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Minidoka National Historic Site Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1612
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Concentration camps
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Infrastructure
Islands
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
National monuments
National parks
Reservoirs
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Water districts
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
 Minidoka National Historic Site Act of 2007 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni (&quot;Let it not happen again&quot;) memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, for the purposes of defining the role of the National Park Service (NPS) in administering the Memorial owned by the City of Brainbridge Island to enter into agreements with the City of Bainbridge Island and specified entities. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain a site in Seattle, Washington, for administrative and visitor use purposes associated with the Monument, using the facilities and other services of the Seattle unit of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. 
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate the development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the Memorial and Monument site in Idaho with the Manzanar National Historic Site in California. 
 
American Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey specified land to the: (1) American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 located in Jerome, Lincoln, and Gooding Counties, Idaho; (2) city of Gooding; and (3) Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 
 
Revokes the Department of Interior's previous orders that withdrew specified land from the Gooding Division of the Minidoka project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Sons and Daughters of America Act

Bill: 110-hr-1613
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Commemorations
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: 
Sons and Daughters of America Act - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to provide that the remedies for a civil action for deprivation of rights are limited to injunctive and declaratory relief where the deprivation: (1) consists of a violation of the right to freedom of speech secured by the Constitution; and (2) is the result of a statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage which prohibits or restricts picketing, protesting, or demonstrating at a funeral or any other ceremony, procession, or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of the dead.

Prohibits the award of attorney's fees with respect to the prevailing party in such a claim, including one in any action brought against the United States or any federal agency or official acting in his or her official capacity in any court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reauthorize the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1616
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Authorization
Child nutrition
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Families
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
 Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations through FY2012 for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
 
Specifies Commodity Credit Corporation fund amounts to be used for the Program in each of FY2008-FY2012.
 
Makes the Secretary of Agriculture responsible for specified program administration provisions currently delegated to the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Bill: 110-hr-1618
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobiles
Commerce
Electric batteries
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 10% of the cost of a qualified plug-in hybrid vehicle. Limits the amount of such credit to $4,000 for vehicles with a 4kWh traction battery, and $250 for each additional kWh of traction battery capacity as exceeds 4kWh but does not exceed 50kWh.

Defines &quot;qualified plug-in hybrid vehicle&quot; as a passenger motor vehicle which has received a certificate of conformity under the Clean Air Act and which has not less than two onboard sources of stored energy, one of which is energized by plugging into an external source of electric power.

Terminates such credit after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E604)
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Model T Ford Automobile Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 110-hr-1619
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Coins and coinage
Commerce
Copper
Exhibitions
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Historic sites
History
Michigan
Silver
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Model T Ford Automobile Commemorative Coin Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Model T Ford Automobile, up to 500,000 $1 coins emblematic of the Model T Ford and the assembly line.
 
Subjects coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin.
 
Requires specified distributions of surcharges to: (1) the Automobile National Heritage Area Partnership Inc. for creating an endowment for national Model T educational programs; and (2) the Edison Institute (also known as &quot;The Henry Ford&quot;), in Dearborn, Michigan, a National Historic Landmark, for creating an endowment for educational programs associated with the Model T Ford Automobile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Federal Land Compensation Act

Bill: 110-hr-1620
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Payments in lieu of taxes
Revenue sharing
Taxation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Federal Land Compensation Act - Provides for the phasing-in of permanent funding for the following programs: (1) Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT); and (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's refuge revenue sharing program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Community Choice Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1621
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative remedies
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health services administration
Home care services
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental care facilities
Nursing
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Community Choice Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals.
Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage states that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the state for the provision of such services and supports.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible states which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the state in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to dually eligible individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide a waiver from sanctions under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for certain States, local educational agencies, and schools.

Bill: 110-hr-1622
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
School choice
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Holds a state, and its local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools, harmless from sanctions under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 relating to academic assessments for the 2006-2007 school year if they meet certain criteria.
 
