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Border Security and Elimination of Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3638
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Arrest
Border patrols
Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Illegal aliens
Recidivists
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Technological innovations
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Border Security and Elimination of Sanctuary for Illegal Aliens Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the worsening crisis of illegal immigration must be solved.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) increase incentives to recruit Border Patrol agents through repayment of higher education loans; (2) establish a retention program; and (3) make construction of border fencing a priority.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to deploy newly-developed technology along the land and maritime borders.
 
Requires that a state or local law enforcement agency that arrests an alien unlawfully in the United States for any reason shall notify United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement respecting such arrest and provide the identity of the arrested person. Provides for: (1) such person's expedited removal from the United States, and (2) criminal penalties and expedited removal for a subsequent unlawful presence.
 
Makes inadmissible to the United States an alien who has been unlawfully present in the United States and who attempts to illegally enter or reenter the United States. (Under current law, such person must be unlawfully in the United States for an aggregate period exceeding one year.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act

Bill: 110-hr-3639
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Census
Coastal zone
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Demography
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health planning
Immunology and vaccination
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine pollution
Medical research
Medical tests
Nutrition
Otters
Pacific Ocean
Parasitic diseases
Protection of animals
Public meetings
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tissue banks
Toxicology
Veterinary medicine
Virus diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to carry out a recovery program for southern sea otter populations along the coast of California.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a Southern Sea Otter Health Assessment Plan; (2) collect and analyze tissue samples from southern sea otters; and (3) submit the tissue to the Secretary of Commerce for inclusion in the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank to allow for managed access to such tissues by other researchers.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) award competitive grants to support research regarding southern sea otters; and (2) establish and appoint the Southern Sea Otter Recovery Implementation Team to make recommendations on overall implementation of the southern sea otter recovery program and research goals and review the recommendations of a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee. Requires the Subcommittee to evaluate the scientific merit and quality of southern sea otter research proposals submitted for funding and make funding recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
James Madison Memorial Commission Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3640
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Bill of Rights
District of Columbia
Ex-Members of Congress
Ex-presidents
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Law
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
James Madison Memorial Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes the James Madison Memorial Commission to plan for the design and construction of a memorial in Washington, D.C., as a tribute to the many accomplishments of James Madison, who was the fourth President of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To allow teachers in rural areas who are highly qualified in one subject to have 3 years from their hiring date to become highly qualified in each additional subject they teach.

Bill: 110-hr-3641
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Continuing education
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Law
Licenses
Mentoring
Rating of teachers
Rural education
Secondary education
Standards
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to give rural teachers who are highly qualified in at least one core academic subject they teach three years from their hiring date to become highly qualified in each additional subject they teach, if their local educational agencies provide them with high-quality professional development and a program of intensive supervision that will ensure that they become highly qualified in such additional subjects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Expanded Learning Time Demonstration Act

Bill: 110-hr-3642
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Community and school
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Educational planning
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
School administration
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Year round schools

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Expanded Learning Time Demonstration Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new part J (Expanded Learning Time Schools and Programs) authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants directly to local educational agencies (LEAs) or to states for competitive subgrants to LEAs for planning and implementing expanded learning time and school redesign efforts in a subset of their schools.
 
Gives grant and subgrant priority to LEAs more than 25% of whose students are eligible for federal free or reduced-price meals and which, in turn, target high-need schools: (1) at least 50% of whose students are eligible for such meals; (2) identified as needing improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under title I; or (3) eligible for school improvement funds under part A of title I. 
 
Requires expanded learning time and school redesign efforts to add at least 360 hours to the schedule of each participating school each year in the form of longer or additional school days.
 
Directs the Secretary to contract with independent organizations for: (1) a rigorous five-year evaluation of the impact and implementation of this Act's grant programs, particularly on student performance; and (2) the provision of technical assistance to states and LEAs that includes the dissemination of best practices for expanding learning time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3643
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health information systems
Health surveys
Higher education
Local employees
Medical education
Medical records
Medical research
Public health personnel
Recruiting of employees
Right of privacy
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
State employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting.

Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence.

Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3644
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Disaster insurance
Disasters
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Insurance companies
Property insurance
Reinsurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance to report to Congress on the natural catastrophe insurance marketplace, including: (1) the extent to which insurance costs and availability are affected by specified factors; (2) which factors the federal government should address to increase catastrophe insurance availability and competitiveness; and (3) actions the federal government can undertake to achieve this goal without requiring a long-term cross-subsidy from taxpayers.

Requires the Commission to report to certain congressional committees before the beginning of the 2008 hurricane season.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the fields of employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in various geographic areas.

Bill: 110-hr-3646
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Labor to jointly conduct a study (with annual updates) on employment fields with the greatest need for employees in various geographic areas.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make the study's findings available on the Department of Veterans Affairs website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11031)
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To delay for 6 months the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program.

Bill: 110-hr-3647
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2007-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Drugs
Forgery
Health care fraud
Medicaid
Security measures
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: 
Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 to delay for six months, from September 30, 2007, through March 31, 2008, the effective date of the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prescribe covered outpatient drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Introduced in House
To require mercenary training to be conducted only on Federal Government property.

Bill: 110-hr-3649
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Mercenaries
Military training
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: 
 Requires that mercenary training (as defined by this Act) be conducted only on federal Government property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1974)
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
North Korean Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act

Bill: 110-hr-3650
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2007-09-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air piracy
Alien property
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Assassination
Ballistic missiles
Biological warfare
Bombings
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diplomats
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
East Asia
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Human rights
Iran
Japan
Kidnapping
Middle East and North Africa
Missing in action
Money
Money laundering
Murder
North Korea
Nuclear exports
Nuclear nonproliferation
Palestinians
Peace treaties
Prisoners of war
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
South Korea
State-sponsored terrorism
Submarines
Syria
Technology transfer
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: 
North Korean Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act - Provides for the continuation of restrictions against the government of North Korea unless the President certifies to Congress that North Korea has met certain benchmarks respecting: (1) missile or nuclear technology transfers; (2) support of terrorist groups and terrorist activities, (3) counterfeiting of U.S. currency, (4) release of South Korean POWs, Japanese journalists, and Kim Donk-Shik; and (5) Bureau 39's closure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Iran Human Rights Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3653
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-09-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Democracy
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Immigration
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Negotiations
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Regionalism (International organization)
Terrorism
United Nations
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: 
Iran Human Rights Act of 2007 - Amends the Iran Freedom Support Act to direct the President to appoint a special envoy for human rights in Iran within the Department of State to coordinate efforts to improve respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of Iran and work with organizations committed to promoting democracy in Iran.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) there is a direct relationship between the state of freedom and democracy within Iran and the efforts of the Iranian regime to acquire nuclear weapons and the long-term success of the global war on terror; (2) it is essential that the issue of human rights violations in Iran should remain a top U.S. foreign policy priority independent of efforts to address the nuclear threat in Iran; (3) the U.S. government should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with Iran; (4) the United Nations has a significant role to play in improving human rights in Iran; and (5) the commitment to human rights and democracy of an Iranian national who has applied for a U.S. entry visa should be considered when determining visa eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3655
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budgets
Health
Legislation
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security finance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: 
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action to address, and report to the President and Congress on, the nation's long-term fiscal imbalances, including those attributable to the Medicare and Social Security programs and the gap between their projected revenues and expenditures.

Provides for expedited legislative consideration of Task Force recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Introduced in House