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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a wage index floor for hospitals and home health agencies located in certain areas under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 110-hr-2741
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Home care services
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Medical fees
Medicare
New Hampshire
Rural health
Social Welfare
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the area wage index for hospitals located in certain rural areas with respect to discharges on or after October 1, 2007, to be not less than the index applicable during FY2007.
 
Requires the area wage index for a home health agency located in an urban area in New Hampshire to be not less than the area wage index for a rural area in such state.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide rate parity for open-loop and closed-loop biomass facilities under the renewable fuels tax credit.

Bill: 110-hr-2742
Sponsor: Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the reduction in the rate of the tax credit for producing electricity from open-loop biomass facilities (thus making such rate equal to the tax credit rate for closed-loop biomass facilities).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Military Affiliate Radio System Emergency Communication Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2743
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Antennas
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Equipment and supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
Law
Military communications
Planning
Radio
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Military Affiliate Radio System Emergency Communication Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) require that high frequency (short-wave) transmitters, receivers, and related data and interface equipment that meet standards of service established for the Amateur Radio Service by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the frequency range of 2-30 megahertz are also approved for routine training functions and emergency communication service on any federal government Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) or National Communication System Shared Resources High Frequency Radio Program (SHARES) channel within that frequency range; and (2) encourage and utilize MARS personnel, facilities, capabilities, and radio equipment to connect to the Internet in their emergency communication planning.. 

Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) requiring the discontinuance of the use in the radio service bands assigned to MARS or SHARES of any communications equipment that has been approved by the FCC for operation within the Amateur Radio Service; or (2) adding, or permitting any agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to add, any technical requirements for MARS stations.

Authorizes the Secretary to add new transmitters and receivers to the MARS and SHARES networks provided the equipment meets FCC standards for operation in the Amateur Radio Service and is equipped with frequency stabilization modules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Passport and Travel Cost Reimbursement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2745
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Air travel
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Law
Passports
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Passport and Travel Cost Reimbursement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to refund to a U.S. citizen, upon refund application: (1) passport processing fees for a passport applied for in 2007 if processing took 12 or more weeks for a regular application or three or more weeks for an expedited application; and (2) international air travel costs (economy or comparable, minus any airline refund) for U.S.-departing flights missed as a result of such processing delays. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide additional assistance for an extraordinary hardship.
 
Prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security from implementing a specified plan for a single implementation date for sea and land borders until they have certified to Congress that Department of State passport agencies are able to process passport applications with minimal disruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2746
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Block grants
Child health
Cigarettes
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contraceptives
Dental care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health counseling
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Identification devices
Immigrant health
Immigration
Infants
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Low birth weight
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical statistics
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking
Social Welfare
State laws
Telemedicine
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give states new options to cover: (1) low-income pregnant women; and (2) low-income legal immigrant pregnant women and children under Medicaid and SCHIP. 
 
Extends coverage under Medicaid of prescription drugs and counseling services to tobacco cessation medications to help pregnant women enrolled in the program quit using tobacco. Requires coverage of tobacco cessation counseling services for pregnant women, and exempts such services from cost-sharing charges. 
 
Gives states the option under Medicaid to: (1) provide family planning services and supplies to individuals with incomes that do not exceed a state's income eligibility level for medical assistance; and (2) extend the postpartum period for provision of family planning services and supplies. 
 
Gives states the option to provide supplemental SCHIP coverage to children who have other health coverage.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a demonstration program to provide payments to states for telemedicine services for the treatment of applicable individuals; (2) develop and disseminate a national set of core pediatric and perinatal quality measures; and (3) collect data regarding the extent to which states use pediatric and perinatal inpatient and outpatient quality measures on an ongoing basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2747
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Chemicals
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Methamphetamine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to expand electronic logbook requirements applicable to sellers and purchasers of listed chemicals (e.g., legal substances used in the production of methamphetamine). 

