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Mercury in Dental Fillings Disclosure and Prohibition Act

Bill: 110-hr-2101
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2007-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Commerce
Consumer protection
Dental care
Health warnings
Labeling
Mercury
Pregnant women
Product safety
Warning labels
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: 
Mercury in Dental Fillings Disclosure and Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem any drug or device to be adulterated if it contains mercury intended for use in a dental filling, effective January 1, 2009.

Deems a device that contains mercury intended for use in a dental filling to be misbranded, effective December 31, 2007, unless it bears a specified warning label that it: (1) contains mercury, a highly toxic element; (2) should not be administered to children under age 18 or to pregnant or lactating women; and (3) poses health risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 110-hr-2103
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Airline employees
Annuities
Finance and Financial Sector
Retirement age
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), with regard to both single-employer and multiemployer plan guaranteed benefits, to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of commercial airline pilots required by Federal Aviation Administration regulation to retire before age 65, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at the required retirement age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E929)
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Public Prayer Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2104
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
District courts
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Local officials
Religion
Religious liberty
State courts
State officials
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Public Prayer Protection Act of 2007 - Denies the Supreme Court and district courts jurisdiction to review any matter related to the alleged establishment of religion involving the expression of public prayer by any federal, state, or local government entity or a government officer or agent acting in an official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Elder Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 110-hr-2105
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against the elderly
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Parole
Rape
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Elder Abuse Prevention Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to adopt laws and policies that prohibit parole for: (1) any individual who is convicted of a criminal sexual offense against a victim who is elderly; or (2) a sexually violent predator. Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation). Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs. 

Requests the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promptly review its guidelines for sexual offenses committed against the elderly and to consider new guidelines for enhanced sentencing for such crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
No Parole for Sex Offenders Act

Bill: 110-hr-2106
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Block grants
Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Parole
Rape
Sex offenders
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
No Parole for Sex Offenders Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to put into effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any individual convicted of a crime against a minor and any sexually violent predator. Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation). Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Human and Pet Food Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2108
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Consumer education
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health warnings
Imports
Labeling
Pets

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Human and Pet Food Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require a person that has reason to believe that any food introduced into interstate commerce may be in violation of the FFDCA to immediately notify the Secretary of the Health and Human Services of the identity and location of the food.

Requires the Secretary, upon a determination that such food is in violation of the FFDCA and that there is a reasonable probability that the food, if consumed, would present a threat to the public health, to give appropriate persons an opportunity to: (1) cease distribution of the food; (2) notify all relevant persons to cease distribution of the food; (3) recall the food; and (4) provide notice to consumers and public health officials. Authorizes the Secretary to control and possess the food and to order the person to immediately cease distribution of the food if the person refuses or does not adequately carry out such actions.

Sets forth certification and inspection requirements for foreign governments and foreign firms seeking to import food into the Unites States.

Directs the Secretary to take certain action during an ongoing recall of human or pet food, including posting information regarding recalled products on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website.

Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) processing and ingredient standards for feed, pet food, animal waste, and ingredient definitions; (2) update standards for pet food labeling that includes nutritional information and ingredient information; and (3) an early warning and surveillance system to identify contaminations of the pet food supply and outbreaks of illness from pet food.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Our Local Communities Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2109
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal aliens
Deportation
Detention of persons
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Employee training
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Homicide
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Local officials
Mandatory sentences
State employees
State officials
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Empowering Our Local Communities Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose a minimum mandatory prison term of five years and a maximum term of 40 years on any illegal alien who commits manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. 

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals present in the United States in violation of immigration laws. 

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to continue to operate and implement the Institutional Removal Program for the identification and removal from the United States of criminal aliens. Requires such program to be extended to all states. Authorizes states to detain criminal aliens after the completion of their prison sentences to effectuate their transfer to federal custody.

Authorizes appropriations for the training of state and local government officers or employees to perform certain functions of a federal immigration officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for tax exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property.

