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To repeal the Medicare cost containment provisions contained in subtitle A of title VIII of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

Bill: 110-hr-2009
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2007-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cost control
Economics and Public Finance
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: 
Repeals the Medicare cost containment provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2012
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contact lenses
Electronic mail systems
Facsimile transmission
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request.
 
Revises the verification event in which a prescription is verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours, or a similar time as defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after receiving required patient and prescription information from the seller to provide that, if a prescriber communicates a question or concern to a seller through such toll-free telephone service or dedicated email address before such eight-hour period has ended, the seller must obtain affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber before the prescription is considered verified.
 
Authorizes a prescriber to make a written request to a seller that all contact lens prescription verification requests be communicated by a preferred method of communication, including telephone, facsimile, or email.
 
Prohibits any seller of contact lenses from overfilling a prescription.
 
Authorizes fines for violations of this Act in amount up to $100,000 per violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Toy Gun Marking Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-2013
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Federal preemption
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Labeling
Local laws
State laws
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Toy Gun Marking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 to exclude from the definition of &quot;look-alike firearm&quot; under imitation firearm marking requirements any toy replica of an antique firearm developed prior to 1898. Prohibits states or local subdivisions from prohibiting the sale or manufacture of toy replicas of such antique firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Leasehold Improvement Depreciation Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2014
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Earnings
Income tax
Leases
Profit
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Leasehold Improvement Depreciation Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the accelerated depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement property (i.e., a 15-year recovery period); and (2) modify the rule for determining the adjustment to earnings and profits for depreciation of such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Part-time Student Assistance Act

Bill: 110-hr-2017
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Compensatory education
Day care
Department of Education
Earned income tax credit
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Income
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Married people
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds
Taxation
Year round schools

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Part-time Student Assistance Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students.
 
Increases the earnings exempt from student aid need determinations for academic year 2007-2008 by exempting earnings of up to: (1) $9,000 for dependent students; and (2) $12,000 for independent students with no dependents (other than spouse). Establishes a revised table that increases the amount of earnings for independent students with dependents (other than spouse) that are exempt. Provides for inflationary adjustments to such earnings exemptions in subsequent academic years. Exempts earned income credits from the calculation of income.
 
Revises and expands a program (child care access means parents in school) which provides grants to institutions of higher education for child care assistance for low-income students.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a year-round Pell grant pilot program. 
 
Authorizes a demonstration program to create a holistic approach to addressing the needs of part-time students. Allows such program to: (1) be at up to 150 associate's and bachelor's degree-granting institutions; and (2) include grants, leveraging funds from nonfederal sources, comprehensive child care, and better tailored remedial course programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Surety Bond Enhancement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2018
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Small business
Subsidies
Surety and fidelity
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 

 
Disaster Surety Bond Enhancement Act of 2007 - Permits the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), for any federal procurement related to a major disaster, to prescribe, guarantee, and enter into commitments to guarantee any surety against loss resulting from the breach of a bond by a principal on any total work order or contract amount that does not exceed $5 million at the time of bond execution. Allows the Administrator to increase such maximum amount to $10 million upon request of the head of any federal agency other than the SBA.
 
Makes this Act retroactive to any major disaster relating to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2019
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Expert witnesses
Federal employees
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hours of labor
Labor statistics
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Minimum wages
Pay equity
Position classification
Punitive damages
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Salaries
Sex discrimination
Small business
Wage restitution
Wage surveys
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Fair Pay Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.)
 
Prohibits the discharge of, or any other discrimination against, an individual for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this Act or for assisting in an investigation or proceeding under it. 
Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action. 
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; and (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act. 
Makes conforming amendments, relating to congressional and executive branch employees, to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E854-855)
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to the standard mileage rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2020
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Charitable contributions
Income tax
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of passenger automobiles from 14 cents per mile to the standard mileage rate prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for business purposes (48.5 cents per mile in 2007).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2021
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care workers
Commerce
Day care
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefit plans
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Preschool education
Tax credits
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Right Start Child Care and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rates and maximum allowable amount of the tax credit for employer-provided child care; (2) increase the dollar limit on the child care tax credit; and (3) allow a $2,000 tax credit for child care providers who hold a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child care, or a related degree and who provide at least 1,200 hours of child care services in a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the consideration of a petition for Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2022
Sponsor: Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Indian law enforcement
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Minorities
North Carolina
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Provides for the consideration of a petition for federal recognition as an Indian tribe by the Lumbee Indians of Robeson and adjoining counties of North Carolina.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that review of such petition should not unnecessarily delay review of petitions awaiting active consideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Sudanese Diaspora Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 110-hr-2023
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Americans in foreign countries
Civil War
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government lending
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Refugees
Repatriation
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Sudan
Technical assistance
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Sudanese Diaspora Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish education loan forgiveness programs for Sudanese citizens who have become naturalized U.S. citizens or who are lawfully residing in the United States if they commit to returning to Southern Sudan for five or more years to help repair damage to infrastructure caused by the Sudanese civil war. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2024
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2007-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Entitlements
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security finance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: 
Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission to review Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and make comprehensive recommendations to sustain the solvency and stability of these programs for future generations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2026
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2007-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Finance and Financial Sector
Government life insurance
Insurance premiums

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: 
Disabled Veterans Insurance Act of 2007 - Increases from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum amount of supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2008-05-28
text: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Military Pay Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2027
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2007-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Military pay

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: 
Military Pay Improvement Act of 2007 - Waives, during FY2008, the basic military pay adjustment tied to increases in the Employment Cost Index.
 
Increases, effective January 1, 2008, such basic pay by 3.5%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-05-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4300)
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

Bill: 110-hr-2028
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2007-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Indian lands
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: 
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation).
 
Makes the Nation and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Considers, for the purpose of the delivery of federal services to members, the service area of the Nation to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. 
 
Declares that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation shall be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws.
 
Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council. 
 
Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To facilitate the restoration of the native ecosystem on Santa Rosa Island within Channel Islands National Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-2029
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2007-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
California
Deer
Elk
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Islands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
National parks
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: 
 Repeals a provision of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 which requires the Secretary of the Interior to immediately cease the plan to exterminate deer and elk on Santa Rosa Island, California, by helicopter. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-04-25
text: Introduced in House