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Franking Reform Adds Needed Knowledge Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2788
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional mail
Congressional publicity
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Franking privilege
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Franking Reform Adds Needed Knowledge Act of 2007, or the FRANK Act - Prohibits a Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to Congress (Member) from mailing any mass mailing as franked mail unless each piece included in such mailing contains a statement of the aggregate cost of this mailing to the taxpayer to produce and mail it.
 
Requires the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, upon request of a Member, to assist the individual in obtaining such required information to be included in the mass mailing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply automatic "deemed" enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to residents of Puerto Rico.

Bill: 110-hr-2789
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Medicare
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to extend &quot;deemed&quot; enrollment under part B Medicare to residents of Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2791
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Identification devices
Labeling
Medical supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations requiring the labeling of medical devices to bear a unique identifier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 110-hr-2792
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Caregivers
Domestic partners
Employee health benefits
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grandparents
Health
Medical records
Same-sex marriage
Siblings
Sick leave
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse as determined under applicable state law, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. 
 
Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission project.

Bill: 110-hr-2793
Sponsor: Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Hydroelectric power
Law
Licenses
Water Resources Development
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
 Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon the request of the licensee for project numbered 7307, to extend the time required for commencement of project construction until 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Provides for reinstatement of an terminated license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2794
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: College costs
College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Nursing education
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states that are experiencing explosive population growth and have a substantial projected shortage of nurses to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty in college and university nursing programs in the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Reasonable Rates for Veterans Act

Bill: 110-hr-2795
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Automobiles
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Reasonable Rates for Veterans Act - Sets at 21 cents per mile the rate of reimbursement for private motor vehicle travel under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiary travel program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Generate Retirement Ownership Through Long-Term Holding Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2796
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Mutual funds
Saving and investment
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Generate Retirement Ownership Through Long-Term Holding Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that no gain shall be recognized on the receipt of a capital gain dividend distributed by a regulated investment company if such dividend is automatically reinvested in additional shares of the company pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1361)
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a National White Collar Crime Center grants program for purposes of improving the identification, investigation, and prosecution of certain criminal conspiracies and activities and terrorist conspiracies and activities.

Bill: 110-hr-2797
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Computer crimes
Conspiracy
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Criminology
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Internet
Labor and Employment
Michigan
Nonprofit organizations
Police training
Prosecution
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Texas
Virginia
White collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants and enter into contracts with state and local criminal justice agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve the identification, investigation, and prosecution of multijurisdictional criminal conspiracies or activities involving terrorism, economic crime, and high-tech crime, including Internet-based crime against children and child pornography.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act

Bill: 110-hr-2799
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Department of State
Diplomacy
Dispute settlement
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Negotiations
Performance measurement
Planning-programming-budgeting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to submit every four years to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a quadrennial foreign affairs and Department of State review; and (2) the Foreign Affairs Panel to submit to the Secretary a report responding to such review. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish every four years a nonpartisan independent National Foreign Affairs Panel, which shall terminate 30 days after submission of its report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Strategic Communication Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2800
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural relations
Decision making
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Diplomacy
Director of National Intelligence
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Exchange of persons programs
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Human rights
Information technology
International broadcasting
Language and languages
Mass media
Military communications
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Public opinion
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Strategic Communication Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to solicit from tax-exempt national security and foreign policy research organizations offers to establish a Center for Strategic Communication, and select one organization to establish such Center. 
 
Includes among Center duties: (1) provision of information and analysis to the Department of State, the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence on U.S. security and foreign policy issues; (2) development of U.S. communications strategies and monitoring techniques; (3) support of government-wide strategic communication through services provided on a cost-recovery basis; (4) contracting with private sector and academic entities; and (5) mobilization of nongovernment initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act

Bill: 110-hr-2801
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Infrastructure
Islands
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: 
Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement and King Cove Safe Access Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Alaska King Cove Road and Sitkinak Island upon: (1) conveyance by the state and other owners of specified non-federal land, including King Cove Corporation, to the Secretary of title to such non-federal land; and (2) certification by the governor of the state that the state-owned land at Kinzaroff Lagoon has been designated under state law as a state refuge. Requires the King Cove Road conveyance to be used for construction of a state road.
 
Provides, upon conveyance of the non-federal land to the Secretary, for the designation of the wilderness additions to the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges as wilderness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2008-04-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-31
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Local Community Radio Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2802
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Local Community Radio Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, that required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; (2) prohibit applicants who have engaged in the unlicensed operation of any station from obtaining a low-power FM license; and (3) conduct a program to test whether low-power FM radio stations will result in harmful interference to existing FM radio stations if minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels are not required.
 
Requires the FCC to modify its rules to eliminate third-adjacent minimum distance separation requirements between specified stations.
 
Requires the FCC to retain rules that provide third-adjacent channel protection for full-power noncommercial FM stations that broadcast radio reading services via a subcarrier frequency from potential low-power FM station interference.
 
Requires the FCC when licensing FM translator stations to ensure: (1) that licenses are available to both FM translator stations and low-power FM stations; and (2) that such decisions are made based on the needs of the local community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-term Successes (ANGELS) Act

Bill: 110-hr-2803
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business ethics
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Investments
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Nonprofit organizations
Partnerships
Profit
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare
Stocks
Subsidies
Tax credits
Taxation
Veterans' employment
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-Term Successes (ANGELS) Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish within the Investment Division of the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Angel Investment, headed by a Director, to provide support for the development of angel investment opportunities for small businesses.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) establish and carry out a program, to be known as the Angel Finance Program, to provide financing to approved angel groups; (2) establish and maintain a searchable database, to be known as the Federal Angel Network, to assist small businesses in identifying angel investors; and (3) establish and carry out a program to make grants for the development of new or existing angel groups and to increase awareness and education about angel investing.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a small business investment tax credit of 20 percent of the amount paid or incurred for qualified small business investment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the prohibitions on United States assistance to countries that are parties to the International Criminal Court.

Bill: 110-hr-2804
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal courts
Economic assistance
International courts
Law
Military assistance
Prosecution
Sanctions (International law)
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Amends the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 to repeal the prohibition on military assistance to a country that is a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
 
Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 to repeal limitations on Economic Support Fund assistance to a country that is a party to the ICC and has not entered into an agreement with the United States preventing ICC proceedings against U.S. personnel present in such country, including limitations on FY2007 funds that are unobligated and unexpended as of the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House