hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Same Number Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3482
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Internet
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Same Number Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to declare that a provider of voice services (a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service) has the duty to provide number portability to the extent technically feasible. 
 
Requires that the costs of establishing numbering administration arrangements and number portability be borne by all voice service providers on a competitively neutral basis. 
 
Requires designation of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency telephone number within the United States for both wireline and wireless telephone service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Universal College Credit Act

Bill: 110-hr-3483
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Graduate education
Higher education
Income tax
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Universal College Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit up to $4,000 annually for the qualified tuition and related expenses of an individual taxpayer, a taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. Allows such credit for four years of undergraduate education expenses and six years of graduate or professional education expenses. Excludes expenses for courses involving sports, games, or hobbies (unless part of a degree program) and expenses unrelated to an academic program (e.g., student activity fees, athletic fees, or insurance fees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Meat, Poultry, and Food Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3484
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Animals
Business records
Cattle
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Defective products
Department of Agriculture
Fines (Penalties)
Food industry
Food safety
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Judicial review
Labeling
Law
Livestock
Meat
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007 or SAFER Meat, Poultry and Food Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) require a person, other than a household consumer, who has reason to believe meat, poultry, or food products to be adulterated or misbranded to so notify the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate; (2) provide the Secretary of Agriculture with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, withdrawal of inspectors from violating facilities, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties; and (3) provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with authority for voluntary (by transporters, shippers, distributors, and handlers) and mandatory (upon the failure of voluntary action) nondistribution and recall, consumer and health official notification, and imposition of civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3485
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animals
Business records
Cattle
Commerce
Food industry
Food safety
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horses
Labeling
Livestock
Meat
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Poultry
Produce trade
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Tracing and Recalling Agricultural Contamination Everywhere Act of 2007 or TRACE Act of 2007- Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
 
States that cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other equines, and poultry presented for slaughter for human consumption, and the carcasses or parts of carcasses and the meat and food products of those animals, shipped in interstate commerce shall be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to trace: (1) each animal to any location at which the animal was held at any time before slaughter; and (2) each carcass or part of a carcass and food product forward from slaughter through processing and distribution to the ultimate consumer. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a traceability system for all stages of production, processing, and distribution of meat and meat food products produced through the slaughter of such animals. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) prohibit or restrict entry to a slaughtering establishment of an animal not so identified; and (2) require a person or entity to maintain records.
 
Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act and the Egg Products Inspection Act to establish similar provisions for poultry and poultry products and for eggs and egg products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
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: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for improving mine safety.

Bill: 110-hr-3486
Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Carbon dioxide
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Geographic information systems
Identification devices
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Mine safety
Minimum tax
Oxygen
Rescue work
Safety appliances
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of the cost of qualified advanced mine safety equipment property (in lieu of the existing taxpayer election to expense 50% of such property in the current taxable year). Defines such property to include: (1) an emergency communication technology or device for constant communication with individuals outside the mine; (2) an electronic identification and location device; (3) an emergency oxygen-generating device; (4) pre-positioned oxygen supplies; and (5) a comprehensive atmospheric monitoring system to monitor levels of carbon monoxide and other gases present in a mine.

Revises the tax credit for mine rescue team training expenses to: (1) increase the amount of such credit; (2) allow such credit as an offset against the alternative minimum tax; and (3) make such credit permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3487
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Political conventions
Presidential elections
Primaries

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007 - Divides the United States into four regions of specified states (including the District of Columbia) for holding presidential primaries in each presidential election year. Requires four successive presidential primaries in each such year, to be held during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of March, April, May, and June and ending on the sixth day following such Tuesday.
 
Directs the Election Assistance Commission to establish procedures for the conduct of a lottery by March 1, 2010, to select which of four regions will hold the first primary. 
 
Sets forth a rule for subsequent election cycles.
 
Provides that, in the case where a state elects to select delegates to a political party's national presidential nominating convention through a caucus, the state shall hold a caucus during the period in which its region is scheduled to hold a primary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1821)
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act

Bill: 110-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cameras
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Consumer protection
Photography
Product safety
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Camera Phone Predator Alert Act - Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera's phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone. Treats the requirement as a consumer product safety standard and requires enforcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Northwest Florida Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Ambulatory care
Florida
Health
Military bases
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Northwest Florida Veterans Health Care Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) to enter into a sharing agreement with the Secretary of Defense with respect to joint Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-Department of Defense (DOD) use of the inpatient medical facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
 
Requires the Secretary to construct a joint VA-DOD outpatient medical facility at such Base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to improve and strengthen the safety inspection process of nuclear facilities.

