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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3010
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Contracts
Franchises (Retail trade)
Labor and Employment
Labor disputes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights or to regulate contracts or transactions between parties of unequal bargaining power.
 
Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement.
 
Exempts arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements from this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-07-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program.

Bill: 110-hr-3011
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer discounts
Drugs
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the average sales price methodology for payment for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase the payment amount for a drug or biological to the extent necessary to ensure that it is in no case less than the widely available market price. 

Limits the prompt pay discounts included in the calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price to those discounts furnished to physicians. Excludes such discounts from the average sales price calculation for years after 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-12
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: 2007-07-12
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: 2007-07-12
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: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To delay the applicability to webcasters of rates and terms determined by the Copyright Royalty Judges for certain statutory licenses under title 17, United States Code.

Bill: 110-hr-3015
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Copyright
Intellectual property
Licenses
Sound recording and reproducing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Extends for a 60-day period beginning on July 15, 2007, the rates and terms determined by the Copyright Royalty Judges for statutory licenses for the transmission of sound recordings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3016
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Barber and beauty shops
Commerce
Contractors
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Leases
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax returns
Tipping

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. 

Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide their cosmetologist employees and self-employed cosmetologists with information on the tax and tip reporting obligations of employees and self-employed individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Mortgage Fraud Act

Bill: 110-hr-3017
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Mortgages
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Stop Mortgage Fraud Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Justice for FY2008-FY2012 for: (1) the employment of 30 additional agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two additional prosecutors to coordinate prosecution of mortgage fraud cases with the offices of the U.S. Attorneys; and (2) the operations of the FBI interagency task forces in the areas with the 15 highest concentrations of mortgage fraud. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Drug and Medical Device Company Gift Disclosure Act

Bill: 110-hr-3023
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospitals
Injunctions
Law
Marketing
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
Nurses
Nursing homes
Pharmacists
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Sales promotion
Trade secrets

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Drug and Medical Device Company Gift Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require prescription drug or medical device manufacturers, packers, and distributors to annually disclose to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs the value, nature, and purpose of any : (1) gift made in connection with detailing, promotion, or other marketing activity to any physician, nurse, therapist, hospital, nursing home, pharmacist, health benefit plan administrator, or any other person authorized to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs; and (2) cash rebate, discount, or other financial consideration given to any pharmaceutical benefit manager in connection with such marketing activities. Defines &quot;gift&quot; to include any fee, payment, subsidy, amenity, object, service, or other economic benefit, except: (1) free samples of prescription drugs; (2) reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses in connection with a bona fide clinical trial; and (3) certain scholarships or other support for medical students, residents, or fellows to attend conferences. Applies such provisions only if the total value of the gift or gifts is $50 or more during the calendar year. 

Requires the Commissioner to: (1) make such information available to the public; and (2) keep confidential any information related to a trade secret. Establishes civil penalties for violations.

Gives the Commissioner authority to investigate compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Commissioner to file a petition in the United States District Court for an order requiring submission of a report or other appropriate relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3024
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Home care services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Nursing
Poor children
Pregnant women
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Healthy Children and Families Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide states with the option to provide evidence-based nurse home visitation services under Medicaid and the SCHIP programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3026
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
District of Columbia
Families
Married people
Military dependents
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor all those who have put their country first as military spouses throughout our Nation's history. 
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense of the establishment of the commemorative work. Makes the Military Spouse Legacy Association, Inc., solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of such work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8623)
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Effective Law Enforcement through Transparent Interrogations Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3027
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Confession (Law)
Evidence (Law)
Law
Police questioning
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Effective Law Enforcement through Transparent Interrogations Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to render inadmissible as evidence in felony prosecutions statements by an individual obtained in an unrecorded custodial interrogation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3028
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Arrest
Child health
Child welfare
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil defense
Colombia
Compulsory military service
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cults
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Forced labor
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Human rights
Insurgency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mental health services
Military assistance
Military education
Military personnel
Military training
Nongovernmental organizations
Paramilitary forces
President and foreign policy
Recruiting and enlistment
Religion
Sanctions (International law)
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Standards
Uganda
Vocational and technical education
Women
Women soldiers
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2007 - Defines &quot;child soldier.&quot; 
 
Prohibits, with a national interest waiver, funds appropriated or otherwise made available for specified military and related areas from being obligated or otherwise made available to the government of a country identified by the Department of State as having governmental armed forces or government supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child soldiers. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to notify any government so identified.
 
Authorizes the President to reinstate assistance upon certifying to Congress that a government is implementing: (1) compliance measures; and (2) mechanisms to prohibit future use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance to a country for international military education and training otherwise prohibited under this Act upon certifying to Congress that such assistance is for programs that implement measures to demobilize child soldiers and for programs to support professionalization of the military.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Bear Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3029
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Bears
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Export controls
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Import restrictions
Interstate commerce
Law
Licenses
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Searches and seizures
Trade negotiations
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Bear Protection Act of 2007 - Prohibits any person from: (1) importing bear viscera into, or exporting it from, the United States; or (2) selling bear viscera, bartering, offering it for sale or barter, or purchasing, possessing, transporting, delivering, or receiving it in interstate or foreign commerce. Subjects persons who violate such prohibitions to specified penalties. Waives such prohibition for wildlife law enforcement purposes where a valid permit has been issued. 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to continue discussions concerning trade in bear viscera with the appropriate representatives of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and with other representatives of countries that are not party to the Convention which are determined to be the leading importers, exporters, or consumers of such products, in order to establish coordinated efforts with such countries to protect bears. 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect state regulation of bear population or to affect the lawful hunting of bears under state law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3030
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child nutrition
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Food service
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Planning
Poor children
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Summer Food Service Program Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to revise requirements for the summer food service program for children.
 
Provides for a redefinition of rural areas in which poor economic conditions exist.
 
Revises requirements relating to payments to service institutions for operating expenses and administrative costs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive startup grants to ten states to assist eligible service institutions in initiating summer food service program sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the "Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office".

Bill: 110-hr-3034
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Kansas
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the "Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-01
text: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 7/31/2007 H8842)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 7/31/2007 H8842)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Mr. Davis (IL) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 7/31/2007 H8842)
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2007-07-30
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Jerry Lewis in recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation.

Bill: 110-hr-3035
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Charities
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Health
Muscular diseases
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to comedian Jerry Lewis in recognition of his outstanding service to the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Green Meetings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3037
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Conferences
Environmental Protection
Government procurement
Green products
Law
Office of Management and Budget

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: 
Green Meetings Act of 2007 - Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to ensure that the Federal Acquisition Regulation is revised to require each federal agency to consider, in each purchase of meeting and conference services, the environmentally preferable features and practices of a vendor in a manner substantially similar to that required of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under specified provisions set forth in an EPA final rule published in the Federal Register on April 12, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Introduced in House