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To provide for Federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-80
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural extension work
Agricultural research
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Awards, medals, prizes
Biomass energy
Commemorations
Commercialization
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Farms
Federal aid to research
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Governmental investigations
Refuse as fuel
Research and development
Research grants
Revolving funds
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop recommendations for evaluation measures and criteria for programs under this Act; and (2) evaluate the feasibility of prize and best practices award programs as tools to promote self-powered farms. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish an award program for up to 30 state agricultural research programs for self-powered farm demonstrations; (2) provide low-cost revolving loans and loan guarantees to eligible entities for the commercial application of energy or other technologies that will contribute to establishing self-powered farms, with highest preference given to applicants who propose to meet their energy needs from biobased feedstocks or other renewable energy sources produced on that farm; and (3) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a review of the programs under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Bartlett Montgomery GI Bill Act

Bill: 110-hr-81
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Collection of accounts
College costs
Compensatory education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost of living adjustments
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Married people
Military dependents
Military pay
National Guard
Secondary education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Bartlett Montgomery GI Bill Act - Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to allow an individual who has completed six years of service in the Armed Forces and enters into an agreement to serve at least four more years to transfer their educational assistance entitlement to their spouse, child, or a combination thereof.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a percentage annual increase in the rates of such educational assistance based on the average monthly costs of higher education.
 
Authorizes reimbursement of reductions in basic pay for educational assistance coverage in the case of extended active-duty service.
 
Provides similar eligibility for the transfer of educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve who have completed at least six years of service and enter into an agreement to remain a member of such Reserve for at least four more years.
 
Provides educational assistance eligibility credit for cumulative active-duty service in the Selected Reserve.
 
Increases the rates of educational assistance under the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill.
 
Applies an annual adjustment to the rates of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-82
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Social Security Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) government pension offset requirements applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination requirements with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act

Bill: 110-hr-83
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animals
Fines (Penalties)
Fishes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Import restrictions
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Non-native species
Pest control
Pests
Wild animal trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act - Amends the Lacey Act to add specified species of black, bighead, and silver carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being shipped or imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Buildings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-84
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air conditioning
Building construction
Commercialization
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Grants-in-aid
Heating
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Energy Efficient Buildings Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a pilot program to award grants to businesses and organizations for new construction or major renovations of energy efficient buildings that will result in innovative energy efficiency technologies, especially those sponsored by the Department of Energy; and (2) give due consideration to proposals for buildings that are likely to serve low and moderate income populations.
 
Defines &quot;energy efficient building&quot; as one that after construction or renovation: (1) uses heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems that perform at no less than Energy Star standards; or (2) if Energy Star standards are not applicable, uses Federal Energy Management Program recommended heating, ventilating, and air conditioning products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Oil and Gas-to-Alternatives Swap (OGAS) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-86
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coke industry
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gas industry
Geology
Geophysical prediction
Income tax
Natural gas vehicles
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Service stations
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Oil and Gas-to-Alternatives Swap (OGAS) Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the tax credit for facilities producing coke or coke gas-related fuel; (2) the classification of the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source as a business-related credit; (3) accelerated amortization of geological and geophysical expenditures; and (4) the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles eligible for the tax credit for alternative motor vehicles. 

Extends through 2012 the alternative motor vehicles tax credit for: (1) advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles; (2) qualified hybrid motor vehicles; and (3) qualified alternative fuel vehicles. 

Increases from 30 to 60% the rate of the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property and extends such credit through 2012.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
401Kids Family Savings Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-87
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Congress
Education
Education savings accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Names
Sunset legislation
Tax exclusion
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
401Kids Family Savings Act of 2007 - Amends the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to extend through 2015 provisions allowing increased annual contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow tax-free distributions from a Coverdell education savings account for first-time homebuyer expenses; (2) permit rollovers from Coverdell education savings accounts to Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs); and (3) rename Coverdell education savings accounts as 401Kids Savings Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3384)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2273, H2274)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-88
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Agriculture and Food
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Communication in medicine
Eating disorders
Economics and Public Finance
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
School health programs
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Vital statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Eating Disorders Awareness, Prevention, and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the use of innovative assistance funds for programs to: (1) improve identification of students with eating disorders; (2) increase awareness of such disorders among parents and students; and (3) train educators with respect to effective eating disorder prevention and assistance methods. 
Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to broadcast public service announcements to improve public awareness, and to promote the identification and prevention, of eating disorders. 
Requires the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics to: (1) study the impact eating disorders have on educational advancement and achievement; (2) report on current state and local programs to educate youth on the dangers of eating disorders; and (3) recommend federal, state, and local measures that could be undertaken.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Combat-Related Special Compensation Act

Bill: 110-hr-89
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Combat-Related Special Compensation Act - Authorizes monthly combat-related special compensation pay to any military retiree who is entitled to retired pay and has a combat-related disability. (Currently, a retiree must meet those requirements and also have completed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service.)
 
Provides a special compensation rule with respect to retirees with less than 20 years of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Full Disclosure in Lobbying Act

Bill: 110-hr-90
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government paperwork
Lobbying
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Full Disclosure in Lobbying Act - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a registered lobbyist's semiannual disclosure report, in the case of a registrant (subcontractor) retained by another person or entity to engage in lobbying activities on behalf of a third person or entity, to include: (1) the name, address, and principal place of business of the other person or entity that retained the subcontractor; (2) the name, address, and principal place of business of the third person or entity on whose behalf the lobbying activities were performed; and (3) the amount of funds paid, during such reporting period, to the subcontractor as well as to the other person or entity who retained the subcontractor for such lobbying activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-91
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building construction
Building laws
Building materials
Casualty insurance
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Treasury
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Losses
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Risk
State laws
Storms
Surety and fidelity
Tornadoes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
 Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the National Commission on Catastrophe Preparation and Protection to advise the Secretary regarding estimated loss costs associated with contracts for reinsurance coverage.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make homeowners protection coverage available through contracts for reinsurance coverage. Restricts purchase of such coverage to eligible state programs. Prescribes criteria for state eligibility.
 
Requires each contract for reinsurance coverage to provide insurance coverage against residential property losses to homes, including condominium and cooperative ownership, and the contents of apartment buildings. Cites covered perils.
 
Prescribes a minimum level of retained losses and maximum federal liability.
 

 
Authorizes any insurer who participates in an eligible state program to establish a Catastrophe Capital Reserve Fund to hold funds on the Secretary's behalf to offset reinsurance claims.
 
Establishes the Consumer Hurricane, Earthquake, Loss Protection (HELP) Fund to: (1) make payments to covered purchasers under contracts for reinsurance coverage for eligible losses; and (2) pay for Commission operating costs and reinsurance program administrative expenses.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the national flood insurance program and hurricane-related flooding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act

Bill: 110-hr-92
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Law
Performance measurement
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act - Makes the standard for access to care for a veteran seeking primary care from the Department of Veterans Affairs 30 days from the date the veteran contacts the Department. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe an appropriate standard for waiting times at Department health-care facilities as measured from the time a visit is scheduled until the time the veteran is seen.
 
Directs the Secretary to periodically review the performance of Department health-care facilities in meeting such standards. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for health care services in non-Department facilities in a case in which the Secretary is unable to meet access standards. Prohibits such contracting-out with respect to a Department geographic service area that has a compliance rate in meeting such standards of 90 percent or more.
 
Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the Department's experience with respect to waiting times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House