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A bill to safely redeploy United States troops from Iraq.

Bill: 110-s-1077
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military training
Military withdrawal
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Directs the President to transition the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq to the following purposes: (1) conducting limited scope and duration operations against al Qaeda and other international terrorist organizations; (2) providing security for U.S. infrastructure and personnel; and (3) training and equipping Iraqi security services. Exempts such activities from the funding and redeployment provisions of this Act.
 
Directs the President to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to continue the U.S. Armed Forces deployment in Iraq after March 31, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4308-4309)
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing America's Workforce Act

Bill: 110-s-1078
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Corporation taxes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Mortgages
Rent
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Housing America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for up to 50 percent of the qualified housing expenses paid for the benefit of their employees. Defines &quot;qualified housing expenses&quot; to include homeownership assistance and rental assistance. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $10,000 or six percent of an employee's home purchase price, or up to $2,000 for rental assistance. Excludes from employee gross income the value of employer-paid housing assistance.

Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants in FY2008-FY2010, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit housing organizations or local governments for certain costs, including operating costs and technical assistance costs, of employer-assisted housing programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse, including a website, to provide information about employer-assisted housing programs to federal, state, and local governments and other interested entities. 

Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a national evaluation of employer-assisted housing programs and provide to the Secretary an interim report by January 1, 2011, and final report by December 31, 2012. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4309-4310)
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act

Bill: 110-s-1080
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Montana
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a loan program to assist the Crow Tribe of the State of Montana in purchasing from eligible individuals land and interests in land within the Crow Reservation in the state. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more loan obligation(s) with the Tribe as the Secretary determines necessary to fund such program. 
 
 Allows the Secretary to accept from any eligible individual a donation of land or an interest in land within the Reservation to hold in trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to manage such land and interests in accordance with a land management program to be developed and implemented by the Tribe to achieve repayment of each applicable loan obligation issued pursuant to this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-19
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-05-15
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-469.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Flat Tax Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1081
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Charitable contributions
Checkoff
Coal
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Cost of living adjustments
Custody of children
Disabled
Divorce
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Estate tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flat-rate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inheritance tax
Interest
Labor and Employment
Lobbying
Miners
Mortgages
Pension funds
Presidential elections
Retiree health benefits
Separation (Law)
Sheltered workshops
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax returns
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Flat Tax Act of 2007 - Replaces the income tax with a flat tax of 20 percent of taxable earned income of individual taxpayers. Defines &quot;taxable earned income&quot; as the excess of earned income (wages, salaries, professional fees) over a standard deduction, a deduction for cash charitable contributions, and a deduction for home mortgage interest. Sets forth definitions and special rules for surviving spouses, heads of household, and dependents.

Imposes a flat tax of 20 percent on business taxable income. Defines &quot;business taxable income&quot; as gross active income (other than investment income) reduced by: (1) the cost of business inputs (cost of specified goods, services, travel, and entertainment expenditures); (2) employee compensation; and (3) the cost of personal and real property used in business activities. Disallows a deduction from gross active business income for purchases of goods and services provided to employees or owners and certain lobbying and political expenditures.

Repeals: (1) estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; (2) financing of presidential election campaigns provisions; and (3) coal industry health benefits provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4294)
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1083
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Alien labor
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee selection
Engineering
Engineers
Foreign students
Foreign-trained physicians
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
Identification of criminals
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Labor supply
Law
Mathematics
Minimum wages
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Skilled labor
Temporary employment
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act of 2007 or the SKIL Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the annual H-1B (specialty occupation) visa cap an alien who has: (1) earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university; or (2) been awarded a medical specialty certification based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States.
 
Increases the annual H-1B cap, with a 20% increase for the following year if the previous year's quota is reached. 
 
Exempts from worldwide immigration caps an alien who: (1) has earned a master's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. university; (2) has been awarded medical specialty certification based on postdoctoral training and experience in the United States; (3) will work in shortage occupations; (4) has earned a master's degree or higher in science, technology, engineering, or math and has been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding his or her immigrant visa application; (5) has extraordinary ability or received a national interest waiver; or (6) is the spouse or minor child of an employment-based immigrant.
 
Increases the annual immigrant visa cap.
 
Revises student visa provisions.
 
Authorizes an L-1 (intracompany transfer) visa extension beyond the fifth or seventh year if the individual has a immigrant application pending.
 
Permits an alien with an approved labor certification to apply for permanent resident status adjustment if there is no visa immediately available by paying a $500 supplemental fee.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a pre-certification procedure for employers who file multiple employment petitions.
 
Revises certain labor certification provisions.
 
Prohibits immigration application approval until background and security checks have been completed and any fraud allegations have been resolved.
 
