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Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank capital
Bank loans
Bank management
Bank mergers
Commerce
Credit unions
Department of the Treasury
Deposit insurance
Disasters
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Government Operations and Politics
Investments
Law
Leases
National Credit Union Administration
Risk
Savings banks
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to reduce the minimum net worth ratio requirements of credit unions.
 
 Revises the minimum risk-based net ratio for such capitalizations.
 
Transfers from the federal banking agencies to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) the authority to adjust the net worth levels of credit unions.
 
Instructs the National Credit Union Administration Board (Board) to design the risk-based net worth requirement to take account of material risks to insured credit unions that are taken account of by comparable standards applicable to FDIC-insured institutions.
 

 
Establishes a temporary waiver of the net worth restoration plan requirement for an undercapitalized credit union which attains its status due to a major natural or man-made disaster.
 
Revamps requirements for limits and restrictions on member business loans.
 
Authorizes credit unions to lease to any business enterprise separate and clearly distinct space in credit union office buildings in underserved areas.
 
Authorizes the Board, in specified circumstances, to encompass within credit union membership any person or organization within an underserved local community, neighborhood, or rural district. 
 
Permits a credit union to invest in securities for its own account.
 
Increases the investment and lending limit in credit union service organizations.
 
Exempts certain voluntary mergers involving multiple common-bond credit unions from the numerical limit for eligibility within the field of membership category of a credit union. 
 
Directs the Board to prescribe criteria for continued membership of certain member groups in the case of certain credit union conversions to a community charter.
 
Includes just cause as grounds for expulsion from membership.
 
Authorizes term limits for board members of federal credit unions.
 
Revises voting requirements for credit union conversions to mutual savings banks.
 
Amends the Clayton Act to exempt from its pre-merger notification and waiting period requirements any mergers of one insured credit union activities with another which require agency approval under the Federal Credit Union Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
A PLUS Act

Bill: 110-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Private schools
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act - Allows each state to submit to the Secretary of Education a declaration of intent, applicable for up to five years, permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
 
Requires each declaration to be formulated by a combination of specified State Authorizing Officials or by referendum, and list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires states to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows states to amend their declarations. 
 
Requires each declaration state to: (1) inform the public of its student achievement assessment system and annually report on student progress toward the state's proficiency standards, disaggregating performance data by specified student groups; and (2) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment.
 
 Limits administrative expenses.
 
Requires consolidated funds to be distributed in a manner that allows for the equitable, as determined by each state, participation of private schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in employment
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Punitive damages
Tax exclusion
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an exclusion from gross income for amounts received (either backpay or frontpay or punitive damages) on account of an unlawful discrimination claim; and (2) allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act

Bill: 110-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Child care workers
Child health
Child psychology
Child welfare
Clinics
Community health services
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Defense contracts
Disabled
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Infants
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Marriage counseling
Married people
Mental health services
Military dependents
Military medicine
National Guard
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Stress (Psychology)
Telemedicine
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Coming Together for Guard and Reserve Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance and improve Department of Defense (DOD) programs to provide family support for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve undergoing deployment (members). Requires such support to include post-deployment assistance for spouses and parents of returning members.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a pilot program of family-to-family support for families of such members; and (2) contract for support services for children, infants, and toddlers of such members.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly expand and enhance access to mental health services for families of members who are disabled during military service.
 
Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress on barriers to access to mental health services through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program), including the number of providers under TRICARE that are located more than 40 miles from a military installation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
GEDI Act

Bill: 110-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health surveys
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Obesity
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications
Vital statistics
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2007 or the GEDI Act - 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), to convene a Research Advisory Committee. Requires the Director of CDC to develop a multisite research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or state health agencies for demonstration projects that test specified hypotheses about interventions designed to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and obesity among young women and implement relevant activities.
 
Requires the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, to conduct and support basic, clinical, and public health research regarding gestational diabetes and obesity during pregnancy. 
 
Requires the Director of CDC to encourage screening for gestational diabetes within state-based diabetes prevention and control programs to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of Fort San Geronimo and other related resources in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the suitability and feasibility of their inclusion in the National Park System as part of the San Juan National Historic Site, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1545
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Military bases
Military history
Military parks
National parks
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of Fort San Geronimo and other related resources in Puerto Rico, as well as the suitability and feasibility of their inclusion in the National Park System as part of the San Juan National Historic Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To authorize members of the Armed Forces receiving outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to receive such care through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1546
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air conditioning
Ambulatory care
Animals
Case management
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Heating
Iraq compilation
Maintenance and repair
Maryland
Medical personnel
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Pest control
Plumbing
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
Quality of care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Defense, upon request of a member of the Armed Forces receiving outpatient care at or through Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maryland, to transfer such member to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the receipt of such care. Requires such Secretaries to jointly provide such members information on the nature and quality of outpatient care services available through the Department of Veterans Afffairs (VA). Directs that the VA-chosen care be provided at the VA facility closest to the permanent duty station or residence of such member.
 
Terminates the transfer requirement after certification from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees with respect to DOD processing of status claims and facility quality and the staffing of case management and psychological counselor positions at Walter Reed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2250)
To prohibit the sale of certain inefficient light bulbs, and require the development of a plan for increasing the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses.

Bill: 110-hr-1547
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Lighting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to issue regulations prohibiting the sale of light bulbs that emit less than: (1) 60 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2012; (2) 90 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2016; and (3) 120 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2020.
 
Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a plan for encouraging and providing incentives for the use of more efficient light bulbs by consumers and businesses.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide exemptions to the prohibition only in cases where it is found, after a hearing and opportunity for public comment, that it is not technically feasible to serve a specialized lighting application, such as a military, medical, or public safety application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E563)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Northern Border Economic Development Commission Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1548
Sponsor: Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Maine
New Hampshire
New York State
Northeastern States
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Rural economic development
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Northern Border Economic Development Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes the Northern Border Economic Development Commission, having a region of specified counties in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, to develop plans and programs and to approve grants for the economic development of the region. Requires each such state to submit a development plan for the area of the region represented by such state. Outlines program development criteria, and provides for the approval of development plans and projects.
 
Requires as a Commission goal to address economic distress along the northern border of the United States east of, and including, Cayuga County, New York, especially in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
College and University Hurricane Revitalization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1549
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational statistics
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Minorities
Minority education
Mississippi
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
College and University Hurricane Revitalization Act of 2007 - Provides for calculating the allotments of grants under title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which provides institutional aid to schools serving high percentages of minority and low-income students, to institutions of higher education located in parishes or counties for which a major disaster was declared owing to Hurricane Katrina or Rita.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to consider school data from the school year immediately preceding the school year which included August, 29, 2005, rather than current school year data, in calculating 2007-2012 grant allotments.
 
 Requires each institution to submit a written request to the Secretary for such consideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-1550
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank holding companies
Bank management
Corporate accountability
Corporate management
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Savings and loan associations
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to permit an insured depository institution, a bank holding company, or a savings and loan holding company to elect voluntarily not to provide otherwise mandatory certifications regarding its quarterly or annual reports or its management assessment of internal controls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in House