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Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-4285
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Nature conservation
North Carolina
Outdoor recreation
Public-private partnerships
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area Study Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Study Area in North Carolina (to be comprised of Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Provider Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-4287
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Collection of accounts
Hospital care
Law
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tax administration
Tax liens
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Medicare Provider Accountability Act - Directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to: (1) take all necessary steps to participate in the Federal Payment Levy Program as soon as possible; and (2) ensure that at least 50% of all payments under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act are processed through such program within one year of enactment of this Act, and all remaining payments within two years.

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to offset Medicare provider payments by the amount of the provider's delinquent federal debt.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make notice and opportunity for hearing before levy requirements inapplicable if the Secretary of the Treasury has approved a levy on specified (Medicare provider) payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Physicals for Preventive Health Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4288
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Medicare Physicals for Preventive Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of annual preventive physical examinations under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the "Euripides Rubio Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 110-hr-4289
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Clinics
Congressional tributes
Health
History
Names
Officer personnel
Puerto Rico
Veterans' hospitals
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the &quot;Euripides Rubio Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot; 

action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the &quot;Euripides Rubio Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Became Public Law No: 110-292.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Became Public Law No: 110-292.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2008-07-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2008-07-11
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2008-07-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-07-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-07-11
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6610)
action_date: 2008-07-11
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6610)
action_date: 2008-06-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5972)
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5972)
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4289.
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5972-5974)
action_date: 2008-06-24
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-292
Homeland Security Technology Advancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-4290
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commerce
Computer software
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Laboratories
Research
Research and development
Research and development facilities
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Trade secrets
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Homeland Security Technology Advancement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend (for five additional years) specified authority of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out certain basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects and prototype projects.

Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to: (1) make available to any person or entity, for an appropriate fee, the services of any DHS owned and operated center or other facility for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items designed to advance the homeland security mission; and (2) ensure that the testing of materiel not owned by the government shall not cause government resources to be diverted from scheduled tests of government materiel or otherwise interfere with government mission requirements. Prohibits: (1) the disclosure outside the federal government of the test results and associated data that are trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information without the consent of the person or entity for whom the tests are performed; and (2) fees from exceeding the amount necessary to recoup the costs involved. 

Directs the Under Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a report detailing a plan for operating such program; and (2) an annual report on the facilities that have collected fees, the partnerships formed, and the testing conducted.

Directs the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an assessment of such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Provisions of Measure Incorporated into H.R. 2764.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4291
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Land transfers
Minnesota
National forests
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act of 2007 - Amends the National Trails System Act to add certain existing hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest to the North Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4292
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commerce
Corporations
Land transfers
Mines and mineral resources
Minnesota
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Superior National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain lands in Superior National Forest in Minnesota. Requires: (1) consideration for a sale of lands to be not less than the appraised market value of those lands; and (2) the first offer for the sale of the lands under this Act to be made to Poly Met Mining, Inc. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for State and local, and foreign, real property taxes.

Bill: 110-hr-4293
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Property tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow all individual taxpayers to deduct from gross income state, local, and foreign real property taxes whether or not such taxpayers itemize their tax deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2489-2490)
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Reforming an Entitlement through Premium Adjustments based on Income Resources (REPAIR) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4295
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Income
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Reforming an Entitlement through Premium Adjustments based on Income Resources (REPAIR) Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require an income-related reduction in the part D premium subsidy.
 
 Declares that, in the case of an individual whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds a certain applicable threshold amount for a month after December 2008, the monthly amount of the part D premium subsidy shall be reduced (and the monthly beneficiary premium shall be increased) by the monthly adjustment amount determined according to a specified formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-4296
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Electronic data interchange
Health information systems
Medical fees
Medicare
Pharmacies
Physicians
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make incentive payments for physician use of an electronic prescription drug program (E-prescribing); and (2) reduce by 10% the fee schedule amount for failure to use E-prescribing.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report to Congress on progress on implementing E-prescribing under the Medicare electronic prescription drug program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
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: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring energy conservation provisions and to provide a tax credit for certain individuals using home heating oil.

Bill: 110-hr-4297
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric appliances
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Petroleum
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012: (1) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (2) the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; (3) the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property; and (4) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property. 

Allows a $500 refundable tax credit ($1,000 in the case of a joint tax return) in 2008 for certain low-income individual taxpayers who have a principal place of abode in the United States and who use heating oil as the primary source of energy for heating such abode.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

Bill: 110-hr-4298
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2007-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Campaign funds
Commerce
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Political advertising
Telemarketing
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
 
Defines politically-oriented recorded message telephone call.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Introduced in House