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Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2805
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Diet
Medicare
Nutrition
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion of Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services to diseases, conditions, or disorders other than diabetes or a renal disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1386)
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Safety Net Enhancement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2806
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Intergovernmental tax relations
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Unemployment insurance
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Safety Net Enhancement Act - Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to revise the federal-state extended unemployment compensation program established under the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the formula for &quot;on&quot; and &quot;off&quot; indicators on the state level used to determine extended unemployment compensation benefit periods.
 
Amends the SSA to require: (1) an increase in earnings credited to a state account in the Unemployment Trust Fund when a state meets funding goals; and (2) a decrease in such earnings credited to a state account when the state fails to meet funding goals.
 
Excludes any interest premium or penalty from such requirement to the extent that it would result in an increase or decrease of more than $2.5 million in the amount creditable to any state account for any calendar quarter.
 
Amends the SSA to restrict interest-free advances to state accounts in the Fund to states which meet funding goals.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require: (1) state collection of federal unemployment tax; and (2) state distribution to unemployed individuals of state-specific information packets explaining unemployment insurance eligibility conditions.
 
Repeals the tax on unemployment compensation.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a Safety Net Review Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Patients First Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2807
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Clinical trials
Congressional reporting requirements
Cytology
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Human embryology
Human experimentation in medicine
Law
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Patients First Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of, or treatments for, diseases and other adverse health conditions, including pluripotent stem cells that have the flexibility of embryonic stem cells (whether or not such pluripotent stem cells have an embryonic source), provided that such techniques will not involve: (1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes; (2) the destruction or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo; or (3) the use of any stem cell the derivation or provision of which would be inconsistent with this Act.

Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines implementing this Act to ensure that any research (including any clinical trial) supported under this Act: (1) is clearly consistent with the standards established in this Act, if conducted using human cells; (2) is prioritized in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients; and (3) may take into account techniques outlined by the President's Council on Bioethics and any other appropriate techniques and research.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) report on peer reviewed stem cell research proposals that were not funded; and (2) study and submit recommendations to Congress on any structural changes to the C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation Program that would help to expand access to new and future stem cell therapeutic products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Living Organ Donor Job Security Act

Bill: 110-hr-2808
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital care
Leave of absence
Medical tests
Physical examinations
Sick leave
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Living Organ Donor Job Security Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to entitle employees covered by FMLA to leave to provide a living organ donation, including for time spent for: (1) tests to determine medical suitability of the employee for donation; (2) physical, psychological, and social evaluations of the donor; (3) pretransplant outpatient services; (4) postoperative inpatient and outpatient transplantation services; (5) travel in connection with such tests, evaluations, and services; and (6) recuperation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against income tax for biomethane produced from biomass which is equivalent to the credit allowed for electricity produced from biomass.

Bill: 110-hr-2810
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy
Energy facilities
Income tax
Methane
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for the production of biomethane from biomass and make such credit amount equal to the tax credit for producing electricity from biomass; and (2) include biomethane facilities as qualified facilities for purposes of the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act

Bill: 110-hr-2811
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air bag restraint systems
Automobile insurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Insurance companies
Law
Losses

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Passenger Vehicle Loss Disclosure Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all insurers and self-insurers of passenger motor vehicles to disclose to the public, in a commercially reasonable, electronically accessible manner, for each passenger motor vehicle declared or determined to be a total loss: (1) the vehicle identification number and odometer reading; (2) the date of and primary reason for the total loss determination; and (3) whether the airbags deployed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Clean Air and Water Investment Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2812
Sponsor: Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air pollution control
Bonds
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Equipment and supplies
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewerage
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Clean Air and Water Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include air and water pollution control facilities among the projects for which tax exempt facility bonds may be issued. 

Defines such facilities as any property: (1) to be used to abate or control water or atmospheric pollution or contamination by removing, altering, disposing, or storing pollutants, contaminants, wastes, or heat; (2) which is either land or of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation; and (3) that a federal, state, or local agency has certified is designed for abating or controlling atmospheric or water pollution or for meeting local requirements for controlling such pollution. Provides that a water pollution control facility includes the necessary intercepting sewers, pumping, power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances. 

Makes this Act applicable to bonds issued after December 31, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Children's Mercury Exposure Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2813
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Families
Industrial pollution
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mercury
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Children's Mercury Exposure Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to establish a program for research regarding the risks posed by exposure of children to mercury from contaminated industrial sites; and (2) acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to study and report on the prevalence of such exposure. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the CDC Director, to make grants on a competitive basis to state departments of health to conduct testing of exposed children.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1383)
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to provide loan guarantees for 100 percent of the cost of construction of new domestic nuclear power production facilities.

Bill: 110-hr-2814
Sponsor: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Nuclear power plants

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for 100% of the cost of construction of new domestic nuclear power production facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, 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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 110-hr-2815
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Boundaries
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Maps
Massachusetts
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act - Modifies the boundary of Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts to include the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
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-hr-2816
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
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: 2007-06-21
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: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Reconstructive Surgery Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2820
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2007-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Plastic surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: 
Reconstructive Surgery Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provide coverage for surgery to also cover reconstructive surgery, including medically-necessary treatment for preoperative and postoperative care. Defines &quot;reconstructive surgery&quot; as any medically necessary and appropriate surgery performed to correct or repair abnormal structures of the body caused by congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection, tumors, or disease to: (1) improve functions; or (2) give the patient a normal appearance. Excludes cosmetic surgery that is performed to alter or reshape normal structures of the body in order to improve appearance.
 
Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-21
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: 2007-06-21
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: 2007-06-21
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: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-21
text: Introduced in House