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Community Environmental Equity Act

Bill: 110-hr-1972
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Carcinogens
Chemicals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Discrimination
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental justice
Federal aid programs
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Health surveys
Landfills
Law
Minorities
Pesticides
Potable water
Public health
Racial discrimination
Refuse and refuse disposal
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Community Environmental Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any entity that handles, manages, treats, releases, discharges, disposes, stores, transports, removes, moves, or delivers any covered substance from disproportionately exposing any person or community to such substance on the ground of race, color, national origin, or economic status. 

Defines &quot;covered substance&quot; to include: (1) any contaminant identified under the Safe Drinking Water Act; (2) any pesticide chemical under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (3) any chemical listed as a known or probable human carcinogen under the National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (4) any chemical substance or mixture regulated under the Toxic Substance Control Act; (5) any hazardous waste identified under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (6) any pesticide registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and (7) any air pollutant regulated under the Clean Air Act.

Requires such an entity to: (1) work in partnership with state and local government officials and the federal government to comply with this Act; and (2) address actual or potential disproportionate exposure to covered substances prior to pursuing authorization or approval to work with such substances.

Authorizes enforcement: (1) by denial or termination of authorization to work with covered substances; (2) by any other means authorized by law; and (3) for an entity receiving federal financial assistance, through specified compliance provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Health Impact Profile Program to make grants to community-based organizations and community health centers to assist in the planning and development of community health impact profiles.


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
Vaccine Safety and Public Confidence Assurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1973
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Conflict of interests
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health information systems
Health surveys
Medical records
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Pharmaceutical research
Research and development
Research grants
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Toxicology
Vaccination
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Vaccine Safety and Public Confidence Assurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Agency for Vaccine Safety Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Director for Vaccine Safety Evaluation to: (1) conduct or support safety research and monitor licensed vaccines; (2) develop a vaccine safety research agenda; (3) evaluate means to promote compliance with federal adverse reaction reporting requirements; (4) provide a clearinghouse for vaccine studies; (5) ensure that functions relating to vaccine monitoring or research on adverse reactions are not carried out by anyone with a conflict of interest; (6) oversee the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project; and (7) resolve U.S. conflicts of interest related to international agreements, partnerships, and activities.
 
Allows the Director to establish a program of awarding fellowships for research on vaccine safety.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to provide the Director, upon request, with complete access to all vaccine-related information submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by vaccine manufacturers.
 
Requires the Director to require vaccine manufacturers to: (1) provide for postmarketing surveillance and clinical testing for any acute or chronic adverse reactions associated with the vaccine; and (2) register in a qualified public registry each clinical trial conducted or supported by the manufacturer with respect to the vaccine.
 
Transfers to the Agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responsibilities for the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project, the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Centers, or any other post-licensure vaccine safety monitoring activities.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory council in the Agency.


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
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

Bill: 110-hr-1974
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2007-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital care
Income tax
Military operations
Tax exclusion
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: 
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of civilian federal employees compensation for active service in a combat zone or for periods of hospitalization for wounds, diseases, or injuries incurred while serving in a combat zone.


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 E792)
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-1975
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Habitat conservation
Idaho
Indian lands
Minorities
Montana
Native Americans
Natural areas
Oregon
Religion
Restoration ecology
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act - Designates the following lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System): (1) Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem; (2) Greater Yellowstone ecosystem; (3) Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem; (4) Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystem; (5) Greater Hells Canyon ecosystem; (6) Islands in the Sky Wilderness; and (7) Blackfeet Wilderness. 
Designates: (1) specified wild land areas as Biological Connecting Corridors to protect the life flow of the Northern Rockies Bioregion; (2) the inventoried roadless areas identified as part of the Corridors as wilderness and components of the System; and (3) certain biological connecting corridors as special corridor management areas. 
 
 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of specified rivers and creeks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
Establishes the National Wildland Restoration and Recovery System and the National Wildland Recovery Corps.
Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to assure nonexclusive access to the specified areas and corridors designated by this Act by Native Americans for traditional cultural and religious purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the refined coal credit to include qualified coal waste sludge recycling.

