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Prescription Drug Affordability Act

Bill: 110-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Electronic commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Income tax
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Retirement age
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State laws
Tax credits
Taxation
Web sites
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Prescription Drug Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for 80 percent of the amount paid for a prescribed drug during the taxable year (and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise) by a taxpayer who has attained social security retirement age.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to repeal provisions restricting the importation of prescription drugs. Allows a person who meets applicable legal requirements to be an importer of prescription drugs upon application to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to approve such an application if the drug meets all FFDCA requirements for admission into the United States, including that the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not adulterated or misbranded.

Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action against any of the persons involved with the interstate sale of a prescription drug through an Internet site if: (1) the sale was made in compliance with applicable Federal and State laws; and (2) accurate information regarding compliance with such laws is posted on the Internet site.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E9)
action_date: 2007-01-04
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: 2007-01-04
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: 2007-01-04
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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the affidavit requirement applicable to the use of private contracts with practitioners under Medicare.
 
Declares that no persons otherwise eligible for old-age benefits under Social Security shall be denied such benefits because of their voluntary refusal to participate in any part of the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Fuels and Energy Independence Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Commerce
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tariff
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Renewable Fuels and Energy Independence Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income and excise tax credits for alcohol and biodiesel used as fuel.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to move the effective date for tariff duties on ethyl alcohol and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ethanol) to the effective date of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension of the credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources.

Bill: 110-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Biomass energy
Coal
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Hydroelectric power
Incineration
Income tax
Irrigation
Landfills
Methane
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Tax credits
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend though 2013 the tax credit for producing electricity from certain facilities using renewable resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.

Bill: 110-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
History
McKinley Administration
Mountains
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Requires retention of the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Electric utilities
Energy
Hydroelectric power
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River Act of 2007 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in Arizona, as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a river management plan for the designated segments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act

Bill: 110-hr-200
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Civics education
Commemorations
Computer literacy
Computer software
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Internet
Mathematics
Reading
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social sciences
Students
Teacher education
Web sites
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act - Establishes assistance programs for: (1) middle school computer literacy; and (2) high-quality educational software for all schools.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states (especially those with a priority on training middle school teachers) that integrate into the state curriculum the goal of making all middle school graduates in the state technologically literate. Requires use of such grants for teacher training in technology, emphasizing programs preparing teachers in elementary, middle, and secondary schools to become technology leaders and then serve as experts and train other teachers. 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants for students at secondary schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to work with IHE faculty, software developers, and experts in educational technology in developing high-quality educational software and Internet websites. Directs the Secretary to recognize outstanding software and websites developed with such assistance that focus on core curriculum areas, especially: (1) for the first year of awards, mathematics, science, and reading; and (2) for the second and third years of awards, again mathematics, science, and reading, but also social studies, the humanities, and the arts. 
Requires: (1) such recognized educational software to be made available to local educational agencies for free downloading from the Department of Education's website; and (2) such recognized websites to be accessible to any Web user.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act

Bill: 110-hr-201
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Low-income housing
Rental housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Housing Opportunities Made Easier Act, or the HOME Act - Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) provide 150,000 incremental vouchers to public housing agencies in FY2008 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and (2) renew such vouchers in each ensuing fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Housing Authority Funding Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-202
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consent decrees
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to housing
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Law
Low-income housing
Public housing
Relocation
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Housing Authority Funding Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) repeal tenant-based contract renewals by application of an inflation factor; and (2) authorize FY2008-FY2012 appropriations for tenant-based rental assistance (vouchers).
 
Prescribes requirements for renewal funding for each public housing agency.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-203
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Continuing education
Court records
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evidence (Law)
Families
Family courts
Family violence
Federal aid to law enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Judges
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal education
Local employees
Local laws
Police questioning
Recruiting of employees
Searches and seizures
Stalking
State employees
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) include among the eligibility criteria for certain federal grants state laws authorizing gun confiscation by law enforcement officers in certain domestic violence cases; and (2) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to protection orders.

Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to: (1) authorize grants for training programs to establish integrated domestic violence courts; (2) include among the eligibility criteria of the National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction grant program state certification that its laws relating to the elements of a stalking offense require only that the defendant has on more than one occasion harassed or threatened the victim (thereby excluding any requirement for a specific intent to cause fear); and (3) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to stalking and domestic violence data. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-205
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Enrollment Extension Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the annual enrollment periods of the Medicare and Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-206
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
California
Child nutrition
Commerce
Community organization
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Exercise
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Fingerprints
Food relief
Food stamps
Fruit
Georgia
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Homeless
Hunger
Illinois
Indiana
Internet
Iowa
Job hunting
Kentucky
Labor and Employment
Law
Maryland
Metropolitan areas
Missouri
National service
New York City
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Nutrition
Obesity
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Personal budgets
Puerto Rico
Saving and investment
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Texas
Trusts and trustees
Urban affairs
Vegetables
Virginia
Volunteer workers
Weight loss
Welfare eligibility
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to replace current food stamp program (program) administrative cost provisions with provisions authorizing 75% reimbursement for specified state activities to increase program access.
 
States that fingerprinting shall not be required for program participation.
 
Beyond the Soup Kitchen Grants Program Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen pilot program to provide grants: (1) to a primary community-based nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger group in each designated pilot community which shall allocate subgrants to other nonprofit feeding and anti-hunger groups in such community; and (2) for technical assistance grants. 
 
Sets forth program provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act

Bill: 110-hr-207
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Military and naval supplies
Military medicine
Military operations
Military personnel
Military training
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Radioisotopes
Retired military personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Surveys
Uranium
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish procedures for the predeployment notification to members of the Armed Forces of any known or likely use of depleted uranium in the theater of operation and any health risks associated with exposure to depleted uranium; (2) provide for training deploying members on the safe handling of depleted uranium contamination; (3) carry out a program to identify individuals exposed to depleted uranium during active service in the Armed Forces; (4) provide such individuals with bioassay testing and notification of test results; and (5) identify specified depleted uranium exposure events.
 
Requires the Secretary of each military department to establish procedures for collecting, tracking, and maintaining information on the health status of individuals tested under this Act to assess long-term health consequences of exposure to depleted uranium.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct an independent review of bioassay types and contamination thresholds for purposes of required testing.
 
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide appropriate treatment for any illness of an individual resulting from depleted uranium contamination or exposure.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a survey of radioisotope identification equipment used by the Department of Defense (DOD) to assess the capability of DOD facilities to identify concentrations of different radioisotopes in naturally occurring levels of uranium and to report survey findings to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand the fruit and vegetable pilot program to 5 States, including New York, and to include Head Start programs.

Bill: 110-hr-208
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Child nutrition
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Fruit
New York State
Preschool education
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to: (1) expand the fruit and vegetable pilot program to five states, including New York; and (2) include Head Start programs (as well as elementary and secondary schools) in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House