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Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act

Bill: 110-hr-1644
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Industrial relations
Supervision of employees
Supervisors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise the definition of &quot;supervisor&quot; in the following ways: (1) require the individual to have authority over employees for a majority of the individual's worktime; and (2) remove authority to assign other employees and to responsibly direct employees as conditions for being considered a supervisor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 20.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Discharged.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Mail-In Ballot Tracking Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Ballots
Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Election fraud
Grants-in-aid
Postal service
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Mail-In Ballot Tracking Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each state and jurisdiction which transmits ballots by mail in the administration of a federal election to implement appropriate procedures to ensure that the ballots (except those of absent overseas and military voters) may be tracked. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for requirements payments to states for FY2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E619-620)
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under the Medicaid Program.

Bill: 110-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from closing Farm Service Agency offices in Appomattox, Virginia, and Lunenburg, Virginia.

Bill: 110-hr-1648
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Executive reorganization
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Relocation
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating any Farm Service Agency office located in Appomattox, Virginia, or Lunenburg, Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the closure or relocation of any county office of the Farm Service Agency until at least one year after the enactment of an Act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs for fiscal years after 2007.

Bill: 110-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Authorization
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Legislation
Relocation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating any Farm Service Agency (FSA) county or field office until at least one year after enactment of an omnibus law to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs for fiscal years after 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E625)
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1651
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health planning
Housing and Community Development
Information technology
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission to develop, coordinate, and facilitate implementation of a national plan for rural health quality improvements. Requires that such plan: (1) identify objectives for rural health quality improvement; (2) identify strategies to eliminate known gaps in rural health system capacity and improve rural health quality; and (3) provide for federal programs to identify opportunities for strengthening and aligning policies and programs to improve rural health quality. 

Directs the Commission to: (1) design demonstration projects to test alternative models for rural health quality improvement, including with respect to both personal and population health; and (2) monitor progress towards identified objectives. 

Requires the Secretary to make grants for demonstration projects to implement and evaluate methods for improving the quality of health care in rural communities that include: (1) alternative community models; (2) innovative approaches to the financing and delivery of health services; and (3) the development of quality improvement support structures to assist rural health systems and professionals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite Medicaid and Medicare waivers as necessary to carry out such demonstration projects; and (2) provide for an independent evaluation of such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Protection From Telemarketers Act

Bill: 110-hr-1652
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing
Time

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Protection From Telemarketers Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices a requirement that telemarketers not initiate any outbound telephone calls during the hours of 5 to 7 p.m. in the locality of the person called.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Education About Life Act

Bill: 110-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Alcohol and youth
Career education
Child development
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contraceptives
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Minorities
Multicultural education
Parent and child
Personal budgets
Premarital sex
Preventive medicine
Sex education
Sexual abstinence
Sexual orientation
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social Welfare
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Responsible Education About Life Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for family life education, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged but not required to provide matching funds. 
Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in changing adolescent sexual behavior, including delaying sexual and high-risk activity, preventing pregnancy and disease (including HIV/AIDS), and increasing contraceptive knowledge. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to require that the Secretary of the Interior determine that a gaming establishment on certain newly acquired Indian lands would be in the best interests of certain Indian tribes and not detrimental to the surrounding community before such lands would be eligible for certain exceptions to the general prohibition on gaming on such lands.

Bill: 110-hr-1654
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Minorities
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to except certain newly acquired lands taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of an Indian Tribe from the prohibition on gaming on such lands when the Secretary, after consultation with the Tribe and appropriate state and local officials, including officials of other nearby tribes, determines that a gaming establishment on those newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Tribe and its members and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1656
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Criminal justice information
Directories
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Evacuation of civilians
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Liability (Law)
Nongovernmental organizations
Public records
Right of privacy
Sex offenders
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to authorize the disclosure to government agencies of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) records on assistance provided to individuals in connection with a major disaster or emergency for purposes of complying with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law. 

Conditions receipt of federal funds by non-governmental organizations under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on the organization providing assurances satisfactory to the President that it will disclose its records for the purpose of permitting a requesting jurisdiction to comply with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.

Bill: 110-hr-1658
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Colorado
Habitat conservation
Landscape protection
Migratory bird conservation
Riparian ecology
Water Resources Development
Water rights
Wetlands
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Amends the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to provide that the purpose of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge shall be to restore, enhance, and maintain wetland, upland, riparian, and other habitats for native wildlife, plant, and fish species in the San Luis Valley. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, in administering the Refuge, to: (1) emphasize migratory bird conservation; and (2) take into consideration the role of the Refuge in broader landscape conservation efforts. Provides for the Secretary, in administering water resources for the Refuge, to use decreed water rights on the Refuge in approximately the same manner that the water rights have been used historically. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act

Bill: 110-hr-1659
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Storm drains
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 

Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-federal interests in Colorado, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. 

Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.

Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75 percent. Sets the non-federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.

Bill: 110-hr-1660
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Colorado
Congressional reporting requirements
Gifts
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the southern Colorado region.

action_date: 2007-05-23
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in El Paso County, Colorado.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on the establishment of the cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5660)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5660)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1660.
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5660-5662)
action_date: 2007-05-23
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1661
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
National parks
Police
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Salaries
Secret service

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: 
Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to apply a prohibition against treatment of the conversion of positions and members of the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule, and the associated initial adjustments in basic pay rates, with respect to any payment made prior to January 1, 2007, as an increase in salary for purposes of increased annuitant pension benefits. (Thus permits cost-of-living adjustments in pension benefits for annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division for payments made in 2007 and in subsequent years.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E619)
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Introduced in House