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Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-933
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal statistics
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Homicide
Murder
Relocation
State courts
Violence
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Witness Security and Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish in the U. S. Marshals Service a Short Term State Witness Protection Section to provide protection for witnesses in state and local trials involving homicide or a serious violent felony or serious drug offense, pursuant to cooperative agreements with state and local district attorneys and the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
 
 Directs the Section to give priority in awarding grants and providing services to prosecutor's offices in states with an average of at least 100 murders per year during the five-year period immediately preceding an application for protection.
 
Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to make grants to state and local district attorneys and to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia for providing such witness protection; and (2) each recipient to use the grant to provide witness protection or to credit the grant to the Section to cover the Section's costs of providing witness protection. 
 
Permits grants to be awarded only in states with an average of not less than 100 murders per year during the most recent five-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10409)
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10197-10198)
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007 E309-310)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the method of calculating the wages to be paid to H-2A workers.

Bill: 110-hr-934
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Alien labor
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Seasonal labor
Temporary employment
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify an H-2A (agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature) worker's wage requirements as not less than: (1) the applicable state minimum wage; or (2) the prevailing wage level for the agricultural occupational classification in the county (or similar geographical area) of intended employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To insert certain counties as part of the Appalachian Region.

Bill: 110-hr-935
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appalachia
County politics and government
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Regional economic development
Rural economic development
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Amends provisions concerning Appalachian regional development to revise the definition of &quot;Appalachian region&quot; to include Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, and Lincoln Counties in Tennessee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act

Bill: 110-hr-936
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Affiliated corporations
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contractors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Encryption
Federal Communications Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Joint ventures
Law
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Telecommunication industry
Telephone
Voice mail systems
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act - Makes it unlawful to attempt to obtain, or cause to be disclosed to any person, customer proprietary network information (CPNI) relating to any other person by: (1) making a false or fraudulent statement to an officer, employee, or agent of a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing any document or other information to such officer, employee, or agent that the presenter knows or should have known to be forged, lost, stolen, or otherwise fraudulently obtained, or to contain a false or fraudulent statement or representation. Prohibits also: (1) the solicitation of another person to fraudulently obtain such information; and (2) the sale or other disclosure of CPNI obtained under false pretenses. Provides for enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand responsibilities of telecommunications carriers with respect to the confidentiality of subscriber (customer) calling records, both cellular and land-line based. Allows a carrier to use individual calling records only for purposes such as increasing business or publishing directories, and prohibits a carrier from otherwise disclosing CPNI without express prior authorization by the subscriber. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations adopting more stringent security standards for CPNI (including detailed customer telephone records) to detect and prevent confidentiality violations. Provides penalties for such violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations Development Program.

Bill: 110-hr-937
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting
Auditing
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disciplining of employees
East Asia
Economic assistance
Employee selection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government ethics
Governmental investigations
International agencies
Labor and Employment
North Korea
Prosecution
United Nations
United Nations finances
United Nations officials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations should: (1) ensure that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) enforces its rules regarding financing, staffing, accounting, and auditing of its activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); (2) authorize an external investigation of all UNDP activities in North Korea; and (3) ensure that any UNDP local staff in North Korea who committed crimes are prosecuted or who violated regulations are sanctioned.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should use U.S. influence to ensure that UNDP: (1) ceases activities in North Korea that are in violation of UNDP regulations; (2) conducts a full audit of UNDP activities in North Korea since 1998; and (3) establishes regulations to ensure that no funds allocated to UNDP activities in North Korea are provided to the government of North Korea. Directs the Secretary of State to withhold U.S. contributions to the general funds of UNDP until the Secretary certifies to Congress that UNDP meets such provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Family Priority Act

Bill: 110-hr-938
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Families
Immigrants
Married people
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Nuclear Family Priority Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace existing family-sponsored immigrant categories with a single preference allocation for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens.
 
Reduces the number of, and revises the calculation for, fiscal year family-sponsored immigrant entrants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-940
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Information services
Suicide

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce to teach a person how to commit suicide, or to provide such person with material support or resources in committing suicide, knowing such person is likely to use such assistance to commit suicide. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of not more than five years for violations. Increases the prison term to any number of years or life if a violation results in a death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the conveyance of a portion of the campus of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Danville Area Community College of Vermilion County, Illinois.

Bill: 110-hr-941
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Community colleges
Education
Health
Higher education
Illinois
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Danville Area Community College of Vermilion County, Illinois, specified real property of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Clean Air Sustainability Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-942
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Clean Air Sustainability Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of a &quot;major source&quot; of hazardous air pollutants to specify that a source's &quot;potential to emit&quot; refers to its maximum capacity to emit a pollutant on the date the source is required to comply with a national emission standard, without regard to any lower subsequent emission levels of that pollutant attributable to compliance with such standard or other factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-943
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Health
Income tax
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Property tax
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Tax rebates
Volunteer workers
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income and to exempt from social security, unemployment taxes, and withholding of tax requirements rebates of real or personal property taxes or any other benefit provided by a State or local government to a member of a volunteer emergency response organization providing firefighting or emergency medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Bill: 110-hr-944
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction from specified submerged Outer Continental Shelf lands located within 125 miles of the coast of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Tanning Accountability and Notification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Barber and beauty shops
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Eye diseases
Governmental investigations
Health
Product safety
Skin cancer
Skin diseases
Ultraviolet radiation
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Tanning Accountability and Notification Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to determine whether: (1) the labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible damage to the eyes and skin, including skin cancer; (2) adding the warning suggested by the American Academy of Dermatology or any other additional warning to the current warning label would communicate such risks more effectively; and (3) there is no warning that would be capable of adequately communicating such risks. Requires the Secretary, in making such determinations, to: (1) conduct appropriate consumer testing using the best available methods for determining consumer understanding of label warnings; and (2) hold public hearings and solicit comments from the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007  E301)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act

Bill: 110-hr-946
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Bank loans
Checks
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Deceptive advertising
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Fees
Finance charges
Law
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth restrictions on: (1) overdraft protection programs or services for consumers; and (2) representations or statements with respect to such a program or service in any advertisement or promotion.
 
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Expedited Funds Availability Act to set forth restrictions on overdraft protection programs or services for consumers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 2/12/2007 E306)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-947
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Afghanistan
Authorization
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Curricula
Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Heads of households
Health
Human rights
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law
Literacy programs
Married people
Maternal health services
Mathematics
Mental depression
Mental health services
Nongovernmental organizations
Nonprofit organizations
Orphans
Police training
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Sex discrimination
Social Welfare
South Asia
Technical education
Vocational and technical education
Voting rights
Widows
Women
Women in government
Women in public life
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the protection of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and their full participation in the reestablishment of democracy are essential to Afghanistan's reconstruction, and to achieve such reconstruction the U.S. government must commit resources to advance the rights of women throughout Afghanistan. 
 
Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to revise the provisions respecting assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan. Extends funding authority. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) condition the provision of such assistance on the recipient adhering to international standards for women's rights and human rights; and (2) ensure that Afghan women-led nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in delivering services to Afghan women and children receive grants without ethnic, religious, or any other discrimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E295)
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 110-hr-949
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Constitutions
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends all federal laws and regulations to the Duwamish Tribe. 
 
Declares the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of federal services.
 
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
 
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
 
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Camp Security National Historic Site Study Act

Bill: 110-hr-950
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Military history
National parks
Pennsylvania
Prisoners of war

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Camp Security National Historic Site Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit to specified congressional committees a study of the suitability and feasibility of designating Camp Security, a prisoner-of-war camp from the Revolutionary War located in Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House