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To designate Campbell County, Virginia, as a qualified nonmetropolitan county for purposes of the HUBZone programs of the Small Business Administration.

Bill: 110-hr-449
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: County politics and government
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Small business
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to include Campbell County, Virginia, as a qualified nonmetropolitan county for purposes of the HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) programs under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act

Bill: 110-hr-450
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Idaho
Land transfers
Maps
Montana
National parks
Oregon
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail. Prohibits the Trail, except as provided in this Act, from being considered a unit of the National Park System (NPS). Allows the Secretary to establish and operate a Trail management office within the vicinity of the Trail. 
 
Requires the Secretary to prepare a cooperative management and interpretation plan for the Trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act

Bill: 110-hr-451
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Building construction
Community and school
Curricula
Department of Education
Distance education
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Internet
Junior colleges
Laboratories
Mentoring
Minorities
Minority education
Scholarships
School buildings
School libraries
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Next Generation Hispanic-Serving Institutions Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements for Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) under title V (Developing Institutions).
 
Establishes a program of competitive grants to eligible HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees (part B grants). Limits a part B grant award's duration to not more than five years. Prohibits the Secretary of Education from awarding more than one part B grant to an HSI in any one fiscal year.
 
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the current part A program of grants to HSIs that offer baccalaureate degrees or are junior or community colleges; and (2) the new part B program of grants to HSIs that offer postbaccalaureate certifications or degrees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from the pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project the reimbursable capital costs of the unused capacity of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-452
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Canals
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Transportation and Public Works
Water rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) exclude and defer from the pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project the reimbursable capital costs of the unused capacity of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, of such Project; and (2) calculate the amount to be assigned to deferred use, which shall be reflected in future years' water rates. Sets forth a formula for calculating such excluded reimbursable cost.
 
Provides that as long as an entity that is allocated and that pays capital, interest, and operation and maintenance costs associated with an amount of Project water historically assigned to the Canal does not use the Canal for the conveyance of Project water, that entity shall be entitled to convey an equivalent amount of non-Project water through the Canal without additional cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Ending Subsidies for Big Oil Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-453
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Energy
Gas companies
Gas industry
Income tax
Petroleum industry
Tax deductions
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Ending Subsidies for Big Oil Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for income attributable to the sale, exchange, or other disposition of oil, natural gas, or any primary product thereof.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
HRIFA Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-454
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Caribbean area
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Families
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Haiti
Haitians
Immigrants
Latin America
Law
Parents
Residence requirements
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
HRIFA Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) provide that determinations with respect to children shall be made using the age and status of an individual on October 21, 1998 (enactment date of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998); (2) permit an application based upon child status to be filed by a parent or guardian if the child is present in the United States on such filing date; and (3) include document fraud among the grounds of inadmissibility which shall not preclude an otherwise qualifying Haitian alien from permanent resident status adjustment.
 
Permits new status adjustment applications to be filed for a limited time period. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for reopening status adjustment applications that are affected by amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Protect the Troops and Bring Them Home Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-455
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and military policy
Defense budgets
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Protect the Troops and Bring Them Home Act of 2007 - Allows funds made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) to be obligated or expended within the Republic of Iraq only for providing: (1) the continued protection of members of the Armed Forces in Iraq pending their withdrawal; and (2) the safe and orderly withdrawal of such troops pursuant to a schedule that provides for withdrawal commencement no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act and withdrawal completion no later than December 31, 2007.
 
Prohibits any DOD funds from being obligated or expended to increase the number of Armed Forces serving in Iraq at any time.
 
Permits the obligation or expenditure of funds to ensure the security of Iraq and its transition to democratic rule through specified consultations, financial or equipment assistance, or economic or reconstruction assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-456
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Amnesties
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Fines (Penalties)
Government paperwork
Law
Small business
Tax administration
Tax assessment
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to direct agency heads not to impose civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless there is potential for serious harm to the public interest, the detection of criminal activity would be impaired, the violation is not corrected within six months, the violation is a violation of internal revenue law or a law concerning the assessment or collection of any tax, debt, revenue, or receipt, or the violation presents a danger to the public health or safety. Permits an agency to determine that a fine should not be imposed for a violation that presents a danger to public health or safety if the violation is corrected within 24 hours after receipt by the small business owner of notification of the violation. 
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to any violation by a small business of a requirement regarding the collection of information by an agency if the small business previously violated any requirement concerning the collection of information by that agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Cures Can Be Found Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-457
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Blood banks
Commerce
Cytology
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Genetic research
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Cures Can Be Found Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for donations: (1) to stem cell research or storage facilities; (2) of umbilical cord blood. Allows credits only for donations to facilities that do not engage in research on stem cells derived from human embryos.

Allows a business tax credit for stem cell research and storage expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E93)
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-458
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Public housing
Social Welfare
Social work
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2007 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal its public housing community service and family self-sufficiency requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the foreign tax credit and the benefits of deferral to companies doing business directly or through subsidiaries in Sudan until the Government of Sudan takes demonstrable steps to end genocide in Sudan.

Bill: 110-hr-459
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil-military relations
Foreign tax credit
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Human rights
Income tax
International Affairs
International agencies
International relief
Militia movements
Sudan
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny U.S. companies doing business in Sudan the foreign tax credit and other tax benefits until the Secretary of State certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury that the Government of Sudan has ceased to support, and has taken steps to end, acts of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, including: (1) ensuring that the military is not attacking civilians or obstructing human rights monitors or humanitarian assistance; (2) disarming Government supported militias; (3) allowing access for providing humanitarian assistance to all regions; and (4) cooperating with international missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-460
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crack (Drug)
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Law
Mandatory sentences
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession, importation, or distribution of, crack cocaine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1208)
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-462
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Electric power transmission
Emergency communication systems
Energy
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Radio broadcasting
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Emergency Amateur Radio Interference Protection Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation respecting the interference potential of systems that transmit broadband Internet services over power lines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act

Bill: 110-hr-463
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer the health care enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs so as to enroll any eligible veteran who applies. (This directive in effect terminates an administrative freeze on the enrollment of veterans in the lowest priority enrollment category.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-464
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Communication in medicine
Contraceptives
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hospitals
Medicaid
Medicare
Rape
Social Welfare
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007 - Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or to a state, with respect to hospital services, under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, unless the hospital meets certain conditions related to a woman who is a victim of sexual assault, including that the hospital: (1) provides the woman with accurate and unbiased information about emergency contraception; (2) offers emergency contraception to the woman; (3) provides the woman such contraception at the hospital on her request; and (4) does not deny any such services because of the inability of the woman or her family to pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House