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Prosecutorial Tools Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3462
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Conspiracy
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Kidnapping
Limitation of actions
Murder
Parole
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Terrorism
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Prosecutorial Tools Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose enhanced criminal penalties for serious violent felonies committed during and in relation to any drug trafficking crime.

Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) impose additional restrictions on the release of persons charged with certain firearms offenses; and (2) establish limitation periods for prosecuting certain noncapital crimes of violence and terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership between the Department of Education and the National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers.

Bill: 110-hr-3463
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Civics education
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of the Interior
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Federal aid to education
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
History
Mathematics
National parks
Nonprofit organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research centers
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the National Park Ranger School Partnerships program authorizing the Secretary of Education to award competitive, three-year grants to schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) to enter into partnerships with the National Park Service (NPS) to provide kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students with educational programs and K-12 teachers with professional development emphasizing science, the environment, natural resources, mathematics, civics, and history. Makes education service agencies eligible for grants to carry out such educational programs and professional development activities. 
 
Deems schools and LEAs to be eligible for such a grant only if they: (1) have, are capable of, or will develop certain connections to the NPS; (2) have been identified as needing improvement under title I of the ESEA; and (3) serve a significant percentage of low-income students.
 
Permits: (1) the NPS to participate in the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program that provides training to teachers of such subjects under title II of the ESEA; and (2) educational service agencies, including federal agencies that serve as educational service providers, to partner with LEAs under such title's Teaching American History Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Importing Gum Arabic from the Genocidal Government of Sudan Act

Bill: 110-hr-3464
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Genocide
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Sanctions (International law)
Sudan

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Stop Importing Gum Arabic from the Genocidal Government of Sudan Act - Amends the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000 to prohibit the importation of gum Arabic from Sudan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
Greater Cooperation with Local Governments in Water Project Analysis Act

Bill: 110-hr-3465
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Water allocation (Policy)
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Greater Cooperation with Local Governments in Water Project Analysis Act - Requires the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Interior with respect to activities of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Secretary of the Army with respect to activities of the Corps of Engineers) to treat a qualified local government, upon request, as if such government is a federal agency afforded the status of a cooperating agency for purposes of an analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 of any water project undertaken by the Bureau or the Corps that would result in initial or increased diversion of water from the basin of one river to the basin of any other river.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1771)
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
Blue Collar Computing and Business Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3466
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Computer software
Computers
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Manufacturing industries
Nonprofit organizations
Small business
Social Welfare
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Blue Collar Computing and Business Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award grants to eligible entities (any nonprofit, consortium of nonprofits, or partnership between a for-profit and a nonprofit) to establish up to five Advanced Multidisciplinary Computing Software Centers throughout the United States. 
 
Requires each Center to conduct: (1) general outreach to small businesses and manufacturers in all industry sectors within the geographic region assigned to the Center by the Under Secretary; and (2) technology transfer, development, and utilization programs for businesses throughout the United States in the specific industry sector assigned to the Center by the Under Secretary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance for America's Veterans Act

Bill: 110-hr-3467
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ex-offenders
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Mental illness
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' medical care
Vocational guidance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
Second Chance for America's Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a three-year workforce reentry program for veterans who are residents of a penal institution or an institution that provides long-term care for mental illness and are at-risk for homelessness once they leave such institution absent referral and counseling services. Makes available under the program job referral, counseling, and other services deemed necessary to minimize recidivism and improve job placement. Requires the program to be carried out in at least 24 locations equitably distributed throughout the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
America's Border Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3469
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2007-08-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aerial photography
Armed Forces and National Security
Border patrols
Boundaries
Communication satellites
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Drone aircraft
Electronic surveillance
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Planning
Radar
Recruiting of employees
Remote sensing
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: 
America's Border Security Act of 2007 - Sets forth border security and enforcement provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) use of Department of Defense (DOD) surveillance equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); (2) road and barrier construction; (3) ports of entry construction; (4) communications enhancements; (5) aerial surveillance programs; (6) personnel increases; and (7) a national border security plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-08-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Sidney 'Sid' Flowers Post Office Building".

Bill: 110-hr-3470
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Lawyers
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Sidney 'Sid' Flowers Post Office Building'.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Sidney 'Sid' Flowers Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Became Public Law No: 110-162.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Became Public Law No: 110-162.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-26
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S16055)
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S16055)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13810)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13810)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3470.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13810-13811)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-162
Atomic Veterans Medal Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3471
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: 
Atomic Veterans Medal Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) design and produce an Atomic Testing Service Medal to honor members of the Armed Forces who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of U.S. atomic weapons tests conducted between 1945 and 1963; and (2) issue the Medal to such individuals (or their next-of-kin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Richelle Starnes.

Bill: 110-hr-3472
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2007-09-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Provides for the relief of Richelle Starnes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-04
text: Introduced in House
National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3474
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
National Safe Streets Gang Crime Prevention Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to expand the Safe Streets Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to support criminal street gang enforcement teams.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a National Gang Activity Database to disseminate information to law enforcement agencies about gang activities and gang members; and (2) provide funding to the Regional Information Sharing Systems to use RISSNET (secure intranet) to connect existing gang information systems with the National Gang Activity Database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the estate and gift tax unified credit to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to adjust such amount for inflation, to repeal the 1-year termination of the estate tax, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3475
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the unified credit against the estate and gift tax to $5 million after 2009 and to adjust such amount for inflation for estates opened after 2010.

Restores previous estate tax and carryover basis provisions temporarily repealed by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA). Modifies the general termination date of such Act (i.e., December 31, 2010) as it applies to certain EGTRRA estate and gift tax provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
Land Conveyance to Tennessee Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3476
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Firearms
Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
Land Conveyance to Tennessee Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of Tennessee a parcel of real property, including improvements and appurtenant easements, consisting of approximately 124 acres known as the John Sevier Range in Knox County, Tennessee, if the State agrees to use such real property as a public firing range and for associated recreational activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
Safe Toys for Kids Act

Bill: 110-hr-3477
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Import restrictions
Manufacturing industries
Product safety
Standards
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
Safe Toys for Kids Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product to certify, based on testing conducted by a nongovernmental independent third party, that the product conforms to such standard or is not a banned hazardous product.
 
Bars importation of such articles lacking independent third party certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the closure or relocation of the field office of the Farm Service Agency in Clark County, Indiana.

Bill: 110-hr-3478
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Indiana
Relocation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating the Farm Service Agency field office in Clark County, Indiana, until at least two years after the date of enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
ADA Notification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3479
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2007-09-05 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in public facilities
Injunctions
Jurisdiction
Law
Pretrial procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: 
ADA Notification Act of 2007 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a court in a civil action for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint; (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation; (3) 90 or more days has elapsed after the date on which the notice was provided; (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 90 days; and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.
 
Excludes civil actions seeking preliminary injunctive relief or temporary restraining orders from such notification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-05
text: Introduced in House