both the employer's former and new address.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9138)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1774
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
National parks
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007 - Designates the following areas in California as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain land in Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, which shall be known as the John Krebs Wilderness; and (2) certain land in the North Fork/Redwood Canyon, which shall be considered to be a part of the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-539.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Imported Food Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1776
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Import restrictions
Imports
Law
Licenses
Livestock
Searches and seizures

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Imported Food Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) assess and collect fees on food imported into the United States; (2) provide for research on the development of tests of imported food and sampling methodologies; (3) give priority to tests that are suitable for inspections of food at U.S. ports of entry; (4) establish goals of developing certain tests for specified pathogens or substances; and (5) establish a certification system for a foreign government or foreign food establishment seeking to import food to the United States. 

Authorizes the Secretary to withdraw such certification of any food if: (1) such food is linked to an outbreak of human illness; (2) the food safety programs or procedures are no longer equivalent to U.S. programs and procedures; or (3) there is a refusal to allow U.S. officials to conduct audits and investigations as may be necessary. 

Directs the Secretary to routinely inspect food and food animals before entry into the United States.

Authorizes the Secretary to deny importation of food from: (1) any foreign government that does not permit U.S. audits and inspections; and (2) any foreign government or foreign firm that does not consent to an investigation by the Secretary when food from that country or firm is linked to a food-borne illness outbreak or is otherwise found to be adulterated or mislabeled.

Provides that any food imported for consumption in the United States may be detained, seized, or condemned.

Directs the Secretary to establish a transitional food safety import review program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9141-9143)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9140-9141)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act

Bill: 110-s-1777
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee selection
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Presidential appointments
Public health personnel
Public speaking

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Surgeon General Integrity Restoration Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a nomination procedure for selection of the Surgeon General. Requires the Institute of Medicine to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the President a list of ten qualified nominees. Requires the Secretary to recommend one nominee from such list, or provide an explanation as to why each nominee is unsatisfactory. 

Requires the Surgeon General to submit an annual budget estimate. 

Authorizes the Surgeon General to: (1) submit a draft of a speech or report to the Secretary or any employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for comment and to issue, deliver, or release such speech or report notwithstanding any comment or objection of the Secretary or any such employee; and (2) directly hire staff without otherwise obtaining clearance or undergoing review as generally required within HHS.

Prohibits the censoring of any work product of the Surgeon General in any manner (except to comply with federal national security or privacy laws) by any federal entity or official for political reasons. Requires the Secretary to identify and separately label any supposed modifications to such a work product that the Surgeon General does not consent to accept.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act

Bill: 110-s-1780
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Television and children
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act - Amends the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in applying regulations prohibiting the broadcasting of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent programming.

action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 

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

 
Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act - Amends the Public Telecommunications Act of 1992 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in applying regulations prohibiting the broadcasting of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may constitute indecent programming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-236.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye without amendment. With written report No. 110-236.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the "Buck Owens Post Office".

Bill: 110-s-1781
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Music
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the "Buck Owens Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12340)
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 300.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9143-9144)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1782
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Contracts
Franchises (Retail trade)
Labor and Employment
Labor disputes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights or to regulate contracts or transactions between parties of unequal bargaining power.
 
Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement.
 
Exempts arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements from this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-396.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9144-9145)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9144)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act

Bill: 110-s-1783
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative dispute resolution
Commerce
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee health benefits
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health insurance portability
Higher education
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Living wills
Medical education
Medical malpractice
Medical residents
Medically uninsured
Public-private partnerships
Quality of care
Small business
State laws
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act - Directs states to implement mechanisms to automatically enroll uninsured individuals in health coverage.

Requires each health insurance issuer in a state to offer a certified qualified core plan that provides coverage required by the state with a standard premium.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a standard deduction or a refundable tax credit for health insurance.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to provide for the establishment in each state of a single market for all health plans offered in the state.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations governing small business health plans.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the HHS Secretary to establish the Health Insurance Consensus Standards Board to develop recommendations that harmonize inconsistent state health insurance laws.

Wired for Health Care Quality Act - Establishes: (1) the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology; (2) a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement; and (3) the American Health Information Community.

Requires the HHS Secretary to: (1) provide for the development and use of health care quality measures; and (2) develop a Health Information Technology Resource Center.

Authorizes the HHS Secretary to make grants for medical residency training programs or new residency positions.

Requires the HHS Secretary to develop websites to provide information on advance directives and to store and access such directives.

Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act - Authorizes the HHS Secretary to award demonstration grants to states to develop, implement, and evaluate alternatives to current tort litigation for resolving disputes over injuries allegedly caused by health care providers or organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10757-10758)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9145-9149)
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish deadlines by which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a decision on whether to grant certain waivers of preemption under that Act.

Bill: 110-s-1785
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Motor vehicle pollution control
Standards
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue to the governor of each applicable state a decision on each request for a waiver of preemption under that Act: (1) within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act for requests pending on such date; and (2) within 180 days after receipt for requests submitted after enactment of this Act.

action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on each request submitted by a state for a waiver of preemption under that Act: (1) within 30 days, but in no case later than September 30, 2007, for requests submitted before January 31, 2006, but pending as of the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) within 180 days after receipt for requests submitted after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: By Senator Boxer from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 110-243.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: By Senator Boxer from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 110-243.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 320.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1108.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in Senate