Authorizes temporary workers (E, H, I, L O, or P visas) who have not violated their status to renew their same category visa from within the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310-4311)
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Homes for Heroes Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1084
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Affordable housing
Brain
Building construction
Commerce
Congregate housing
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Consumer cooperatives
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to housing
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Head injuries
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Housing finance
Housing statistics
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Indian housing
Labor and Employment
Low-income housing
Metropolitan areas
Minimum wages
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Public housing
Rent
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Surveys
Survivors' benefits
Tax credits
Taxation
Urban affairs
Urban housing
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' pensions
Wages
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: 
Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure veteran access to HUD housing and homeless assistance programs; (2) coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans; and (3) serve as a HUD liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
Directs the HUD Secretary to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for very low-income veteran families (that is, families with incomes not exceeding 50% of the area median income).
 
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) make housing rental vouchers available to homeless veterans; and (2) include veterans in public housing planning.
 
Excludes veterans' benefits from income for purposes of HUD assisted housing rental determinations.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) make grants to nonprofit entities for technical assistance in sponsoring HUD housing projects for veterans; and (2) report annually to specified congressional committees and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on HUD activities relating to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4310)
action_date: 2007-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Informed Air Traveler Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1085
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airline passenger traffic
Commerce
Consumer education
Customer service
Department of Transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
Informed Air Traveler Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate rules to require a passenger air carrier to: (1) publish customer service data for all passenger flights on, or in conjunction with the issuance of, an airline ticket and on the air carrier's website; and (2) disclose on-time performance and cancellation rate for a chronically delayed or chronically canceled flight whenever a passenger makes a reservation or purchases a ticket for such flight in person, by telephone, or through the air carrier's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1086
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Age
Child safety
Commerce
Consumer education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identification devices
Internet
Law
Liability (Law)
Names
Pornography
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2007 - Prohibits an operator of a commercial website from knowingly placing material that is harmful to minors on the website unless: (1) any page that is initially viewable does not include any such material; (2) access to the material is restricted to a specific set of individuals through an age verification requirement; and (3) the website's source code contains the content description tag assigned to the website by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
 
 Requires he NTIA to develop a common content description tag that: (1) will warn and inform consumers regarding the presence of material that is harmful to minors; (2) will allow consumers to block or filter website access; and (3) is technologically capable of being embedded in the website's source code.
 
Requires a website operator, when registering or re-registering a website, to provide to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers certain information, including the content description tag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Pay Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1087
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Expert witnesses
Federal employees
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hours of labor
Labor statistics
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Minimum wages
Pay equity
Position classification
Punitive damages
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Salaries
Sex discrimination
Small business
Wage restitution
Wage surveys
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
Fair Pay Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.)
 
Prohibits the discharge of or any other discrimination against an individual for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this Act, or for assisting in an investigation or proceeding under it. 
Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action. 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; and (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act. 
Makes conforming amendments relating to congressional and executive branch employees to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs Act

Bill: 110-s-1088
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Antibiotics
Child health
Clinical trials
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug utilization
Families
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Marketing
Patent infringement
Patents
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
Lower Prices Reduced with Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs Act or the Lower PRICED Drugs Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an abbreviated application for a new drug containing certain antibiotics, the approved labeling for which includes a method of use that is claimed by a patent, to include a statement: (1) that identifies the relevant patent and the approved use covered by the patent; and (2) that the applicant is not seeking approval of such use.
 
 Requires the court to consider the totality of circumstances and the public interest in deciding whether to shorten the 30-month period that delays the approval of an abbreviated drug application when a patent infringement case is filed against the applicant.
 
Limits market exclusivity provided for conducting pediatric studies of new or already approved drugs to only those drugs for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services approves labeling that provides specific, therapeutically meaningful information about the use of the drug in pediatric patients. Reduces market exclusivity for such studies for drugs with sales revenue that is $1 billion or more.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from delaying approval of a new drug application while a petition seeking any action relating to such an application is being reviewed or considered. Requires the Secretary to take final agency action on a petition within 180 days of receipt, with no extensions allowed. 
 
Extends the 30-month period that the Secretary has to approve or disapprove an abbreviated application for a new drug by the amount of time that lapses from the date the Secretary receives a petition and the date of the final agency action on the petition, without regard to whether the Secretary grants or denies the petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Nutrition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1090
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Dairy products
Food relief
Food stamps
Milk
Nutrition
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Senior Nutrition Act of 2007 - Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to make a person who is at least 60 years old eligible for the commodity supplemental food program if such person: (1) is eligible for the food stamp program; or (2) has a household income that is not more than 185% of federal poverty income guidelines. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such program and prohibits using such funds to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to such program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4383)
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Campaign Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1091
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Political parties
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
Campaign Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-18
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1092
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2007-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Engineers
Families
High technology
Immigrants
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: 
High-Tech Worker Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the number of annual H-1B (specialty occupation) visa entrants for FY2007 and FY2008.
 
Eliminates the 20,000 annual cap on aliens with master's or higher degrees who can enter the United States without being subject to H-1B visa limits.
 
Exempts from direct numerical limitations: (1) aliens with an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math who have been working in a related field in the United States during the three-year period preceding their application for an employment-based immigrant visa; (2) certain aliens who are priority workers or who have received a national interest waiver; and (3) immediate relatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate