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To amend the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to modify a deadline relating to a certain election by Indian tribes.

Bill: 110-hr-3095
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Ex-offenders
Families
Indian children
Indian law enforcement
Minorities
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to extend until July 27, 2008, the deadline for an Indian tribe to elect to participate as a jurisdiction in the sex offender registration program under such Act or delegate its functions to another jurisdiction.

action_date: 2007-07-23
text: 

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

Amends the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 to extend until July 27, 2008, the deadline for an Indian tribe to elect to participate as a jurisdiction in the sex offender registration program under such Act or delegate its functions to another jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text as passed in House: CR H8228)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text as passed in House: CR H8228)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3095.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8228-8230)
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Ms. Jackson-Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To condition the transfer of personnel and functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, pursuant to the base closure process.

Bill: 110-hr-3097
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Maryland
Military base closures
Military operations
New Jersey
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Prohibits either the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Army from funding the transfer of personnel or functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, pursuant to the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, until at least 30 days after the Comptroller General completes an audit of a report of the Secretary of Defense stating that: (1) such transfer to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations; and (2) safeguards exist to mitigate potential degradation of such support and ensure maximum retention of critical workforce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide certain exemptions to drivers of intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3098
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Marketing of farm produce
Motor vehicle safety
Truck drivers
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Amends commercial motor vehicle safety requirements to exempt drivers of intrastate commercial vehicles engaged in agricultural-related activities from certain federal commercial motor vehicle and operator regulations.

Revises the definition of the term &quot;commercial motor vehicle&quot; with respect to federal commercial motor vehicle laws, including to mean a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds (under current law, a motor vehicle used in commerce to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of at least 26,001 pounds, whichever is greater, or a lesser gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight the Secretary of Transportation prescribes by regulation, but not less than a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,001 pounds).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Reserve Higher Education Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-3099
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Higher Education Fairness Act - Allows educational assistance to continue to be provided to a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve who incurs a break in service from the Selected Reserve of any period of time (current law prohibits such break from being more than 90 days) if the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve during and after such break in service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Import Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3100
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Child safety
Consumer protection
Death
Defective products
Dental care
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Governmental investigations
Health
Imports
Interstate commerce
Law
Product safety
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Import Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase civil monetary penalties for introducing into interstate commerce or delivering for introduction into interstate commerce food that is adulterated.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for the examination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of processed food and toothpaste which is being imported or offered for import into the United States.
 
Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to: (1) increase fines for knowing and willful violations of prohibited acts related to consumer product safety standards; and (2) establish separate fines for offenses that result in death.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for inspection of toys imported or offered for import into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1585)
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to include heating fuel produced from biomass in the definition of biobased fuel.

Bill: 110-hr-3101
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Biomass energy
Energy research
Heating
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
 Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000, with respect to research and development leading to the production of fuels and biobased products, to redefine biobased fuel as any heating or (as currently) any transportation fuel produced from biomass.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To increase the authorization for the major medical facility project to consolidate the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs at the University Drive and H. John Heinz III divisions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bill: 110-hr-3102
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Health
Pennsylvania
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Amends the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 to increase the authorization of appropriations for a major medical facility project to consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers at the University Drive and H. John Heinz III divisions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Veteran's Choice in Nursing Home Care Act

Bill: 110-hr-3103
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health
Nursing homes
Soldiers' homes
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Veteran's Choice in Nursing Home Care Act - Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements with non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes of the veteran's choice to provide nursing home care to veterans eligible for such care through the VA. Requires the: (1) Secretary to pay the non-VA facility for the provision of such care, with payment limits; and (2) veteran who requests such care to assume responsibility for costs that exceeds the VA limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.

Bill: 110-hr-3104
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: American Samoa
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Caribbean area
Commemorations
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Sculpture
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Permits statues honoring deceased citizens of U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to be placed in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. Limits such statues to one per jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Thermal Energy Tax and Energy Credits Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3105
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Armed Forces and National Security
Caribbean area
Electric power production
Embassies
Energy
Federal installations
Guam
Income tax
International Affairs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Military bases
Northern Mariana Islands
Ocean energy resources
Oceania
Palau Islands
Puerto Rico
Tax credits
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Ocean Thermal Energy Tax and Energy Credits Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the tax credit for electricity produced from renewable resources and the investment energy tax credit for ocean thermal energy conversion. 

Extends eligibility for the tax credit for production of electricity from ocean thermal energy conversion resources to transactions taking place in: (1) Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Puerto Rico; (2) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; or (3) any U.S. installation worldwide, including military bases, embassies, and other facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Tax Parity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3107
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Biomass energy
Energy
Energy efficiency
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Renewable Energy Tax Parity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a 30% credit for qualified biomass fuel property expenditures as part of the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. Defines &quot;qualified biomass fuel property expenditure&quot; as an expenditure for property which uses the burning of biomass fuel (i.e., any renewable plant-derived fuel) to heat a residence and which has a thermal efficiency rating of at least 75%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General to address certain questions in connection with the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and the transfer of personnel, functions, and activities from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3108
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Department of Defense
Engineers
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Maryland
Military base closures
Military operations
New Jersey
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists in government
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Directs the Comptroller General to require methodological, scientific, and technical experts within the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake a new investigation to address specified questions relating to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, including: (1) cost estimates with respect to its closing and the transfer of its personnel, functions, and activities to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; (2) a shortfall of defense scientists and engineers; and (3) the failure of the Department of Defense (DOD) to timely provide a report required by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission as to whether the transfer of such personnel, functions, and activities will be accomplished without disruption of their support to the Global War on Terror or other critical contingency operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Dental Health Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3109
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Dental care
Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Preventive medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Dental Health Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for products used to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent the onset of tooth decay (caries), periodontal diseases, and conditions ailing the teeth, gums, and mouth, or affecting their functioning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1584-1585)
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act

Bill: 110-hr-3110
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Beverages
Child health
Child nutrition
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Food industry
Governmental investigations
Health
Marketing
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Food Marketing in Schools Assessment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to the Congress on the marketing of food and beverages in middle and high schools. 
 
Requires such study to assess the nutritional quality of such foods, the media through which they are marketed to children in such schools, and mechanisms that regulate such marketing.
 
Directs the Secretary to collaborate in the conduct of such study with the Division of Adolescent and School Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Financial Services Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3113
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Credit unions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
Affordable Financial Services Enhancement Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to revise the credit union categories of field of membership that may be included in an underserved investment area.
 
Repeals the limitation of credit union categories in such areas to the multiple common-bond credit union membership category.
 
Extends to single common-bond credit unions and community credit unions the National Credit Union Board's authority to allow the membership of a credit union in such an area to include any person or organization within the local community, neighborhood, or rural district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
National Women's Rights History Project Act

Bill: 110-hr-3114
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Maps
National parks
New York State
Planning
Roads and highways
Signs and signboards
Signs and symbols
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Women
Women's rights
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: 
National Women's Rights History Project Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail Route, to link properties in New York State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park (established under prior law). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements and memorandums of understanding with, and provide technical and financial assistance to, other federal agencies, the State of New York, localities, regional governmental bodies, and private entities; (2) make annual grants to state historic preservation offices for up to five years for assistance in surveying, evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and (3) make matching grants and give technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities providing interpretive and educational program development of national women's rights history, including historic preservation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1575)
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Introduced in House