hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3679
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Cable television
Direct broadcast satellites
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
State taxation
Taxation
Television broadcasting
Television programs
Television relay systems

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state from imposing a direct or indirect tax that results in different charges being imposed on substantially equivalent multichannel video programming services based on the means by which those services are delivered, including Internet protocol (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-02-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1998)
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Extension of Vital Tax Policy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3680
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Extension of Vital Tax Policy Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2008 the taxpayer election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the potential safety dangers in children's clothing and to promulgate any necessary consumer product safety rules regarding such clothing.

Bill: 110-hr-3683
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Clothing
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Shoe industry
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
 Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to identify potential safety hazards which exist in children's clothing, focusing on imported children's clothing, and to promulgate a consumer product safety rule establishing any necessary safety standards. Defines &quot;children's clothing&quot; as any article of clothing, including shoes, intended to be worn or used by children under the age of 8, or for which the wearing by a child under the age of 8 is foreseeable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3684
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Exports
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
International Affairs
Nontariff trade barriers
President and foreign policy
Tariff
Tariff agreements
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from agreeing to the reduction or elimination of the existing rate of duty on any product in order to carry out any trade agreement entered into between the United States and a foreign country until the President certifies to Congress that: (1) the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and practices of such foreign country with respect to U.S. exports of any product that has the same physical characteristics and uses as the product for which the President seeks to modify its rate of duty; and (2) any violation of the trade agreement is immediately enforceable by withdrawal of the modification of the existing duty on such foreign product until the United States Trade Representative (USTR) certifies to Congress that the United States has obtained the reduction or elimination of the tariff or nontariff barrier or policy or practice of such foreign government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act

Bill: 110-hr-3687
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Afghanistan
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Immigrants
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military occupation
Military operations
Parents
South Asia
Terrorism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of: (1) a parent or spouse of an Armed Forces member deployed in Iraq in connection with Operation Freedom or in Afghanistan in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom; or (2) a son or daughter under the age of 21 years old of such Armed Forces member. 
 
Authorizes waiver of specified grounds of inadmissibility for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when otherwise in the public interest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3689
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood banks
Clinical trials
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Laboratories
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Nonprofit organizations
Ovarian cancer
Research centers
Research grants
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tissue banks
Urinalysis
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, public or nonprofit entities to establish and operate centers to conduct research on biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and the early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer. Designates each center as an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Center of Excellence.

Allows federal payments under such an agreement or grant to be used for research on: (1) the development and characterization of new biomarkers and the refinement of existing biomarkers; (2) the clinical and laboratory validation of such biomarkers; (3) the development and implementation of clinical and epidemiological research on the utilization of such biomarkers; and (4) the development and implementation of repositories for new tissue, urine, serum, and other biological specimens.

Requires the Director to: (1) make available for research banked serum and tissue specimens from clinical research regarding ovarian cancer that was funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) establish an Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Clinical Trial Committee to assist the Director to design and implement national clinical trials to determine the utility of such biomarkers; and (3) establish a national data center to conduct statistical analyses of trial data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2019-2020)
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Consumer Product Act

Bill: 110-hr-3691
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advertising
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defective products
Electronics
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Labeling
Law
Lead
Packaging
Product safety
Quality control
Science, Technology, Communications
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Safety Assurance For Every Consumer Product Act or the SAFE Consumer Product Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require (in current law, authorize) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to prescribe consumer product testing programs. Requires nongovernmental, independent third party testing of children's products.
 
Increases the actions the CPSC may take in ordering recalls of products presenting substantial hazards. Makes recalled product retail sale unlawful.
 
Requires manufacturers to mark products or packaging to enable purchasers to determine the product's source, date, and production cohort.
 
Removes the cap on Consumer Product Safety Act civil penalties. Removes a requirement that criminal penalties may only be imposed after noncompliance notice.
 
Reduces the period after CPSC notification to manufacturers and private labelers before public disclosure of information obtained under the Act.
 
Requires any person who must give public notice of a substantial product hazard to post a notice on the Internet.
 
Declares any children's product containing more than a specified amount of lead to be a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, allowing a temporary exception for electronic devices.
 
 Requires certain actions to facilitate recalls of children's products and authorizes the CPSC to extend the requirements to consumer products other than children's products.
 
Requires children's product's warning labels to be included in Internet advertisements.
 
Removes provisions requiring a minimum number of CPSC members to transact business.
 
Modifies rulemaking notice requirements.
 
 Declares the sense of Congress that the full complement of five CPSC members is necessary to conduct CPSC business and the President should fill vacancies expeditiously.
 
Prohibits any consumer product safety standard or other CPSC action after enactment of this Act from containing a preemption provision which affects any action under state statutory or common law unless the provision is expressly authorized by statute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3692
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Authorization
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Middle class
Nongovernmental organizations
Poverty
U.S. Agency for International Development
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in Western Hemisphere countries. 
 
Establishes within USAID the Western Hemisphere Economic Investment and Development Advisory Committee which shall: (1) serve as a link among the U.S. government, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and other interested parties; and (2) review projects funded under this Act. 
 
Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at the Bank to use U.S. influence to urge the Bank to establish a Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas to provide assistance to reduce poverty, expand the size of the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in Western Hemisphere countries.
 
Authorizes appropriations for payment to the Inter-American Development Bank of arrears owed by the United States to the Multilateral Investment Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
American Competitiveness Tax Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3693
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Losses
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
American Competitiveness Tax Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow business taxpayers with net operating losses in prior taxable years to claim a full tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Minimum Tax Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3694
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Losses
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Alternative Minimum Tax Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporate taxpayers to offset alternative minimum tax liabilities with long-term unused minimum tax credits and increased net operating loss allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Freeze Private Contractors in Iraq Act

Bill: 110-hr-3695
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Private police
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Freeze Private Contractors in Iraq Act - Prohibits the Department of State, Department of Defense (DOD), or United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from entering into a contract, subcontract, or task order awarded or issued by a federal agency that includes security functions (covered contract) if the award of the contract would result in an increase in the number of personnel performing security functions with respect to Operation Iraqi Freedom under covered contracts with that agency greater than the number of personnel performing such functions under such contracts with that agency on September 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To exclude the first $75,000 of the value of retirement plans (adjusted annually for cost of living) in determining eligibility for, and the amount of benefits under, the supplemental security income program.

Bill: 110-hr-3696
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude the first $75,000 of the value of retirement plans (adjusted annually for cost of living) in determining eligibility for, and the amount of benefits under, the SSI program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-3697
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animals
Bacterial diseases
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health planning
Health surveys
Medical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, and appoint the Director of, the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to develop plans for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the United States and internationally; (2) establish the Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board to assist the Director; and (3) develop an antimicrobial resistance strategic research plan. Renews the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force and sets forth its membership and duties.

Requires sponsors of human and animal antimicrobial drug products to report to the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance the amount of such drug products sold or distributed in the United States in a calendar year. Requires the Director to make summaries of drug distribution data publicly available.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish at least 10 Antimicrobial Resistance Clinical Research and Public Health Network sites to describe outbreaks of antimicrobial resistant pathogens and monitor the patterns of such pathogens in individuals; and (2) award competitive grants to establish demonstration projects to assess the scope of the antimicrobial resistance problem and the use of antimicrobial drugs.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the effectiveness of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3698
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Cultural relations
Exchange of persons programs
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: 
Global Service Fellowship Program Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish and administer a Global Service Fellowship Program to fund fellowships to promote international volunteering opportunities as a means of building bridges across cultures, addressing critical human needs, and promoting mutual understanding.
 
Sets forth Program provisions. 
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Introduced in House