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Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Arthritis
Autoimmune diseases
Clinical trials
Coinsurance
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Conferences
Congressional reporting requirements
Directories
Drugs
Education
Epidemiology
Finance and Financial Sector
Genetic research
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health information systems
Health insurance
Higher education
Medical education
Medical records
Medical research
Medical tests
Pharmaceutical research
Prescription pricing
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Skin diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure, and Care Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand and intensify research and related NIH activities with respect to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. 
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to conduct or support research to expand understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish a national psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patient registry. 

Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements to develop, implement, and manage a system for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patient data collection and analysis; (2) ensure the collection and analysis of longitudinal data related to individuals of all ages; (3) convene a summit on current federal activities to conduct or support research, treatment, education, and quality-of-life activities with respect to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis; and (4) enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to study insurance coverage of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E457)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Habeas Corpus Preservation Act

Bill: 110-hr-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Detention of persons
Habeas corpus
International Affairs
Law
Military law
Prisoners' rights
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Habeas Corpus Preservation Act - Provides that nothing in the Military Commissions Act of 2006 shall affect the right of any U.S. resident to habeas corpus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs, 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: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1190
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Chemotherapy
Drugs
Medical fees
Medicare
Pharmacies
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Community Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require determination and calculation of the manufacturer's average sales price for a drug or biological on a monthly instead of a quarterly basis. Requires the payment amounts to be updated and applied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services based on the manufacturer's average sales price for the drug or biological calculated for the most recent month for which data are available. Removes prompt pay discounts from the calculation of such price.
 
Provides for an increase in the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) payment for chemotherapy administration services.
 
Directs the Secretary to make an additional 2% for any drug administration services payment to physicians, taking into account pharmacy facilities management costs.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop new CPT codes for reporting and billing of physician's services associated with pharmacy facilities management and with medical oncology treatment planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-27
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: 2007-02-27
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: 2007-02-27
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: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1192
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Autoimmune diseases
Blacks
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health information systems
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian medical care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand research on lupus to include: (1) basic research to discover the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the disease; and (2) research to validate lupus biomarkers.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to work with a consortium of academic health institutions to undertake an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence and incidence of lupus in the United States. Requires the Director of CDC to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with such consortium to develop, implement, and manage a system for lupus data collection and analysis; and (2) ensure that such consortium represents different geographic areas and includes individuals of racial and ethnic backgrounds disproportionately affected by lupus.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study and make recommendations related to lupus, to include: (1) evaluating federal and state activities related to lupus and recommending ways to expand such activities; (2) identifying gaps in federal research; and (3) recommending ways to improve the quality of life for people with lupus.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office on Women's Health, to conduct and support a national lupus public awareness and health professional education campaign, with an emphasis on reaching populations at highest risk for the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1194
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on communication services (i.e., local telephone service, toll telephone service, and teletypewriter exchange service). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E400)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1196
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Army
Authorization
Central Intelligence Agency
Civil service retirement
Classified defense information
Coast guard
Confidential funding (Federal budgets)
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense budgets
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Director of National Intelligence
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Intelligence community staff
Intelligence officers
Labor and Employment
Military intelligence
Military personnel
Navy
Officer personnel
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency (NSA); (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (8) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (9) National Reconnaissance Office; (10) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (11) Coast Guard; (12) Department of Homeland Security; and (13) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
 
Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2007, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.
 
Allows the Director of Central Intelligence, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2007 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees on the use of such authority.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account for FY2007, as well as for full-time personnel for elements within such Account.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
 
Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution of laws of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diabetes
Disabled
Evidence (Law)
Ex-prisoners of war
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical research
Osteoporosis
Science, Technology, Communications
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Prisoner of War Benefits Act of 2007 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to former prisoners of war (POW) to repeal the currently required 30-day minimum period of internment prior to the presumption of service connection for certain listed diseases, for purposes of the payment of veterans' disability compensation. Adds the following diseases to the above listed diseases diabetes (type 2) and osteoporosis. Requires: (1) such presumption also with respect to any disease that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines warrants such presumption by reason of having a positive association with the experience of being a prisoner of war; and (2) the Secretary to make such a determination within 60 days after a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War that such presumption be established for a non-listed disease.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1201
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Audiovisual education
Computer networks
Computer security measures
Computers
Congressional agencies
Copyright
Damages
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Encryption
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Liability (Law)
Libraries
Library of Congress
Reporters and reporting
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Teaching materials
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 - Requires U.S. courts to remit statutory damages for secondary infringement of copyright, with the exception of cases in which the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that the act or acts constituting secondary infringement were done under circumstances in which no reasonable person could have believed such conduct to be lawful. 
 
Prohibits any person from being liable for copyright infringement based on the design, manufacture, or distribution of a hardware device or of a component of such device if the device is capable of substantial, commercially significant noninfringing use. 
 
Makes the prohibition on the circumvention of a technological measure (to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or to otherwise avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure without the authority of the copyright owner) that effectively controls access to a protected work non-applicable to a person by reason of that person's engaging in a noninfringing use of any of the six classes of of copyrighted works set forth in the determination of the Librarian of Congress in Docket No. RM 2005-11, as published as a final rule by the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, effective November 27, 2006. 
 
Excludes specified acts of circumvention from such prohibition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E407-408)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Personal Accountability in Campaign Committees Act

Bill: 110-hr-1202
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional elections
Finance and Financial Sector
Loans
Members of Congress
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Personal Accountability in Campaign Committees Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate for an election for federal office occurring after December 2007, which received a personal loan from the candidate, from making any repayment with respect to such loan on or after the date on which the candidate begins serving in the office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Candidate Anti-Corruption Act

Bill: 110-hr-1203
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional salaries
Election candidates
Families
Labor and Employment
Presidential compensation
Presidential elections
Salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Candidate Anti-Corruption Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of any contribution made to a candidate for election to federal office, or any donation made to an individual as support for his or her activities as the holder of a federal office, for payment of a salary to the candidate or individual, or to any member of his or her immediate family.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
527 Transparency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1204
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Excise tax
Gift tax
Government paperwork
Income tax
Political action committees
Presidential elections
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
527 Transparency Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise disclosure requirements for tax-exempt political organizations (527 organizations) to require monthly reporting of contributions and expenditures. Imposes a penalty tax on political organizations that fail to meet disclosure requirements. Denies a gift tax exclusion for donations to political organizations that fail to meet disclosure requirements.

Requires political organizations to file disclosure reports simultaneously with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Election Commission (FEC). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To name the Logistics Automation Training Facility of the Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Virginia, in honor of General Richard H. Thompson, who is the only quartermaster to have risen from private to full general.

Bill: 110-hr-1206
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional tributes
Education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military bases
Military education
Military training
Names
Officer personnel
School buildings
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Designates the Logistics Automation Training Facility of the Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Virginia, as the &quot;General Richard H. Thompson Logistics Automation Training Facility.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on any tax-exempt organization which accepts any contribution which may be used to relocate property held by the organization if the relocation is contrary to the intent of the donor of the property.

Bill: 110-hr-1207
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Excise tax
Nonprofit organizations
Property
Relocation
Social Welfare
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax penalty on contributions received by a tax-exempt charitable organization used to relocate donated property contrary to the intent of the donor of such property. Allows an exemption from such penalty if a court determines that the relocation is the only viable alternative to preserve and protect the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House