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Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 110-hr-2865
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clergy
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Human rights
International Affairs
Jews
Religion
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act - Awards the Congressional Gold Medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier in recognition of his pioneering role in promoting religious freedom and human rights throughout the world for close to half a century.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on stick and golf umbrellas.

Bill: 110-hr-2866
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on stick and golf umbrellas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Independence Prize Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2867
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commercialization
Energy consumption
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Energy transportation
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
Independence Prize Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a program for awarding prizes to U.S. entities for research, development, and commercialization of advanced or transformational technologies for the production, consumption, and distribution of nonpetroleum-based alternative energy and energy efficiency; and (2) an advisory committee.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Central Asia Education Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2869
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armenia
Arts, Culture, Religion
Azerbaijan
Central Asia
Cultural relations
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational exchanges
English language
Federal aid to education
Georgia (Republic)
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Graduate education
Higher education
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Scholarships
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
Central Asia Education Enhancement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish a pilot program of scholarships for public policy internships in the United States for undergraduate and graduate students from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. 
 
Gives internship priority to students who are: (1) underprivileged or from ethnic, religious or cultural minorities; and (2) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, or Uzbekistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Schools Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2870
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
School health programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
Healthy Schools Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to require the state to certify that it has implemented procedures to pay for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics under Medicaid and SCHIP. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Payday Loan Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2871
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank loans
Checks
Loans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
 Payday Loan Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit payday loans based on checks drawn on, or authorized withdrawals from, insured depository institutions.
 
 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from: (1) making or extending a payday loan, either directly or indirectly; or (2) making any loan to any other lender for purposes of financing, refinancing, or extending any payday loan.
 
Declares payday loan instruments or transactions void from inception.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1415)
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
LAX Community Safety Act

Bill: 110-hr-2872
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airports
Aviation safety
California
Infrastructure
Relocation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
LAX Community Safety Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving any project for the relocation of Runway 24R, or for construction of a runway north of the location of Runway 24R, at Los Angeles International Airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Homeowners Insurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2873
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Tax exemption
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: 
Affordable Homeowners Insurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt distributions from retirement plans for disaster relief from the penalty for premature retirement plan withdrawals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Residency Program Technical Correction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2875
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hospital care
Medical education
Medical residents
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Medicare Residency Program Technical Correction Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to payments to hospitals for the direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs of inpatient hospital services, particularly the redistribution among qualifying hospitals of unused resident positions which figure in the calculation of DGME costs.

Requires a specified adjustment to the reduction of Medicare resident positions where that reduction was based on a cost report subsequently settled, whether as a result of an appeal or otherwise, if the reference resident level under such settled cost report is higher than the resident level used for the reduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Safe Interstate Meat Shipment Act

Bill: 110-hr-2876
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Commerce
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
Meat
Meat inspection
Poultry
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Safe Interstate Meat Shipment Act - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to permit interstate distribution of state-inspected meat and poultry under specified circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a program of research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-2877
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy research
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five-year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration; and (2) coordinate with the natural gas vehicle industry and with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding streamlined certification of natural gas conversion systems to federal certification requirements and in-use emission standards.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2878
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Law
Public prosecutors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007 - Imposes surcharges for unpaid criminal monetary penalties and for unpaid balances on money judgments obtained by the United States. 

Increases special assessments on persons convicted of certain criminal offenses against the United States.

Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Justice Enhanced Financial Recovery Fund to support Department of Justice debt collection activities.

Requires assistant U.S. attorneys to be treated in the same manner as federal law enforcement officers for purposes of federal employee retirement benefit provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1429-1430)
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Wheat Counter-Cyclical Payments Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2879
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Wheat

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Wheat Counter-Cyclical Payments Enhancement Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to consider national average market price variations for different classes of wheat when determining wheat producer eligibility for 2007 counter-cyclical payments.
 
 States that in calculating a separate effective price for a class of wheat the effective price shall equal the sum of: (1) the higher of the national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year, or the national average loan rate during that period; and (2) the direct wheat payment rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Life Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2882
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building laws
Congregate housing
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to health facilities
Fire prevention
Health facilities
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing homes
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Long-Term Care Life Safety Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to nursing homes, hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, residential care program facilities, board and care facilities and other appropriate facilities for the purpose of retrofitting such facilities with a professionally installed fire alarm detection system or other fire detection and prevention technology. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that demonstrate a need or hardship. Allows the Secretary to consider such factors as the age and condition of the facilities, the need for facility beds in the community involved, and requirements imposed on the applicant to meet fire safety regulations under Medicare, Medicaid, other federal programs, or state or local licensing or building code standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act

Bill: 110-hr-2883
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Income tax
Law
Platinum
Precious metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Tax rates
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat bullion (e.g., gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) as a long-term capital asset (currently, treated as a collectible), eligible for preferential capital gains tax rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Credit Monitoring Clarification Act

Bill: 110-hr-2885
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer complaints
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fees
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identity theft

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Credit Monitoring Clarification Act - Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to cite conditions under which provision to a consumer of credit reports, credit score analysis, and assistance in a case of identity theft shall not be considered as an activity to improve a consumer's credit status, which is subject to regulation under such Act.
 
Exempts from regulation under such Act any person (credit repair organization, or CRO) representing that it can modify or remove, or assist the consumer in modifying or removing, any information in the consumer's credit report if the CRO gives clear and conspicuous notice, before the consumer pays or agrees to pay it, that: (1) neither the consumer nor anyone else has the right to have accurate and current information removed from a credit report; and (2) the consumer has the right to dispute any inaccurate information by contacting the credit bureau directly. Requires a CRO, to qualify for this exemption from regulation, also to give the consumer, before payment or agreement to pay, a specified disclosure entitled &quot;Your Rights Concerning Your Consumer Credit File.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1170.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Teague Ryan Sudden Child Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes Screening and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2887
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Cardiovascular diseases
Child health
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical screening
Medical tests
Quality of care
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Teague Ryan Sudden Child Cardiac Arrhythmia Syndromes Screening and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants or contracts to carry out programs to: (1) screen children for sudden cardiac arrhythmia syndromes; (2) provide referrals for medical services regarding such syndromes; and (3) provide education on such syndromes to health professionals and the general public. Requires the Secretary to give priority to: (1) screenings and referrals for children who participate, or intend to participate, in organized sports; and (2) educational activities directed toward parents of such children and health professionals who commonly provide medical care for such children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Diabetic Footwear Quality Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Diabetes
Medical fees
Medicare
Prosthesis
Shoe industry
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Medicare Diabetic Footwear Quality Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to terminate the reduction in Medicare payment for orthopedic shoes and inserts furnished to individuals with diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-27
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: 2007-06-27
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: 2007-06-27
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: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Introduced in House