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21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act

Bill: 110-s-1483
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Community and school
Corporate philanthropy
Corporation taxes
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax
Nonprofit organizations
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax deductions
Taxation
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
21st Century Skills Incentive Fund Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to states to establish statewide 21st Century Skills initiatives.
 
Conditions grant eligibility on a state's: (1) developing a comprehensive plan for such initiative; (2) showing a commitment to advancing such skills within standards and assessments, curriculum, professional development, and the learning environment; (3) achieving broad support for the initiative among state education, business, and civic leaders; and (4) being approved as a 21st Century Partner state by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a 21st Century Skills Incentive Fund from which grants shall be awarded.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that the percentage limitation on corporate charitable contributions be applied separately to cash contributions to state 21st Century Skills initiatives and all other corporate charitable contributions.


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 S6857)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1484
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Oxygen
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restore Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment that existed prior to the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
 
Repeals the limitation of Medicare payment to the supplier for such equipment (including portable oxygen equipment) to 36 months of continuous use.


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
Milk Import Tariff Equity Act

Bill: 110-s-1485
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Dairy products
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Milk
Proteins
Reciprocity
Tariff
Tariff agreements
Tariff preferences
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Milk Import Tariff Equity Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico).
 
Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or any quantitative limitation. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.

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
Rural America Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1486
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Marketing of farm produce

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
 Rural America Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to reduce maximum annual direct and counter-cyclical commodity payments to $20,000 and $30,000, respectively. Revises limitation provisions for marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and commodity certificate transactions, and establishes an annual combined limitation of $75,000 for such payments. Doubles payment limitations for single farming operations. Limits an individual to a combined annual payment of $250,000. 
 
Makes a person who commits fraud in connection with a scheme or device to evade certain program limitations (multiple entities, citizenship) ineligible for farm benefits for six years. 
 
Revises provisions respecting limitation of benefits to active farmers.
 
Makes foreign entities ineligible for agricultural program benefits.
 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that any savings achieved by this Act should be used to establish a permanent agricultural disaster relief program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act

Bill: 110-s-1488
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption
Families
Foster home care
Higher education
Social Welfare
Student aid

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the definition of independent student, for purposes of the financial need analysis to establish student aid eligibility, to individuals who were adopted from the foster care system when they were 13 years of age or older.


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 S6857-6858)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6857)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for an additional place of holding court in the western district of Washington.

Bill: 110-s-1489
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Judicial districts
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to declare that court in the western district of Washington shall be held at Vancouver (as well as at Bellingham, Seattle, and Tacoma).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1490
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Health
Internet
Medical records
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Federal Employees Electronic Personal Health Records Act of 2007 - Amends federal civil service law to require each contract between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and a qualified carrier offering a health benefit plan for federal employees to provide for establishment and maintenance of electronic personal health records for each individual and family member enrolled in the plan.
 
Requires such records to be: (1) in a standard electronic format, available for electronic access through the Internet; and (2) based on the federal messaging and health vocabulary standards endorsed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the American Health Information Community, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6858-6859)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6858)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Ethanol Education and Expansion Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1491
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Fuel storage
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Nonprofit organizations
Service stations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Ethanol Education and Expansion Act of 2007 - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary to make grants to majority-controlled producer-based business ventures to install E-85 fuel infrastructure, including infrastructure necessary: (1) for the direct retail sale of E-85 fuel, including E-85 fuel pumps and storage tanks; and (2) to directly market E-85 fuel to gas retailers, including in-line blending equipment, pumps, storage tanks, and load-out equipment; and
 
Provides for infrastructure installation subgrants to direct retailers of E-85 fuel located in a rural area.
 
Defines &quot;E-85 fuel&quot; as a blend of gasoline at least 85% derived from ethanol (or any other percentage, not below 70%, as determined by the Secretary for requirements relating to cold start, safety, or vehicle functions).
 
Requires a grant equal to 20% of the total installation costs.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to establish a program, funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation, to make competitive grants to eligible nonprofit organizations or institutions of higher education to educate governmental and private entities that operate vehicle fleets, other interested entities, and the public about the benefits of E-85 fuel use.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Information and Communications Technology Research Act

Bill: 110-s-1493
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
National Science Foundation
Radio spectrum allocation
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Standards
Technological innovations
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Advanced Information and Communications Technology Research Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to develop a plan to increase sharing of spectrum between federal and nonfederal government users and establish a implementation pilot program.
 
Requires the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish the Telecommunications Standards and Technology Acceleration Research Program to support and promote innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward telecommunications research.
 
Requires the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program of basic research in advanced information and communications technologies focused on enhancing or facilitating the availability and affordability of advanced communications services to all Americans. Requires related grants.


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 S6862-6863)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6862)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.

Bill: 110-s-1494
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Indian medical care
Medical research
Minorities
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for: (1) type I diabetes research; and (2) diabetes prevention and treatment through Indian health facilities. 


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 S6864)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6863-6864)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual United States domestic and foreign trades, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1495
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Department of the Treasury
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Internal revenue law
Law
Merchant ships
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities to treat a corporation electing such tax as continuing to use a qualifying vessel in the U.S. foreign trade during any period of use in the U.S. domestic trade, thus eliminating the 30 day limitation on operating in U.S. domestic trade under current law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6865)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6864-6865)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Pollinator Habitat Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1496
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Animals
Bees
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Pollinator Habitat Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include pollinators and pollinator habitat protection within the conservation reserve, conservation security, and environmental quality incentives programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7537)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Independence Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1497
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy policy
Energy security
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Energy Independence Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Commission on Energy Independence to conduct a comprehensive review of domestic energy policy. 
 
 Requires the Commission to submit a status report in specified calendar years to Congress and the President on progress in meeting the long-term energy policy goal of energy independence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6866)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6865)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 110-s-1498
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Primates
Protection of animals
Wild animal trade

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates (i.e., monkeys, apes, etc.) to the definition of &quot;prohibited wildlife species&quot; for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of animals in interstate or foreign commerce, except allows such a sale or purchase by zoos, research facilities, or other federally licensed and regulated entities.

action_date: 2007-10-29
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates (i.e., monkeys, apes, etc.) to the definition of &quot;prohibited wildlife species&quot; for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of animals in interstate or foreign commerce, except allows such a sale or purchase by zoos, research facilities, or other federally licensed and regulated entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 455.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 110-210.
action_date: 2007-10-29
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with amendments. With written report No. 110-210.
action_date: 2007-07-31
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
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 S6866)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1501
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Graduate education
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Universal Higher Education and Lifetime Learning Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits with a partially refundable Higher Education Tax Credit covering: (1) up to 50% of a taxpayer's higher education expenses for a taxable year that do not exceed $3,000; and (2) up to 30% of such expenses between $3,000 and $8,000.
 
Sets a lifetime credit limitation of $12,000 per student. 
 
Applies the credit to no more than two years of graduate education.
 
Repeals the tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


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
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1502
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Environmental Protection
Farms
Fishing
Habitat conservation
Hunting
Outdoor recreation
Private forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Range management
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2007 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which states and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access for wildlife-dependent recreation (including hunting or fishing) under state- and tribally-administered plans. 
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act

Bill: 110-s-1503
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2007-05-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air pollution control
Aircraft engines
Alcohol as fuel
Aviation fuels
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Coal
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Energy facilities
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to Indians
Finance and Financial Sector
Governmental investigations
Indian lands
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Licenses
Minorities
Motor vehicle pollution control
Petroleum refineries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: 
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act or the Gas PRICE Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into a domestic fuels facility permitting agreement with a requesting state or Indian tribe under which the process for obtaining all permits necessary for construction and operation of a domestic fuels facility shall use a prescribed interdisciplinary multimedia approach.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel; (2) evaluate the use of such fuel for reducing engine exhaust emissions; and (3) submit recommendations and reports to Congress. 

 Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Economic Development Administration to give priority to projects supportting commercial-scale cellulosic biomass ethanol projects and coal-to-liquids facilities. 

Directs the Secretary to make an additional award in connection with a grant made to a recipient (including any Indian tribe for use on Indian land) for a project to support a commercial-scale biomass ethanol facility or coal-to-liquid facility.

Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to appoint a task force to report to Congress on: (1) modernization of the hydrocarbon reserves disclosures classification system of the SEC to reflect advances in reserves recovery from nontraditional sources; and (2) creation of a renewable reserves classification system for cellulosic biofuels feedstocks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6866-6867)
action_date: 2007-05-24
text: Introduced in Senate