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Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital rates
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that clinical diagnostic laboratory services furnished by a critical access hospital shall be treated as being furnished as part of outpatient critical access services without regard to whether: (1) the individual for whom the services are furnished is physically present in the critical access hospital at the time the specimen is collected; (2) such individual is registered as an outpatient on the records of, and receives such services directly from, the critical access hospital; or (3) payment is available for such services under the fee schedule established for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans and Survivors Employment and Training Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1278
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
High technology
Higher education
Indian education
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Science, Technology, Communications
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' education
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Veterans and Survivors Employment and Training Act of 2007 - Permits accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to an individual enrolled in an approved program of education that either: (1) leads to employment in a high technology occupation in a high technology industry; or (2) lasts less than two years and leads to employment in a sector of the economy that is projected to experience a substantial increase in the number of jobs, positively affect the growth of another sector of the economy, or consists of existing or emerging businesses that are being transformed by technology and innovation and require new skills for workers. Includes as an authorized program for purposes of such assistance a program of education pursued at a tribally controlled college or university as defined under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978.
 
 Permits accelerated payments, with the same requirements, for eligible individuals under the survivors' and dependents' educational assistance program, with added conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Budget Process Reform Act

Bill: 110-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Biennial budgets
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional budget
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budget process
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Income tax
Leases
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Off-budget expenditures
Senate rules and procedure
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Securing America's Future Economy Budget Process Reform Act, or SAFE Budget Process Reform Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require adoption of a joint resolution by the House and Senate to extend discretionary spending caps in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
 
Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to extend Pay-As-You-Go requirements, and certain deficit control rules.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider direct spending or revenue legislation that would cause a deficit or increase the deficit for any one of three applicable time periods. 
 
Amends CBA to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare an estimate for legislation reported from committee (except measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations) or placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar, including related amendments or conference reports, on whether the measure would cause a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the five 10-year periods beginning with the budget year.
 
Federal Insurance Budgeting Act of 2005 - Requires that, starting FY2012, the President's budget submission to Congress be based upon the risk-assumed cost of federal insurance programs for accrual budgeting purposes. Amends cost requirements of federal insurance programs. 
 
Requires agencies responsible for federal insurance programs to develop models to estimate their risk-assumed cost by year. 
 
Amends CBA to revise the federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. 
 
Establishes the Commission on Federal Budget Concepts. 
 
Repeals Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act requirements for emergency adjustments to spending legislation.
 
Amends CBA to prescribe requirements for such adjustments, including a reserve fund for emergencies.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade-Related American National Security Enhancement and Accountability Act

Bill: 110-s-1280
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
International Affairs
Legislative resolutions
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Trade-Related American National Security Enhancement and Accountability Act - Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR), before commencing negotiations with a foreign country for a free trade agreement, to report to Congress on the national security considerations likely to result from it.
 
Prohibits the United States from entering into a trade agreement unless it authorizes the President to suspend it, or any part of it, whenever necessary to ensure U.S. national security.
 
Establishes the Congressional Executive Commission on Trade Security. Requires transmittal to the Commission of each final report on a presidential decision to suspend part or all of a trade agreement. Requires the Commission to: (1) review the report and in turn report to Congress on whether or not the suspension authority should be exercised; and (2) review on an ongoing basis and report to Congress on the same issue with respect to every existing free trade agreement.
 
Directs the President to exercise the suspension authority if approved by a joint resolution of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5441-5442)
Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-1281
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2007 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Snake River System in Wyoming as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 

action_date: 2008-06-16
text: 
 Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Snake River System in Wyoming as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 

Requires each river segment to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary concerned) as specified. 

Requires the Secretary concerned to develop a management plan for each river segment that is in an area under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

Requires that each management plan shall contain, with respect to the river segment that is the subject of the plan, a section containing an analysis and description of the availability and compatibility of future development with the wild and scenic character of such river segment (with particular emphasis on each river segment that contains one or more parcels of private land). 

Sets forth requirements for the quantification of the water rights reserved by each river segment designated by this Act. 

Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out activities at United States Geological Survey stream gauges that are located on the Snake River and its tributaries, including flow measurements and operation, maintenance, and replacement. 

Bars the acquisition of any property or interest in property within the boundaries of any designated river segment by the Secretary concerned without the owner's consent. 

Specifies this Act's effect on valid existing rights, including certain water rights. 

Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 789.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-357.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-357.
action_date: 2008-05-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-05-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-104.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the exclusion from gross income of certain wages of a certified master teacher, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1282
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Preschool education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Teacher salaries
Teachers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to 25% of the wages earned by a certified master teacher in certain schools identified as in need of improvement or in a Head Start program. Defines &quot;certified master teacher&quot; as a teacher who: (1) has at least five years teaching experience in a public elementary or secondary school; (2) is highly qualified as defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) has a master's degree; and (4) has advanced certification in the applicable state licensing system. Terminates such exclusion after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11250-11251)
action_date: 2007-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9546-9547)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S5569-5570)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5568-5569)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property.

Bill: 110-s-1284
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Foreign tax credit
Imports
Income tax
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines &quot;imported property income&quot; as, with certain exceptions, income attributable to property manufactured outside of the United States and imported for sale into the United States. Provides for a separate application of limitations on the foreign tax credit for imported property income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5571)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.

Bill: 110-s-1286
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Allows, subject to the provisions of this Act, the Coquille Indian Tribe of Oregon to transfer, lease, encumber, or otherwise convey, without further authorization or approval, any land or interest in land owned by the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past-due.

Bill: 110-s-1287
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legal fees
State courts
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1288
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Counseling
Disability insurance
Disabled
Divorce
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Military pensions
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Part-time employment
Payroll deductions
Railroad retirement plans
Self-employed
Separation (Law)
Small business
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax preparers
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation
Taxpayers
Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment insurance
Women
Women's retirement

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain small employers who do not provide retirement plans for their employees to allow eligible employees to participate in a payroll deposit individual retirement account arrangement (automatic IRA); (2) expand eligibility for the tax credit for retirement savings contributions (saver's credit) and make such credit refundable; (3) allow certain part-time employees to participate in qualified cash or deferred arrangements; (4) allow the transfer of up to $500 of unused health plan benefits to qualified retirement plans; (5) treat wage replacement income (e.g., disability pay or unemployment compensation) as earned income for purposes of IRA contribution limits; (6) allow a limited tax exclusion for certain lifetime annuity payments and for qualified retirement planning services; (7) allow certain small employers a tax credit for contributions to employee pension plans; and (8) allow self-employed individuals to deduct pension plan contributions from their self-employment income.

Sets forth special rules for: (1) preservation of retirement plan assets distributed under a qualified domestic relations order; (2) eligibility of surviving and divorced spouses for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act; and (3) military retired pay subject to court orders in domestic relations proceedings. 

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to qualified low-income taxpayer clinics to provide retirement savings counseling to low-income taxpayers.

Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to prepare a financial reference handbook and a retirement readiness checklist for distribution to social security recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Justice Assurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1289
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appellate courts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Courthouses
Federal office buildings
Judges
Judicial compensation
Judicial tenure
Law
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Veterans' Justice Assurance Act of 2007 - Repeals, for judges appointed after the enactment of this Act, the 15-year term limit for members of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). Increases the annual salary for the Court's chief judge.
 
Eliminates the 180-day per-year limit on service of retired Court judges who voluntarily return to such service. Requires recalled judges to receive the pay of current judges only during the period of recall, less the amount of any applicable annuity. Prohibits recall service in excess of five years for judges who are recalled involuntarily. Requires the chief judge to establish guidelines for determining whether recall-eligible judges should be recalled on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.
 
Removes the $30 annual limit on practice and registration fees for those admitted to practice before the Court.
 
Requires an annual report from the chief judge to the congressional veterans' committees summarizing the Court's workload.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Court should be provided with appropriate office space, without undue disruption, inconvenience, or cost. Requires a report from the Administrator of General Services to the veterans' committees on the feasibility of leasing additional space for the Court, and using the entire building in which the Court is now housed as a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S5582-5583)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5581-5582)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional discretion to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contracting with State approving agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1290
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Curricula
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Performance measurement
Salaries
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' education
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Revises provisions concerning Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) use of state approving agencies (agencies) for approving courses of education for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill veterans' educational assistance program. Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to promote the development of veterans' apprenticeship and on-job training programs. Authorizes the Secretary to determine the criteria and contract conditions for reimbursing agencies for salary and travel costs incurred on behalf of the VA, including the condition that the agencies report annually to the Secretary and the congressional veterans' committees on resources expended and personnel qualification and performance standards. Limits the annual authorized amount for the VA for such expenses.

Requires the Secretary to establish performance measures to assess the effectiveness of agencies in: (1) the services for which they are reimbursed; and (2) coordinating with other entities to reduce overlap and improve efficiency in approval activities.

Requires the Secretary to establish standards of approval for accredited and nonaccredited courses offered by an educational institution, based on specified measures. Authorizes an agency, in approving courses for which such standards have been met, to rely upon determinations made by other entities, including the Departments of Labor and Education. Allows approval to be revoked by the Secretary or the agency, under conditions established by the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S5584-5585)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5583-5584)
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Wind Energy Development Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1291
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2007-05-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Bonds
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: 
Wind Energy Development Act of 2007 or the WEnD Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the tax credit for production of electricity from certain renewable resources; (2) modify the inflation adjustment applicable to such credit; (3) extend through 2012 the tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds and increase the limitation on the amount of such bonds authorized for issuance; and (4) set forth allocations of bond amounts for certain projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-03
text: Introduced in Senate