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Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biotechnology
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Deceptive advertising
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Licenses
Proteins
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow any person to submit an application for approval of a biologics license for a biological product that is claimed to be similar to a qualified biological product (reference product) after 12 years have elapsed since the reference product was approved or licensed.

Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve such a similar biological product: (1) only if the applicant demonstrates that the product conforms to the applicable final product-class specific guidance and the Secretary concludes the product is safe, pure, and potent; (2) only for indications for which the reference product is approved; and (3) to be effective only after at least 14 years have elapsed since the reference product was approved or licensed.

Prohibits the Secretary from designating a similar biological product as therapeutically equivalent to the reference product.

Prohibits the Secretary from approving a product that is claimed to be similar to or the same as a reference product under any other provision of law.

Authorizes any person to request issuance of product-class specific guidance applicable to a qualified biological product and its class.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Similar Biological Products Advisory Committee.

Sets forth provisions governing the naming of biotechnology-derived therapeutic protein and other biological products. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a biotechnology-derived therapeutic protein to be misbranded if its labeling fails to meet the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Bristol Bay Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1957
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Bering Sea
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Bristol Bay Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such Planning Area from a mandated inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E810)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 110-hr-1958
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Emigration
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
 
Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
 
Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit interest on federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt.

Bill: 110-hr-1959
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from tax interest on federally-guaranteed bonds for the financing of water, wastewater, and essential community facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E794)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Home for the Brave Act

Bill: 110-hr-1960
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Bank examination
Bank loans
Capital investments
Community development banking
Congregate housing
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Interest rates
Mortgages
Soldiers' homes
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
A Home for the Brave Act - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require the appropriate federal financial supervisory agency, when assessing the record of a financial institution, to take into account capital investments, low interest loans, loan participation, technical assistance, and grants by the institution to support or enable: (1) any veteran to purchase a home for use as the principal residence of the veteran; and (2) any entity that is establishing housing opportunities or assisted living facilities for veterans to carry out such activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Illegal Immigration Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1962
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Grants-in-aid
Health
Illegal aliens
Immigrant health
Medically uninsured
Prison administration
Prison overcrowding
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Municipal Illegal Immigration Relief Act of 2007 - Authorizes grants to local governmental units for increased expenses incurred in responding to the needs of undocumented immigrants, including: (1) law enforcement; (2) health care; (3) inmate transportation; and (4) jail overcrowding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-19
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: 2007-04-19
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: 2007-04-19
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: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1963
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Establishes the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Site, consisting of parts of Camp Amache, located in Granada, Colorado, as an affiliated site of the National Park System. Designates the &quot;Friends of Amache&quot; as the management entity for the Site.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general management plan for the Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of Choice Act

Bill: 110-hr-1964
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Communication in medicine
Discrimination in medical care
Discrimination in public facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Health
Law
Patients' rights
Reproduction
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate a pregnancy after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health. 
 
Prohibits a federal, state, or local governmental entity from: (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in the regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. Provides that such prohibition shall apply retroactively. 
 
Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity, in a civil action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the credit to holders of clean renewable energy bonds.

Bill: 110-hr-1965
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Bonds
Electric utilities
Energy
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions allowing a tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds (CREBs) to: (1) extend the period for reimbursement of costs paid by CREB borrowers; (2) require ratable amortization of CREB principal; (3) revise the maximum term for maturity of such bonds; and (4) extend through 2009 the authority for issuing CREBs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Disabled Students Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1966
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disabled
Education
Higher education
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Public housing
Rental housing
Student housing
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Fairness for Disabled Students Act of 2007 - Amends federal housing law to exempt from the prohibition against specified public housing rental assistance (&quot;Section 8 assistance&quot;) persons with disabilities who were not receiving such assistance as of November 30, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Financial Privacy Notice Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1967
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Financial institutions
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Financial Privacy Notice Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements; (2) does not share information with affiliates under the Fair Credit Reporting Act; and (3) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Community Health Workers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1968
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Alcoholism
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health insurance
Hispanic Americans
Indian medical care
Indian women
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Mental health
Mental health services
Minorities
Minority health
Native Americans
Nutrition
Obesity
Performance measurement
Poor children
Preventive medicine
Sexually transmitted diseases
Smoking
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Translating and interpreting
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Violence
Welfare eligibility
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Community Health Workers Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women and children in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women and children in medically underserved communities.
 
Permits such funds to be used to support community health workers to: (1) educate and provide outreach regarding enrollment in health insurance; (2) educate, guide, and provide outreach regarding health problems among women and children, especially among racial and ethnic minority women and children; (3) educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities that target behavioral risk factors, including poor nutrition and tobacco use; (4) educate and guide regarding effective strategies to promote positive health behaviors within the family; (5) promote community wellness and awareness; and (6) educate and refer target populations to appropriate health care agencies and community based programs and organizations.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority to experienced applicants who propose to target geographic areas: (1) with a high percentage of uninsured or underinsured residents who are eligible for health insurance; and (2) with a high percentage of families for whom English is not their primary language.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage community health worker programs to collaborate with academic institutions; and (2) establish guidelines for assuring the quality of the training and supervision of community health workers under programs funded under this Act and for assuring the cost-effectiveness of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5059)
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Montgomery G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1969
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Military pay
Military personnel
Payroll deductions
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Montgomery G.I. Bill Improvement Act of 2007 - Exempts enlisted personnel in pay grade E-5 or below from the reduction in pay for contributions (premiums) under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program.
 
Allows individuals serving on active duty a one-year opportunity to withdraw a previous election not to receive such educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E800)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Teach for America Act

Bill: 110-hr-1971
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Teach for America Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to Teach For America, Inc. to implement and expand its program of recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting new teachers.
 
Requires that grant funds be used to provide teachers to local educational agencies that serve a substantial percentage of students eligible for free or reduced price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to provide for a study, at least once every three years, comparing the academic achievement of students taught by teachers assisted by this Act with the academic achievement of students taught by other teachers in the same schools and positions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E790-791)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House