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Honest Money Act

Bill: 110-hr-2756
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Money

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Honest Money Act -Repeals the law stating: (1) U.S. coins and currency are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues; and (2) foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1301)
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2757
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Hunting
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Migratory bird conservation
Postage stamps
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Amends the Wetland Loan Act to extend funding for conservation of migratory waterfowl and habitat.

Amends the Duck Stamp Act to increase the price of federal migratory-bird hunting and conservation stamps.
Makes amounts appropriated under the Wetlands Loan Act or from the migratory bird conservation fund available to acquire land only if the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission recommends it. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to designate the priority general public uses that will be authorized on such land and the first date on which each designated use will be allowed. 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the funds provided pursuant to this Act should be used for preserving and increasing waterfowl populations in accordance with the goals and objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and should supplement and not replace current conservation funding; and (2) this Act should be implemented in a manner that helps private landowners achieve their long-term land use objectives in ways that enhance the conservation of wetlands and wildlife habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2758
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Continental shelf
Environmental Protection
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
Oil and gas leases
Pacific Ocean
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Northern California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Prohibits oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in the state of California.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from a mandatory inventory of reserves in the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2759
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government paperwork
International corporations
Labor statistics
Layoffs
Small business
Subsidies
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2007 - Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on: (1) the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and (2) the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Shigeru Yamada.

Bill: 110-hr-2760
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Provides for the relief of Shigeru Yamada.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-17
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: On passage Passed by voice vote. (text: CR H8137)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.(text: CR H8137)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Considered from the Private Calendar. (consideration: CR H8137)
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Called up from the Private Calendar for consideration.
action_date: 2008-07-08
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 2.
action_date: 2008-07-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-742.
action_date: 2008-07-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-742.
action_date: 2008-04-02
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-04-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2008-02-26
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.

Bill: 110-hr-2762
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Indian medical care
Medical research
Minorities
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for: (1) type I diabetes research; and (2) diabetes prevention and treatment through Indian health facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a nonrefundable credit for the purchase of energy efficient tires.

Bill: 110-hr-2767
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2007-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile tires
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labeling
Law
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a nonrefundable tax credit for the purchase of tires certified by the Department of Transportation as energy efficient. 

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish a system for the permanent labeling of tires as energy efficient.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
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: 2007-06-18
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: 2007-06-18
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: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Miner Health Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2769
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Asbestos
Chemicals
Coal
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Indoor air pollution
Law
Mine safety
Miners
Occupational health and safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Miner Health Enhancement Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that essential standards to protect miner health are out of date and congressional intervention is needed.

Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require: (1) the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to forward to the Secretary of Labor its Recommended Exposure Limits for chemical and other hazards to miners; (2) the Secretary to require the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to adopt such limits as the Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for the mining industry; (3) NIOSH to annually submit to the Secretary any additional or revised recommended exposure limits for hazardous substances utilized in the industry; (4) the Secretary to adopt such limits as PELs for the industry; (4) MSHA to adopt the health standard for asbestos established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); and (5) the Secretary to apply the provisions of the interim final rule of October 3, 2000, concerning hazard communication in lieu of the final rule of June 21, 2002, until there is additional rulemaking pursuant to the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1347)
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.

Bill: 110-hr-2770
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the use of average sales price methodology for calculating payments for drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
 
Excludes from the manufacturer's average sales price when calculating such payments any customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-19
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: 2007-06-19
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: 2007-06-19
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: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Servant Retirement Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2772
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Public Servant Retirement Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the current windfall elimination provision (WEP) (that reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security) for individuals first performing non-covered service beginning one year after enactment of this Act. 

Establishes a new formula for the treatment of non-covered earnings in determining Social Security benefits. Applies such formula to individuals subject to the current WEP if the benefit under the new formula would be higher.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Utah National Guard Lands Consolidation Act

Bill: 110-hr-2777
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Land transfers
Military bases
National Guard
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Utah National Guard Lands Consolidation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to accept ownership of certain lands owned by the State of Utah and located within the boundaries of the public lands currently withdrawn for military use by the Utah National Guard as &quot;Camp Williams&quot;, if such lands are offered to the Secretary by the State, in exchange for conveyance to the State by the Secretary of public lands within the boundaries of Camp Williams of substantially equal value to the acquired lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 8339(p) of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the method for computing certain annuities under the Civil Service Retirement System which are based on part-time service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Federal employees
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Labor and Employment
Part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Applies provisions governing the computation of an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for a federal employee whose service includes service that was performed on a part-time basis to: (1) service performed before April 7, 1986, with respect to basing average pay on the basic pay for full-time service; and (2) service performed after such date with respect to calculating the benefit by prorating total service to reflect part-time service. Provides for the recomputation of an annuity for any individual who performed any service creditable under CSRS (or under the Federal Employees Retirement System, to the extent of any portion of such annuity which is computed under CSRS) before such date and who was separated from the service on or after such date and before the enactment of this Act. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to inform individuals entitled to have an annuity recomputed under this Act. 

action_date: 2008-07-24
text: 
Applies provisions governing the computation of an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) for a federal employee whose service includes service that was performed on a part-time basis to: (1) service performed before April 7, 1986, with respect to basing average pay on the basic pay for full-time service; and (2) service performed after such date with respect to calculating the benefit by prorating total service to reflect part-time service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 489.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-770.
action_date: 2008-07-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-770.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Ray Charles in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 110-hr-2781
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, to the personal representative of Ray Charles, a gold medal in recognition of Ray Charles' many contributions to the Nation as one of America's greatest and most influential musical artists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.

Bill: 110-hr-2782
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses through 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for mass transportation services that provide temporary substitute highway traffic service as a result of an emergency.

Bill: 110-hr-2783
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2007-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Information services
Mass rapid transit
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: 
Amends emergency relief fund provisions providing for the repair of highways, roads, and trails damaged as a result of a natural disaster to authorize on or after April 29, 2007, the expenditure of fund amounts for additional mass transportation services, including the operation of traveler information services, provided as temporary substitute highway traffic services on federal-aid highways during a natural disaster emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services.

Bill: 110-hr-2785
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Income tax
Investment advisers
Partnerships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as corporations for income tax purposes certain publicly traded partnerships which directly or indirectly derive income or gain from providing services as an investment adviser (as defined by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) or asset management services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House