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To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.

Bill: 110-hr-3589
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dislocated workers
High technology
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Location of industries
Science, Technology, Communications
Service industries
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow the filing of a petition with the Secretary of Labor for certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) by adversely affected workers in a service sector firm or subdivision. Defines &quot;service sector firm&quot; as an entity engaged in the business of providing information technology or other high technology services. 
 
Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to cover: (1) a shift, by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country, in provision of services, like or directly competitive with services which are provided by such firm or subdivision; and (2) instances where such workers' firm or subdivision obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.
 
Provides for the certification for TAA of adversely affected secondary workers in a service sector firm or subdivision.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3590
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2007: (1) the increased alternative minimum tax exemption amounts for individual taxpayers; and (2) the increased amount allowed for certain nonrefundable income tax credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Investor Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3591
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Middle Class Investor Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for their net capital gains. Limits the amount of the deduction based upon taxpayer adjusted gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
State Sales Tax Equity Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
State Sales Tax Equity Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the taxpayer election to deduct state and local sales taxes in lieu of state and local income taxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Smart Energy Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3593
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Coal
Commerce
Electric appliances
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Income tax
Natural gas
Refrigeration
Synthetic fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Smart Energy Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credits for: (1) nonbusiness energy property expenditures; (2) gas produced from biomass and for synthetic fuels produced from coal; and (3) energy efficient household appliances (i.e., dishwashers, clothes washers, refrigerators).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
America's Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Military personnel
Tax exemption
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
America's Heroes Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exemption from tax penalties for premature withdrawals from retirement plans made by individuals called to active duty in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
America's Teachers Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Secondary education
Tax deductions
Teachers
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
America's Teachers Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3596
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Charitable Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of distributions from individual retirement accounts made for charitable purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Education Opportunities for Nurses and Nurse Faculty Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3597
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
Nurses
Nursing education
School buildings
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Increasing Education Opportunities for Nurses and Nurse Faculty Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to nursing schools to enhance their capacity to accommodate additional students in: (1) Registered Nurse (RN) associate or baccalaureate degree programs; or (2) graduate programs for prospective teachers of nursing or RNs who seek advanced practice degrees.
 
Bases the amount of a school's grant on the extent to which the school increases its enrollment of nursing students for an academic year over its average nursing student enrollment for the four preceding academic years.
 
Prohibits the use of grants to construct new facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Voice of Freedom Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3598
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional oversight
International broadcasting
Legislation
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Voice of Freedom Act of 2007 - Prohibits the Broadcasting Board of Governors from ceasing, degrading, or in any manner limiting the quality or reach of any of its broadcasting activities, including from the Delano Transmitting Station in Delano, California, unless a subsequent Act of Congress that provides for such cessation, degradation, or limitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Creating Access to Rides Act

Bill: 110-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Automobile insurance
Automobile repair
Automobiles
Cash welfare block grants
Commerce
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Public-private partnerships
Saving and investment
Transportation and Public Works
Trusts and trustees
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Creating Access to Rides Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states, counties, localties, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and nonprofit entities to promote improving access to ownership of dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families.
 
Authorizes the use of funds in TANF individual development accounts for automobile ownership, maintenance, and insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Voter Freedom Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Election administration
Election candidates
Political parties
Right of petition

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Voter Freedom Act of 2007 - Declares that an individual shall have the right to be placed as a candidate on, and to have his or her political party, body, or group affiliation in connection with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting materials to be used in a congressional election.
 
Requires the individual to file a petition with at least 1,000 signatures of registered voters in the congressional district (or 1,000 eligible voters in the district if the state does not provide for voter registration).
 
Specifies the period during which such a petition must be circulated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1921)
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Cost of Government Awareness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax administration
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Cost of Government Awareness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal withholding of income tax from wages after December 31, 2007; and (2) require individual taxpayers to make monthly installment payments of income tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1927-1928)
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Idaho Land Conveyance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3603
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Idaho
Land transfers
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Idaho Land Conveyance Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), if the Sun Valley Company offers to convey to the Secretary specified non-federal land that is owned by the Company, to accept the offer, and on conveyance of such land, to simultaneously convey to the Company specified Forest Service land. 
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over the non-federal land; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over specified Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. 
 
Provides for: (1) the non-federal land to become part of BLM's Shoshone District and the boundaries of such District to be adjusted to include such land; and (2) the BLM land to become part of the Sawtooth National Forest and the boundaries to be adjusted to include the BLM land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain payments made to the European Union in lieu of income taxes to a member of the European Union as income taxes paid to a foreign country for purposes of the foreign tax credit.

Bill: 110-hr-3604
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Europe
European Union
Foreign tax credit
Income tax
International Affairs
International employees
Payments in lieu of taxes
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers a foreign tax credit for employment taxes paid to the European Union. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1931)
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Educator Expense Deduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3605
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer software
Computers
Continuing education
Costs
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Higher education
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Tax deductions
Teacher education
Teachers
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
 Educator Expense Deduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $500; (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses; and (3) make such deduction permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Access to Complete Education Act

Bill: 110-hr-3606
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civics education
Community and school
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational associations
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
History
Language and languages
Libraries
Museums
Music
Physical education and training
School districts
School health programs
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Teacher education
Teaching materials
Textbooks
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: 
Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health.
 
Gives priority to LEAs that have the greatest numbers or percentages of children from families below the poverty line.
 
Requires grantees to coordinate, to the extent practicable, their programs to promote or strengthen education in such subjects with opportunities provided by public or private cultural entities, including museums, education associations, libraries, and theaters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the Hope Scholarship Credit by increasing the maximum credit, by allowing the credit for 4 years of postsecondary education, and by allowing the credit for room, board, and certain other expenses.

Bill: 110-hr-3607
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2007-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum dollar limitation on the Hope Scholarship tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000; (2) allow such credit for four years (currently, two years) of postsecondary education; and (3) allow such credit to include expenses for books, supplies, and equipment for courses and for reasonable room and board expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction for interest on acquisition indebtedness on principal residences to all individuals, whether or not they itemize their other deductions.

Bill: 110-hr-3608
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2007-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Interest
Mortgages
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to deduct from gross income interest incurred to acquire, construct, improve, or refinance a principal residence, whether or not such taxpayer itemizes other income tax deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2007-09-20 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Claims
Collection of accounts
Counseling
Debtor and creditor
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Liens
Mortgages
Social Welfare
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: 
Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing a chapter 13 debtor (adjustment of debts of an individual with regular income) to prohibit the holder of a claim in bankruptcy which is secured by debtor's principal residence from adding fees, costs, or charges while the case is pending, unless such claimholder gives timely notice to both debtor and the bankruptcy trustee.
 
Revises requirements for the discretionary features of a chapter 13 debtor's plan. Removes the prohibition against modification of the rights of a holder of a claim secured only by an interest in real property that is the debtor's principal residence. (Thus allows a plan to modify such rights.)
 
Authorizes a chapter 13 bankruptcy plan to provide for payment of allowed claims secured by the debtor's principal residence over a period that exceeds a specified time frame.
 
Eliminates the pre-petition credit counseling requirement for a chapter 13 debtor facing foreclosure if the debtor submits a certification to the court that the holder of a claim secured by the debtor's principal residence has initiated foreclosure on that residence.
 
Adds to conditions for court confirmation of a plan in bankruptcy that the holder of an allowed claim secured by the debtor's principal residence shall retain the lien securing such claim until the claim is paid.
 
Excludes from final discharge of a debtor from all debts any allowed claim secured by the debtor's principal residence before such claim is paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 15.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 5 - 4 .
action_date: 2007-10-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-20
text: Introduced in House