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To update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Courts of special jurisdiction
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Director of National Intelligence
Electronic surveillance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Judicial review
Law
Official secrets

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to state that nothing in the FISA definition of &quot;electronic surveillance&quot; shall be construed to encompass surveillance directed at a person located outside the United States.
 
Authorizes the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Attorney General (AG), for periods up to one year, to acquire foreign intelligence information concerning persons outside the United States under specified procedures subject to review by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court). Allows the DNI and AG to issue a directive to require a person to: (1) provide appropriate information to accomplish an acquisition while protecting the secrecy of the information acquired and producing a minimum of interference with services provided to the acquisition target; and (2) maintain appropriate records concerning the acquisition. Outlines procedures to be followed in the case of a failure to comply with a directive.
 
Directs the: (1) AG to submit to the Court the procedures by which the government determines that acquisitions conducted pursuant to the above authority do not constitute electronic surveillance; and (2) Court to assess such procedures.
 
Requires the AG to report semiannually to the congressional intelligence and judiciary committees on incidents of noncompliance with directives issues by the DNI and AG.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Cops for Kids Act

Bill: 110-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Police
Police training
Recruiting of employees
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Cops for Kids Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states and local governments to hire and train personnel to monitor the activities of sex offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
First Tee in Character Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Civics education
Community and school
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Ethics
Families
Federal aid to education
Golf
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Minorities
Minority education
Nonprofit organizations
Parent-school relationships
Private schools
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
The First Tee in Character Education Act of 2007 - Amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a First Tee Life Skills program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award grants to states, local educational agencies (LEAs), nonprofit organizations, or partnerships of LEAs and such entities for youth development programs that give youth the opportunity to develop life-enhancing values though their participation in sports, such as golf.
 
Directs grantees to provide, to the extent feasible and appropriate, for the participation of private elementary and secondary school teachers and students in program activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3326
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
American Samoa
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Territories (U.S.)
Virgin Islands
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Early Treatment for HIV Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give states the option of providing Medicaid coverage for certain low-income HIV-infected individuals. Provides states taking advantage of this option with an enhanced federal Medicaid match. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2486)
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1717)
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Federal Dog Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Direct mail advertising
Dogs
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Protection of animals
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Federal Dog Protection Act - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to make it unlawful to knowingly: (1) sponsor or exhibit an animal in, or knowingly attend, a dog fighting venture; (2) sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of transportation any dog or other animal for the purpose of having the dog or other animal, or offspring of the dog or other animal, participate in a dog fighting venture; or (3) use the U.S. mail service or any instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech that promotes or furthers such prohibited actions.

Makes costs incurred for the care of animals seized and forfeited recoverable from the owner (currently recoverable costs are limited to those incurred by the United States).

Allows animal control agencies, humane societies, or societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to commence a civil suit to enjoin any private party who is alleged to be in violation of provisions concerning animal fighting. Provides for enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Sierra Vista Subwatershed Feasibility Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-3328
Sponsor: Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
Construction costs
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Sierra Vista Subwatershed Feasibility Study Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to complete a feasibility study of alternatives to augment water supplies in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed, Arizona, that are identified as appropriate for further study in an appraisal report dated June 2007.

Directs the Secretary, in evaluating the feasibility of alternatives, to: (1) include any required environmental reviews, the construction, operations, maintenance, and replacement costs for each alternative, and the economic feasibility of each alternative; (2) take into consideration the ability of government and private sources to fund such costs; (3) establish the basis for any cost-sharing allocations and any anticipated repayment of federal contributions; and (4) perform a cost-benefit analysis.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3330
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coins and coinage
Department of the Treasury
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Coinage Materials Modernization Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the weight and composition of the U.S. dollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, five-cent, and one-cent coins. (Currently, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe the weight and the composition of copper and zinc in the alloy of the penny in specified circumstances.)

Removes restrictions on the weight of, and requirements concerning the metal in, the half dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, and penny. 

Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe manufacturing tolerances for the nickel and penny.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1720)
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit, as a banned hazardous substance, certain household dishwashing detergent containing phosphorus.

Bill: 110-hr-3331
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Detergents
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Phosphorus
Product safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue regulations declaring dishwashing detergent intended for individual household use that contains phosphorus to be a banned hazardous substance under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
SMA Treatment Acceleration Act

Bill: 110-hr-3334
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug therapy
Epidemiology
Families
Hereditary diseases
Medical research
Muscular diseases
Orphan drugs
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
SMA Treatment Acceleration Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to upgrade and unify existing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) clinical trial sites to establish a national clinical trials network for SMA. Requires the Director of NIH to ensure that such network: (1) conducts coordinated, multisite, clinical trials of pharmacological approaches to the treatment of SMA; and (2) rapidly and effectively disseminates scientific findings to the field.

Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) establish an SMA data coordinating center; and (2) expand and intensify NIH programs with respect to preclinical translation research and medicinal chemistry related to SMA.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to enhance and provide ongoing support to the existing SMA patient registry to provide for expanded research on the epidemiology of SMA. Directs the Secretary to ensure the collection and analysis of longitudinal data related to individuals of all ages with SMA.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Coordinating Committee to: (1) coordinate activities across NIH and with other federal health programs and activities relating to SMA; and (2) conduct a study to identify barriers to the development of drugs for treating SMA and similar genetic disorders.

Requires the Director of NIH to establish a trans-National Institutes of Health cooperative research initiative on SMA to ensure the success of the SMA projects led by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. 

Requires the Secretary to submit recommendations to Congress to improve and expand on incentives provided under the Orphan Drug Act and related statutes to promote SMA drug development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
South Park National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-3335
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Commemorations
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landowners
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
South Park National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the South Park National Heritage Area in South Park, Colorado. 
 
Designates the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office, in conjunction with the South Park National Heritage Area Board of Directors, as the management entity for the Area. 
 
Requires the Park County Tourism & Community Development Office to submit a management plan for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3337
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Admission of nonimmigrants
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
Governmental investigations
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Immigrant health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
HIV Nondiscrimination in Travel and Immigration Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) bar to U.S. admission.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) convene a panel of public health experts to review immigration policies regarding HIV as a communicable disease of public health significance (and thus a health-related ground for inadmissibility); and (2) make a determination and report to Congress regarding the continued listing of HIV as a health-related ground for inadmissibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act

Bill: 110-hr-3338
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Building construction
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Health
Hospital care
Long-term care
New Jersey
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Southern New Jersey Veterans Comprehensive Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans in southern New Jersey (the counties of Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May) for full-service medical care shall be met through a project for: (1) inpatient and outpatient services and long-term care to veterans at an existing facility in southern New Jersey; or (2) construction of a new full-service, Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to provide inpatient and outpatient services and long-term care to veterans in southern New Jersey.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) if the existing facility option is chosen, to enter into an appropriate agreement for the provision of such care and services; or (2) if the new construction option is chosen, to carry out an appropriate major medical facility construction project for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3340
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Dietary supplements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grocery trade
Health
Herbs
Imports
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Packaging
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) the labeling of raw ginseng offered for sale as food or a dietary supplement to contain country of harvest information; (2) ginseng importers to disclose country of harvest information at the point of U.S. entry.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose civil monetary penalties for failure to make such disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3341
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Antitrust law
Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Managed care
Medical personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: 
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007 - Exempts health care professionals that are negotiating with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided from federal antitrust laws in connection with such negotiations.
 
Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to such negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1728-1729)
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3342
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Damages
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Law
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Surgery
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for insurance purchased to cover the costs of a negative outcome from surgery, including negative outcomes caused by physician malpractice; and (2) exclude from gross income medical malpractice awards granted in binding arbitration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1730)
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Introduced in House