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Kansas Disaster Tax Relief Assistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-2935
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Bonds
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Disaster relief
Dislocated workers
Emergency Management
Energy
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Kansas
Labor and Employment
Losses
Public utilities
Refuse and refuse disposal
Rental housing
Storms
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Tornadoes
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Kansas Disaster Tax Relief Assistance Act - Extends to businesses and individuals in certain Kansas counties declared by the President as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (FEMA-1699-DR, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) by reason of severe storms and tornados beginning on May 4, 2007, provisions of the Internal Revenue Code allowing: (1) suspension of certain limitations on personal casualty losses; (2) an extension of the period for replacing damaged property without recognizing gain; (3) an employee retention tax credit for affected businesses through 2007; (4) 50% bonus depreciation for affected businesses; (5) increased expensing of small business assets; (6) increased expensing of demolition and cleanup costs; (7) extended net operating loss carryback periods for losses attributable to storms and tornadoes and for public utility property disaster losses; (8) relaxed income verification requirements for tenants in low-income rental projects; and (9) penalty-free withdrawals and loans from individual retirement accounts and other tax-exempt pension plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space.

Bill: 110-hr-2936
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital investments
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Retail trade
Shopping centers
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified retail improvement property a 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. Defines such property as any improvement to an interior portion of a building which is nonresidential real property, if: (1) such portion is open to the general public and is used in the trade or business of selling tangible personal property or services to the general public; and (2) such improvement is placed in service more than three years after the date the building was first placed in service. Excludes specified improvements, including the enlargement of a building, any elevator or escalator, or the internal structural framework of a building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1454-1455)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that management and administrative activities will not be taken into account in determining if an entity has sufficient business activities in a foreign country to avoid treatment as an expatriated entity.

Bill: 110-hr-2937
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporate management
Corporation taxes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Income tax
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions defining expatriated business entities to exclude any management or administrative activities conducted by such entities in a foreign country in determining expatriate status for income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1455-1456)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Land Grant Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2938
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural colleges
Agricultural experiment stations
Agricultural extension work
Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Minorities
Minority education
Nutrition
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
District of Columbia Land Grant Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Smith-Lever Act and the Hatch Act of 1887 to apply to the District of Columbia the reduced matching funds requirements for federal formula funds for agricultural extension work and experiment stations, respectively. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such matching funds requirements when the District of Columbia is unlikely to meet them.
 
Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to authorize funding to assist the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), a land-grant university, to construct, acquire, rent, alter, or repair buildings or facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research.
 
Makes UDC eligible for competitive grants under such Act for food and agricultural sciences education at schools having significant minority enrollments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1453)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Atlantic Blackfish Conservation Act

Bill: 110-hr-2939
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Coastal zone
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing boats
Forfeiture
Law
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York State
North Carolina
Overfishing
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Territorial waters
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Atlantic Blackfish Conservation Act - Prohibits the commercial harvesting of Atlantic blackfish, popularly known as tautog, in the coastal waters or the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or the sale of blackfish taken in violation of that prohibition. Imposes penalties and allows civil forfeiture of vessels for violations.
 
Requires the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to take actions reflecting the prohibition.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to discretionary determinations waiving an alien's inadmissibility based on certain activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2940
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of State
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Terrorism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise the discretionary authority of the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security to temporarily admit an alien otherwise inadmissible on security- or terror-related grounds.
 
States that: (1) any such determination or revocation shall not be subject to judicial review; and (2) any such determination shall neither prejudice the U.S. government's ability to bring a civil or criminal action against a beneficiary nor create a substantive or procedural right for the beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2941
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional voting
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Government trust funds
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Off-budget expenditures
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2007 - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Crime Victims Fund from executive and congressional budgets.

Prohibits the consideration of any legislation in the House of Representatives or the Senate that would authorize the use of amounts in the Crime Victims Fund for a purpose not authorized by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. Allows the Senate to waive or suspend such prohibition by a three-fifths vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2943
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Supplemental security income program
Veterans' benefits
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat as a disability for OASDI and SSI disability payment purposes any service-connected total disability, as rated and certified by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
 
Applies the same treatment to related child's insurance and widow's and widower's insurance benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7345)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Claire Collier Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-2944
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Nervous system diseases
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Claire Collier Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that the eligibility requirement for disability insurance benefits under which an individual must have 20 quarters of Social Security coverage in the 40 quarters preceding a disability shall not apply in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a covered terminal disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2945
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Medicare Advantage Truth in Advertising Act of 2007 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restrict cost-sharing under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program to a level no greater (and permissably less) than the cost-sharing that would otherwise be imposed under the original Medicare fee-for-service program option.
 
Declares that nothing regarding original Medicare fee-for-service program option benefits shall be construed as prohibiting an MA plan from using a flat copayment or per diem rate, under this Act, in lieu of the cost-sharing imposed under Medicare part A or part B.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1450)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act

Bill: 110-hr-2947
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Law
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax incentives
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Energy Efficient Buildings Promotion Act - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, by rule, revised building energy performance standards for new federal buildings and those undergoing major renovations.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase: (1) limitations for the nonbusiness energy property tax credit; (2) the applicable amount for the new energy efficient home credit; and (3) the per square footage dollar amount for the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations to Congress on whether to conform certain Internal Revenue Code incentives, as provided in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to the building energy performance goal established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2007-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1448)
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2948
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Timothy [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Medical savings accounts

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Increased Access to Health Insurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the prohibition against the purchase of health insurance from a health savings account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Tax Relief for All Workers Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2951
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: 
Tax Relief for All Workers Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the rate and phaseout amounts of the earned income tax credit for taxpayers with no qualifying children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Access Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2953
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2007-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Broadband
Congressional reporting requirements
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: 
Rural Broadband Access Enhancement Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to redefine &quot;eligible rural community.&quot;
 
Permits a loan or loan guarantee applicant in an area where 40% of the residents are without broadband access to qualify with a 10% loan equity position.
 
Provides for: (1) paperwork reduction; and (2) program outreach to underserved areas.
 
Prohibits loan or loan guarantees for new broadband service in communities with three or more service providers.
 
Provides that for each fiscal year: (1) not more than 10% of program funds shall be available to providers with more than 10% of national subscriber lines; and (2) 40% of program funds shall be available to providers with between 2%-10% of national subscriber lines.
 
Revises the amortization period from the life of the asset to 35 years. 
 
Requires an annual broadband program report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-07-10
text: Introduced in House