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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-459
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Mastectomy
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Patients' rights
Physicians
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or issuer for prescribing any such length of stay.
 
Requires such a plan or issuer to: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; and (2) ensure that full coverage is provided for secondary consultations by specialists in the appropriate medical fields to confirm or refute a diagnosis of cancer.
 
Applies such requirements to health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act

Bill: 110-s-460
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Courts of special jurisdiction
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Import relief
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Law
Nontariff trade barriers
President and foreign policy
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting de novo review of a U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) decision concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights.
 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights with respect to presidential authority and the responsibility of the Trade Representative.
 
Permits the Trade Representative to take further action to enforce U.S. rights, based on the Trade Representative's monitoring, when a petitioner considers that the actions of a foreign country in implementing a measure have not been satisfactory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1436-1437)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-461
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administration of justice
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-judicial relations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general
Judges
Judicial ethics
Judicial officers
Misconduct in office
Waste in government spending
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the federal judicial code to establish the Office of Inspector General for the Judicial Branch of the U.S. government, to be headed by an Inspector General appointed by the Chief Justice. Sets a term of four years, which may be extended by additional reappointments. Authorizes the Chief Justice to remove an Inspector General from office.
 
Requires the Office to: (1) conduct investigations of alleged misconduct in the Judicial Branch, including the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) conduct and supervise audits and investigations; and (3) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
 
Provides for whistleblower protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1437-1438)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
527 Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-463
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Campaign funds
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional elections
Constitutional law
Election candidates
Finance and Financial Sector
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Judicial review
Law
Members of Congress
Parties to actions
Political action committees
Political advertising
Political parties
Presidential elections
Voter registration
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
527 Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to subject to its requirements as a political committee any applicable 527 organization.

Excludes from the meaning of 527 organization for these purposes any committee, club, association, or other group of persons organized to influence: (1) the selection, nomination, election, appointment, or confirmation of one or more candidates to non-federal or non-elected office; or (2) any state or local ballot measure.

Denies exception from treatment as an applicable 527 organization to any such a committee, club, association, or other groups of persons which makes disbursements aggregating more than $1,000 for: (1) a public communication that promotes, supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly identified candidate for federal office during the one year period ending on the date of the general election for the office sought by the clearly identified candidate; or (2) certain voter drive activity.
 
Sets forth rules for allocation and funding by a political committee for certain expenses relating to federal and nonfederal activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1440-1441)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-464
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Law
Legislation
Liability (Law)
Living wills
Long-term care
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical ethics
Medical malpractice
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Mental health services
Minorities
Minority aged
Minority health
Pain
Patients' rights
Performance measurement
Poor children
Power of attorney
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Quality of care
Quality of life
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State laws
Telephone
Terminal care
Terminally ill
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and report to Congress on outcome standards and measures to evaluate the performance of health care programs and projects that provide end-of-life care to individuals, and assess access to, and utilization of, such programs and projects.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on all matters relating to the establishment and implementation of a national uniform policy on advanced directives for individuals receiving items and services under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA).
 
Amends SSA titles XVIII and XIX to: (1) require service providers and eligible organizations to provide an appropriately trained professional for discussing advance directive issues with all adult individuals receiving medical care by or through such entities; and (2) ensure that an advance directive valid in one state will be honored in another state.
 
Requires the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) operate a clearinghouse and a 24-hour toll-free telephone hotline to provide consumer information about advance directives, end-of-life decision making, and available end-of-life and hospice care services; and (2) conduct a demonstration project to develop new and innovative approaches to providing end-of-life care to Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP (SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance)) beneficiaries.
 
Establishes within HHS an End-of-Life Care Advisory Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1442-1445)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1442)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-465
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Health education
Health information systems
Health maintenance organizations
Law
Living wills
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicare
Pain
Physical examinations
Physicians
Power of attorney
Preventive medicine
Right of privacy
Right to die
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State laws
Telephone
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of end-of-life planning and consultations as part of an initial preventive physical examination.
 
