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Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2323
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-11-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aquifers
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
China
Coal
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
India
Law
Natural gas
Oil well drilling
Research and development
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: 
Carbon Capture and Storage Technology Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a competitive grant program to provide assistance to at least three, but not more than five, eight-year commercial demonstration projects to demonstrate the long-term effects of sequestration of carbon dioxide in deep geological formations, of which: (1) not fewer than two shall be conducted in deep saline aquifers; and (2) the remainder may be conducted in saline aquifers combined with storage in established oil or gas fields. 

Requires the Secretary to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants to at least three, but not more than five, commercial demonstration projects for the capture of carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. 

Establishes an interagency task force composed of the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Secretary of the Interior to develop regulations providing guidelines and practices for the capture and storage of carbon dioxide.

Requires the Director of the Office of Science to carry out a program for the research and development of potential technologies and approaches for the capture of carbon dioxide. Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program for the research and development of carbon dioxide storage technologies; and (2) develop recommendations for optimal carbon dioxide storage features, practices, and conditions.

Requires the Secretary to complete a national carbon dioxide storage capacity assessment.

Requires the Secretary to offer to enter into agreements with China and India and any other country that is heavily dependent on coal-fired power plants for electricity generation to pursue technology-sharing agreements with respect to carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-343.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-11-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2325
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Apartment houses
Auditing
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Correspondent banks
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Home equity conversion
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing finance
Housing for the aged
Indian housing
Insurance premiums
Loan defaults
Management information systems
Minorities
Mortgage banks
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Native Americans
Prices
Real estate agents
Real estate appraisal
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Single family housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007 - Amends the National Housing Act to: (1) modify guidelines governing the maximum principal loan obligation; (2) extend the mortgage term; and (3) revise requirements for cash payment by the mortgagor in the eligibility criteria for mortgage insurance.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reinstate the current downpayment requirement in the event of increased defaults.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a mortgage insurance premium structure involving a single premium payment collected prior to the insurance of the mortgage that may vary during the mortgage term as long as the basis for determining the variable rate is established before the execution of the mortgage. Sets forth maximum upfront premium amounts.
 
Permits the Secretary to insure any mortgage covering a one-family unit in a condominium project if the project has a certain HUD-insured blanket mortgage.
 
Revises requirements for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund. Limits the authority of the Secretary to enter into commitments for loan guarantees.
 
Makes insurance of a Native Hawaiian or Indian reservation mortgage the obligation of the MMI Fund (instead of the General Insurance Fund).
 
Eliminates the limitation placed upon the aggregate number of home equity conversion mortgages insured under the Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to insure a home equity conversion mortgage when its primary purpose is to enable an elderly mortgagor to purchase a one- to four-family dwelling in which the mortgagor will occupy one of the units.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements to insure temporarily certain mortgages for a single family residence located within a presidentially declared major disaster area.
 
Redefines mortgagee to allow participation in the federal mortgage insurance program by state-licensed mortgage brokers and correspondent lenders who make, underwrite, or service mortgage loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowners Insurance Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2327
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Property insurance
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Homeowners Insurance Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers in certain hurricane disaster areas a tax credit for 50% of their homeowner insurance premiums, up to $250 annually. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Property Mitigation Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2328
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Revolving funds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Property Mitigation Assistance Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a grant program to provide assistance to states to promote pre-disaster property mitigation measures within their jurisdictions.

Requires a state, to be eligible for assistance, to have: (1) submitted a mitigation plan; (2) established a process for accepting and processing grant and loan applications from individual homeowners and business owners; (3) established a revolving loan fund to which any grant amounts received under this Act shall be deposited; and (4) submitted a detailed plan for how terms and conditions for authorized loans and grants will be set.

Directs the Administrator to allocate grant amounts to eligible states according to a formula based on specified factors, including the nature and extent of potential hazards to property in the state, the number of properties at risk in the event that a hazard or natural disaster should occur, the amount of prior property damage incurred by the state during any previous hazard or natural disaster, and any available data on the future risk of occurrence of any hazard or natural disaster in a state.

Sets forth provisions regarding baseline amounts for eligible states and matching requirements. 

Authorizes each state to make grants or loans to assist individual homeowners and businesses in undertaking pre-disaster property mitigation measures from a revolving loan fund established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison

Bill: 110-s-2329
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Intellectual property
Inventors
Land transfers
National parks
New Jersey
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison - Establishes the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-480.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act

Bill: 110-s-2330
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Family services
Homeless
Housing subsidies
Low-income housing
Nonprofit organizations
Rent
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Veterans Homelessness Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to provide assistance to private nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives to expand the supply of supportive housing for certain very low-income veteran families.
 
Allows such assistance to be in the form of: (1) a grant for costs of planning a supportive housing project; (2) a capital advance for such project; and (3) project rental assistance.
 

 

 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure that any housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran families includes a range of specified services tailored to the needs of very low-income veteran families; and (2) provide financial assistance for such services.
 
Requires HUD periodically to establish development cost limitations by market area for various types and sizes of such supportive housing.
 
Establishes a special housing account.
 
Requires the owner of such supportive housing to adopt HUD-approved tenant selection procedures.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to exclude from gross income payments from the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic event, loss of life and limb, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Bill: 110-s-2331
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charities
Colleges
Commemorations
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Education
Foundations
Higher education
Income tax
Monuments and memorials
Murder
Social Welfare
Students
Tax exclusion
Victims of crimes
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Excludes from gross income, for federal tax purposes, any payments made by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) out of the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to the victims of the tragic shootings at such school on April 16, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14199)
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14199)
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Safety Net Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2333
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Authorization
Community health services
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health services administration
Housing and Community Development
Medically uninsured
Public health personnel
Rural health
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: 
Health Care Safety Net Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for: (1) health centers to meet the health care needs of medically underserved populations; (2) the National Health Service Corps; and (3) rural health care programs.

Requires studies or reports on: (1) school-based health centers; (2) community health centers; and (3) integrated health system models for the delivery of health care services to medically underserved populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to withhold 10 percent of the Federal funding apportioned for highway construction and maintenance from States that issue driver's licenses to individuals without verifying the legal status of such individuals.

Bill: 110-s-2334
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Infrastructure
Road construction
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold 10% of a state's apportionment of certain federal-aid highways funds in any fiscal year after FY2009 if such state does not require verifiable evidence of lawful presence in the United States or its territories from each applicant for a driver's license or personal identification card issued by the state. Grandfathers states that have such a requirement in effect before the later of: (1) October 1, 2009; or (2) 10 days after the end of the first session the state's legislature convenes after enactment of this Act.
 
Redistributes withheld funds to states that satisfy the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 483.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14287-14288)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Case Management Services Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2335
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Case management
Church and social problems
Disaster relief
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Case Management Services Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act that authorize the President to provide case management services for victims of major disasters to require private sector recipients to be nonprofit or faith-based organizations with experience in case management services.

 Makes this provision applicable to any major disaster declared on or after January 1, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14288)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14288, S14288-14289)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port Angeles, Washington, as the "Richard B. Anderson Federal Building".

Bill: 110-s-2336
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Federal office buildings
Names
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Designates the federal building located at 138 West First Street, Port Angeles, Washington, as the &quot;Richard B. Anderson Federal Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14289)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2337
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer protection
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Long-term care insurance
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include long-term care insurance as a benefit under tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; and (2) make certain consumer protections applicable to long-term care insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14290)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14289-14290)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008

Bill: 110-s-2340
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Air force
Ammunition
Armed forces reserves
Army
Bombs
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Explosives
Government Operations and Politics
Guided missiles
Health
Insurgency
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Jordan
Logistics
Marines
Middle East and North Africa
Military advisers
Military aircraft
Military and naval supplies
Military assistance
Military medicine
Military occupation
Military operations
Military personnel
Military readiness
Military training
Military vehicles
Military withdrawal
National Guard
Navy
Pakistan
Performance measurement
Police
Police training
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Revolving funds
South Asia
Supplemental appropriations
Tanks (Combat vehicles)
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 2008 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2008 for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (4) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (5) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (6) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (7) procurement; (8) Defense Working Capital Funds; (9) the Defense Health Program; and (10) defense drug interdiction and counter-drug activities.
 
Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of funds appropriated in this Act.
 
Makes funds available to fund the Commander's Emergency Response (urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction assistance in Iraq and Afghanistan).
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress a comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures for progress toward military and political stability in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 53. Record Vote Number: 410. (consideration: CR S14590-14591; text: CR S14590-14591)
action_date: 2007-11-16
text: Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S14578-14591)
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S14445; text: CR S14445)
action_date: 2007-11-15
text: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S14445)
action_date: 2007-11-14
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14295-14298)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Focusing Investments and Resources for a Safe Transition Act

Bill: 110-s-2341
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: College costs
Education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Labor and Employment
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Vocational and technical education
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: 
Focusing Investments and Resources for a Safe Transition Act, or FIRST Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make competitive grants to and enter into contracts with states (or state partners) to enable them to establish Individual Development Accounts for qualified foster youth to assist them in achieving self-support for housing, education, vocational training, and specified other purposes after leaving foster care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14298)
action_date: 2007-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate