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To increase the capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2396
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to increase the capacity for storage of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 1 billion to 1.5 billion barrels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Public Official Accountability Act

Bill: 110-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bribery
Extortion
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Larceny
Misconduct in office
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Public Official Accountability Act - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for a two-year increase in the prison sentence of public officials convicted of any crime: (1) committed during the course of official duty and intended to enrich such officials; and (2) involving bribery, fraud, extortion, or theft of public funds greater than $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-05-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5595)
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2404
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Breast cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Cervical cancer
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health counseling
Health education
Health surveys
Medical screening
Nutrition
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Physical fitness
Preventive medicine
Sports and Recreation
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove the limit on the number of states that may receive preventive heath services grants; (2) require a competitive review process; and (3) include among the uses for such grants health education, counseling, and interventions for behavioral risk factors and diseases. Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

Bill: 110-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Fourth of July
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Naturalization
Nonprofit organizations
Oaths

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make funds available annually to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or to approved public or private nonprofit entities to support public ceremonies for administering oaths of allegiance to naturalizing legal immigrants. 
 
States that such ceremonies shall: (1) be held on a date that is on or near Independence Day; and (2) include appropriate outreach, ceremonial, and celebratory activities. 
 
Specifies: (1) ceremony fund limits ($5,000); and (2) permitted fund uses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2407
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Building laws
Climate
Coastal zone
Computers
Conferences
Coral reefs
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency communication systems
Engineering
Evacuation of civilians
Federal aid to research
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Meteorological research
Oceanographic research
Policy sciences
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Storms
Technological innovations
Urban affairs
Urban planning
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out. 

Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board and to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Science Advisory Board; (2) assemble the science and engineering expertise of state or local government agencies and nongovernmental entities through a multi-agency effort focused on improving severe tropical storm forecasting capabilities, on durable and resilient infrastructure, and on mitigating impacts on coastal populations, the coastal built environment, and the natural coastal environment; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding storm internal dynamics, predicting high winds, tornadoes, and storm surge, and improving measurements of hurricanes and tropical storms through specified technologies.

Directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the National Science and Technology Council, to coordinate U.S. activities related to the Initiative as a formal program with a well-defined organizational structure and execution plan. 

Directs the Under Secretary and the Director to: (1) issue a request for proposals to undertake the basic and applied research with a sufficient annual budget to accomplish the desired research results during a 10-year term; (2) establish a National Infrastructure Database; and (3) develop a National Hurricane Research Model.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1104)
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the "Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 110-hr-2408
Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congressional tributes
Health
History
Names
Veterans' hospitals
Wisconsin
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the &quot;Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;

action_date: 2007-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wisconsin, as the &quot;Milo C. Huempfner Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-145.
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 110-145.
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2007-12-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15571)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15571)
action_date: 2007-10-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11878)
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11878)
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2408.
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11878-11879)
action_date: 2007-10-23
text: Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-05-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 110-145
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2409
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Commerce
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Nonprofit organizations
Public-private partnerships
Small business
Social Welfare
Working poor

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships.
 
Provides program grants to cover up to one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide such services. 
 
Requires such services to: (1) be provided equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) comply with state and local licensing requirements. 

Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Better Screening Test for Women Act

Bill: 110-hr-2410
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Breast cancer
Clinical trials
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Mammography
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Better Screening Test for Women Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct and support: (1) clinical research and related activities concerning early detection and screening for breast cancer; and (2) research and data collection regarding the link between early detection of breast cancer and reduction of mortality rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Deductibility and Incentives to Promote Learning Opportunities and Maximize Assistance (DIPLOMA) Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2411
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Deductibility and Incentives to Promote Learning Opportunities and Maximize Assistance (DIPLOMA) Act of 2007- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an unlimited tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses for taxpayers whose adjusted gross incomes do not exceed $80,000 ($160,000 for joint returns); (2) extend such deduction through 2010; (3) allow a tax deduction for principal amounts paid on education loans for the first 60 months of such loans; (4) replace the Hope Scholarship tax credit with an earned tuition tax credit for the first $1,500 of qualified tuition and related expenses (50% of expenses over $1,500 up to $4,000) for four years of postsecondary education; and (5) make the tax credit for earned tuition and lifetime learning expenses refundable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2412
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Contraceptives
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Physical examinations
Rebates
Standards
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided such services; or (5) providing incentives to a professional to induce the professional to withhold such drugs, devices, or services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Metropolitan Police Department and Fire Service Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2414
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Emergency Management
Fire fighters
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local laws
Police

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Metropolitan Police Department and Fire Service Act of 2007 - Amends the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to require the federal benefit payment made to an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police Department or Fire Service under the District Retirement Program to include any amounts which would have been included if the amendments made by the Metropolitan Police Department Amendment Act of 2006 had taken effect before the freeze date, but only with respect to an officer or member who completes 20 years of active service before retirement.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-11-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1103)
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act

Bill: 110-hr-2416
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2007-05-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal employees
Government downsizing
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Senate rules and procedure
Transfer of employees
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: 
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. 

 

Requires the Commission to recommend: (1) realignment where a function performed by two or more agencies or programs can be consolidated; (2) realignment or elimination of any agency or program that has wasted federal funds; and (3) elimination of any agency or program that has completed its purpose, become irrelevant, or failed to meet objectives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-21
text: Introduced in House