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Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2562
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Minorities
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations
State legislatures

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Limitation of Tribal Gambling to Existing Tribal Lands Act of 2007 - Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to limit the Indian land eligible for gaming.
 
Revises the prohibition against gaming on lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior in trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe after October 17, 1988, by repealing the exception to such prohibition for lands taken into trust as part of: (1) a settlement of a land claim; (2) the initial reservation of an Indian tribe acknowledged by the Secretary under the federal acknowledgment process; or (3) the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is restored to federal recognition.
 
Requires joint approval by the legislature of a state as well as by its governor of gaming on other lands otherwise excepted from the prohibition when the Secretary determines that a gaming establishment on newly acquired lands would be in the best interest of the Indian tribe and its members, and would not be detrimental to the surrounding community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2564
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cloning
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Genetic research
Genetics
Human embryology
Import restrictions
Law
Medical ethics
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any public or private person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in an attempt to perform human cloning; or (3) shipping, receiving, or importing the product of human cloning for any purpose. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall restrict areas of scientific research not specifically prohibited by this Act, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative societies
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Fishing boats
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Waterfronts

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to a state or local government of a coastal state, a nonprofit organization, or a fishing cooperative for projects to: (1) acquire real property in a coastal state to provide access to commercial fishermen or persons in the aquaculture industry to coastal waters in working waterfront areas; or (2) make improvements to real property owned by an eligible entity in a coastal state to provide access to such persons to coastal waters in working waterfront areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
National Digital Television Consumer Education Act

Bill: 110-hr-2566
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Electronic commerce
Electronics
English language
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Labeling
Mail-order business
Manufacturing industries
Public service advertising
Recycling of waste products
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
Spanish language
Television
Television advertising
Television broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
National Digital Television Consumer Education Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require retail distributors of television receiving equipment (TVs) to place adjacent to each unit displayed for sale a consumer alert in English and Spanish that the TV has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna. Imposes similar requirements on sellers that use direct mail, catalog, or electronic means such as the Internet. Requires broadcaster public service announcements about the deadline for termination of analog TV broadcasting and the equipment options for consumers following such termination.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to create a DTV Transition Federal Advisory Committee to educate the public about the digital television transition. Requires such education to commence by January 1, 2008. Requires the FCC to use funds available for consumer information activities to obtain advertising in public transportation vehicles and facilities to provide information concerning the digital television transition. 
 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to authorize the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a temporary grant program to coordinate and lead a nationwide consumer education and outreach campaign regarding America's conversion to digital television.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1207)
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2567
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Drug therapy
Drugs
Home care services
Medical fees
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes; and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-05
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: 2007-06-05
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: 2007-06-05
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: 2007-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1191)
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Credit Agencies Identity Theft Responsibilities Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2568
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer protection
Criminal justice information
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identity theft
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Law
Prosecution
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Credit Agencies Identity Theft Responsibilities Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require a consumer reporting agency which has reason to suspect identity theft to: (1) report such suspicion to the U.S. Secret Service; and (2) inform the Attorney General for criminal prosecution.
 
 Requires the Secret Service to forward such information to either the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), respectively, if it has reason to believe that a suspected case of identity theft involves any suspicion of terrorism or immigration violations.
 
Cites factors for suspicion of identity theft.
 
Requires a consumer reporting agency to review, at regular intervals, all information on consumers it maintains or controls in order to determine whether there is any basis for suspicion of identity theft.
 
Sets forth criminal penalties for agency failure to comply with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Rural Broadband Deployment Act

Bill: 110-hr-2569
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Law
Surveys
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Rural Broadband Deployment Act - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 with respect to rural broadband access loan or loan guarantee eligibility to: (1) not require a market survey for an applicant who is projecting less than 15% penetration of households in a service area; and (2) replace the credit support requirement, including the cash on hand requirement, with a minimum 20% of loan equity position (10% in specified situations of a single provider or limited broadband service participation area).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to simplify the tax and eliminate the drawback fee on certain distilled spirits used in nonbeverage products manufactured in a United States foreign trade zone for domestic use and export.

Bill: 110-hr-2571
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Commerce
Drug industry
Finance and Financial Sector
Food additives
Food industry
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free ports and zones
Health
Surety and fidelity
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Foreign Trade Zones Act to permit the transfer of distilled spirits used in a foreign trade zone for the manufacture or production of nonbeverage products (i.e., medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume, which are unfit for beverage purposes) to an activated foreign trade zone without payment of applicable excise taxes. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) require manufacturers and producers of such nonbeverage products to file an adequate bond and permit; and (2) examine records and compel testimony to enforce the provisions of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2571)
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2572
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Health
Higher education
Nurses
Nursing education
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who: (1) serve at least one calendar year in an approved health care facility or setting; or (2) have a Masters of Science in Nursing and are nursing instructors in a school of nursing.
 
Limits the maximum amount of such loan repayment by the Secretary of Education to $2,000 after the first year of a nurse's employment, with incremental increases after the second through fourth years, up to $5,000 after the fifth year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6113-6114)
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2573
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Architecture and the disabled
Arts, Culture, Religion
Asbestos
Bank capital
Bank loans
Building construction
Building materials
Congress
Congressional oversight
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Department of the Treasury
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Indoor air pollution
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate compacts
Labor and Employment
Law
Libraries
Lighting
Maintenance and repair
Minimum wages
School buildings
School districts
Secondary education
Standards
State finance
Wages
Water Resources Development
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: 
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into cooperative agreements with states for the establishment of state infrastructure banks and multistate infrastructure banks for making loans to local educational agencies and public libraries for building or repairing public elementary or secondary schools and public library facilities.
 
 
Grants congressional consent to states for interstate compacts to establish multistate infrastructure banks.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to such banks to provide initial capital for such loans.
 
Requires states to contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of each federal capitalization grant made to the state and contributed to the bank.
 
Lists types of projects eligible for such bank loans.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish Healthy, High Performance School Guidelines for the construction and renovation of schools, education facilities, and libraries relating to energy efficiency, renewable energy, water use, building materials, indoor environmental quality, and other appropriate matters.
 
Requires any local educational agency or public library using a loan under this Act to fund a new construction or renovation project to ensure that the project conforms, to the maximum extent practicable, to such Healthy, High Performance School Guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Mikael Adrian Christopher Figueroa Alvarez.

Bill: 110-hr-2575
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2007-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Provides for the relief of Mikael Adrian Christopher Figueroa Alvarez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: By request of Mr. King (IA) the House passed over the measure without prejudice.
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Called up from the Private Calendar for consideration. (consideration: CR H8138; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8138)
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 5.
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-827.
action_date: 2008-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 110-827.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 9.
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Help Identify Indicators of Potential Student Aggression Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2576
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2007-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Juvenile delinquency
Mental health services
Right of privacy
School security
Secondary education
Students
Students' rights
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: 
Help Identify Indicators of Potential Student Aggression Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to prepare and periodically revise: (1) concise written materials to be used by school personnel in elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to help to identify the possible warning signs of a student with a high potential to be aggressive and harmful to property, themselves, or others, and report such behavior to designated school personnel; and (2) more detailed written materials to be used by designated school personnel to determine the appropriate actions to take with respect to such a student, including whether he or she should be referred to a mental health expert.
 
Requires the first version of such materials to be provided to the Secretary of Education within 90 days of this Act's enactment for distribution to schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-06-06
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: 2007-06-06
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: 2007-06-06
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: 2007-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-06
text: Introduced in House