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District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1572
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Government employees' political activities
Local employees
Local laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act of 2007 - Amends federal law commonly referred to as the &quot;Hatch Act&quot; (concerning political activities of public employees) to: (1) include the District of Columbia within the definition of &quot;state&quot; with respect to political activities concerning certain state and local employees; and (2) remove provisions specifically applicable to employees of government of the District of Columbia. Makes such amendments effective on the date a law is enacted by the District of Columbia that places restrictions on political activities of employees of the District of Columbia government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E577)
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Japanese American Memorial Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1573
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Infrastructure
Islands
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
National monuments
National parks
Reservoirs
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Water districts
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
 Japanese American Memorial Act of 2007 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni (&quot;Let it not happen again&quot;) memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, for the purposes of defining the role of the National Park Service (NPS) in administering the Memorial owned by the City of Brainbridge Island to enter into agreements with the City of Bainbridge Island and specified entities. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain a site in Seattle, Washington, for administrative and visitor use purposes associated with the Monument, using the facilities and other services of the Seattle unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. 
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate the development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the Memorial and Monument site in Idaho with the Manzanar National Historic Site in California. 
 
American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 
 
Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Safe Facilities Act

Bill: 110-hr-1574
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Chemical industries
Commerce
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial buildings
Security measures
State laws
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Safe Facilities Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that no federal law, regulation, or agency action shall preempt any state law or regulation relating to the security of chemical facilities that is more stringent than the federal law, including any state law or regulation that takes effect after this Act's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E599)
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act

Bill: 110-hr-1575
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Michigan
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Cheboigan or Cheboygan Band, in Michigan). Entitles such Band to the federal services and benefits provided to recognized Indians. Provides for lands to be acquired and held in trust for the Band by the Secretary of the Interior. 

action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Extends to the Band eligibility for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. Designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the Band and to other Indians in the area of Cheboygan County, Michigan.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and in other geographic areas and to hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the Band.

Sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the Band. Requires the Band to provide a copy of its base roll to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within one year after the enactment of this Act.

Provides that the initial constitution of the Band shall be the constitution submitted by the Band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 512.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-794.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-794.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-04-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

Bill: 110-hr-1576
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Conservation easements
Corporation taxes
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Nature conservation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act

Bill: 110-hr-1577
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Case management
Families
Family services
Health
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military personnel
National Guard
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Navigators Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide patient navigator program and assign responsibility for overseeing the program to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
 
Requires patient navigators to be assigned as representatives to medical holdover patients and their families in order to improve health care outcomes. Prohibits the ratio of navigators to patients from being higher than one to ten.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Performance Metrics and Transparency Act

Bill: 110-hr-1578
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Armed forces reserves
Case management
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health counseling
Hospital care
Inspectors general
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military personnel
National Guard
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Standards
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Performance Metrics and Transparency Act - Assigns the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs responsibility for establishing performance standards for each step of the medical holdover patient process. Defines &quot;medical holdover patient&quot; as a member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or other reserve component, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, or who is otherwise in medical hold or holdover status, for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to require each military medical installation to perform a quarterly inspection based on the performance standards established by this Act. Requires the Assistant Secretary to provide reports on such inspections to the Secretary, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, and other military officials. 

Requires the Assistant Secretary to develop and enforce standards for: (1) security and medical personnel to perform daily rounds of each medical inpatient and outpatient facility, including a requirement for 24-hour access for patients with medical emergencies or needs; (2) responding to patient questions and scheduling medical appointments; and (3) in-processing and out-processing, counseling, and information for patients and family members. 

Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) submit monthly reports to the Secretary and the Inspector General on military service performance in all categories of medical holdover patient care; and (2) meet semi-annually with the Secretaries of the military departments to address medical holdover program execution issues.

Requires the Inspector General to audit and review the medical holdover system and the performance standards developed by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act

Bill: 110-hr-1579
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Case management
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health information systems
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military personnel
National Guard
Ombudsman
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Patient Tracking Act - Directs the surgeons general of the military departments to develop a joint soldier tracking system (System) for medical holdover patients. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to have access to the system to monitor trends and problems.
 
Requires the system to allow each medical holdover patient, each family member of such patient, each commanding officer of a military installation retaining such patients, each patient navigator, and ombudsman office personnel, at all times, to be able to locate and understand exactly where a patient is in the medical holdover process. Requires that the system be updated daily.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Ombudsman Act

Bill: 110-hr-1580
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Case management
Congress
Congressional investigations
Department of Defense
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military personnel
National Guard
Ombudsman
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Wounded Warriors Joint Health Care Ombudsman Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a Department of Defense (DOD)-wide Ombudsman Office and to assign Office oversight responsibility to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.
 
Requires the Ombudsman to provide assistance to and answer questions from medical holdover patients and their families regarding: (1) administrative processes, financial matters, and non-military related services available to such patients and families; (2) transfer to the care of the Veterans Administration (VA); and (3) support services available upon the patient's return home. Directs the Ombudsman to establish toll-free telephone numbers for such patients and family members. Makes the Ombudsman responsible for handling congressional inquiries regarding medical holdover patients and other medical questions related to the Armed Forces.
 
Defines a medical holdover patient as one held over for medical treatment by DOD for an injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated while on active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
American Dairy Farmer Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1583
Sponsor: Rep. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Commerce
Dairy industry
Marketing orders
Milk

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
 American Dairy Farmer Protection Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend national dairy market loss payments through September 30, 2012. Increases the maximum payment quantity for all producers on a single dairy operation.
 
Sets the FY2008 minimum price for Class 1 milk under a federal marketing order at $15.58 per hundredweight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-30
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit.

Bill: 110-hr-1584
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Maintenance and repair
Minimum tax
Railroad engineering
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable amount of the railroad track maintenance tax credit; (2) extend such credit through 2010; and (3) allow such credit against alternative minimum tax liabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1586
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Estate tax
Gift tax
Inheritance tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007 - Repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
National Levee Safety Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1587
Sponsor: Rep. Schmidt, Jean [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-state relations
Flood control
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Research
Safety measures
State employees
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
National Levee Safety Program Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) inspect each levee in the United States constructed or maintained by the Secretary or identified by a state governor, excluding levees the failure of which would not pose a significant threat to human life or property; (2) notify the governor of the state in which a levee is located of inspection results, hazardous conditions found, and necessary remedial measures; (3) submit, annually, a priority list of flood damage reduction studies and projects; and (4) periodically publish an inventory of U.S. levees, including inspection results.
 
Establishes the Interagency Committee on Levee Safety to support federal levee safety programs through coordination and information exchange among federal agencies concerning the implementation of levee safety guidelines.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the National Levee Safety Review Board to monitor levee safety and state implementation of this Act and to advise the Secretary on national levee safety policy; (2) establish a national levee safety program, including federal levee safety guidelines; (3) provide assistance for and periodically review state levee safety programs; (4) carry out a program of technical and archival research regarding levee construction, rehabilitation, inspection, safety, security, and management; and (5) establish a program to train state safety agency staff and inspectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E591)
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1588
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Families
Health counseling
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services generally, and particularly those provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs, and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicaid program. 

Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system.

Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-20
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: 2007-03-20
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: 2007-03-20
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: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House