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Child Medication Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-891
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Attention deficit disorders
Child abuse
Child health
Child safety
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hyperactive children
Law
Parent-school relationships
Psychotropic drugs
School districts
School health programs
Secondary education
Special education
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Child Medication Safety Act of 2007 - Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Secretary of Education, to develop and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from requiring a child, as a condition of attending school or receiving services, to obtain a prescription for any specified controlled substances listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or a psychotropic drug. 
Prohibits the provision of federal education funds to any local educational agency or instrument of government that uses a parent's or guardian's refusal to provide his or her child with a controlled substance or psychotropic drug as the basis of a child abuse, child neglect, education neglect, or medical neglect charge.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on: (1) variation among state definitions of psychotropic medications in state jurisdiction over public education; (2) prescription rates of medications used in public schools to treat children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other disorders or illnesses; and (3) which of such medications are CSA-listed and which are not, including properties and effects of the latter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-892
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inflation
Losses
Mutual funds
Partnerships
Real estate investment
Small business
Stocks
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets.

Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203-3204)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act

Bill: 110-s-893
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Private schools
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act or the A PLUS Act - Allows each state to enter into a five-year performance agreement with the Secretary of Education permitting it to receive federal funds on a consolidated basis that would otherwise be directed toward specific programs furthering the stated purpose of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
 
Requires each agreement to be approved by a combination of specified state parties, and list the programs for which consolidated funding is requested. Allows states to use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law, but requires states to make certain assurances that they will use fiscal control and fund accounting procedures, abide by federal civil rights laws, and advance educational opportunities for the disadvantaged. Allows amendments to the scope of performance agreements.
 
Requires each agreement state to: (1) maintain an accountability system measuring annual student progress toward state proficiency standards; (2) annually disseminate student performance data disaggregated by specified student groups; and (3) keep aggregate spending on elementary and secondary education at no less than 90% of such spending for the school year coinciding with this Act's enactment.
 
 Limits administrative expenses.
 
Requires the inclusion of private schools and teachers in activities funded on a consolidated basis.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate each performance agreement midway through its execution. Allows the Secretary to terminate an agreement whose terms are not met for three consecutive school years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-894
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Commerce
Department of Energy
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Government Operations and Politics
Heating
Income tax
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 25% of the cost of a qualifying idling reduction device, up to $1,000. Defines &quot;qualifying idling reduction device&quot; as any device that is: (1) installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicle to provide services that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the vehicle is temporarily parked or stationary; and (2) certified by the Secretary of Energy to reduce long-duration idling. Directs the Secretary to publish standards for certifying such devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Health First Act

Bill: 110-s-895
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Citizenship
Clinics
Dental care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Immigrant health
Immigration
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
Rural health
School health programs
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Children's Health First Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act to grant states the option to expand coverage of children whose family income is any percentage up to 400% of the poverty-line.

Authorizes states to offer purchase of coverage for uncovered children under SCHIP who are not otherwise eligible for assistance under SCHIP or Medicaid.

Provides subsidies for employment-based coverage of children eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid.

Requires coverage of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services, including dental services, federally-qualified health services, and rural health clinic services. 

Establishes the Medicaid-SCHIP Payment Advisory Commission.

Provides for an increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for medical assistance for children for states that expand coverage of children.

Outlines state options for additional coverage expansions, including older children under Medicaid, targeted low-income pregnant women under SCHIP, and legal immigrants under both programs.

Establishes new base SCHIP allotments responsive to increases in health care costs and enrollment expansions.

Provides for a two-year initial availability of SCHIP allotments, and for redistribution of unused allotments to address state funding shortfalls.

Prescribes a special rule for school-based outreach and enrollment activities.

Gives states the option to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality for Medicaid eligibility.

Gives states the option to provide for &quot;express lane&quot; and simplified determinations of a child's financial eligibility for Medicaid or SCHIP.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and disseminate a model process for the coordination of Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment and coverage of children who frequently change their state of residency or are temporarily outside such state.

Requires a state Medicaid plan to apply outreach procedures to all pregnant women and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3204)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-897
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease
Caregivers
Commerce
Contracts
Excise tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Long-term care insurance
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Alzheimer's Family Assistance Act of 20007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a phased-in tax credit ($1,000 in 2007 increasing by $500 each year until allowing $3,000 in 2011) for family caregivers of spouses and dependents who have long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection standards to long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 401(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the Federal Pell Grant maximum amount.

