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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny visas and admission to aliens who have been unlawfully present in the United States for more than 6 months.

Bill: 110-hr-134
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Illegal aliens
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the description of inadmissibility based upon six-month or one-year unlawful U.S. presence to provide that an alien shall be inadmissible who has been unlawfully present in the United States for: (1) a period of more than 180 days but less than one year unless the alien has remained outside of the United States for a period totaling at least three years; or (2) one year or more unless the alien has remained outside of the United States for a period totaling at least 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3-4)
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
Identity Theft Notification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identity theft
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public records
Social security numbers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Identity Theft Notification Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of a certain misuse of individual Social Security account numbers.
 
Requires the Commissioner to determine, in certain instances of wage reports involving multiple addresses for the same employee name, whether there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3-4)
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
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-139
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Commerce
Department of Energy
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Government Operations and Politics
Heating
Income tax
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 25% of the cost of a qualifying idling reduction device, up to $1,000. Defines &quot;qualifying idling reduction device&quot; as any device that is: (1) installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicle to provide services that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the vehicle is temporarily parked or stationary; and (2) certified by the Secretary of Energy to reduce long-duration idling. Directs the Secretary to publish standards for certifying such devices.


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
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas.

Bill: 110-hr-140
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense contracts
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospitals
Medical education
Medical fees
Medicare
Military medicine
Social Welfare
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the TRICARE Program (a Department of Defense managed health care program): (1) reimbursement of institutional providers of health care services to be identical (currently, the same to the extent practicable) to reimbursement provided under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) in contracting for the delivery of health care, to contract with at least one teaching hospital in each large urban area.


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
To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Bill: 110-hr-141
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Contractors
Department of Labor
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Medical records
Occupational health and safety
Temporary employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to revise certain regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 so as to require site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on the particular site, whether such employees are employed directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by contractors or temporary help or employee leasing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2005

Bill: 110-hr-142
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collective bargaining
Industrial arbitration
Labor contracts
Labor disputes
Law
Mediation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2005 [
sic
]- Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the security of critical energy infrastructure.

Bill: 110-hr-143
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy facilities
Energy industries
Energy supplies
Evacuation of civilians
Government trust funds
Petroleum refineries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the Secretary's review of the fuel supply plan components of state evacuation plans and the National Capitol region. Prescribes report contents.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, during any federally declared emergency or disaster, to provide direct assistance to private sector entities that operate critical energy infrastructure, including refineries.
 
Allows such assistance to include emergency preparation and recovery assistance, particularly power generation equipment, other protective or emergency recovery equipment, assistance to restore access to water, power, or other raw materials, and transportation and housing for critical employees.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Critical Energy Assurance Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.

Bill: 110-hr-144
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Illegal aliens
Immigrant health
Immigration
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide that aliens and non-immigrants shall be eligible for state and local public assistance for primary and preventive care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Protect our Veterans Memorials Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-145
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Destruction of property
Fines (Penalties)
Jurisdiction
Law
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Protect our Veterans Memorials Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to extend federal jurisdiction over the destruction of veterans' memorials to such memorials on state or local government property.


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
Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act

Bill: 110-hr-146
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Flags
Law enforcement officers
Monuments and memorials
Police

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act - Allows the family of a deceased law enforcement officer to request, and the Attorney General to provide, a U.S. flag flown over the Capitol in honor of the officer, to be supplied by the Architect of the Capitol. Directs that the family pay the cost of such flag, including shipping.

Legislative actions:
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
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigrant workers under the H-1B program.

Bill: 110-hr-147
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Labor and Employment
Law
Secondary education
Skilled labor
Teachers
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions for temporary nonimmigrant workers under the H-1B (specialty occupations) visa program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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
Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-148
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Citizen participation
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection
Environmental justice
Federal-local relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Railroad engineering
Surface Transportation Board

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Neighborhood Rail Accountability Act - Amends federal transportation law to require the Surface Transportation Board, in determining whether to issue a certificate authorizing the construction of an additional railroad line or of an extension to any railroad line, to: (1) give greater weight to local official statements and public comments in opposition to the proposed construction (especially construction in a residential area) if there is an unusually high level of public opposition; and (2) identify any disproportionate negative impacts on any socioeconomic population, including a discussion of alternatives that were considered that would have avoided such impacts.
 
Prescribes procedural requirements for dealing with any false or incorrect information provided by an applicant for a certificate for construction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-149
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Earnings
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Older workers
Railroad retirement plans
Retirement income
Social security beneficiaries
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
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
Life Insurance Employee Notification Act

Bill: 110-hr-150
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business insurance
Commerce
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance companies
Life insurance
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Life Insurance Employee Notification Act - Requires an employer to notify an employee in writing upon the purchase of an employer-owned insurance policy on the life of such employee for a beneficiary other than the individual who is the subject of the policy.
Declares that violation of this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that projects funded through the National Institutes of Health comply with wage rate requirements commonly referred to as the "Davis-Bacon Act", and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-151
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Minimum wages
Research grants
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require that applications for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) loan, grant, contract, or cooperative agreement for any project include reasonable assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of construction or modernization on the project will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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
Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-152
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Employee health benefits
Families
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Law
Standards
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage to provide comprehensive coverage for routine immunizations for each individual under 19 years of age who is a dependent of a participant or beneficiary under the plan. Requires coverage of routine immunizations without deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing in accordance with the most recent version of the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
 
Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Labor to ensure that: (1) such requirement has the same effect at all times; and (2) such Secretaries have a coordinated enforcement strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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