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Families Conquering Literacy Together Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3055
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2007-07-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Child development
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Illiteracy
Indian education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Migrant education
Minorities
Native Americans
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Preschool education
Reading
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: 
Families Conquering Literacy Together Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to change funding formulas under the Even Start Family Literacy program to reserve potentially larger amounts, depending on overall appropriations, for migrant, outlying area, Indian, and research programs.
 
 Eliminates the Even Start competitive grant program awarding reserved funds to states for statewide coordination of federal, state, and local literacy resources. 
 
Increases the minimum Even Start grant to states and state subgrant to Even Start entities, as well as the floor on the federal share of program costs.
 
Allows states to use federal funds to provide subgrantees with technical assistance for professional development and collaborative activities.
 
Requires all Even Start instructors to have at least an associate's degree related to early childhood education, elementary or secondary education, or adult education.
 
Requires state, migrant, and tribal grantees to report annually to the Secretary of Education on their progress in achieving program quality.
 
Revises required indicators of program quality to stress the quality of services provided and training received by program providers, rather than participant achievements.
 
Requires the creation of an independent research panel to set the agenda for research into successful family literacy services.
 
Directs the Secretary, after receiving design recommendations from an expert panel, to arrange for an independent longitudinal evaluation of the impact of Even Start programs that compares participants against nonparticipant control groups and addresses variations in the impact of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3057
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Case mix (Medical care)
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Law
Long-term care
Medicare
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to define &quot;long-term care hospital&quot; and establish new patient criteria for long-term care hospital prospective payments.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve under Medicare distinct part inpatient rehabilitation hospital units in long-term care hospitals, if rehabilitation services are not included within a major diagnostic category.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the appropriate congressional committees recommendations on the promulgation of national long-term care hospital facility and patient criteria; and (2), after rulemaking, implement them.
 
Amends SSA title XI to require a peer review organization to review on a hospital-specific basis the medical necessity of admissions to, and continued stay at, long-term care hospitals of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) patients.
 
Directs the Secretary, with certain exceptions, to impose a temporary moratorium on the Medicare certification of new long-term care hospitals (and satellite facilities). 
 
Directs the Secretary not to apply the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding and grandfathered long-term hospitals.
 
States that payments to an applicable long-term care hospital or satellite facility, located in a rural area or co-located with an urban single or MSA dominant hospital, shall not be subject to any payment adjustment if no more than 75% percent of its Medicare discharges are admitted from a co-located hospital.
 
Provides that payment to an applicable long-term care hospital or satellite facility co-located with another hospital shall not be subject to such payment adjustments, if no more than 50% of its Medicare discharges are admitted from a co-located hospital.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from applying certain proposed amendments to the short-stay outlier payment policy for certain long-term care hospitals.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making a certain one-time prospective adjustment to long-term care hospital prospective payment rates.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on appropriate quality measures for Medicare patients receiving care in long-term care hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To increase the corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3059
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy conservation
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Public service advertising
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Revises corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE standards) provisions for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to: (1) provide for increased average fuel economy standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles; (2) permit separate average fuel economy standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles based on vehicle attributes related to fuel economy; and (3) establish a corporate average fuel economy credit transferring program within a manufacturer's fleet.
 
Provides for the establishment of a public education campaign to provide information to U.S. drivers about immediate measures that may be taken to conserve transportation fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3061
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Medicare Part D Drug Class Protection Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare prescription drug plans using formularies cover all drugs included in six specified therapeutic categories.
 
Sets forth special requirements for reconsideration of coverage determinations, and appeals for drugs included in such categories.
 
Establishes reporting requirements for drugs in these categories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-17
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: 2007-07-17
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: 2007-07-17
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: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 110-hr-3063
Sponsor: Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the State of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the &quot;PROPOSED PARK BOUNDARY&quot; as depicted on the &quot;Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site,&quot; dated January 2005. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to acquire such lands and interests from a willing seller. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3064
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Agriculture and Food
Aliens
Arrest
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Embassies
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign students
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
International Affairs
Law
Public records
Repatriation
Science, Technology, Communications
Siblings
Transportation and Public Works
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2007 - Suspends the following immigration-related authorities: (1) the visa waiver program; (2) adjustment to permanent resident status; (3) renewal of temporary protected status (TPS); (4) the diversity immigrant visa program; and (5) certain family-related immigrant visa programs. Authorizes specified waiver authority. 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to establish a public listing of every alien subject to a final order of deportation for whom the appropriate country of return has refused or unreasonably delayed such action. Requires U.S. visa issuance to be discontinued in a country which has 24 or more listed individuals. 
Sets forth conditions for waiver of the temporary suspensions set forth in this Act (except for the suspension of TPS renewals). States that all such temporary suspensions shall cease to be effective after the Secretary certifies to Congress that certain security measures are in place, including an integrated entry-exit system at all ports of entry. 
Suspends the Secretary of State's authority to issue nonimmigrant visas and the Secretary's authority to admit nonimmigrant aliens, subject to specified waivers. 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies for certain alien-related detention and removal costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38 United States Code, to modify the rate of reimbursement of State and local agencies administering veterans education benefits.

