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To prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for the United States Government until January 1, 2009.

Bill: 110-hr-4895
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Federal office buildings
Government procurement
Leases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Prohibits until January 1, 2009, the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for any federal branch or entity within it, unless: (1) a contract for the construction or lease was entered into before the enactment of this Act; or (2) the interests of national security require the expenditure of funds for such purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4896
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Investment of public funds
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Securities
Social security finance
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the duty of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds is to hold the Funds. Specifies that it is a duty to hold the Funds in trust for the beneficiaries and to ensure that the assets of the Funds are not diverted.

Authorizes investment of the Funds in securities that are not limited to obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. Allows investment in such other securities as the Board of Trustees may consider prudent investments.
 
Requires the Board of Trustees to exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Stop Senior Suicide Act

Bill: 110-hr-4897
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Health planning
Medicare
Mental health services
Preventive medicine
Psychiatry
Social Welfare
Suicide

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Stop Senior Suicide Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an Interagency Geriatric Mental Health Planning Council to coordinate and collaborate on the planning for the delivery of mental health services, to include suicide prevention, to older adults.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase, through 2014 (when it will not be limited), payment for the treatment of mental, psychoneurotic, and personality disorders of an individual who is not an inpatient of a hospital at the time such expenses are incurred.

Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to develop strategies for addressing suicide among the elderly.

Revises provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for groups that are at a high risk for suicide. Authorizes additional appropriations to carry out such changes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-19
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: 2007-12-19
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: 2007-12-19
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: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4898
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Apprenticeship
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civics education
Cultural relations
Disabled
Educational exchanges
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaiians
Indigenous peoples
Labor and Employment
Mainstreaming in education
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Mentally disabled
Minorities
Minority education
Nonprofit organizations
Secondary education
Service learning
Social Welfare
Special education
Volunteer workers
Whaling

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Best Buddies Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to, or enter into agreements with, Best Buddies (a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with intellectual disabilities mesh with mainstream society) to promote the expansion of Best Buddies and the design and implementation of its education and outreach programs, including character education and volunteer programs, that can be integrated into classroom instruction.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to repeal authority for the Fund for the Improvement of Education: (1) educational, cultural, apprenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling and trading partners in Massachusetts; and (2) program of grants to a national nonprofit educational organization for the improvement of student understanding of personal finance and economics through effective teaching of economics in the nation's classrooms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act

Bill: 110-hr-4899
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Block grants
Chronically ill
Community health services
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health services administration
Indian medical care
Mental health services
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Community-Based Mental Health Infrastructure Improvements Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities for the construction or modernization of facilities to provide mental health and behavioral health services to individuals. Defines an &quot;eligible entity&quot; as: (1) a state that is the recipient of a Community Mental Health Services Block Grant and a Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant under such Act; or (2) an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. 

Includes among grant application requirements assurances that facilities will be used for not less than 10 years for community-based mental health or substance abuse services for those who cannot pay for such services. Permits a grant recipient to request permission to transfer such 10-year obligation to another facility.

Authorizes a state that receives a grant to award a subgrant to a qualified community program for activities such as: (1) the construction, expansion, and modernization of mental and behavioral health facilities; and (2) the construction and structural modification of facilities to permit the integrated delivery of behavioral health and primary care of specialty medical services to individuals with co-occurring mental illnesses and chronic medical or surgical diseases at a single service site.

Requires a grant recipient to agree to make available nonfederal contributions matching federal funds provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-4901
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Hours of labor
Metropolitan areas
Pay equity
Salaries
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to revise the special pay adjustments for (percentage differentials payable to) federal law enforcement officers in specified consolidated metropolitan statistical areas. Includes Capitol Police as law enforcement officers under such Act.
 
Eliminates the limitation on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay with respect to availability pay for federal criminal investigators.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Dimyristyl Peroxydicarbonate.

Bill: 110-hr-4902
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Dimyristyl Peroxydicarbonate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Bis(4-t-butylcyclohexyl) Peroxydicarbonate.

Bill: 110-hr-4903
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Bis(4-t-butylcyclohexyl) Peroxydicarbonate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3,3',4,4'-Biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride.

Bill: 110-hr-4904
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 3,3',4,4'-Biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4,4'-Oxydianiline.

Bill: 110-hr-4905
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4,4'-Oxydianiline.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyromellitic dianhydride.

Bill: 110-hr-4906
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pyromellitic dianhydride.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Dicetyl Peroxydicarbonate.

Bill: 110-hr-4907
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Dicetyl Peroxydicarbonate.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Lauroyl Peroxide.

Bill: 110-hr-4908
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Lauroyl Peroxide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Didecanoyl Peroxide.

Bill: 110-hr-4909
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on Didecanoyl Peroxide.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Citizenship Processing Backlog Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4910
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship
Civil service retirement
Department of Homeland Security
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Naturalization
Temporary employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Citizenship Processing Backlog Reduction Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive the application of provisions relating to annuities and pay on reemployment or any similar legal provision under a government retirement system on a case-by-case basis with respect to any annuitant who is reemployed on a temporary basis to: (1) process applications for naturalization filed from January 31-September 30, 2007; or (2) otherwise help the Secretary to reduce or eliminate the existing backlog of applications for naturalization.

Provides that: (1) an annuitant as to whom such a waiver is in effect shall not be considered an employee for purposes of any government retirement system; and (2) no waiver under this Act may be granted after December 31, 2008, or remain in effect after December 31, 2009.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4911
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs and athletes
Health
Hormones
Sports and Recreation
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to classify as a Schedule III controlled substance growth hormone, recombinant human growth hormone, or human growth hormone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the treatment of prepaid derivative contracts.

Bill: 110-hr-4912
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Contracts
Derivative securities
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Losses
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set forth rules for the treatment of income, loss, and distributions relating to a prepaid derivative contract. Defines &quot;prepaid derivative contract&quot; as any prepaid contract with a term longer than one year from the date of issue which is a derivative financial instrument with respect to any security, commodity, or financial index. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2663)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Competitive Air Transportation Service in New York-New Jersey Region Act

Bill: 110-hr-4913
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2007-12-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
New Jersey
New York City
Port authorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: 
Fair and Competitive Air Transportation Service in New York-New Jersey Region Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from taking action that only limits commercial air traffic from one airport operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and not from all other airports operated by such Authority unless consent is given by the Authority. Provides an exception to such prohibition if such action is necessary to preserve air traffic safety or in cases of a national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Introduced in House