Requires a service provider, Medicare Advantage organization, or prepaid or eligible organization to give effect to an advance directive executed outside the state in which it is presented, even one that does not appear to meet the formalities of execution, form, or language required by the state in which it is presented, to the same extent as such provider or organization would give effect to an advanced directive that meets such requirements. Permits a provider or organization to decline to honor such a directive if it can be reasonably demonstrated that it is not an authentic expression of the individual's wishes concerning his or her health care. Makes such advance directive requirements applicable under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants, to: (1) conduct a national education campaign to raise public awareness of the importance of planning for care near the end of life; and (2) provide for a national, toll-free information clearinghouse, as well as clearinghouses that the public may access to find out about state-specific information regarding advance directives and end-of-life decisions.
 
Requires the General Accounting Office to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of a national registry for advanced directives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1445-1446)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-466
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health counseling
Living wills
Medicare
Physical examinations
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of an end-of-life planning consultation, including discussion of advance directives, as part of an initial preventive physical examination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1447)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1442)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
FACT Act

Bill: 110-s-467
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Child health
Clinical trials
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug advertising
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Identification devices
Law
Medical research
Medical supplies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Nonprofit organizations
Periodicals
Product safety
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2007 or the FACT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and operate a data bank of information on clinical trials, to include: (1) a clinical trials registry of health-related interventions conducted to test the safety or effectiveness of any drug, biological product, or device intended to treat serious or life-threatening diseases and conditions; and (2) a clinical trial results database of health-related interventions to test the safety or effectiveness of any drug, biological product, or device.
 
Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to make available to the public: (1) the full reviews conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of new or supplemental new drug applications, including documentation of significant differences of opinion and the resolution of those differences; and (2) copies of written consultations on a drug's safety conducted by the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology. 
 
Requires the Secretary to assess civil monetary penalties for knowingly submitting inaccurate information to the FDA. 
 
Allows the Secretary to correct any information included in the registry or database that is factually and substantively inaccurate, false, or misleading.
 
Extends requirements of this Act to clinical trials conducted outside of the United States under certain circumstances.
 
Prohibits a responsible person or a manufacturer from performing any act that prohibits, limits, or imposes unreasonable delays on the ability of an individual to discuss or publish the results of a clinical trial.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the extent to which data submitted to the registry has impacted the public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1449-1454)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-468
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advertising
Biomedical engineering
Clinical trials
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug adulteration
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health information systems
Law
Licenses
Medical supplies
Pharmaceutical research
Product safety
Risk
Sales promotion
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish the Center for Postmarket Evaluation and Research for Drugs and Biologics within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
Requires the Director of the Center to conduct activities to ensure the safety and effectiveness of FDA-approved drugs and licensed biological products, including by: (1) conducting postmarket risk assessment and surveillance of such drugs and products; (2) determining whether a postmarket study is required; (3) contracting, or requiring the sponsor of such a drug or product to contract, with the holders of domestic and international patient databases to conduct epidemiologic and other observational studies; (4) determining whether a drug or product may present an unreasonable risk to the health of patients or the general public; (5) taking corrective action if such an unreasonable risk may exist; and (6) making information about the safety and effectiveness of such drugs and biological products available to the public and health care providers in a timely manner.
 
Requires the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Director on postmarket studies, drugs and biological products that may present an unreasonable risk, and appropriate corrective actions.
 
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act.
 
Allows the Director to withdraw or suspend approval of a drug or license for a biological product using expedited procedures under certain circumstances.
 
Transfers to the Center the functions and duties of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1455-1457)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1454-1455)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions.

Bill: 110-s-469
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Conservation easements
Corporation taxes
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Nature conservation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1457-1458)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1457)
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical interpretive site along the trail.

Bill: 110-s-471
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2007-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Nebraska
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
West (U.S.)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., specified federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historic site and interpretive center for the Trail.

action_date: 2007-09-17
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., specified federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historic site and interpretive center for the Trail. Directs the Secretary to enter into a written agreement with the Foundation to ensure that the land conveyed is operated in accordance with National Park Service standards for preservation, maintenance, and interpretation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-11
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-156.
action_date: 2007-09-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with amendments. With written report No. 110-156.
action_date: 2007-07-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans Affairs at Denver, Colorado.

Bill: 110-s-472
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2007-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Colorado
Construction costs
Health
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project for a replacement facility for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1523)
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate