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Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1501
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Medicare Laboratory Services Access Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to fee schedules for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests and the Medicare laboratory specimen collection fee. Sets such fee at $6.07 for 2008, and the same adjusted for inflation in subsequent years, to cover the appropriate cost of collecting the sample on which a clinical diagnostic laboratory test was performed and for which payment is made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To treat certain payments made by Edmond, Oklahoma, as satisfying its obligations under the water storage control for Lake Arcadia, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1502
Sponsor: Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Easements
Government Operations and Politics
Lakes
Land transfers
Oklahoma
Outdoor recreation
Parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Provides that payments made by Edmond, Oklahoma, to the Secretary of the Army in October 1999 of costs associated with water storage at Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma, under a specified contract shall satisfy the city's obligations for such costs.
 
Terminates certain reversionary interests and use restrictions relating to public parks and recreation on land conveyed by the Secretary to Oklahoma at Lake Texoma. Directs the Secretary to execute and file an appropriate instrument to release each such interest and restriction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Beaches Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1504
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Beaches
Civil engineering
Coastal zone
Colleges
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Navigation
Outdoor recreation
Parks
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Sediment control
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation
Storms
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Community Beaches Protection Act - Rewrites provisions regarding the federal shore protection program to: (1) provide for the protection and restoration of beaches and other coastal infrastructure, as well as shore protection; and (2) include the purpose of promoting healthful recreation. 
 
 Includes among areas to be given preference: (1) areas where regional sediment management plans have been adopted; and (2) areas that promote human health and safety and the quality of life.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to pay the federal share of the cost of carrying out shore protection projects and research that encourages the protection, restoration, and enhancement of shores, sandy beaches, and other coastal infrastructure. Sets forth revised provisions regarding the federal share of the cost, which shall be equal for beach erosion control projects for purposes of recreation or for storm damage protection or environmental restoration.
 
Directs the Secretary, at the request of a nonfederal interest and with congressional approval, to extend the period of federal participation in certain shore protection projects.
 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to prohibit the Secretary from: (1) soliciting contributions, in excess of the nonfederal share assigned to specified project purposes, from nonfederal interests for costs of constructing authorized projects; or (2) conditioning federal participation on the receipt of such contributions.
 
Makes permanent the national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program. Requires the program to include provisions for technology transfers to educational institutions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cost-sharing agreements with nonfederal interests, and to modify existing shoreline protection projects, under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach Federal Building."

Bill: 110-hr-1505
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
Iowa
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Designates the federal building located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach Federal Building."

action_date: 2007-05-08
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse."

action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 8, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the "James A. Leach United States Courthouse."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5001)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5001)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1505.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5001-5003)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Ms. Johnson, E. B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-132.
action_date: 2007-05-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-132.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Economy Reform Act

Bill: 110-hr-1506
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Transportation
Energy conservation
Energy demand
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Petroleum
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definition of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition); and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2011, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of 4% per year in such standard for model years 2009 through 2011.
 
Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 2012, and an average fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon for automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer for model year 2018, with a minimum increase of 4% in the average fuel economy from the level for the prior model year for model year 2013 and beyond, with specified exceptions from the 4% increase permitted.
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to limit, supercede, or expand the Secretary of Transportation's authority under federal transportation law to prescribe motor vehicle safety standards to reduce traffic accidents and deaths and injuries due to such accidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act

Bill: 110-hr-1507
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alaska
Alternative energy sources
Animals
California
Canada
Civil engineering
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Dams
Ecological research
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Energy
Energy efficiency
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Fish culture
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
Inland water transportation
Irrigation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minorities
Navigation
Northwestern States
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Renewable natural resources
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Salmon
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Washington State
Water pollution control
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for scientific analysis of federal salmon protection, restoration, and recovery actions. Requires such analysis to include: (1) the biological effectiveness of current recovery actions for Columbia and Snake River Basin salmon and steelhead populations; (2) a comparison of the effectiveness of salmon recovery actions; and (3) an identification of limiting factors and global climate change on salmon recovery actions.

