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Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act

Bill: 110-hr-3833
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child sexual abuse
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Department of Justice
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Laboratories
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Convicted Child Sex Offender DNA Index System Support Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a plan to assist states in performing DNA analyses of samples collected from convicted child sex offenders, with the objective of eliminating the backlog of samples awaiting analysis in state or local forensic laboratory storage and providing for entry of those analyses into the combined DNA Indexing System (CODIS).
Provides that the plan shall require that: (1) the Director establish requirements for the performance of DNA analyses by private forensic laboratories; (2) only laboratories determined to satisfy such requirements perform DNA analyses; (3) the Director provide assistance only pursuant to arrangements with those laboratories; and (4) each DNA sample collected and analyzed be accessible only under specified circumstances for criminal justice agencies, in judicial proceedings, for a criminal defendant, or for validation studies and protocol development purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Blind Persons Earnings Fairness Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3834
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2007-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Blind
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Earnings
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: 
Blind Persons Earnings Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase, by specified increments over five years, the level of earnings demonstrating the ability of a blind person to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability insurance benefit payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
To require that funds awarded to States and political subdivisions for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program be distributed no later than 120 days after the last day of the annual application period for such Program.

Bill: 110-hr-3836
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2007-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require distribution of state criminal alien assistance program funds no later than 120 days after the last day of the annual program application period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-15
text: Introduced in House
To temporarily increase the portfolio caps applicable to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, to provide the necessary financing to curb foreclosures by facilitating the refinancing of at-risk subprime borrowers into safe, affordable loans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3838
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consent decrees
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Law
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Requires the Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to terminate, suspend, modify, or otherwise lift: (1) the limitation on growth provision set forth in the Fannie Mae Consent Decree (the OFHEO order dated May 23, 2006, in the matter of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)); and (2) the voluntary temporary growth limitation described in the Freddie Mac Letter (dated July 31, 2006, from the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to the OFHEO Director).
 
Requires: (1) the Director to increase the mortgage portfolio limitations of both enterprises by at least 10%; and (2) to use of 85% of such increase for refinancing subprime mortgages at risk of foreclosure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-3839
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Nature conservation
Research natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District, without consideration, specified federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Riverside, California, contingent on the District's agreeing to: (1) use the property for land conservation and related research and to make the property available to other public agencies engaged in similar activities; and (2) permit the Natural Resources Conservation Service to continue to occupy and use that part of the property known as Buildings B and D.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Atlantic Menhaden Conservation Act

Bill: 110-hr-3840
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Feeds
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Fishes
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oils and fats
Pennsylvania
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Atlantic Menhaden Conservation Act - Imposes a fishing moratorium regarding Atlantic menhaden that are reduced to meal and oil for the coastal waters of each coastal state north of South Carolina, including Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.
 
Requires studies and reports.
 
Makes it unlawful to engage, or to attempt to engage, in the commercial harvesting, in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), of Atlantic menhaden that are reduced to meal and oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in the coastal waters and the exclusive economic zone.

Bill: 110-hr-3841
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Feeds
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Fishes
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oils and fats
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
 Makes it unlawful to engage, or to attempt to engage, in commercial harvesting of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in Atlantic coastal waters or in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
 
Requires a related report to Congress from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities.

Bill: 110-hr-3842
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Bilingualism
Community and school
Continuing education
Curricula
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Literacy programs
Minorities
Minority education
Multicultural education
Parent-school relationships
Preschool education
Recruiting of employees
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2007 or the PRIDE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy, bilingualism, and multicultural skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient students from preschool through grade five.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange for an entity that has dual language program experience to provide technical assistance to LEA grantees and evaluate the programs funded by this Act; and (2) disseminate information on model practices implemented under such programs that are appropriate for use by early childhood education providers to improve the school readiness of limited English proficient students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2149)
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
New Employment for Workers & Job Opportunities for Business Strength Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3843
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank loans
Commerce
Community development
Community development banking
Dislocated workers
Employee selection
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Infrastructure
Investments
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Trade adjustment assistance
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
New Employment for Workers & Job Opportunities for Business Strength Act of 2007 or the NEW JOBS Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase by $500 million in 2008 the new markets tax credit limitation amount that is allocable among qualified community development entities for investments in or loans to businesses that hire trade adjustment assistance (TAA) recipients or that meet other TAA requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3844
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural relations
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Human rights
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Nongovernmental organizations
Prosecution
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific exchanges
Slavery
Social Welfare
Sudan
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act of 2007 - Establishes the United States Commission to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan, which shall have as its primary responsibility: (1) reporting on progress made by the government of Sudan and nongovernmental organizations in identifying the location of slaves in Sudan and ensuring their freedom; (2) working with the government of Sudan to ensure safe passage of freed slaves and family reunification; (3) documenting existing cases of slavery and working to prevent new cases from occurring; (4) ensuring that former slaves have access to basic education and skill training, as well as medical, social, and psychological support needed for their rehabilitation and reintegration into society; (5) ensuring that those individuals responsible for slavery are brought to justice; and (6) recommending U.S. government actions in response to the Sudanese government's inaction to eradicate slavery.
 
