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Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act

Bill: 110-hr-1291
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alaska
Boundaries
Criminal investigation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Idaho
Law
Legal aid
Legal fees
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Hampshire
New York State
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Prosecution
Social Welfare
Vermont
Washington State
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Northern Border Prosecution Initiative Reimbursement Act - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs, to carry out the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative to provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border states (or local governments thereof) for costs incurred for handling dispositions of criminal cases that are federally initiated but federally declined-referred (i.e., where a decision has been made in a criminal case by a U.S. Attorney or a federal law enforcement agency during a federal investigation to no longer pursue federal criminal charges against a defendant and to refer the investigation to a state or local jurisdiction for possible prosecution). Requires that such program be modeled after the Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative and serve as a partner program to that initiative to reimburse local jurisdictions for processing federal cases. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1292
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Arab countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Containment (International relations)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deterrence
Diplomacy
Government Operations and Politics
Insurgency
International cooperation
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Legislative resolutions
Middle East and North Africa
Military doctrine
Military occupation
Military operations
Military readiness
Military strategy
Military withdrawal
South Asia
Sovereignty
Terrorism
War and emergency powers
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Repeals P.L. 107-243 (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002). 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress should vote on a new authorization for use of force resolution that reflects the current Iraq situation, abandons the Bush Doctrine of preemption and unilateralism, and realigns U.S. policy with its long-held priorities of diplomacy, deterrence, and containment; (2) the United States should establish a quick-reaction U.S. military force with an over-the-horizon presence in the region; (3) the United States should intensify diplomatic relations to support the difficult internal steps that the government of Iraq should take to promote national reconciliation; (4) the United States should increase efforts to engage all neighboring countries and the League of Arab States in promoting Iraq's stability; (5) the United States should continue to provide humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in Iraq; (6) the United States should redirect diplomatic, economic, and military support to Afghanistan; and (7) the United States should aggressively pursue Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations that continue to pose an imminent threat to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1293
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Clinics
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Imaging systems in medicine
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Access to Medicare Imaging Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to limitations on payments for physicians' imaging services.
 
 Renames the imaging services concerned advanced diagnostic imaging services.
 
Eliminates X-ray and ultrasound (including echocardiography) services from payment limitations for such services.
 
Confines existing payment limitations to diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) (all specified under current law), plus nuclear cardiology procedures.
 
Imposes a two-year moratorium, however, on the application of existing payment limitations for such services.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on patient access and service issues relating to the availability and quality of advanced diagnostic imaging services in physician offices and freestanding clinics that would have resulted (but for the moratorium declared by this Act) from payment changes made under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10738)
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-01
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: 2007-03-01
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: 2007-03-01
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: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1295
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Child abuse
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Evidence (Law)
Families
Family violence
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Injunctions
Law
Minors
Parent and child
Physicians

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2007 - Prohibits any person or organization from performing, permitting facilities to be used to perform, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor unless: (1) written notification is provided to the parents of the minor informing the parents that an abortion has been requested, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of the minor by the parent; (2) there is compliance with a 96-hour waiting period after notice has been received by the parents; and (3) there is compliance with the judicial intervention process. Prescribes penalties of not more than a $1 million fine and/or imprisonment for not more than 10 years for violating such prohibition.
 
Provides for an exception where a physician without principal responsibility for making the decision to perform the abortion determines that: (1) a medical emergency exists due to a grave, physical disorder or disease that would cause the minor's death if an abortion is not performed; (2) parental notification is not possible as a result of the emergency; and (3) certifications regarding compliance with such rules and the reasons upon which such determinations are based have been entered in the minor's medical records. 
Requires parental notification through certified mail or personal delivery. 
Authorizes a notified parent to bring an action in federal court which shall enjoin the abortion: (1) until the court's judgment is final; or (2) permanently unless the court determines that granting such relief would be unlawful.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1296
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Indictments
Law
Licenses
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
District of Columbia District Attorney Establishment Act of 2007 - Amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to establish the Office of the District Attorney for the District of Columbia (DA).
 
Specifies the qualifications for the DA, including residence and domicile in the District. Prohibits the DA from engaging directly or indirectly in private practice.
 
Requires the DA to be elected to a four-year term on a partisan basis. Requires the Mayor to appoint the first DA, to serve until succeeded by an elected one.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall affect the authority of the Attorney General or the U.S. Attorney for the District to exercise jurisdiction concerning violations of federal laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E439)
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-1297
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Historic sites
History
Land use
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area encompassing 36 communities in Massachusetts and eight communities in New Hampshire that have made important and distinctive contributions to the national character of America.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Push Poll Disclosure Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1298
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Election forecasting
Electronic mail systems
Government paperwork
Political ethics
Presidential elections
Public opinion
Science, Technology, Communications
Surveys
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Push Poll Disclosure Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require any person who conducts a federal election poll by telephone or electronic device to: (1) disclose to each respondent the identity of the person paying the poll expenses; and (2) report to the Federal Election Commission the poll's total cost and all its funding sources (if not otherwise to be made public), the total number of households contacted, and a copy of the poll questions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E440)
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Bill: 110-hr-1299
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Supreme Court
Television broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1301
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Montana
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2007 - Extends federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana. Makes the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits furnished to federally recognized Indian tribes without regard to the existence of a tribal reservation or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian Reservation.
 
Directs the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll consisting of all individuals enrolled as members of the Tribe.

Directs the Secretary to acquire trust title to 200 acres of land within the Tribe's service area for the benefit of the Tribe for a tribal land base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Global Poverty Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1302
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt relief
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Hunger
International agencies
International cooperation
Malaria
Malnutrition
Nongovernmental organizations
Potable water
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Strategic planning
Sustainable development
Tariff preferences
Tuberculosis
Water Resources Development
Water supply
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
 Global Poverty Act of 2007 - Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide who live on less than $1 per day. 

action_date: 2007-09-25
text: 
Global Poverty Act of 2007 - Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide who live on less than $1 per day. 
 
Sets forth reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10778-10779)
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10778-10779)
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1302.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10778-10781)
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Mr. Smith (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1303
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air cargo
Aircraft pilots
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Emergency Management
Food service
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Potable water
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and signboards
Storms
Transportation rates
Water Resources Development
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007 - Requires a covered airline to: (1) establish procedures for handling passenger complaints; (2) provide customers at the airport and aboard an aircraft with information regarding delay, cancellation, or diversion; (3) establish procedures to allow passengers to exit the aircraft in the case of a departure or arrival delay which would require passengers to remain on a grounded aircraft for more than three hours, with specified exceptions; (4) provide passengers on a departure- or arrival-delayed grounded aircraft with essential ventilation, food, water, sanitary, and medical services; (5) publish a monthly list of its chronically delayed flights and provide such information upon ticket purchase; (6) publish and update lowest fare and schedule information; and (7) make every reasonable effort to return lost baggage within 24 hours.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) review airline and airport emergency contingency plans for bad weather; (2) work with air carriers to ensure that a pilot operating a (long) departure delayed-flight is permitted to return the aircraft to the terminal to allow passengers to exit the aircraft without losing the flight's departure sequence position; and (3) conduct a study of the ability of air carriers to provide for passengers' essential needs in cases of diverted flights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1304
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Motor vehicles
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven year property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E443)
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Royalty In-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1305
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor
Energy prices
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Natural gas
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: 
 Royalty In-Kind for Energy Assistance Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005, with respect to federal low-income energy assistance programs, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to sell at a discounted price any royalty oil or gas taken in-kind.
 
Requires the discounted price to be at least 50% of the fair market value of the oil or gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E433-434)
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Introduced in House