Bill: 110-hr-1976
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coal
Coke industry
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Feedstock
Income tax
Recycling of waste products
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the definition of &quot;refined coal&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources to include coal produced from a qualified coal waste sludge recycling process. Defines &quot;qualified coal waste sludge recycling process&quot; as a process using a facility to liquefy coal waste sludge and distribute the liquefied coal waste sludge on the coal to create a feedstock for the manufacture of coke.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow solar and geothermal investment credit for public utility property.

Bill: 110-hr-1977
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Electric utilities
Energy
Geothermal resources
Income tax
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Solar energy
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify public utility property that uses solar or geothermal energy sources for the energy tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".

Bill: 110-hr-1978
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Courthouses
District courts
Judges
Law
Names
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Designates the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the &quot;Paul Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1979
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil procedure
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
Licenses
Signs and symbols
State courts
State laws
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 - Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located.
 
Requires such a notarization to: (1) use a seal of office as symbol of the notary public's authority; or (2) have the seal information, in the case of an electronic record, securely attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant.

action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 - Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located.

Requires such a notarization to: (1) use a seal of office as symbol of the notary public's authority; or (2) have the seal information, in the case of an electronic record, securely attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1979.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7466-7468)
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to issue regulations establishing security standards for foreign repair stations performing maintenance for aircraft used to provide air transportation.

Bill: 110-hr-1981
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aircraft
Airline employees
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Maintenance and repair
Security measures
Standards
Terrorism
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Safety Administration) to issue regulations ensuring that federal aircraft security standards apply to all foreign aircraft maintenance employees (including requiring a criminal history record check and a review of law enforcement databases), as well as all foreign aircraft repair stations.
 
Requires the Assistant Secretary, if the regulations are not issued by 60 days after enactment of this Act, to prohibit the use of foreign repair stations, except in an emergency.
 
Reduces from 18 months to 9 months after enactment of this Act the deadline for a security review and audit of foreign repair stations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1983
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Optometry
Social Welfare
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of medical and surgical services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project.

Bill: 110-hr-1984
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bridges
Buy American
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Iron
Road construction
Steel

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
 Applies Buy America requirements to an entire bridge project if they apply to a component part of the project. (Buy America requires the use of steel, iron, and manufactured products produced in the United States for certain transportation-related projects unless, among other exceptions, inclusion of domestic material will increase the cost of the overall project contract by more than 25 percent.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Contractor Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1986
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Income tax
Tax evasion
Tax liens
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Federal Contractor Accountability Act of 2007 - Prohibits a federal agency from awarding a contract to a prospective contractor, extending an existing contract, or issuing an order for goods and services to such contractor without a written certification that such contractor owes no federal tax debt (i.e., tax delinquencies).

Requires a prospective contractor submitting an offer to an agency to include a certification as to whether such contractor has, within the preceding three years, been convicted of, or suffered a civil judgment for, violating any tax law or failing to pay any tax or has been notified of any delinquent taxes or unsatisfied tax liens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E817)
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the small agri-biodiesel credit for biodiesel derived from waste vegetable oils.

Bill: 110-hr-1987
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Fuel
Income tax
Oils and fats
Refuse as fuel
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of &quot;agri-biodiesel&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for biodiesel used as fuel to include biodiesel derived solely from one or more virgin oils, esters derived from vegetable oils (whether or not virgin), or animal fats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Gulf Coast Disaster Loan Refinancing Program.

Bill: 110-hr-1988
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Florida
Government lending
Hurricanes
Interest
Louisiana
Mississippi
Small business
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a program to refinance Gulf Coast disaster loans (loans made by the SBA to Gulf Coast small businesses in response to Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, or Rita) under which the Administrator may provide an option to defer loan repayment for up to four years after the initial disbursement under the original loan was made. Requires the Administrator to disclose the accrued interest that must be paid under the option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-1989
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Caves
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
History
Land use
Natural areas
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: 
Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Cave Conservation Area in Lincoln county, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for the long-term management of the Conservation Area. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish facilities for: (1) the conduct of scientific research; and (2) the interpretation of the resources of the Conservation Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E815)
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Introduced in House