Requires the Comptroller General to study the potential effects and costs of partially and fully removing the four lower Snake River dams, including those on: (1) the economy of surrounding communities; (2) freight transportation; (3) irrigation; (4) energy production; and (5) the extinction of salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake River. 
Requires the Comptroller General to study the accuracy of the engineering costs associated with dam removal as determined by the February 2002 Army Corps of Engineers Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Compete Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1508
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Commerce
Competition
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate finance
Corporation reports
Economic concentration
Europe
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Investors
Law
Legislation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Small business
Standards
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Compete Act of 2007 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to revise requirements for the internal control assessment component of a securities issuer's annual report.
 
Requires the attestation and report by a registered public accounting firm on an issuer's management assessment of its internal control structure and procedures to focus upon the process and system used by management to identify and manage risks, identify and implement key controls, and come to a conclusion on the effectiveness of the internal controls over financial reporting. 
 
Prohibits an auditor's attestation and report from including a separate (pass/fail) opinion on the effectiveness of such internal controls.
 
Requires such attestation and report to be performed at three-year intervals.
 
Prescribes standards for such attestations and reports, including a risk-based evaluation.
 
Permits attestations and reports to rely on examinations and inspections by federal and state regulatory agencies.
 
Instructs the Securities and Exchange Commission to develop a standard of materiality for such assessments and reports based upon whether the internal control has a material effect on the company's financial statements and is significant to the issuer's overall financial status.
 
Exempts a smaller public company from the requirements for management assessment of internal controls, unless it voluntarily elects to comply with them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.

Bill: 110-hr-1509
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American investments
Bank holding companies
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Foreign corporations
Holding companies
Income tax
Insurance
Insurance companies
Stockholders
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to taxation of U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations, to permanently extend the subpart F exemption (which excludes such income from the shareholder's foreign personal holding company income) for active financing (insurance, banking, financing, or similar businesses) income earned on business operations overseas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E530)
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Credit Card Repayment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1510
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Counseling
Credit cards
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Credit Card Repayment Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to include among the mandatory disclosures at each billing cycle of open end consumer credit plans: (1) the words &quot;Minimum Payment Warning: making only the minimum payment will increase the amount of interest that you pay and the time it will take to repay your outstanding balance;&quot; (2) the number of years and months it would take the consumer to pay the entire amount of the balance if the consumer pays only the required minimum monthly payments; (3) the total cost to the consumer, as well as a breakdown in principal and interest payments, of paying that balance in full if the consumer pays only the required minimum monthly payments, and if no further advances are made; (4) the monthly payment amount that would be required to eliminate the outstanding balance in 36 months if no further advances are made; and (5) a toll-free telephone number for information about accessing credit counseling and debt management services.
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission to issue jointly guidelines for creditors to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number for such disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief with respect to rent and mortgage payments for members of the reserve components who are called to active duty and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit to lessors for payments foregone by reason of such relief.

Bill: 110-hr-1511
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2007-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Iraq compilation
Landlord and tenant
Mortgages
Rent
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a military reservist who is ordered to active duty for a period of more than 90 days: (1) an exemption during the period of active duty from payment of rent on a primary residence occupied by such member or dependents; and (2) a deferral of mortgage payments on a principal residence. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow lessors of military reservists granted an exemption from rent payments under this Act a refundable tax credit for the exempted lease amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Unemployment Compensation Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1513
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2007-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
State laws
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: 
Unemployment Compensation Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends Title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretary of Labor to enter into agreements with applicant states to allow them to conduct two-year demonstration projects to test and evaluate measures designed to: (1) expedite, such as through the use of a wage insurance program, the reemployment of individuals who establish initial eligibility for unemployment compensation under state law; or (2) improve the state's effectiveness in carrying out such law.
 

 
Allow the Secretary to waive certain requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and the SSA concerning state law to enable the state to carry out a demonstration project.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Introduced in House