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A bill to revalue the LIFO inventories of major integrated oil companies.

Bill: 110-s-1504
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Inventories
Petroleum industry
Tax administration
Tax penalties
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Requires major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies with annual gross receipts over $1 billion and average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels) to revalue their LIFO inventories of crude oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product according to a specified formula. Exempts such companies from any penalties for underpayment of estimated tax resulting from the revaluation of their LIFO inventories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act

Bill: 110-s-1505
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biotechnology
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug adulteration
Drug approvals
Drugs
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Labeling
Patents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Affordable Biologics for Consumers Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow any person to submit an application for approval of a biologics license for a biosimilar, which is defined as a biological product that is claimed to be similar to a qualified biological product (the reference product). Defines a &quot;qualified biological product&quot; as a biotechnology-derived therapeutic biological or protein product licensed or approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve an application for a biosimilar only: (1) for indications for which the reference product is approved; and (2) if the application conforms to the applicable final product class-specific rule and the Secretary concludes that the product is safe, pure, and potent.

Authorizes a person to request the issuance of a product class-specific rule applicable to a qualified biological product and its class. 

Requires the Secretary to establish a Biosimilars Advisory Committee.

Prohibits the approval of a biosimilar until at least 14 years have elapsed from approval of the reference product.

Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) approving a product that is claimed to be similar to or the same as a reference product under any other provision of law; (2) approving another biosimilar for one year after approving the first biosimilar that relies on the same reference product; and (3) designating a biosimilar as interchangeable with (or therapeutically equivalent to) the applicable reference product.

Sets forth provisions related to patents for a reference product. Allows approval of an application for a biosimilar to be effective even if patent litigation has not concluded.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem as misbranded a biotechnology-derived therapeutic protein if its labeling fails to meet specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6867)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Beach Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1506
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Beaches
Congress
Congressional investigations
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water pollution control
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Science, Technology, Communications
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Beach Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to include among eligible grant activities the development and implementation of programs for source tracking, sanitary surveys, and prevention efforts to address the identified sources of beach water pollution. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2007-FY2012. 

Requires grant recipients to identify: (1) the use of a rapid testing method; (2) measures for communication within 24 hours of the results of a water sample concerning pollutants to specified officials and all state agencies with authority to require the prevention or treatment of the sources of beach water pollution; (3) measures to develop and implement a beach water pollution source identification and tracking program for the coastal recreation waters that are not meeting applicable water quality standards for pathogens; (4) a publicly accessible and searchable global information system database with information updated within 24 hours of its availability, organized by beach and with defined standards, sampling plan, monitoring protocols, sampling results, and number and cause of beach closing and advisory days; and (5) measures to ensure that closures or advisories are made or issued within 24 hours after a state government determines that its coastal recreation waters are not meeting applicable water quality standards for pathogens.

Sets forth provisions requiring: (1) a review by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator of state and local compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and grant conditions; (2) corrective actions by such governments not in compliance; and (3) a review by the Comptroller General such compliance review and corrective action.

Amends the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 to authorize appropriations to carry out such Act through FY2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6868)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1507
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Medical records
Medical research
Medicare
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Access to Medicare Data Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) enter into data release agreements on an annual basis with specified agencies to provide access to relevant data (excluding negotiated price concessions) submitted by prescription drug (PD) plans and MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and linked to hospital, physician, and other relevant medical claims, utilization, and diagnostic Medicare and Medicaid (SSA title XIX) data; and (2) permit such agencies to link data provided under this Act with other relevant health data as needed by the agency in order to accomplish its research objectives.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into data use agreements with specified research centers and organizations to provide access to same kind of data; (2) permit them to link it with other relevant health data for research purposes; and (3) prepare the linked sets of data for release by July 1, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6868-6869)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Production Tax Incentives Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1508
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Bonds
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
Coal
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Fuel cells
Imports
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Leases
Losses
Solar energy
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax evasion
Tax havens
Tax penalties
Tax shelters
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Clean Energy Production Tax Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources and extend such credit through 2018; (2) extend the national limitation amount for clean renewable energy bonds through 2017; (3) extend the advanced coal project tax credit; and (4) extend through 2018 the tax credit for investment in qualified fuel cell and microturbine property and solar property.

Allows new tax credits for the capture and storage or use of carbon dioxide and for investment in clean coal energy bonds, carbon dioxide capture bonds, and electric transmission property and bonds.

Treats certain controlled foreign corporations created or organized under the laws of a tax haven country (as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury) as domestic corporations for income tax purposes.

Includes in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income (income attributable to property manufactured outside of the United States and imported for sale into the United States). 

Changes the effective date of certain loss deferral rules applicable to leases entered into with a foreign person or entity on or before March 12, 2004. 

Sets forth rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine in evaluating transactions with tax implications. Imposes a penalty for understatements of tax due to transactions lacking economic substance. Denies a tax deduction for interest on underpayments of tax due to transactions lacking economic substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Hurricane Tracking and Forecasting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1509
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Hurricanes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine biology
Meteorological satellites
Ocean currents
Oceanography
Space activities
Storms
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Improved Hurricane Tracking and Forecasting Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out a program for an improved ocean surface winds vector satellite for purposes including: (1) to address science and application questions related to air-sea interaction, coastal circulation, and biological productivity; (2) to improve forecasting for hurricanes, coastal winds and storm surge, and other weather-related disasters; (3) to ensure continuity of quality for satellite ocean surface vector wind measurements so that existing weather forecasting and warning capabilities are not degraded; and (4) to advance satellite ocean surface vector wind data capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6870-6871)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6869-6870)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Portable Generator Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1510
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Carbon monoxide
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Electric power production
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health warnings
Independent regulatory commissions
Labeling
Law
Product safety
Signs and symbols
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Portable Generator Safety Act of 2007 - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate consumer product safety rules requiring that every portable generator sold to the public for purposes other than resale be equipped with an interlock safety device that detects the level of carbon monoxide in the areas surrounding the generator and automatically turns off power to it before the level of carbon monoxide reaches a level that would cause serious bodily injury or death to people.
 
Requires the CPSC to issue consumer product safety rules requiring that every such portable generator: (1) prominently display a permanently affixed warning label in English and Spanish regarding the carbon monoxide hazard posed by its incorrect use, including the word &quot;DANGER&quot; printed in a large font; and (2) have affixed to it a large pictogram which clearly states &quot;POISONOUS GAS&quot; and visually depicts the harmful effects of breathing carbon monoxide.
 
Requires a program of public outreach to inform consumers of the dangers associated with the emission of carbon monoxide from portable generators, with an emphasis on doing so during the start of each hurricane season.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6872-6873)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6872)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1511
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Congressional reporting requirements
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Equipment and supplies
Government lending
Government trust funds
Hydroelectric power
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Ocean energy resources
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2007- Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research program; and (2) an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to lend funds to approved applicants to cover the costs of projects that produce marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy. 

Instructs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to prepare jointly programmatic environmental impact statements regarding the impacts of the deployment of marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies in U.S. navigable waters.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax credit for electricity produced from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy; and (2) an investment credit and five-year depreciation for equipment which produces electricity from marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy. 
 
Denies a tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source (dual benefit) with respect to a marine and hydrokinetic facility for which an investment credit under this Act is claimed by the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6873-6874)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6873)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act

Bill: 110-s-1512
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Families
Foster home care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give states the option for youth to elect to remain in foster care after attaining age 18 until attaining age 19, 20, or 21. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1513
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Black colleges
Blacks
Building construction
Community and school
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Scholarships
School buildings
School libraries
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student aid
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Predominantly Black Institution Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to Predominantly Black Institutions to: (1) enhance their capacity to serve more low and middle-income African-American students; (2) expand higher education opportunities for students eligible for student assistance under title IV of the Act by encouraging such students to prepare for college and persist in secondary and postsecondary education; and (3) strengthen their financial ability to serve the academic needs of such students. 
 
Defines such institutions as accredited institutions serving at least 1,000 undergraduate students at least: (1) 50% of whom are pursuing a bachelor's or associate's degree; (2) 40% of whom are African-Americans; and (3) 50% of whom are low-income or first-generation college students. Requires the spending per full-time undergraduate student of such institutions to be low in comparison to that of institutions offering similar instruction.
 
Allows grant recipients to use up to 20% of their grant on an endowment fund, provided they raise nonfederal matching funds at least equal to the amount of the grant used for such endowment. Allots funding among institutions on the basis of their share of Pell Grant recipients, graduates, and graduates pursuing a higher degree.
 
Establishes a minimum allotment for each institution of $250,000, which is to be ratably reduced if appropriations are insufficient to pay such amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6875)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1514
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health counseling
Health education
Higher education
Medical research
Mental health services
Science, Technology, Communications
Students
Suicide

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions requiring centers to provide appropriate information, training, and technical assistance on youth suicide to require such information, training, and assistance on suicide among all ages, particularly for youth. Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for research, training, and technical assistance centers related to mental health, substance abuse, and the justice system and suicide.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that a state does not receive more than one grant or cooperative agreement for the development of youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies at any one time. (Current law requires the Secretary to ensure that each state is awarded only one such grant or cooperative agreement.) Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for such grants or cooperative agreements.

Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for grants to institutions of higher education for services to students with mental and behavioral health problems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6875-6876)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6875)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act

Bill: 110-s-1516
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Storm drains
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-federal interests in Colorado, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. 

Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75%. Sets the non-federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate