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Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2326
Sponsor: Rep. Heller, Dean [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Fishery management
Government liability
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Indian claims
Indian lands
Indian water rights
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Laboratories
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Nevada
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewerage
Test facilities
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Water Rights Settlement Act - Approves, ratifies, and confirms, the agreement entitled the &quot;Agreement to Establish the Relative Water Rights of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and the Upstream Water Users, East Fork Owyhee River,&quot; except as specified in this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold tribal water rights in trust. Requires the Tribes to enact a water code to administer such rights. 
 
Establishes the Shoneshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2327
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Bears
Canada
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Hunting
Import restrictions
Law
Licenses
Marine mammals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to prohibit issuing permits for the importation of polar bear parts taken in a sport hunt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1051)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain local restrictions from review under the airport noise and access restriction review program.

Bill: 110-hr-2328
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airports
Environmental Protection
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Local laws
Noise

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Amends provisions under the airport noise and access restriction review program for stage two and stage three aircraft to exempt from review under such program local restrictions limiting the hours of operation of an airport provided the airport owner had maintained such a restriction which was disallowed by a court before 1985 and certain other requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Bill: 110-hr-2329
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disabled
Hearing aids
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2330
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Disabled
Employment of the disabled
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2007 or the VETS Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a general business tax credit for hiring certain veterans certified by designated local agencies as having served on active duty (other than for training) in the Armed Forces for a period of more than 180 days or having been discharged or released from active duty for a service-connected disability. Sets the amount of such credit at 40% of the first-year wages of such veterans and increases the percentage of such credit for disabled veterans based upon their disability ratings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2331
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Grants-in-aid
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication systems

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
First Response Broadcasters Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for facility and equipment expenses to construct an additional 25 Primary Entry Point stations (radio broadcast stations designated to provide public information following emergencies where there is no commercial power) in the continental United States and territories.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pilot program, the Broadcast Disaster Preparedness Grant Program, under which the Administrator may make grants to first response broadcasters. Sets forth provisions regarding priorities in making grants, use of funds, the federal share, and termination of grant authority.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) include specified assistance to first response broadcasters among the essential assistance that federal agencies may provide to meet immediate threats to life and property resulting from a major disaster; (2) prohibit a federal officer or employee from confiscating fuel, water, or food from such a broadcaster during a disaster if that broadcaster documents that such supplies will be used to enable the broadcast of essential disaster-related public information in the affected area; and (3) direct the head of a federal agency to allow access to the area affected by a major disaster for technical personnel, broadcast engineers, and equipment needed to restore, repair, or resupply any facility or equipment critical to such a broadcaster's ability to continue to acquire, produce, and transmit essential disaster-related public information, subject to specified limitations. Establishes guidelines for press access to a disaster area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Sergeant First Class James Priestap and Private First Class Alan Blohm Fallen Servicemember Respectful Return Act

Bill: 110-hr-2333
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to airports
Air travel
Airports
Cemeteries and funerals
Families
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Military personnel
Military transportation
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Sergeant First Class James Priestap and Private First Class Alan Blohm Fallen Servicemember Respectful Return Act - Requires that, when transportation of the remains of a member of the Armed Forces who dies in a combat theater of operations are returned to the United States through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall provide for the delivery of such remains by air to the commercial, general aviation, or military airport nearest to the place selected by the designee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act

Bill: 110-hr-2334
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Commerce
Leases
National parks
National recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Water Resources Development
Water rights
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act - Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (the Wilderness) and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the inclusion of specified potential wilderness land within the Park in such Wilderness. 
 
Sets forth provisions: (1) governing continued operations at the Grand River Ditch; and (2) concerning water rights and permitted and prohibited activities within such Wilderness. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an alignment line and identify the boundaries for the East Shore Trail within the East Shore Trail Area. Authorizes necessary adjustments in such boundaries, except any that would place any portion of the Trail in such Wilderness. Includes any portion of such Area that is not traversed by the Trail, that is not west of the Trail, and that is not within 50 feet of the centerline of the Trail in such Wilderness. 
 
Amends the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, the Arapaho National Recreation Area and the Oregon Islands Wilderness Area Act to adjust the boundaries of: (1) the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area; and (2) the Arapaho National Recreation Area. 
 
Applies provisions governing leases of National Park System buildings and property to property known as the Leiffer tract near the Park's eastern boundary in Larimer County, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1052-1054)
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Energy Price Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2335
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diesel motor
Energy crops
Energy prices
Environmental Protection
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Law
Parties to actions
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Restrictive trade practices
Transportation and Public Works
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: 
Federal Energy Price Protection Act of 2007 - Makes it an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person to sell crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, or any biofuel at a price that constitutes price gouging.
 
Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate enforcement rules within six months after enactment of this Act.

Grants enforcement authority exclusively to: (1) the FTC; (2) the Attorney General of the United States; or (3) state attorneys general.

Prescribes guidelines for enforcement of civil actions by state attorneys general. Preempts state action while federal action is pending.

Subjects violations of this Act to specified civil and criminal penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 35, United States Code, relating to the funding of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Bill: 110-hr-2336
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative fees
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Law
Patents
Trademarks
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Modifies provisions relating to the funding of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to allow such Office to retain and use all fees paid to such Office (currently, the availability of such fees is provided in advance by appropriations Acts). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Osteoporosis Measurement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2340
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Estrogen
Imaging systems in medicine
Medical tests
Medicare
Osteoporosis
Radioisotopes in medicine
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health
X-rays

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Medicare Osteoporosis Measurement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-16
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: 2007-05-16
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: 2007-05-16
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: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Save the Lives of Americans in Close Combat Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2344
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Chemical warfare
Emergency Management
Military operations
Riot control agents

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Save the Lives of Americans in Close Combat Act of 2007 - Expresses the policy of the United States that: (1) riot control agents are not chemical weapons, but rather legitimate, legal, and non-lethal alternatives to the use of lethal force; and (2) members of the Armed Forces may use such agents under the general rules of engagement in effect for a contingency operation conducted outside of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown and Taxpayer Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2345
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Affiliated corporations
Commerce
Confidential communications
Corporate finance
Corporate mergers
Corporation taxes
Debt
Department of the Treasury
Depreciation and amortization
Dividends
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign corporations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Interest
Law
Leases
Losses
Profit
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration
Tax consultants
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax evasion
Tax liens
Tax penalties
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Tax shelters
Taxation of foreign income
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown and Taxpayer Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise or add provisions relating to tax shelter activity, including provisions to: (1) define &quot;economic substance&quot; for purposes of evaluating tax shelter transactions; (2) increase penalties for large entities and high net-worth individuals for failure to disclose certain tax shelter transactions; (3) impose penalties for understatements of tax due to transactions lacking economic substance; (4) deny material tax advisors a claim of privilege as to the identity of a client; (5) revise standards for the penalty for understatement of tax liability by income tax return preparers and increase the penalties for such understatements; (6) revise and increase the penalties for frivolous tax submissions; (7) deny a tax deduction for interest on underpayments of tax due to nondisclosed reportable transactions and transactions lacking economic substance; (8) expand the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to disallow certain tax benefits arising from the acquisition of corporate stock; (9) modify certain passive loss rules for controlled foreign corporations; and (10) provide a rule for the reduction in basis of corporate stock for which certain extraordinary dividends are received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that geographic area.

Bill: 110-hr-2346
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cemeteries and funerals
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a process for determining whether a geographic area is sufficiently served by the national cemeteries located in that area, taking into account, among other things: (1) the number of veterans living in the area; and (2) the average distance a resident of the area must travel to reach the nearest national cemetery.
 
Requires the Secretary, in case of an area with insufficient land to establish a cemetery, to consider alternatives such as establishing a mausoleum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2349
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2007-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Gynecology
Health education
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: 
Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2007 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of uterine fibroids research. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding uterine fibroids, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of uterine fibroids among women; (2) the elevated risk for minority women; and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate uterine fibroids information to health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7827-7828)
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Introduced in House