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Community College Partnership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-596
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College entrance requirements
Colleges
Community colleges
Compensatory education
Counseling
Curricula
Educational counseling
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 
Community College Partnership Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Community College Opportunity program to help students at community or technical colleges transfer to four-year institutions and complete bachelor's degrees.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award program grants to eligible partnerships that include one or more community or technical colleges that award associate's degrees, one or more institutions of higher education (IHEs) that offer a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree not awarded by the partner colleges, and a state agency overseeing or coordinating IHEs. 
Requires such grants to be used for: (1) the development of policies and programs that expand opportunities for community or technical college students to earn bachelor's degrees, including those that promote the transfer of academic credits between institutions and expand articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements between IHEs; (2) support services to students participating in the program, including tutoring, mentoring, academic and personal counseling, and transition facilitation; (3) academic program enhancements at the community or technical college that increase program quality and the number of student participants in the dual enrollment program offered in cooperation with a baccalaureate degree-granting institution; and (4) programs to identify barriers that inhibit student transfers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Earning and Learning Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-597
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Contracts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Student employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 
Earning and Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with private for-profit organizations for the provision of work-study employment, except as otherwise permitted by regulations of the Secretary of Education. (Current law allows such institutions to enter into such agreements at their own option.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Full Deductibility Act

Bill: 110-hr-598
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Student loan funds
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 
Student Loan Interest Full Deductibility Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the current dollar limitations on the tax deduction of interest on education loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-600
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Broadband
Cable television
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation taxes
Department of the Treasury
Direct broadcast satellites
Enterprise zones
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Law
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Partnerships
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Stocks
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Telecommunication industry
Telephone
Television stations
Urban affairs
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Telecommunications Ownership Diversification Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to exclude from gross income a portion of the gain from the sale of the assets of a telecommunications business to an eligible purchaser. Defines &quot;eligible purchaser&quot; as: (1) any economically and socially disadvantaged business as designated by the Secretary of the Treasury using specified criteria; or (2) a corporation or partnership which, following the sale of a telecommunications business, owns substantially all of the assets of such business and is at least five percent owned by the Telecommunications Development Fund established under the Communications Act of 1934. 
Allows an investment tax credit of ten percent of the taxable income of any local exchange carrier that is not a Bell operating company and is headquartered in an area designated as an empowerment zone by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
Allows the exclusion from gross income of 50 percent of the gain from the sale or exchange of stock, held for more than five years, in an eligible purchaser engaged in a telecommunications business. 
Directs the Comptroller General, not later than January 1, 2007, and two years thereafter, to audit and report on the administration of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
FAFSA Fix for Homeless Kids Act

Bill: 110-hr-601
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Scholarships
School districts
Shelters for the homeless
Student aid
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
FAFSA Fix for Homeless Kids Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to deem a student independent for financial aid purposes if such student has been verified as both a homeless child or youth and an unaccompanied youth by: (1) a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youth; (2) a director of a homeless shelter, transitional shelter, or independent living program; or (3) a financial aid administrator.
 
Requires such a verification to take place during the school year in which the application for such aid is submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10267)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8219)
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to allow the secondary transmission to any subscriber in the State of Oklahoma of primary transmissions of local network stations in that State.

Bill: 110-hr-602
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Direct broadcast satellites
Law
Licenses
Oklahoma
Subscription television
Television programs
Television relay systems
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
 Grants a statutory license to a satellite carrier for the secondary transmission of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission by a network station located in Oklahoma to subscribers who: (1) reside in Oklahoma but do not receive the secondary transmission of any network station located in that state because of assignment to a local market receiving secondary transmissions of network stations located in another state; and (2) elect to receive the secondary transmissions of network stations located in Oklahoma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Economic Development and Opportunities Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-603
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Residence requirements
Rural economic development
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Rural Economic Development and Opportunities Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer to claim a work opportunity tax credit during the next five years for the hiring of employees who live in a rural area and perform services for such employer in a rural area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
E-85 Investment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-604
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Energy
Income tax
Service stations
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
E-85 Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property by: (1) increasing to 75% the rate of such credit for property using 85% ethanol fuel; (2) reducing the maximum dollar amount of such credit in 2013 and 2014 for ethanol-related refueling property; and (3) extending such credit through 2016 for ethanol-related refueling property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-605
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Bank fraud
Commerce
Conspiracy
Consumer protection
Crime prevention
Crimes against the elderly
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Employee training
Federal Trade Commission
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Government publicity
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Police training
Public prosecutors
Public service advertising
Recruiting of employees
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Telemarketing
Telephone
United States Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 10 to 15 years the additional term of imprisonment for telemarketing fraud aimed at individuals over the age of 55. 

Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) 50 new postal inspectors to investigate telemarketing fraud; (2) 30 new assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases; and (3) public awareness and prevention initiatives to educate senior citizens about telemarketing fraud.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Emergency Responder Fair Mileage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-606
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Emergency Management
Expense accounts
Fire fighters
Health
Income tax
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Volunteer Emergency Responder Fair Mileage Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from the gross income of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders reimbursements of automobile operating expenses incurred for the benefit of a volunteer fire department; and (2) allow such volunteers to deduct such automobile operating expenses using the higher business mileage rate instead of the standard rate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Military Toy Replica Act

Bill: 110-hr-607
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Defense contracts
Defense industries
Families
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hobbies
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Toys
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Military Toy Replica Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to require that any contract entered into or renewed by the Department of Defense include a provision prohibiting the contractor from requiring toy and hobby manufacturers, distributors, or merchants to obtain licenses from, or pay fees to, the contractor for the use of military likenesses or designations on items provided under the contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Digital Television Consumer Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Canada
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Commerce
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Federal Communications Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mexico
Public service advertising
Retail trade
Standards
Sunset legislation
Television
Television broadcasting
Television industry
Television relay systems

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Digital Television Consumer Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require through December 1, 2009: (1) retail distributors that sell or rent televisions with analog receivers, including distributors that sell by direct mail or electronic means, to prominently display a specified consumer alert respecting digital television transition information; (2) multichannel video programming distributors to include specified transition information in consumer bills; and (3) full-power commercial television broadcast licensees or permittees to report at least quarterly to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) respecting transition education efforts to consumers.
 
Authorizes the FCC to issue civil forfeitures for violations of such requirements.
 
Requires the FCC to establish: (1) a digital television public outreach program, including FCC website information; and (2) the DTV Working Group to consult with state and local governments, providers of low-income assistance programs, educational institutions, community groups, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to promote consumer outreach regarding such transition and the converter-box program.
 
Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish energy consumption standards applicable to digital-to-analog converter boxes in order for such boxes to qualify for certain coupon purchases. States that such standards shall be the exclusive energy consumption standards for converter boxes manufactured or imported for use in the United States on and after the effective date established by the Assistant Secretary and until January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-609
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congress
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Sunset legislation
Texas
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2007 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the city of Waco and other participating communities in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in McLennan County, Texas. Limits the federal share of project costs to 25% of the total. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.

action_date: 2007-04-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 2007 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the city of Waco and other participating communities in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in McLennan County, Texas. Limits the federal share of project costs to 25% of the total. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for project operation and maintenance. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3412)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3412)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 609.
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3412-3413)
action_date: 2007-04-17
text: Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House