Balancing Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2392
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Education)
Administrative procedure
Adoption
Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Authorization
Block grants
Building construction
Caregivers
Child care workers
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Class size
Commerce
Community and school
Community development
Community organization
Compensatory education
Competition
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Continuing education
Contractors
Curricula
Day care
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Diet
Disability insurance
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee benefit plans
Employee health benefits
Employee training
Energy
Energy conservation
Equipment and supplies
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Exercise
Family day care
Family leave
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire prevention
Food service
Fringe benefits
Fruit
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government employees' health insurance
Government lending
Government ownership
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grandparents
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health insurance
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian children
Infants
Infrastructure
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Leave of absence
Licenses
Literacy programs
Maintenance and repair
Married people
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Military dependents
Minimum wages
Minorities
Mortgage banks
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Mothers
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Obesity
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Parents
Part-time employment
Pension funds
Poor children
Pregnant women
Preschool education
Revolving funds
Safety appliances
Salaries
Scholarships
School lunch program
School-age child care
Secondary education
Secondary mortgage market
Sick leave
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Sports and Recreation
Stocks
Student activities
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials
Telecommuting
Temporary employment
Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment insurance
Vegetables
Wages
Women
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: 
Family and Workplace Balancing Act of 2007, or Balancing Act of 2007 - Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a state or local government to pay for the federal share of projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to family caregiving needs, especially those related to the birth or adoption of a child.
 
Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and federal civil service law to allow employees covered by FMLA and civil servants to take specified additional leave for: (1) parental involvement in their children's or grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities; and (2) routine family medical care needs. 
 
Amends FMLA to revise criteria for covered employees.
 
Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize additional funds for expanding child care activities for young children under age three.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, to make grants to enable states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to establish or expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation. 
 
Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.
 
Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act - Authorizes the HHS Secretary to allot funds to eligible states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to pay the federal share of providing access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers; and (2) at state option, the spouses, domestic partners, and dependents of such providers.
 
Child Care Construction and Renovation Incentive Grants Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to provide for use of community development block grants to establish child care facilities. Amends the National Housing Act to provide for related mortgage insurance. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make technical and financial assistance grants for acquiring or improving such facilities or related equipment.
 
Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a business child care incentive grant program.
 
Universal Prekindergarten Act - Directs the HHS Secretary to make grants to state agencies to develop full-day, full-year universal prekindergarten programs for all children three, four, and five years old.
 
Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a universal free school breakfast program without regard to family incomes.
 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program of healthy school nutrition environment incentive grants.
 

 
Afterschool Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require state educational agencies to give priority to 21st century community learning centers program grant applications submitted jointly by eligible entities consisting of at least: (1) one local educational agency receiving funds under ESEA provisions for disadvantaged students; and (2) at least one community-based organization or other public or private entity.
 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for treatment of employees working at less than full-time under participation, vesting, and accrual rules governing pension plans and under group health plans, including certain individuals whose services are leased or contracted for.
 
United States Business Telework Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a pilot program in up to five states to raise awareness about telework among employers and to encourage them to offer telework options to employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and 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: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-17
text: Introduced in House