Bill: 110-hr-2110
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agriculture and Food
Bonds
Commerce
Equipment and supplies
Food industry
Food preservation
Income tax
Meat packing industry
Packaging
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the issuance of tax-exempt small issue bonds to finance the purchase of property or land used primarily for the processing of agricultural products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act

Bill: 110-hr-2111
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Arts, Culture, Religion
Colleges
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
History
International Affairs
International education
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to replace the program providing incentive payments to public elementary schools for foreign language instruction with a partnership program in foreign languages that provides matching incentive payments to partnerships composed of state or local educational agencies and institutions of higher education.
 
Requires such partnerships to establish, improve, or expand model programs of foreign language learning from kindergarten through grade 12 that increase the number of high school graduates who attain advanced proficiency in at least one foreign language.
 
Requires each model program to have a dimension allowing the student to gain an understanding of the historic, geographic, cultural, economic, and other contextual factors of countries whose people speak the language studied. Conditions a partnership's continued funding, for an initial four-year period and two additional five-year periods, on its demonstrating its program effectiveness based on nationally recognized standardized foreign language assessments.
 
Directs the Secretary to collect annually and analyze data on such programs and disseminate aggregated program data nationally, as well as information on successful programs and practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Purchasing Low-Emission Vehicles for Use in Government (PLUG) Act

Bill: 110-hr-2112
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Buy American
Electric vehicles
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Purchasing Low-Emission Vehicles for Use in Government (PLUG) Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the federal government acquires not fewer than 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States by U.S. entities.
 
Defines a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle as a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat engine using: (1) a combustible fuel; (2) an on-board, rechargeable storage device; and (3) a device that collects electricity from an off-board source.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
To grant a right of first refusal to the Town of Jupiter Island, Florida, with respect to Coast Guard property on Jupiter Island, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2113
Sponsor: Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Coast guard
Florida
Habitat conservation
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Shore protection
Small towns
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Grants the town of Jupiter Island, Florida, the right of first refusal to select and take without consideration fee simple title to real property within the jurisdiction of the town comprising specified parcels (Bon Air Beach lots 259 and 260 located at 83 North Beach Road and Bon Air Beach lots 261 and 267), including any improvements thereon that are not authorized or required by another provision of law to be conveyed to another person. 
 
Allows the Commandant of the Coast Guard to identify, describe, and determine the property referred to above that is subject to the right of the town under this Act.
 
Prohibits such property from being conveyed until the Commandant determines that the property is not needed to carry out Coast Guard operations. 
 
Requires any property conveyed under this Act to be used by the town solely for conservation of habitat and as protection against damage from wind, tidal, and wave energy. 
 
Provides for reversion to the U.S. government if such property is used for purposes other than conservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act

Bill: 110-hr-2114
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Health
Maternal health services
Obstetrics
Preventive medicine
Surgery
United Nations
United Nations finances
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act - Authorizes appropriations beginning in FY2008 to be used only for U.S. voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for prevention and repair of obstetric fistula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E935-936)
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2115
Sponsor: Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Prostate cancer
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states to carry out: (1) prostate cancer prevention programs (including screening and referrals for treatment); and (2) demonstration projects to provide preventive health services with respect to prostate cancer (including blood pressure and cholesterol screenings). 
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to individuals who have been screened for prostate cancer under this Act and who need treatment for prostate cancer. 
 
Applies provisions related to breast and cervical cancer programs to programs under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2116
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Railroad engineering
Railroad freight operations
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for 25% of the cost of new qualified freight rail infrastructure property and qualified locomotive property; and (2) a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified freight rail infrastructure property (i.e., deduct all costs in the current taxable year). Terminates such credit and expensing election after 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2118
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2007-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural education
Agricultural innovations
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Alternative energy sources
Biological warfare
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Farm produce
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Food safety
Food supply
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hunger
International competitiveness
Obesity
Presidential appointments
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Sustainable agriculture
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2007 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be an agricultural researcher and scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; and (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States.
 
Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-31
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Introduced in House