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Latest Action: 01/30/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 24. Bill TextEstablishing the House Democracy Assistance Commission for the One Hundred Tenth Congress. 1/30/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Establishes in the House of Representatives a House Democracy Assistance Commission to work with the parliaments of selected countries that have established or are developing democratic parliaments in order to: (1) enable House members, officers, staff, and congressional support agencies to provide advice and consultation to members and staff of the legislatures of partner countries; (2) enable members and staff of legislatures of partner countries to study the operations of the House and its support agencies; and (3) provide recommendations to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regarding the provision of needed material assistance to such parliaments to improve the efficiency and transparency of their work. Requires the Commission to report annually to the Speaker [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-226. 10:00 a.m. Bill TextA resolution honoring women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard. 2/8/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the life of women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard.
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Latest Action: 01/19/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextHonoring women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard. 1/19/2007--Introduced. Honors the life of women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard.
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Latest Action: 01/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Bill TextTo establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development efforts in manufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manufacturing innovation and education, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish or designate an Interagency Committee to plan and coordinate Federal efforts in manufacturing research and development, with an Advisory Committee from the non-Federal sector. Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (NIST Act) to establish: (1) a pilot program of collaborative manufacturing research grants; (2) manufacturing sciences research fellowships; (3) manufacturing extension center competitive grants; and (4) standards education grants to develop higher education curricula on the role of standards in engineering, business, science,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/07/2007 - Mr. Faleomavaega moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. Bill TextRecognizing and welcoming the leaders of the Pacific Islands to Washington, D.C., and commending the East-West Center for hosting the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders. 5/7/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes and welcomes the leaders of the Pacific Islands to Washington, DC. Commends the East-West Center for hosting the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders.
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Latest Action: 02/27/2007 - Star Print ordered on S. 562. Bill TextA bill to provide for flexibility and improvements in elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes. 2/13/2007--Introduced. No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise requirements relating to annual yearly progress (AYP) of students and schools, statewide and local accountability systems, special education, limited English proficiency students, funding levels and academic assessment deferrals, highly qualified teachers, and reading activities. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to modify an AYP timeline. Allows states to use: (1) additional types of statewide models and systems for measuring all students' progress; and (2) alternative assessments, designated by their individualized education program plan teams, for students with disabilities. Gives states an option to include as limited English proficiency students, until they complete secondary school,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Labor to make a grant to a public university to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy. 1/24/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Labor to make a grant, to a public university with specified characteristics, to establish the Center for the Study of Women and Workplace Policy. Requires the Center to: (1) compile and analyze available data and data sets on the difference between the earnings of men and women, including the Panel Study of Income Dynamics housed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; (2) identify factors which affect differences in earnings; and (3) disseminate findings, maintain a website as a clearinghouse, and publish an annual best practices guide.
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Latest Action: 03/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services. 3/13/2007--Introduced. Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or the Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) synthesize and disseminate health promotion research; (3) support the health promotion community; and (4) modify or develop resources, policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society.Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-605, Part I. Bill TextTo promote and coordinate global change research, and for other purposes. 4/24/2008--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There is 1 other summary) Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007 - Title I: Global Change Research - (Sec. 103) Directs the President to establish or designate an interagency committee to ensure cooperation and coordination of federal research activities pertaining to processes of global change. Requires the committee to: (1) include representatives of agencies conducting global change research and agencies with authority over resources likely to be affected by global change; (2) serve as the forum for developing the National Global Change Research and Assessment Plan (NGCRA Plan) and a vulnerability assessment; (3) ensure cooperation among federal agencies with respect to global change research activities; (4) work with groups conducting such research to provide for periodic public and peer review of the United [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/20/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Bill TextA bill to establish the National Hurricane Research Initiative to improve hurricane preparedness, and for other purposes. 3/20/2007--Introduced. National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out. Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board; (2) assemble the expertise of U.S. science and engineering capabilities through a multi-agency effort focused on infrastructure, the natural environment, and improving understanding of hurricane prediction, intensity, and mitigation on coastal populations; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding hurricane dynamics, modification,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/24/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextHonoring the life and mourning the death of John Berthoud, Ph.D. 6/24/2008--Introduced. Recognizes the leadership of John Berthoud, Ph.D, in the formulation of tax policy and his work on public policy issues, such as tax reform and economic growth, and mourns his death.
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 co Bill TextTo establish the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008 - Establishes as an independent executive branch entity the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, to be located in Portland, Oregon. Requires the Foundation to: (1) develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments; (4) establish a program for tribal governance research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Authorizes the Foundation to award: (1) scholarships to [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Bill TextA bill to establish the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation and for other purposes. 4/30/2008--Introduced. Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Act of 2008 - Establishes as an independent executive branch entity the Mark O. Hatfield Scholarship and Excellence in Tribal Governance Foundation, to be located in Portland, Oregon. Requires the Foundation to: (1) develop resources to train Native American and Alaska Native tribal council members in self-government and related fields; (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of tribal self-government in the development of the United States; (3) identify critical issues facing tribal governments; (4) establish a program for tribal governance research at the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University; and (5) provide educational outreach regarding tribal self-government. Authorizes the Foundation to award: (1) scholarships [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdi Bill TextTo improve access to broadband service in rural and underserved areas of the United States, and for other purposes. 4/2/2008--Introduced. Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers in rural or underserved areas to elect to expense broadband expenditures, including installation and connection costs. Permits mutual or cooperative telephone companies to reduce their unrelated business taxable income in any year by the amount of their broadband expenditures. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate census tracts identifying rural and underserved areas. Prohibits federal or state agencies from adopting regulations and ratemaking procedures that would eliminate or reduce the broadband expense deduction provided by this Act. Allows a business-related tax credit for providing broadband services to rural or underserved subscribers through the radio transmission of energy. [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1560-1561) Bill TextTo reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 3/10/2008--Introduced. Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NSCA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise the programs under such Acts and reauthorize appropriations for such programs through FY2012. Revises under NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service (Learn and Serve programs); (2) National Service Trust programs (AmeriCorps); (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing matching grants to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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 Bill TextTo require the safe, complete, and fully-funded redeployment of United States Armed Forces and contractor security forces from Iraq and to prohibit the establishment of any enduring or permanent United States military bases in Iraq, and for other purposes. 2/27/2008--Introduced. Fully-Funded United States Military Redeployment and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act of 2008 - States that it is the policy of the United States to: (1) commence the safe and orderly redeployment of U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq; (2) pursue security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy; (3) help preserve the territorial integrity of Iraq and establish a democratic central government there; (4) account for missing U.S. personnel and citizens in Iraq; and (5) turn over all internal security activities and military operations in Iraq to its elected government within one year after the enactment of this Act. Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/17/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Bill TextHonoring the life and mourning the death of John Berthoud, Ph.D. 12/17/2007--Introduced. Honors John Berthoud as a friend, mentor, colleague, and tireless warrior on behalf of taxpayers. Recognizes that his legacy will live on in the civil discourse and civic participation he fostered.
Latest Action: 10/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Bill TextTo establish a task force to examine homelessness in the United States and make recommendations to alleviate the causes and effects of such homelessness. 8/3/2007--Introduced. National Homelessness Task Force Act of 2007 - Establishes in the legislative branch a National Homelessness Task Force to: (1) analyze reports by federal, state, and local agencies and academic institutions relating to homelessness; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of federal programs addressing homelessness, particularly their interaction with state and local entities which also address homelessness; (3) analyze options and make recommendations to alleviate the causes and effects of such homelessness; and (4) conduct related research and develop methods to improve, federal, state, and local agency coordination.
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Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10805) Bill TextA bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. 8/2/2007--Introduced. Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add a new section concerning the prevention of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism. Establishes within the legislative branch the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism to: (1) examine and report on facts and causes of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence in the United States; (2) survey methodologies implemented by foreign nations to prevent such radicalization and terrorism; and (3) build upon, bring together, and avoid unnecessary duplication of related work done by other entities toward such goal. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish or designate a university-based Center [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo authorize the Secretary of Energy to make grants to encourage cooperation between the United States and China on joint research, development, or commercialization of carbon capture and sequestration technology, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources. 8/1/2007--Introduced. United States-China Energy Cooperation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to encourage cooperation between the United States and China in joint ventures involving: (1) joint energy and climate change policy education programs; and (2) joint research, development, or commercialization of carbon capture and sequestration technology, improved energy efficiency, or renewable energy sources. Requires joint ventures to be composed of both: (1) Chinese and United States private business entities; (2) Chinese academic persons (who reside and work in China) and U.S. academic persons; or (3) Chinese and U.S. federal, state, or local government entities.
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