Specifies such criteria as follows: (1) the state had at least one approved academic assessment plan for the 2005-2006 school year; (2) the state had at least one such plan subsequently held invalid by the Department of Education for the 2006-2007 school year; and (3) the state's Governor certifies, in writing, that the state cannot effectively train its educators on a new or alternative assessment before its administration, and that the administration of a new or alternative assessment is not in the best interest of the public school system and the children it serves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Graduation for All Act

Bill: 110-hr-1623
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Compensatory education
Computer software
Continuing education
Curricula
Disabled
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Homeless
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Migrant education
Minorities
Minority education
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Performance measurement
Reading
Recruiting of employees
School administration
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
 Graduation for All Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program that will provide grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish reading and writing programs to improve overall reading and writing performance among middle and high school students.
 
Limits eligibility for subgrants to LEAs in a state that are among those that have the lowest graduation rates for public secondary school students. Includes among required uses of LEA subgrant funds: (1) hiring and inservice training of literacy coaches; (2) counseling for at-risk students; and (3) professional development for educators that addresses literacy needs of certain student groups.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include public secondary school graduation rates for all students under requirements for: (1) accountability for adequate yearly progress (AYP); and (2) annual state report cards.
 
Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to require annual reports on the number participants who are 16, 17, or 18 years old in certain programs and services, disaggregated by certain attributes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Colorectal Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1624
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Colon cancer
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health surveys
Higher education
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Performance measurement
Preventive medicine
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Colorectal Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make matching grants to states to carry out programs to: (1) screen for colorectal cancer as a preventive health measure; (2) provide referrals for medical treatment to individuals screened and ensure appropriate follow-up services; (3) develop and disseminate information and education programs for the detection and control of colorectal cancer; (4) improve the education, training, and skills of health professions in the detection and control of colorectal cancer; (5) establish mechanisms to monitor the quality of screening procedures for colorectal cancer; and (6) evaluate such activities through surveillance or program-monitoring.
 
Requires states to meet specified matching fund requirements and other criteria to receive a grant, including ensuring that 60% of grant money is spent on screening and medical treatment, assuring the quality of screening procedures, giving priority to low-income individuals, and limiting the fees charged.
 
Allows the Secretary to provide training, technical assistance, supplies, equipment, and services to aid the state in carrying out such a program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue guidelines for assuring the quality of any colorectal screening procedures carried out under this Act; and (2) evaluate the programs annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 110-hr-1625
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Courthouses
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Land use
Landowners
Law
Lincoln Administration
Maps
Museums
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Presidential libraries
Right of property
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois. 
 
Designates the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition as the management entity for the Area.
 
Allows the Coalition, using funds made available under this Act, to prepare a management plan for the Area and reports, studies, interpretive exhibits and programs, historic preservation projects, and other activities recommended in the plan.
 
Prohibits the Coalition from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property.
 
Directs the Coalition to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a management plan reviewed by participating units of government within the Area's boundaries which shall, among other things: (1) contain a comprehensive program for conservation, interpretation, funding, management, and development and historical, cultural, and natural resources and recreational and educational opportunities of the Area; and (2) include a business plan detailing the functions of the local coordinating entity and of activities included in recommendations contained in the plan. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the proposed plan not later than 90 days after receiving it. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Coalition for the development and implementation of the management plan.
 
Requires the Coalition to provide assistance and encouragement to State and local governments, private organizations, and persons to protect and promote the Area's resources and values.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1626
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Clinics
Government liability
Law
Liability (Law)
Physicians
Psychologists
Public health personnel
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners who provide medical services to patients at certain nonprofit health centers in underserved areas as employees of the Public Health Service (thus extending the liability protections of the Federal Tort Claims Act to such practitioners).

Defines &quot;volunteer practitioner&quot; as a licensed physician or licensed clinical psychologist who provides services to patients of a health center without compensation or reimbursement at a health center site or a site designated by a health center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1627
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2007-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public records
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: 
Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify an individual when: (1) the Social Security account number ascribed to the individual in the wage records provided by an employer to the Social Security Administration does not match relevant Administration records; or (2) the individual's Social Security account number has otherwise been used by any other person in a fraudulent or otherwise illegal manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-21
text: Introduced in House