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Homeowners Property Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3953
Sponsor: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Minimum tax
Property tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Homeowners Property Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the deduction of state and local real and personal property taxes in calculating the alternative minimum taxable income of individual taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act

Bill: 110-hr-3954
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a member of a veterans' service organization or other organization approved by the Secretary for transportation and other appropriate expenses incurred in connection with the voluntary provision of a funeral honors detail at the funeral of a veteran, including when requested by a funeral home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2228)
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Science Museum and National Laboratory Partnership Demonstration Act

Bill: 110-hr-3955
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Exhibitions
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Higher education
Laboratories
Mathematics
Museums
Scientific education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Science Museum and National Laboratory Partnership Demonstration Act - Authorizes the award of up to five grants only to partnerships that include science museums, or consortia thereof serving at least 1,000,000 visitors annually and with an existing partnership with one or more national laboratories, for the purposes of : (1) increasing public understanding of scientific work occurring at the national laboratories; (2) developing exhibits and informal education programs featuring advances in the physical sciences; and (3) increasing public understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. 
 
Disallows such science museums or consortia from receiving more than 60% of a grant award for any fiscal year, with the remaining funds allocated to National Laboratory partners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3956
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alloys
Coins and coinage
Department of the Treasury
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Vending machines
Weights and measures

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007 - Revises the discretionary authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and the composition of the alloy in the one-cent coin. Extends such authority to, and requires the Secretary to prescribe the weight and composition of, the dollar, half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, and five-cent coin, as well as the one-cent coin. Cites factors to be considered when prescribing such characteristics, including the effect on vending machines.
 
Repeals current weight requirements for the half-dollar, quarter-dollar, dime, five-cent coin, and the one-cent coin.
 
Specifies the characteristics of $1 coins and gold coins.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe manufacturing tolerances for five-cent and one-cent coins.
 

 
Repeals specified regulations promulgated by the Director of the U.S. Mint on April 16, 2007. Declares that such regulations have no force or effect after the enactment of this Act with respect to one-cent coins.
 
Repeals the Secretary's authority to restrict exportation, melting, or treatment of the one-cent coin during the period between enactment of this Act and the date when the Secretary first issues a one-cent coin with a different metallic content than current one-cent coins.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Accounting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3958
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting
Armed Forces and National Security
Black lung
Civil service retirement
Coal
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Demography
Energy
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medicare
Military pensions
Miners
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public debt
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Truth in Accounting Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include in the audited financial statement of executive branch accounts of the previous year a calculation of the net present value of the overall fiscal exposures of the U.S. government.
 
Requires such financial statement to include a program-by-program calculation of: (1) the generational imbalance; (2) the fiscal imbalance; and (3) the total amount of the fiscal imbalance plus the public debt.
 
Instructs the President, in preparing the federal budget, to take this financial statement into consideration, including the effect of the overall budget upon: (1) the generational imbalance calculation and the fiscal imbalance calculation; and (2) the net present value of the overall fiscal exposures of the federal government.
 
Directs the Secretary to testify each year before Congress on the financial statement for the preceding fiscal year.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) assess the financial condition of the U.S. government in an annual report to Congress; and (2) testify before Congress on that condition, upon request.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Native American Full Access to Dental Care Act

Bill: 110-hr-3960
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Dentists
Education
Health
Higher education
Income tax
Indian medical care
Medical education
Minorities
Native Americans
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Native American Full Access to Dental Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers for income tax purposes loan repayments under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act in exchange for service as an dentist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide relief with respect to the children of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who die as a result of service in a combat zone.

Bill: 110-hr-3961
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Tax credits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $5,000 the maximum dollar amount of the child tax credit for the surviving spouse and children of a member of the Armed Forces who dies while serving in a combat zone; and (2) waive the adjusted gross income limitation applicable to the child tax credit for such military families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2228-2229)
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 110-hr-3962
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-10-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Petroleum
Pollution taxes
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2016, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Schools Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3964
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Communicable diseases
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health surveys
Law
Preventive medicine
School health programs
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Healthy Schools Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to expand and intensify programs to reduce the incidence of staph infections in elementary and secondary schools.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct surveillance activities to collect data on such infections; and (2) develop and periodically update best practices guidelines for reducing the incidence of such infections. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools to improve awareness of, and to implement, such guidelines.

Requires the Secretary to reserve CDC funds to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Early Education Workforce Act

Bill: 110-hr-3966
Sponsor: Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational surveys
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Mentoring
Preschool education
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Teacher education
Teacher salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states for the establishment of a task force composed of state, higher education, and early childhood education representatives and tasked with planning and reviewing the implementation of statewide early childhood education professional development and career systems.
 
Includes among task force duties: (1) developing a professional development and career lattice that provides for a variety of early childhood professional roles with varying professional qualifications and responsibilities, including strategies that offer compensation commensurate with a individual's credentials and training support; (2) assisting institutions of higher education to develop articulation agreements that convert diverse training into academic credits; (3) supporting undergraduate and graduate degree programs in early childhood education; and (4) subjecting the system to quality assurance measures.
 
Directs state grantees to submit their statewide plans for such systems to the Secretary within one year of receiving a grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12094-12095)
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2246-2247)
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Imported Food Safety Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3967
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health
Import restrictions
Imports
International Affairs
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Imported Food Safety Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to refuse admission into the United States of any food (or any type of food) from a country, growing area, producer, manufacturer, or shipper if the Secretary determines that such food: (1) has been associated with repeated and separate outbreaks of foodborne disease or has been repeatedly determined to be adulterated; (2) presents a reasonable probability of causing significant adverse health consequences or death; and (3) is likely, without systemic intervention or changes, to cause disease or be adulterated again.

Directs the Secretary to rescind such a determination if it is no longer justified because of remedial action or other circumstances. Sets forth procedures for review of such determinations.

Authorizes the Secretary to make an emergency determination to refuse admission to food that has been strongly associated with a single outbreak of foodborne disease that has caused serious adverse health consequences or death. 

Requires that any refusal to admit food under this Act be done in a manner consistent with bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to diminish the authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to ensure the safety of food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H12231-12235)
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3968
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Respiratory diseases
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover the services of a qualified respiratory therapist performed under the general supervision of a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-25
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: 2007-10-25
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: 2007-10-25
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: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to dispose of excess materials, supplies, and equipment acquired pursuant to that Act to assist victims of major disasters, emergencies, and incidents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3969
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Charities
Disaster relief
Emergency housing
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Social Welfare
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to transfer excess materials, supplies, or equipment acquired for response or recovery efforts in connection with a major disaster or emergency to a state, governmental entity, or voluntary organization to assist victims of other major disasters and emergencies or other incidents.

Authorizes the use and disposal of temporary housing for disaster victims in incidents that do not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency.

Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to review and revise the factors considered to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster to provide more objective criteria for evaluating the need for assistance to individuals and to speed a declaration of a major disaster or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited period, qualifying reserve-component members who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 60 days.

Bill: 110-hr-3972
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Civil procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debtor and creditor
Emergency Management
Law
National Guard
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Amends the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to prohibit the bankruptcy court from dismissing or converting a case based on means testing while the debtor: (1) is either on active duty or performing a homeland defense activity for at least 60 days; or (2) was either called to active duty or performed homeland defense activity as a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces or a member of the National Guard after September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery bags.

Bill: 110-hr-3973
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable grocery bags.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3975
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: 
Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax deduction for health insurance costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Introduced in House