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Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

Bill: 110-hr-222
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air routes
Airports
Airspace (Law)
All terrain vehicles
Animals
Architecture and the disabled
Bears
Bicycles
Bikeways
Camping
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation easements
Construction costs
Deer
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elk
Emergency Management
Eminent domain
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Fishing
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Forest roads
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Grants-in-aid
Grazing
Habitat conservation
Horses
Hunting
Idaho
Infrastructure
Insect control
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Licenses
Logging
Lumber trade
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Military aviation
Mining claims
Minorities
Motor vehicles
Motorcycles
National forests
National recreation areas
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parking facilities
Pedestrians
Planning
Plant protection
Recreation areas
Relocation
Restoration ecology
Right-of-way
Risk
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sheep
Snowmobiles
Sports and Recreation
State laws
State parks
Sustainable development
Tourism
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Trapping
Tree diseases
User charges
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water rights
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Wolves

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to convey specified parcels of federal land to certain counties and cities in central Idaho. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey, to the state of Idaho a specified parcel or parcels of BLM land, including roads thereon, for a motorized recreation park. 
 
Designates specified parcels of federal land in central Idaho as wilderness areas to be managed as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). 
 
 Repeals existing law requiring review of portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) for possible inclusion in the NWPS. 
 
Establishes the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area on federal lands in the Challis National Forest, the Sawtooth National Forest, SNRA, and Challis District of the BLM that are not designated as wilderness areas under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Informed Choice Act

Bill: 110-hr-223
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption
Childbirth
Clinics
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health education
Imaging systems in medicine
Liability insurance
Maternal health services
Medical malpractice
Medical supplies
Nonprofit organizations
Physical examinations
Physicians
Pregnant women
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Informed Choice Act - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to nonprofit community based pregnancy help medical clinics for the purchase of ultrasound equipment. Requires each grantee to: (1) provide free ultrasound examinations to pregnant women; (2) show the visual image of the fetus from the ultrasound examination to each pregnant woman with a general anatomical and physiological description of the fetus; (3) give each pregnant woman the approximate age of the embryo or fetus; (4) provide information on abortion and alternatives to abortion, such as childbirth and adoption, and information concerning public and private agencies that will assist in those alternatives; and (5) obtain medical malpractice insurance. Limits each grant to the lesser of 50% of the purchase price of the ultrasound machine involved or $20,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any headquarters for the United Nations in any location in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recognized best practices in contracting and procurement.

Bill: 110-hr-224
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Building construction
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
President and foreign policy
Rent
United Nations
United Nations finances
United Nations headquarters

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any U.N. headquarters in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recognized best practices in contracting and procurement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Bill: 110-hr-225
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Democracy
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International agencies
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
United Nations
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; (2) allow full participation by Israel in Council operations; and (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible civil society. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not support the Council, and should withhold financial support for the Council until meaningful human rights reforms are carried out.
 
 Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from a U.S. contribution to a regularly assessed biennial U.N. budget an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations to the Council. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.

Bill: 110-hr-226
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Airports
Alcoholic beverages
College sports
Courthouses
Education
Educational facilities
Federal preemption
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Interstate relations
Law
Licenses
Local laws
Prisons
Public meetings
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to establish a national standard for the carrying of certain concealed firearms by non-residents. Authorizes a person who has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm in one state and who is not prohibited from carrying a firearm under federal law to carry a concealed firearm in another state in accordance with the restrictions of that state or as specified under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-227
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Prescription pricing
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Health Care Tax Deduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax deduction from gross income for health insurance premiums and unreimbursed prescription drug expenses paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse and dependents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-228
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aliens
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Interest
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $400 (twice such amount on a joint return) of interest income annually. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such exclusion amount beginning after 2008.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Deficit Accountability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-229
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Deficit Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines there was a deficit in the preceding fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Museum of Ideas Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-230
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Museums
Philosophy
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Sociology

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Museum of Ideas Act of 2007 - Establishes the Museum of Ideas Commission to develop a plan for establishing in Washington, D.C., a museum that presents the history and evolution of human ideas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22-23)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska.

Bill: 110-hr-231
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Nebraska
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Nebraska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E12)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-232
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Bribery
Civil service retirement
Claims
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional pensions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Embezzlement
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government ethics
Interest
Judges
Judicial ethics
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Perjury
Practice of law
Public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Prohibits an individual (or a survivor or beneficiary thereof) from receiving federal annuity or retired pay if such individual is convicted, indicted, or has outstanding charges against him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for specified offenses concerning: (1) bribery, graft, or conflicts of interest related to public officials and witnesses, Members of Congress, government officers or employees, or obtaining appointive public office; (2) embezzlement or theft of public money, property, or records; (3) the solicitation or use of gifts; (4) fraud and false statements or entries; (5) perjury; (6) subornation of perjury; or (7) false declarations before a grand jury or court.
 
Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H794)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
National Computer Recycling Act

Bill: 110-hr-233
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative fees
Commerce
Computer industry
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Electronics
Electronics industry
Environmental health
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Hazardous wastes
Health
Internet
Labeling
Landfills
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Packaging
Raw materials
Recycling industry
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Video display terminals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
National Computer Recycling Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after submitting to Congress the results of a study of waste materials in used computers that may be hazardous to human health or the environment along with related management recommendations, to require assessment of a fee on the sale to an end-user of any computer, monitor, or other designated electronic devices. 
 
Exempts nonprofit organizations from the fee requirement. Authorizes the Administrator to create additional fee exemptions for sales that will likely result in maximum reuse of significant components and the disposal of remaining components in an environmentally sound and lawful manner. 
Requires fees collected to be used for administration of this Act and for making grants to eligible individuals or organizations for: (1) collecting or processing used computers, monitors, or other devices for recycling; (2) reusing or reselling such devices; and (3) extracting and using, or selling for reuse, raw materials from such devices. 
Requires reports to Congress on the status of computer recycling, which shall include descriptions of fee collection and use.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-234
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Appropriations
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Fishery management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific States (U.S.)
Salmon

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Pacific Salmon Emergency Disaster Assistance Act of 2007 - Appropriates funds for a lump sum payment to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. Requires the Commission to distribute the funds among various entities for assistance for the economic and social effects of the commercial fishery failure designated under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act regarding closures or restrictions on harvesting of Klamath River Fall Chinook salmon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the airport improvement program.

Bill: 110-hr-237
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airports
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Defense contracts
Defense industries
Depressed areas
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to transportation
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Imports
Income
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internal migration
Labor and Employment
Layoffs
Military base closures
Plant shutdowns
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends the airport improvement program to provide that the federal share of costs for airport improvement projects at airports that are receiving subsidized small community air service and that are located in economically depressed communities shall be 100% (effectively exempting such airports from matching grant requirements under the program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Working Americans Growing the Economy (WAGE) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-239
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Day care
Employee benefit plans
Employee health benefits
Families
Health
Minimum wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Working Americans Growing the Economy (WAGE) Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
States that, if an employer provides an employee with health care or child care benefits of at least $2,500 per year, the applicable minimum wage rate paid to such employee shall be: (1) $5.15 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $5.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $6.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) define the categories of health care benefits and child care benefits which qualify an employer to pay the latter rates; and (2) establish a method for determining the value of such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House