Bill: 110-hr-3065
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Sets $19 million as the maximum amount per fiscal year for reimbursement to states and local agencies administering veterans' education benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
To permit pass-through payment for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals as urban hospitals, including hospitals located in "Lugar counties", and for on-call and standby costs for such services.

Bill: 110-hr-3066
Sponsor: Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Anesthetics
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Medicare
Nurses
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, with respect to payments for reasonable costs of certified registered nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals.
 
Declares that such hospitals shall be treated as being located in a rural area to permit pass-through of such payments, regardless of any geographic reclassification of the hospital, including reclassification as located in an urban county (&quot;Lugar county&quot;).
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include on-call and standby costs in determining reasonable costs for such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Small Public Housing Authority Act

Bill: 110-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing authorities
Housing discrimination
Housing management
Housing subsidies
Low-income housing
Planning
Public housing
Public meetings
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Small Public Housing Authority Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a small public housing agency from the requirement to prepare an annual public agency plan if the agency: (1) administers not more than a total of 250 dwelling units and section 8 vouchers; and (2) is not a troubled agency. 
 
Requires an agency to: (1) continue to make an annual civil rights certification, and establish, and consult with, one or more resident advisory boards; and (2) conduct a public hearing to discuss agency goals and policies, and make the information available to the public at the agency's principal office.

action_date: 2007-07-30
text: 
Small Public Housing Authority Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exempt a small public housing agency from the requirement to prepare an annual public agency plan if the agency: (1) administers not more than a total of 250 dwelling units and section 8 vouchers; and (2) is not a troubled agency. 
 
Requires an agency to: (1) continue to make an annual civil rights certification, and establish, and consult with, one or more resident advisory boards; and (2) conduct a public hearing to discuss agency goals and policies, and make the information available to the public at the agency's principal office.
 
Declares that qualified small public housing agencies are not exempt from the requirements for amendments and modifications to five-year public housing agency plans.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8919-8920)
action_date: 2007-07-30
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 7/31/2007 H8919-8920)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3067.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8919-8920)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Mr. Frank (MA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Reaffirmation Act

Bill: 110-hr-3069
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Dunlap Band of Mono Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition of the Dunlap Band of Mono Indians (the Tribe). Makes all federal laws of general application to Indians and Indian tribes applicable with respect to the Tribe. 
 
Reaffirms all rights and privileges of the Tribe and members of the Tribe which may have been abrogated or diminished or lost as a result of administrative oversight or neglect, or as a result of implementation of the termination policy of the federal government in California to the Tribe and its members. 
 
Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all programs, benefits, and services provided by the United States to Indians and Indian tribes.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust specified real property for the benefit of the Tribe. Makes any real property taken into trust become part of the Tribe's reservation. 
 
Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) the initial membership of the Tribe; (2) the interim government of the Tribe; and (3) a constitution for the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act

Bill: 110-hr-3070
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay monthly compensation of $234 to a veteran if and while totally disabled and in need of regular aid and attendance and while unpaid aid and attendance is provided by an adult family member who is dependent upon such veteran for support.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Redeployment and Regional Security Act

Bill: 110-hr-3071
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Civil War
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Diplomacy
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
Peace
President and foreign policy
Regional planning
Terrorism
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: 
Iraq Redeployment and Regional Security Act - Requires: (1) the President, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, to commence the full redeployment of all U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq; and (2) such redeployment to be completed within one year after the enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the President, as soon as practicable, to institute a regional diplomatic plan, in conjunction with the United Nations (UN) Security Council, to attempt to: (1) curtail the ongoing civil war in Iraq; (2) contain such civil war to prevent its spread into neighboring countries; (3) prevent the establishment of al Qaeda safe havens; (4) prevent regional war; and (5) prevent genocide.
 
Requires a report from the President to Congress, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act and every 30 days thereafter, on the status and progress of the diplomatic plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Introduced in House