Bill: 110-s-899
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College costs
Colleges
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant award for academic years 2007-2008 through 2011-2012. Increases such amount to $7,600 for 2007-2008, and by $1,000 increments in each subsequent academic year, until it stands at $11,600 for 2011-2012.
 
Requires a further increase in any such maximum Pell Grant award, by an amount sufficient to achieve a 5% increase in students' purchasing power relative to the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education, if the Secretary of Education determines that the amount authorized does not increase such purchasing power by at least 5% from one academic year to the next.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3207)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3206-3207)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-900
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boy Scouts
Camping
Families
Land transfers
Sports and Recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 

 
Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. 

action_date: 2008-06-16
text: 
Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America (the Boy Scouts) to convey to Brian Head Resort certain public land in Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act for the purpose of operating a camp in exchange for conveyance by Brian Head Resort of certain of its private land to the Boy Scouts. 

Provides that, the Secretary of the Interior, upon the conveyance of the public land, shall have discretion as to whether or not the reversionary interests of the United States are to be exercised with respect to that land. 

Subjects the private land, upon conveyance to the Boy Scouts, to the terms and conditions imposed on the entire tract of land acquired by the Boy Scouts for a camp. 

Instructs the Secretary, upon the completion of the land exchange under this Act, to amend the original Bureau of Land Management (BLM) patent providing for the conveyance to the Boy Scouts of the entire tract of land under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, numbered 43-75-0010, to take into account the exchange under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 788.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-356.
action_date: 2008-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. With written report No. 110-356.
action_date: 2008-05-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3207)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Coming Together for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-902
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Child care workers
Child health
Child psychology
Child welfare
Clinics
Community health services
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Defense contracts
Disabled
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Infants
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Marriage counseling
Married people
Mental health services
Military dependents
Military medicine
National Guard
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Stress (Psychology)
Telemedicine
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Coming Together for National Guard and Reserve Families Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enhance and improve Department of Defense (DOD) programs to provide family support for families of members of the National Guard and Reserve undergoing deployment (members). Requires such support to include post-deployment assistance for spouses and parents of returning members.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a pilot program of family-to-family support for families of such members; and (2) contract for support services for children, infants, and toddlers of such members.
 
Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly expand and enhance access to mental health services for families of members who are disabled during military service.
 
Requires a report from the Comptroller General to Congress on barriers to access to mental health services through TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program), including the number of providers under TRICARE that are located more than 40 miles from a military installation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12347-12349)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3209)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.

Bill: 110-s-903
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Bangladesh
Bank loans
Commerce
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Economists
Entrepreneurs
Finance and Financial Sector
Poverty
Small business
Social Welfare
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation on behalf of Congress of a gold medal of appropriate design to Dr. Muhammad Yunus in recognition of his many enduring contributions to the fight against global poverty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3210)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3209-3210)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Small Business Opportunity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-904
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Authorization
Capital
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit unions
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employment of the disabled
Entrepreneurs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Subcontractors
Surety and fidelity
Veterans' employment
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Veterans Small Business Opportunity Act of 2007 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend certain small business loan time limits with respect to a small business owned and controlled by: (1) a veteran called to active duty on or after September 11, 2001; or (2) a service-disabled veteran who became disabled due to an injury or illness incurred or aggravated during a period of active duty on or after such date. Extends such time limits by the period that the veteran was on active duty.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study for promoting positive working relations between employers and their reserve component employees.
 
Increases: (1) certain Small Business Administration (SBA) loan limits for small business owners who are members of the National Guard or reserves; and (2) SBA funding for the Office of Veterans Business Development.
 
Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate federal efforts to increase capital and business development opportunities for, and increase the award of federal contracting and subcontracting opportunities to, small businesses owned and controlled by disabled veterans and other veterans (businesses).
 
Requires the SBA Administrator and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure one-stop online registration for such small businesses.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to develop business development assistance for such small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3211-3212)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 110-s-905
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2007-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Depletion allowances
Energy
Income tax
Natural gas
Oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the suspension of the taxable income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3213)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3212)
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate