Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Sports' in Federal Government

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates: (1) May 2008 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month; and (2) May 1-May 7, 2008, as National Physical Education and Sports Week.

Commends Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C., its general management, and the Royal Golf and Wake Robin Golf Clubs for their historical and ongoing contributions to the local community and the nation.

Calls for the Director of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior to give appropriate consideration to such park's future budget needs.

Congratulates the Winona State University Warriers for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II men's Basketball National Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates: (1) the Boston College men's ice hockey team on winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I National Ice Hockey Championship; and (2) the University of Notre Dame men's ice hockey team for its success in the 2007-2008 season and for reaching the Frozen Four for the first time in the team's history.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commends the University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning the 2008 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship.

Congratulates the University of Iowa Hawkeyes Wrestling Team for winning the 2008 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championship, on winning their 21st national title since 1975, and on finishing the season with a 21-1 overall dual record and a perfect 8-0 conference record.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commends the University of Kansas men's basketball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Basketball Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Women's Basketball Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 14, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Permits any active duty member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces at the House of Representatives to obtain membership in the exercise facility established for House employees in the same manner as such individuals and in accordance with such regulations as the Committee on House Administration may promulgate.

Honors Coach Vivian Stringer for winning 800 games in women's college basketball.

Recognizes Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre on the occasion of his retirement from the National Football League and commends his generosity to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, his work with Deanna Favre in breast cancer research, and his charitable work to benefit disabled children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 Commercial Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, as the "Rocky Marciano Post Office Building."

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the contributions of Myron Cope (football broadcaster) to the city of Pittsburgh, the game of football, and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes: (1) the 250th anniversary of the Naming of Pittsburgh; and (2) that Pittsburgh 250 is organizing the commemoration.

Encourages learning about how the Forbes Campaign, the opening of the Gateway to the West, the industrialization of America, and the environmental transformation of Pittsburgh helped to make America.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the New York Giants on their victory in Super Bowl XLII.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Calls for recognition of Earl Lloyd for breaking the color barrier and becoming the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association League 58 years ago.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the Stanford University women's cross country team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the University of California at Berkeley men's water polo team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the University of Southern California women's soccer team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commends the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship Series national championship game.

Commends the Louisiana State University Tigers football team for winning the 2007 Bowl Championship Series national championship game.

Commends the Florida Atlantic University Owls for their historic win in the 2007 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

Recognizes the achievements of the players, coaches, students, and support staff who were instrumental in the Owls' victory and their continued success as a football program.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Applauds the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team for its historic season and championship title.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Honors the life and accomplishments of William Karnet "Bill" Willis (Hall of Fame football player for Ohio State University and the Cleveland Browns).

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on February 17, 2008, and designates that date as Race Day in America.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Applauds the Appalachian State University Mountaineers football team for its historic season and National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision title.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the Valdosta State University Blazers football team on winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II National Championship.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Honors the life of Joe Nuxhall (baseball legend and Cincinnati Reds broadcaster).

Computer-Assisted Remote Hunting Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and to establish penalties for knowingly making available a computer-assisted remote hunt (i.e., using a computer or other device, equipment, or software to allow a person remotely to control the aiming and discharge of a weapon to kill or injure an animal while not in the physical presence of the weapon).

United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make a grant to the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to plan, develop, manage, and implement the Paralympic Program for veterans and members of the Armed Forces.

Directs the USOC to use a grant to recruit, support, encourage, schedule, facilitate, supervise, and implement paralympic instruction and competition activities, training and technical assistance, and coordination and program development activities for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with physical disabilities.

Sets forth outreach, coordination, application, and memorandum of understanding requirements.

Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct separate studies to consider the designation of the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail for study and potential addition to the National Trails System. Requires the Secretary to identify the point at which such Trails originated south of San Antonio, Texas.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Congratulates the Boston Red Sox for winning the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series and the Colorado Rockies for winning the National League Championship.

Motorsports Tax Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the classification, for depreciation purposes, of any motorsports entertainment complex as seven-year property.

Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 Amendments Act - Amends the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to authorize appropriations for FY2009 and, subject to specified limitations, FY2010 and each subsequent fiscal year to the National Tropical Botanical Garden to match donations made to it by state and local governments and private persons to operate and maintain the five tropical botanical gardens under its jurisdiction.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes that bullying of school-aged children is a national concern and unhealthy for our families and communities.

Commends national and community organizations, schools, parents, recreation programs, and religious institutions for promoting greater public awareness about bullying and bullying prevention activities.

Supports the goals of National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week.

Arts Require Timely Service Act or ARTS Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for expedited adjudication of an employer petition for a nonimmigrant alien with extraordinary ability in the arts (O-visa), or for a nonimmigrant alien who seeks to enter the United States as an artist or entertainer, or athlete (P-visa).

National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes specified programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy concerning, among other things, land conveyances, boundary adjustments, studies, memorials, commissions, and museums, national park natural resource protection, national trails and rivers, national heritage areas, and advanced energy technology transfer centers.

Makes amendments to various public laws, including the National Trails System Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the Steel and Aluminum Energy Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988.

Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transferring, transporting, or possessing a confined exotic animal for purposes of allowing the killing or injuring of that animal for entertainment or for the collection of a trophy. Defines "confined exotic animal" as a mammal of a species not indigenous to the United States that has been held in captivity for the majority of its life or a period of one year.

Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to make the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Incorporated (the Corporation) the local coordinating entity for the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, assuming the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission's duties in implementing the Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan for the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor.

Extends the the authorization of appropriations to implement the management action plan created by the Commission through FY2012.

Terminates the Secretary's authority to provide assistance under such Act five years after this Act's enactment.

Bars applying the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to an Indian tribe or to Indian lands of an Indian tribe until such Indian tribe has been a federally recognized Indian tribe for a period of not less than 25 continuous years. Makes such waiting period on gaming activities nonapplicable to Indian tribes that were federally recognized before the enactment of this Act.

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies to use amounts received under part A (Innovative Programs) of title V for programs to increase nutrition and exercise education that focuses on illness prevention and is provided in classroom or after school settings.

Honors the 50th anniversary of Althea Gibson's becoming the first African-American to win at Wimbledon and the U.S. Championship at Forest Hills in New York City.

Encourages: (1) support of the Althea Gibson Foundation and other organizations that support under-privileged youth in their educational aspirations and athletic pursuits in tennis and golf; and (2) preservation of the memory, legacy, and well-being of pioneer athletes who served as inspirations for succeeding generations.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include the Eastern Legacy sites (the sites associated with the preparation or return phases of the Lewis and Clark expedition, commonly known as the "Eastern Legacy," including sites in Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and Illinois).

Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health.

Gives priority to LEAs that have greatest numbers or percentages of children from families below the poverty line.

Requires grantees to coordinate, to the extent practicable, their programs to promote or strengthen education in such subjects with opportunities provided by public or private cultural entities, including museums, education associations, libraries, and theaters.

Recreational Boating Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to redefine the term "pollutant" to exclude any deck runoff from a recreational vessel, any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water effluent from a properly functioning recreational marine engine, laundry, shower, and galley sink waste from a recreational vessel, or any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel. Declares that such exclusion does not apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or any other similar material discharged overboard by a recreational vessel.

Defines "recreational vessel" to mean a vessel that is: (1) manufactured for operation, or operated primarily for recreational purposes; or (2) leased, rented, or chartered to an individual for recreational purposes.

Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) to expunge from the ann