Terminates the Commission six years after the initial appointment of all of the members. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act during periods of drought with respect to Federal and State agencies that manage Federal river basins that are located in each region affected by the drought.

Bill: 110-hr-3847
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Droughts
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for the suspension of each provision of the Act with respect to a federal or state agency that manages a federal river basin if the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) or the governor of the relevant state determines that: (1) a drought is in effect in the region in which the basin is located; and (2) such drought presents a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the region's population. Terminates such a suspension on the date the Secretary or governor determines the drought is no longer in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2007-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3848
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Attorneys general
Cabinet officers
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Executive Office of the President
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Presidential aides
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Security from Political Interference in Justice Act of 2007 - Defines &quot;covered communication&quot; as any communication relating to an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) civil or criminal investigation (regardless of whether a civil or criminal indictment or information has been filed). Excludes from such definition any communication relating to policy appointments, legislation, rulemaking, budgets, public relations, programmatic matters, intergovernmental relations, administrative or personnel matters, appellate litigation, or requests for legal advice. 

Defines &quot;covered Department of Justice officer&quot; as the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Associate Attorney General. Defines &quot;covered White House officer&quot; as the President, the Vice-President, the Counsel to the President, and the Counselor to the President. 

Requires the Attorney General to submit semi-annual reports to the Judiciary Committees of Congress listing the name and title of each DOJ officer or employee who made a covered communication with any officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President in the previous six-month period. Requires the Counsel to the President to make the same semi-annual reports listing the name and title of each officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President who made a covered communication with any DOJ officer or employee. Allows the exclusion of covered DOJ and White House officers from such reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 110-hr-3849
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
National forests
Small towns
Urban affairs
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Mantua, Utah, all interest of the United States in and to the parcels of National Forest System land in Box Elder County that are labeled as parcels A, B, and C.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 
Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Mantua, Utah, all interest of the United States in and to parcels of National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Box Elder County, Utah, that are labeled as parcels A, B, and C on the map entitled &quot;Box Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act&quot; and dated July 14, 2008.

Requires the town to use the land conveyed under this Act for public purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-10-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-23
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8500-8501)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8500-8501)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3849.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8500-8501)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Ms. Bordallo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 508.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-790.
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 110-790.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2008-07-16
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-3850
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child pornography
Commerce
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information
Criminal liability
Families
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Informers
Internet
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State laws
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Responsible and Effective Solutions for Children Using and Entering Online Services Act of 2007 - Amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to: (1) specify the types of information that providers of electronic communication or remote computing services (providers) should include, if available, in reports of apparent child pornography violations; (2) authorize the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to forward provider reports to appropriate state, local, and foreign law enforcement agencies; (3) grant immunity from criminal prosecution (in addition to civil immunity) to providers who comply in good faith with child pornography reporting requirements; (4) authorize NCMEC to provide images of child pornography to providers to assist them in stopping the further transmission of child pornography images and in developing technologies and best practices to prevent and detect child pornography; and (5) preempt state laws that impose notification and liability provisions pertaining to child pornography on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 46, United States Code, to extend the exemption from the fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line.

Bill: 110-hr-3852
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2007-10-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency Management
Fire prevention
Passenger ships

Summary:
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: 
Extends, through November 1, 2018, the exemption from the requirement that certain vessels operating within the Boundary Line be constructed of fire-retardant materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-10-16
text: Introduced in House