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Sanctity of Life Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1094
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Congress
District courts
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Humans
Jurisdiction
Law
Legislation
Local laws
State laws
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Sanctity of Life Act of 2007 - Declares that: (1) human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency; and (2) the term &quot;person&quot; shall include all such human life. Recognizes that each state has authority to protect the lives of unborn children residing in the jurisdiction of that state .
 
Amends the federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure, on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.
 
Makes this Act applicable to any case pending on the date of enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E362)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1095
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid programs
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2007 - Prohibits a federal official from expending federal funds for any foreign or domestic population control or population planning program or family planning activity (including any abortion procedure).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E362)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1096
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accident prevention
Ammunition
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arts, Culture, Religion
Business records
Child safety
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Cultural policy
Data banks
Emergency Management
Exhibitions
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Import restrictions
Imports
Lease and rental services
Licenses
Residence requirements
Retail trade
Safety measures
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2007 - Repeals the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993. Restores and revives any provisions amended or repealed by such Acts as if such Acts had not been enacted. 

Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the federal criminal code distinguishing firearms used or suitable for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes from firearms used generally.

Repeals the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 and other provisions of the federal criminal code relating to gun storage and gun safety devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1097
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Child safety
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic surveillance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
School buildings
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
School Safety Enhancements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the placement and use of surveillance equipment in schools under the matching grant program for school security; (2) allow the use of grant funds to establish hotlines or tiplines for reporting potentially dangerous students and situations and for making capital improvements to make school facilities more secure; (3) set the federal matching share of program costs at 80%; and (4) revise application requirements for school security grants.

Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Secretary of Education to establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate advisory school safety guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1098
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Dams
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Maintenance and repair
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007 - Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to provide grant assistance to states for use in rehabilitating publicly-owned dams that fail to meet minimum safety standards and pose an unacceptable risk to the public (deficient dams).
 
Sets forth provisions regarding procedures for grant awards and fund allocation. Requires FEMA to develop a risk-based priority system for identifying deficient dams for which such grants may be made. Limits the federal share of rehabilitation costs to 65%. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: For Further Action See H.R.3224.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1099
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
Limitation of actions
Temporary employment
Wage restitution
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Disaster Assistance Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the termination or demotion of, or other discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment against, an employee who, when activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a disaster assistance employee reservist, is absent from or late to work for up to 90 days (or longer if the Secretary of Homeland Security publishes a determination that an extension is appropriate due to a national emergency).
 
Allows an employer to: (1) charge against the employee's regular pay any time that an employee loses from employment because of such activation; and (2) request the employee to provide written verification from FEMA of the time and dates of such activation.
 
Requires any such employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer of such absences or lateness.
 
Authorizes a person who has been terminated, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against in violation of this Act to bring a civil action in U.S. district court if the action is commenced within one year after the violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the payment of certain annuities under section 376 of title 28, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1101
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Judicial compensation
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Survivors' benefits
Widows

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Makes a provision of the federal judicial code that terminates payment of annuities to widows or widowers who die or remarry before age 55 inapplicable to an individual who: (1) became a widow on July 18, 1987; (2) remarried on October 20, 1990; and (3) again became a widow on February 11, 2004.

Makes this Act effective as of October 20, 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Foster Children Self-Support Act

Bill: 110-hr-1104
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative fees
Child welfare
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security eligibility
Supplemental security income program
Trusts and trustees
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Foster Children Self-Support Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to ban the use of Social Security or SSI benefits, paid to representative payees on behalf of foster children, to reimburse foster care maintenance payments by states.
 
Amends SSA title IV part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for screening of foster children for eligibility for Social Security and SSI benefits and assistance.
 
Requires written notice to the attorney or guardian ad litem appointed to represent a foster child of the Commissioner of Social Security's initial determination to certify payment of such benefits to a representative payee.
 
Requires a state plan to require the appropriate state agency to develop a plan for each foster care child receiving Social Security or SSI benefits which is designed to best meet the individual's current and future needs and enable the child to achieve self-support after leaving foster care.
 
Requires a representative payee to manage the benefits paid on behalf of such a foster child in accordance with the plan developed for the child. 
 
Excludes from the calculation of an individual's resources under the SSI program any assets managed on the individual's behalf in accordance with such plan.
 
Disregards support and maintenance furnished in cash or in kind in determining the income of foster children under the SSI program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E364-365)
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1105
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-15
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: 2007-02-15
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: 2007-02-15
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: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Promotion Responsibility for Our U.S. Aviation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1106
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aeronautics
Commerce
Commercialization
Department of Transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Private aviation
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Promotion Responsibility for Our U.S. Aviation Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in carrying out safety regulation, to consider as being in the public interest: (1) regulating air commerce in a way that best promotes the development of safety and fulfills national defense requirements; and (2) promoting civil aeronautics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Dietary Supplement and Healthy Meal Replacement Tax Parity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1107
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Dietary supplements
Health
Income tax
Labeling
Medical economics
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: 
Dietary Supplement and Healthy Meal Replacement Tax Parity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify dietary supplements and meal replacement products that are authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make certain health claims as tax deductible medical expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alejandro E. Gonzales.

Bill: 110-hr-1109
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Provides for the relief of Alejandro E. Gonzales.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Stealth Tax Relief Extension Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1112
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Stealth Tax Relief Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the exemption from the alternative minimum tax for individual taxpayers in 2007; and (2) extend through 2007 the allowance of certain nonrefundable tax credits against alternative minimum tax liability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-1113
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Child health
Clinical trials
Colon cancer
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Demography
Digestive diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Laboratory animals
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Nutrition
Preventive medicine
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Ulcers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Enhancement Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's research activities on inflammatory bowel disease, with an emphasis on: (1) genetic research on susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease; (2) research targeted to increase knowledge about the causes and complications of inflammatory bowel disease in children; (3) animal model research; (4) clinical research; (5) expansion of the Institute's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centers program with a focus on pediatric research; and (6) other research initiatives identified in specified documents.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) develop a system to collect data on pediatric inflammatory bowel disease; (2) establish the National Pediatric IBD Registry; and (3) establish the Advisory Committee on Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease to study and make recommendations relating to the Registry. 

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prepare a National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Action Plan to: (1) address the burden of inflammatory bowel disease in both adult and pediatric populations; (2) address strategies for determining the unique demographic, geographic, and environmental-exposure characteristics of the inflammatory bowel disease population; (3) focus on strategies for increasing awareness about the disease within the general public and the health care community; and (4) address mechanisms designed to prevent the progression of the disease and the development of complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House