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Parents' Empowerment Act

Bill: 110-hr-3899
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Families
Legal fees
Pornography
Punitive damages
Sex-oriented businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on his or her behalf under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for compensatory and punitive damages for the knowing sale or distribution in interstate or foreign commerce of an entertainment product containing material harmful to minors, if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material; and (2) the minor as a result of such exposure is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare.

Makes it an affirmative defense to such an action that: (1) a parent or guardian of the minor owned or possessed the entertainment product containing the material to which the minor was exposed; and (2) an act of that parent or guardian was the proximate cause of the minor&#146;s exposure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2182)
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Restore U.S. Manufacturing Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Profit
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Restore U.S. Manufacturing Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 100% tax deduction for qualified manufacturing activities income. Defines &quot;qualified manufacturing activities income&quot; as the excess of domestic manufacturing gross receipts over the cost of goods sold, and other expenses, losses, or deductions, properly allocable to such receipts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Emerald Ash Borer Municipality Assistance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Forest health
Government lending
Insect control
Revolving funds
Tree diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Emerald Ash Borer Municipality Assistance Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Treasury the Emerald Ash Borer Revolving Loan Fund. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Fund amounts for loans to eligible local government units for purchases of equipment to monitor, dispose of, and replace infested trees on local government land within quarantine areas infested by the emerald ash borer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Architecture and the disabled
Asbestos
Bonds
Building construction
Charter schools
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Cost accounting
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Indian education
Local finance
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Native Americans
Parent-school relationships
Poor children
Rural education
School buildings
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
State finance
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Public School Repair and Renovation Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to allocate funds to states for competitive school repair and renovation grants to local educational agencies (LEAs).
 
Requires each state, in awarding such grants, to: (1) award high-need and rural LEAs, in the aggregate, at least the same proportion of this Act's LEA funds for the state that they received of total LEA school improvement funds for the state under part A of title I of the ESEA; and (2) consider the percentage of poor children LEAs serve, the condition of their public schools, and their fiscal capacity to cover repairs and renovations without such a grant.
 
Directs each state to reserve a portion of their allocation for a state-level database of public school facility inventory, condition, design, and utilization.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the costs of, and public and private expenditures for, repairing, renovating, and constructing public elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Kids' Toys Safety Act

Bill: 110-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Data banks
Defective products
Electronic government information
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Labeling
Law
Manufacturing industries
Packaging
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
 Kids' Toys Safety Act - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to prescribe a comprehensive testing program for articles intended for children under five.
 
Requires the CPSC, after receiving notice of a voluntary recall by a manufacturer or retailer, to post notice on the CPSC's website and notify the health department of each state.
 
Requires the manufacturer of a product for children under five to label the product or its packaging to enable the purchaser to determine production information.
 
Requires the CPSC to establish a database as a clearinghouse for information regarding factories, warehouses, or other facilities where consumer products which have been subject to a recall were manufactured.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Family Asthma Act

Bill: 110-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Allergies
Asthma
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health surveys
Higher education
Medical education
Medical records
Medical research
Medical statistics
Mortality
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ozone
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Research centers
Research grants
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Smog
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish asthma data.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish Dr. Irving J. Selikoff individual and institutional training grants for education and training of health care providers on the role of environmental factors in the development and prevention of asthma and recurrent asthma attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caregivers
College costs
Day care
Disabled
Education
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Local taxation
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Sales tax
Social Welfare
State taxation
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deductions for: (1) state and local general sales taxes; (2) mortgage insurance premiums; and (3) qualified tuition and related expenses. Makes permanent provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that increased dollar limitations on the tax credit for household and dependent care expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Brownfields
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Leases
Liability for environmental damages
Research and development tax credit
Restaurants
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Stockholders
Stocks
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit, the new markets tax credit, and the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) make permanent accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement and restaurant property and expensing of environmental remediation expenditures; (3) increase the partial tax exclusion of gain from sales of certain small business stock for noncorporate business taxpayers and businesses in an empowerment zone; (4) permit certain small businesses to elect taxable years ending between April and November; (5) increase the allowable number of S corporation shareholders from 100 to 150; and (6) exempt certain small businesses from the 3% withholding requirement applicable to payments made to such businesses by government entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Loyalty to Our Legacy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3908
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Christianity
Church and state
Commemorations
Emblems
Exhibitions
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Judaism
Religion
Signs and symbols
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Loyalty to Our Legacy Act of 2007 - Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the national motto &quot;In God We Trust&quot; are each displayed prominently in the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) on a permanent basis.
 
Prohibits the AOC, in preparing and producing any exhibit or other material relating to the CVC, from removing or refusing to include any language, symbol, writing, document, or record on the grounds that they include a religious reference or Judeo-Christian content.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
United States Airlift Requirements Act

Bill: 110-hr-3909
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Avionics
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military aircraft
Military airlift
Military operations
Military research
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Transport aircraft

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
United States Airlift Requirements Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study alternatives for the asset size and mix for the Air Force intertheater airlift force, focusing on current and planned capabilities and costs of the C-5 and C-17 fleets. Requires that the study be conducted through a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in concert with the United States Transportation Command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow any Federal employee who has performed sufficient service to entitle such employee to the maximum annuity percentage allowable under the Civil Service Retirement System to terminate retirement deductions from pay.

Bill: 110-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2007-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Annuities
Civil service retirement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Law
Office of Personnel Management
Payroll deductions
Sick leave
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: 
Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to allow federal employees who have performed sufficient service to qualify for the maximum annuity available under the Civil Service Retirement System to elect to terminate retirement deductions from their basic pay.

Declares that an employee who makes such an election does not, by virtue of such election: (1) cease to be subject to civil service retirement provisions; (2) forfeit the right to have any subsequently accruing sick leave taken into account for purposes of computing what unused sick days are included in an annuity; (3) cease to be eligible to continue contributing to the Thrift Savings Fund; or (4) cease to be eligible to make any deposit remaining due.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Church Street in Jessup, Pennsylvania, as the "Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post Office".

Bill: 110-hr-3911
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Marines
Military personnel
Names
Pennsylvania
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 95 Church Street in Jessup, Pennsylvania, as the "Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
action_date: 2008-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-18
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H15480)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H15480)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3911.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15480-15481)
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2007-10-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
East Asia
Europe
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Guided missiles
Lithuania
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Minesweeping
Shipbuilding
Surplus government property
Taiwan
Transportation and Public Works
Turkey
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: 
Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2007 - Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to: (1) Turkey, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates GEORGE PHILIP and SIDES; and (2) Lithuania, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships CORMORANT and KINGFISHER.
 
 Authorizes the President to transfer on a sale basis to: (1) Taiwan, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships ORIOLE and FALCON; and (2) Turkey, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship SHRIKE. 
 
States that: (1) the value of such vessels transferred on a grant basis shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred to countries in any fiscal year under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) transfer costs shall be charged to the recipient; and (3) to the maximum extent practicable, the country to which a vessel is transferred shall have necessary vessel repair and refurbishment carried out at U.S. shipyards (including U.S. Navy shipyards).
 
Terminates transfer authority two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act

Bill: 110-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2007-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: 
 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant or deny, within one year, a petition by one or more telecommunications carriers or classes of carriers requesting that the FCC forbear from applying any regulation or provision under the Act. (Current law deems such a petition granted if not denied within one year.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2190)
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
Coinage Efficiency Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2007-10-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alloys
Coins and coinage
Congress
Congressional veto
Department of the Treasury
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: 
Coinage Efficiency Act of 2007 - Declares that specified authority of the Director of the U.S. Mint shall cease to apply, and shall have no force or effect, with respect to one-cent coins.
 
Denies the Secretary of the Treasury authority to prescribe any regulations that would limit or prohibit the export, melting, or treatment of the one-cent coin until such time as the Secretary first issues a one-cent coin with a different metallic content than the one-cent coins issued as of the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-22
text: Introduced in House