Authorizes the Attorney General to make three-year grants to state and local governments to plan, develop, implement, or enhance methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems. Establishes a preference for grant recipients who develop electronic logbook systems that are: (1) statewide; (2) capable of real-time capture and transmission of logbook information to law enforcement and regulatory agencies; and (3) designed to share information across jurisdictional boundaries.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the effectiveness of methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the alternative motor vehicle personal credit against the alternative minimum tax.

Bill: 110-hr-2748
Sponsor: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Income tax
Minimum tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an offset against the alternative minimum tax of alternative motor vehicle tax credit amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2749
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the quality reporting system under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as applied for 2007 before transition to a new voluntary Medicare quality reporting system.
 
Allows eligible professionals to continue to report to the Secretary specified quality measures for covered professional services in order for the Secretary to refine systems for reporting them.
 
Prohibits use of the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for quality reporting bonus payments in 2008.
 
Specifies quality measures for covered professional services for the voluntary Medicare quality reporting program.
 
Revises requirements for medical registry-based reporting of quality measures. Directs the Secretary to treat quality measures data as confidential, unavailable to any other party or person. Shields such data from discovery or admission into evidence in any federal or state civil judicial or administrative proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Leveraging Innovative Gains in High-efficiency Technology (LIGHT) Bulbs Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2751
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Lighting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Leveraging Innovative Gains in High-efficiency Technology (LIGHT) Bulbs Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to issue regulations prohibiting the sale of light bulbs that emit less than: (1) 25 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2010; and (2) 60 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2015.
 
Requires such regulations to include: (1) procedures for the Secretary to provide exemptions to the prohibition where the Secretary finds that it is not technically feasible to serve a specialized lighting application, such as a military, medical, or public safety application; and (2) civil penalties for violations of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a plan for encouraging and providing incentives for the domestic production of more efficient light bulbs by U.S. manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Market Incentives for Biobased Products Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2752
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Air pollution control
Authorization
Biomass energy
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy crops
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Labeling
Marketing of farm produce

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Market Incentives for Biobased Products Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to revise labeling requirements for federal procurement of biobased products, including providing for consultation with other federal agencies and interested nongovernmental groups.
 
Extends and revises funding provisions to provide for separate authorization of appropriations for: (1) federal procurement; (2) testing; and (3) labeling.
 
Revises reporting provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
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: 2007-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1306)
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
University of the District of Columbia Graduate Programs Act

Bill: 110-hr-2753
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Black colleges
Colleges
Department of Education
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Higher education
Legal education
Minorities
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
University of the District of Columbia Graduate Programs Act - Amends the Higher Education Act to: (1) make the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) David A. Clarke School of Law and other UDC qualified graduate programs eligible for federal grants for postgraduate programs substantially contributing to the legal, medical, dental, veterinary, or other graduate education opportunities in mathematics, engineering, or the physical or natural sciences for black Americans; and (2) authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for such grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1308-1309)
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act

Bill: 110-hr-2754
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Federal Reserve System
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Monetary policy
Money
Money market funds
Mutual funds
NOW accounts

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act - Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to continue to compile and to publish on a weekly basis the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and the components of the M3 that are not included in the measure of the M2 monetary aggregate.
 
Defines &quot;M3 monetary aggregate&quot; as the inclusive measure of money compiled by: (1) currency in circulation (plus traveler's checks), demand deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts, and similar interest-earning checking account balances; (2) household holdings of savings deposits, small time deposits, and retail money market mutual fund balances (exclusive of balances held in IRA and Keogh accounts); and (3) institutional money market mutual fund balances and managed liabilities of depositories consisting of large time deposits, repurchase agreements, and Eurodollars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1304-1305)
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act

Bill: 110-hr-2755
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Central banks and banking
Congressional reporting requirements
Executive reorganization
Federal Reserve System
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: 
Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act - Abolishes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and each Federal reserve bank.
 
Repeals the Federal Reserve Act.
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1303)
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-15
text: Introduced in House