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Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1240
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Communication in medicine
Contraceptives
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health counseling
Health education
Hospital care
Hospitals
Medicaid
Medicare
Preventive medicine
Rape
Risk
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social Welfare
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007 - Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or to a state, with respect to hospital services, under title XIX (Medicaid) of such Act, unless the hospital meets certain conditions related to a woman who is a victim of sexual assault, including that the hospital: (1) provides the woman with accurate and unbiased information about emergency contraception; (2) offers emergency contraception to the woman; (3) provides the woman such contraception at the hospital on her request; (4) provides the woman with risk assessment, counseling, and treatment for certain sexually transmitted infections; and (5) does not deny any such services because of the inability of the woman or her family to pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5218)
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify student housing eligible for the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1241
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Families
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Low-income housing
Single-parent families
Social Welfare
Students
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain full-time students who are single parents and their children to live in housing units eligible for the low-income housing tax credit provided that their children are not dependents of another individual (other than a parent of such children).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5218)
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a biofuel pilot program to offer crop insurance to producers of experimental biofuel crops and a program to make loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops.

Bill: 110-s-1242
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural research
Biomass energy
Crop insurance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy
Energy crops
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federally-guaranteed loans
Feeds
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish a crop insurance pilot program for experimental biofuel crops (nonpetroleum fuel source or nonpetroleum lubricant use).
 
Amends the Farm Security and Reinvestment Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide loans and loan guarantees to producers of experimental biofuel crops; and (2) authorize the Secretary to make grants to research facilities and institutions of higher education for studies of such crops as animal feed and research on harvesting and planting techniques for such crops.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5219)
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.

Bill: 110-s-1243
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America's Workers Act

Bill: 110-s-1244
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Death
Department of Labor
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Local employees
Local laws
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety
Prosecution
State employees
State laws
Victims
Wage restitution
Whistle blowing
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977.
 
Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. 
 
Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities and serious injuries; (4) prohibition of unclassified citations; (5) right to contest citations and penalties; and (6) objections to modifications of citations. 
 
Directs the Secretary to revise regulations and promulgate OSHA standards to require employers to provide personal protective equipment for employees at no cost to employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5219-5220)
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildlife GAINS Act

Bill: 110-s-1246
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2007-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Animal diseases
Animals
Birds
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Epidemiology
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health information systems
Health surveys
Influenza
Information networks
International cooperation
Medical tests
Nongovernmental organizations
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterinary medicine
Wild animal trade
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: 
Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance Act or Wildlife GAINS Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), acting through one or more eligible organizations, to establish and maintain a program to implement a Wildlife Global Animal Information Network for Surveillance. Requires the Administrator to manage an international surveillance program under which federal and non-federal partners: (1) monitor and test for the presence or arrival of avian pathogens and other significant pathogens in free-ranging wildlife; (2) use trained professionals to collect samples and data; (3) conduct disease surveillance, field investigations, training and capacity-building activities, and research; (4) send samples for pathogen identification and testing to certified laboratories; and (5) transmit information related to global distribution and characteristics of significant pathogens to the Administrator.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) use surveillance reports and other sources to identify and investigate local outbreaks of infectious diseases involving wildlife; (2) develop a long-term baseline of regional data related to pathogens in migratory birds and other wildlife for analysis between and across sites to create a system to identify when and where outbreaks might occur and paths of dispersal; (3) provide technical assistance for disease prevention and control programs; (4) provide analytical disease findings to USAID and other federal partners; and ( 5) manage, map, and make available on an Internet database all results and information gathered under this Act. 

Directs the Administrator to request accredited colleges of veterinary medicine and other partners to train members of the Network to: (1) monitor important wildlife areas around the world; and (2) test for the presence or arrival of avian influenza and other significant pathogens of zoonotic concern or of concern to domestic or wild animals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5221)
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the President to close the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1249
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2007-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Detention of persons
Extradition
Human rights
International Affairs
International courts
International law
Latin America
Law
Military base closures
Military bases
Prisoners of war
Prisons
Prosecution
Punishment
Relocation
Terrorism
Torture
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: 
Requires the President to close the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
 
Requires all current detainees there to be: (1) transferred to a military or civilian detention facility in the United States (U.S. facility) and charged with a violation of U.S. or international law and tried before a regularly-constituted court; (2) transferred to a U.S. facility without being charged if the detainee may be held as an enemy combatant or pursuant to other legal authority; (3) transferred to an international tribunal operating under authority of the United Nations (UN) with jurisdiction to hold trials; (4) transferred to their country of citizenship or a different country for further legal process, provided that such country provides adequate assurances that the individual will not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or (5) released from any further detention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-11
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5308)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5307-5308)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the United States Trade Representative to conduct an investigation of the personal exemption allowance that Canada provides for merchandise purchased abroad by Canadian residents, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1250
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2007-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Finance and Financial Sector
Free trade
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Money
Tariff
Trade agreements
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: 
Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate, under the Trade Act of 1974, an investigation into Canada's personal exemption allowance scheme (no personal exemption from duty for Canadian residents returning from foreign travel lasting less than 24 hours, but an exemption of $50 Canadian for foreign travel lasting between 24 and 48 hours) to: (1) determine whether U.S. rights under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada are being denied by such scheme, or that such act, policy, or practice of Canada violates or otherwise denies benefits to the United States under such agreement or is unjustifiable and burdens or restricts U.S. commerce; and (2) report the results of such investigation to Congress, including action the USTR is taking to remedy such scheme. Waives provisions requiring the USTR to consult with private and non-federal sectors prior to initiating an investigation by means other than petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5308-5309)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Equine Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1251
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2007-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Animals
Capital gains tax
Depreciation and amortization
Horse racing
Horses
Income tax
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: 
Equine Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat any race horse as three-year property for depreciation purposes; and (2) reduce to 12 months the holding period for capital gains treatment of horses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5309)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5309)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for uniformity in the awarding of disability ratings for wounds or injuries incurred by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-s-1252
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Defense
Disability evaluation
Disability retirement
Disabled
Employee training
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Military medicine
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: 
Requires the: (1) Secretary of Defense to prescribe standards for determinations of ratings of military disability to assure that such ratings are consistent across the military departments; and (2) standards to take into account all medical conditions incurred by members of the Armed Forces while in military status.
 
Directs the: (1) Secretary of each military department to utilize the standard schedule for rating disabilities used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in making disability determinations; and (2) Secretary to prescribe training requirements for personnel making such determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5310)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5309-5310)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act

Bill: 110-s-1253
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2007-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Gifts
Government trust funds
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: 
National Park Centennial Challenge Fund Act - Establishes in the Treasury the National Park Centennial Challenge Fund (the Challenge Fund) which shall consist of qualified donations transferred from the Donations to the National Park Service account and amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury, in accordance with this Act. 
 
Makes available all amounts deposited in the Challenge Fund to the Secretary of the Interior for signature projects and programs under this Act (projects and programs identified by the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) as those that will help prepare the national parks for another century of conservation, preservation, and enjoyment). 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to develop a list of signature projects and programs eligible for funding from the Challenge Fund. Requires that such list be submitted to the President and specified congressional committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-08-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-185.
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5311)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5310-5311)
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Pension Offset Reform Act

Bill: 110-s-1254
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2007-05-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
State employees
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: 
Government Pension Offset Reform Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a federal or state pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities.

Bill: 110-s-1258
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2007-05-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Dams
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Safety measures
Security measures
Terrorism
Water rates

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make modifications to preserve the site security of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities; and (2) provide for the reimbursement of all costs incurred for post-September 11, 2001 building and site security activities.

Requires: (1) dam safety and site security costs allocated to irrigation, municipal, and industrial water service for the Central Valley Project, California, to be collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of such costs in operation and maintenance rates, capital water rates, or both; and (2) reimbursable operation and maintenance costs to be repaid annually. 

Authorizes the Secretary to develop policies and procedures to provide for agreements with project beneficiaries for the return of reimbursable costs of site security activities.

 Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the modification of structures resulting from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety purposes, with obligations exceeding a prescribed limit subject to a reporting requirement; and (2) post-September 11, 2001, building and site security activities.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) report annually to specified committees on building and site activities undertaken; and (2) include in required reports the Secretary's response when a modification is the result of new data or criteria changes deemed necessary for safety purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-152.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Education for All Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-1259
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-05-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Department of State
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Education
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Nongovernmental organizations
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: 
Education for All Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international and civil society organizations to increase the global commitment to achieving universal basic education by assisting: (1) developing countries to provide all children with a quality basic education; and (2) nongovernmental and multilateral organizations working in developing countries to provide all children with a quality basic education. 
 
Directs the President to develop a comprehensive U.S. strategy to promote universal basic education by 2015. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide funds and other assistance to qualifying foreign countries to create the policies, processes, and infrastructure to develop national basic education plans. 
 
Authorizes the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an education fellowship program to increase the expertise of USAID personnel in promoting universal basic education.
 
Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State a Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Provide Education for All in Developing Countries, who shall shall have primary responsibility for the oversight and coordination of all U.S. government resources and international activities to promote universal basic education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11267-11268)
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5397)
action_date: 2007-05-01
text: Introduced in Senate