Bill: 110-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Licenses
Nuclear power plants
Radiation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) develop an independent safety assessment procedure for nuclear facilities; and (2) create a team to inspect the design, construction, maintenance, and operational safety performance of a facility.
 
Declares that a final NRC decision on whether to extend an operating license, approve an extended power uprate, or continue to operate a facility shall not be made until: (1) the NRC has completed the independent safety assessment of the facility; and (2) the licensee has fully accepted and implemented each NRC-approved finding and recommendation of the assessment report 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
PAC Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3492
Sponsor: Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and politics
Campaign funds
Commerce
Congress
Congressional elections
Corporations
Economics and Public Finance
Fund raising
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Political action committees
Presidential elections
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
PAC Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase contribution limits for certain political committees, including multicandidate committees; (2) extend indexing of contribution limits for certain kinds of political committees to all political committees covered by the Act; and (3) revise requirements for the period of increase for contribution limitations, determination of the base year, permitted contribution-related communications between corporations and labor organizations and their members, and permitted contribution-related solicitations by trade associations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
To modify the purposes for which the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, may operate the National Flight Academy.

Bill: 110-hr-3493
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2007-09-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Real property

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: 
Amends the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 to modify the purposes for which the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, may operate the National Flight Academy to include the teaching of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines that impact on and deal with aviation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-06
text: Introduced in House
Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act

Bill: 110-hr-3497
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diesel motor
Energy
Excise tax
Federal-state relations
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Highway maintenance
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental tax relations
Interstate highway system
State taxation
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: 
Surface Transportation and Taxation Equity Act or STATE Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the federal excise tax on gasoline and special fuels (but not below two cents per gallon) by corresponding increases in fuel taxes imposed by States after March 5, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Reclamation and Revitalization Program Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3498
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]
Introduced: 2007-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Residential rehabilitation
Urban affairs
Urban housing

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: 
Neighborhood Reclamation and Revitalization Program Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to a local government to fund the demolition of vacant housing, or such demolition in combination with a study of neighborhood revitalization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Children's Products Safety Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3499
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Import restrictions
Manufacturing industries
Product safety
Standards
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: 
Children's Products Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require every manufacturer (and any related private labeler) of an article for use by a child under 60 months of age which is subject to a consumer product safety standard or a rule under any Act administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) declaring a consumer product a banned hazardous product to certify, based on testing conducted by a nongovernmental independent third party, that the product conforms to such standard or is not a banned hazardous product.
 
Bars importation of such articles lacking independent third party certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3500
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2007-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Electronic data interchange
Government paperwork
Presidential elections
Printing
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: 
Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2007 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise voting system standards to require the voting system used in an election for federal office to provide the voter with an auditable paper record showing how the vote will be recorded by the system after the voter enters it. Requires the voter to use such record to verify that the vote shown is the vote the voter intends to cast.
 
Requires the system, if the voter does not verify his or her vote, to provide the voter with: (1) the opportunity to change the ballot and correct any error, and (2) a new auditable paper record that reflects the change or correction made by the voter.
 
Makes a vote final once a voter verifies that the vote shown on a paper record is the vote the voter intends to cast. Makes the paper record serve as a permanent paper record of the vote. Prohibits the removal of such record from the polling place except for purposes related to a recount. Requires voluntary voting system guidelines to include guidelines to ensure security of electronic data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities is not treated as acquisition indebtedness by organizations which are limited partners for purposes of the unrelated business income tax.

Bill: 110-hr-3501
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2007-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Debt
Finance and Financial Sector
Futures trading
Income tax
Partnerships
Securities
Tax exemption
Tax-exempt organizations
Unrelated business income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: 
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the tax on the unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations to exempt from treatment as acquisition indebtedness (subject to the unrelated business income tax) indebtedness incurred or continued by a limited partnership in a partnership to purchase or carry certain securities or commodities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-07
text: Introduced in House