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e-KIDS Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Child safety
Computers
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Ethics
Families
Internet
Social networks
Student activities
Telecommunication rates
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
e-Keep the Internet Decent and Safe Act of 2007 or the e-KIDS Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit schools with computers having Internet access from receiving discount access rates for services unless it certifies to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that, as part of its policy of Internet safety for minors, it is educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Children Come First Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Children Come First Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to prohibit SCHIP payments for children in families with income between 200% and 300% of the poverty line (higher income families) unless: (1) health insurance coverage for the family is demonstrably unattainable or unaffordable; and (2) the state SCHIP plan permits the family to receive child health assistance through specified optional premium assistance rather than through Medicaid or otherwise.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Growth and Opportunity Act

Bill: 110-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Small business
Tax administration
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Small Business Growth and Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from 10 to seven years the period during which certain built-in gains of subchapter S corporations are subject to tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To permit the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative determination of the amount of unpaid wages owed for certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act in the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 110-hr-3875
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Floods
Hours of labor
Hurricanes
Law
Louisiana
Metropolitan areas
Minimum wages
Urban affairs
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make an administrative determination of the amount of unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation and an additional equal amount as liquidated damages owed to employees by an employer for certain violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act committed in the New Orleans region after Hurricane Katrina. Authorizes the Secretary to bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of such wages and liquidated damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Income Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Executive compensation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Income Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation to any employee (i.e., more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee); and (2) require such employers to file a report on compensation paid to their employees with the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the National Science Foundation to accept and use contributed funds from the Department of Energy for certain activities related to the Energy for Sustainability program.

Bill: 110-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Economics and Public Finance
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Federal aid to research
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Sustainable development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Authorizes the National Science Foundation (NSF), in carrying out its Energy for Sustainability program, to accept and use funds contributed by the Department of Energy (DOE) from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, to support projects that enable related research and development activities within those programs. Requires the Director of the NSF to consult with the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy when preparing solicitations for such projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

Bill: 110-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2008 the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Mall Designation and Revitalization Act

Bill: 110-hr-3880
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Historic sites
History
Independent regulatory commissions
Legislation
Monuments and memorials
National Capital Planning Commission
National parks
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Mall Designation and Revitalization Act - Authorizes the National Capital Planning Commission (the Commission) to modify the boundaries of Areas I and II of the National Mall in the District of Columbia reserved for the location of commemorative works of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the United States. Prohibits such a decision from being subject to review. Requires the Commission to notify the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of General Services, the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission, and certain congressional committees of any boundary modification made under such authority. 

Allows the Secretary or the Administrator to submit a recommendation to Congress that the legislative authority for a commemorative work be terminated before the expiration date of the legislative authority applicable to the work, if the person authorized to establish the work does not possess the capacity and resources to successfully complete the project for the establishment of the work before that expiration date. 

Directs: (1) the Commission to prepare recommendations for improving upon the process required for the selection, design, and subject matter of commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs; and (2) the Secretary to submit a plan to enhance visitor enjoyment, amenities, cultural experiences in, and the vitality of the National Mall. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2169)
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Promotion of Artistic Giving Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Gifts
Income tax
Standards
Tax deductions
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Promotion of Artistic Giving Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the deadline for completing the charitable contribution of a gift; (2) provide for a valuation standard for gifts in excess of $1 million; and (3) repeal certain valuation rules for subsequent and fractional gifts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2163)
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Shortens the length of the obligated period of active duty service required of certain members of the Armed Forces to receive certain veterans' education benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee .
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, in selecting estuaries of national significance and convening management conferences under the national estuary program.

Bill: 110-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Conferences
Estuaries
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
South Carolina
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to include Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, among locations that are given priority consideration in selecting estuaries of national significance and convening management conferences under the national estuary program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Captain Scott Corwin Armed Forces Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Capital punishment
Conspiracy
Fines (Penalties)
Homicide
Military personnel
Murder
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Captain Scott Corwin Armed Forces Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) provide enhanced criminal penalties for killing, or conspiring or attempting to kill, any member of the Armed Forces; and (2) add as an aggravating factor in death penalty deliberations the killing of a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on standard grade ferroniobium.

Bill: 110-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on standard grade ferroniobium.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3892
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee training
Employee-management relations in government
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Labor disputes
Labor-management committees
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2007 - Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council to advise the President on matters involving labor-management relations in the executive branch. Includes among the Council's activities: (1) supporting the creation of local labor-management partnership councils that promote partnership efforts; (2) collecting and disseminating information about and providing guidance on such efforts; (3) using the expertise of individuals, inside and outside the federal government, to foster partnership arrangements in the executive branch; and (4) proposing statutory changes to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the various agencies.

Requires the President to designate a Council Chairperson.

Requires the President to direct the head of each agency which is subject to labor-management relations provisions or any other authority permitting employees to select an exclusive representative, to: (1) create labor-management partnerships by forming labor-management committees or councils at appropriate levels or adapting existing committees or councils if such groups exist; (2) involve employees and their representatives as full partners with management representatives to improve the civil service to better serve the public and carry out the mission of the agency; (3) provide systemic training of appropriate employees in consensual methods of dispute resolution; (4) negotiate, at the request of the labor organization, on specified subjects and instruct subordinate officials to do the same; and (5) evaluate progress and improvements in organizational performance resulting from such labor-management partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2174-2175)
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Connect America Now Act

Bill: 110-hr-3893
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Internet

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Connect America Now Act - Provides for grants to develop, implement, and support statewide initiatives to identify and track the availability and adoption of broadband services within each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Negative Amortization Mortgage Loan Transparency Act

Bill: 110-hr-3894
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Counseling
Debtor and creditor
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Mortgages
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Negative Amortization Mortgage Loan Transparency Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a lender to make specified prior disclosures to a first-time borrower in connection with a consumer credit transaction secured by residential real property with a dwelling, other than a reverse mortgage, where the payment plan may result in negative amortization over the term of the loan.
 
Requires the consumer debtor to provide the creditor with documentation that the consumer received home ownership counseling from organizations or counselors certified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
MEAL Act

Bill: 110-hr-3895
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Diet
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Nutrition
Restaurants
Signs and signboards
Vending machines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the number of calories in a serving of the food. Exempts condiments, items placed on a table or counter for general use, daily specials, temporary menu items, and irregular menu items from these requirements.
 
Requires restaurants that sell self-serve food, such as through salad bars or buffet lines, to place a sign that lists the number of calories per standard serving adjacent to each food offered. 
 
Permits retail food establishments to voluntarily provide, and states to require, additional nutritional information. 
 
Requires vending machine operators to provide a conspicuous sign disclosing the number of calories in each item of food offered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Brownfields Redevelopment Promotion Act

Bill: 110-hr-3897
Sponsor: Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Brownfields Redevelopment Promotion Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to expense (deduct in the current taxable year) expenditures made for environmental remediation (i.e., abatement or control of hazardous substances at contaminated sites).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To impose travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending events at the United Nations in New York City.

Bill: 110-hr-3898
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Embassies
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
New York City
President and foreign policy
Right to travel
State-sponsored terrorism
United Nations
United Nations headquarters

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Directs the President to impose specified travel and other related restrictions on heads of state of countries that are state sponsors of terrorism who are attending U.N. events in New York City. 
 
Authorizes the President to waive such restrictions if in the national interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House