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Topic	Bill number	Author	Interest position	Became law
21st Century High-Performing Public School Facilities Act	H.R. 3021 (110th)	Chandler	Support	No
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State educational agencies for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
Achievement Through Technology and Innovation Act of 2007	H.R. 2449 (110th)	Roybal-Allard	Support	No
To reauthorize part D of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
America's Better Classrooms Act of 2007	H.R. 2470 (110th)	Rangel	Support	No
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools.
Child Support Protection Act of 2007	H.R. 1386 (110th)	McDermott	Support	No
To repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments.
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007	H.R. 976 (110th)	Rangel	Support	No
An act to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
College Cost Reduction and Access Act	H.R. 2669 (110th)	Miller	Support	Yes
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007	H.R. 4137 (110th)	Miller	Support	Yes
To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
Comprehensive Learning Assessment for Students and Schools (CLASS) Act	H.R. 2070 (110th)	Udall	Support	No
To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding adequate yearly progress and assessments.
Education for All Act of 2007	H.R. 2092 (110th)	Lowey	Support	No
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007	H.R. 3685 (110th)	Frank	Support	No
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007	H.R. 2015 (110th)	Frank	Support	No
To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Fair Pay Restoration Act	S. 1843 (110th)	Kennedy	Support	No
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
Fairness for State and Local Workers Act	H.R. 1517 (110th)	Andrews	Support	No
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for coverage under that Act of employees of State and local governments.
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2007	H.R. 1794 (110th)	Grijalva	Support	No
To improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals, and for other purposes.
Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act	H.R. 2111 (110th)	Holt	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a partnership program in foreign languages.
Graduation for All Act	H.R. 1623 (110th)	Hinojosa	Support	No
To improve graduation rates by authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants to improve adolescent literacy, and for other purposes.
Healthy Families Act	H.R. 1542 (110th)	DeLauro	Support	No
To provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007	S. 506 (110th)	Lautenberg	Support	No
A bill to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of high-performance green buildings, and for other purposes.
Higher Education Access Act of 2007	S. 1762 (110th)	Kennedy	Support	No
An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. Con. Res. 21).
Improving No Child Left Behind Act	S. 348 (110th)	Crapo	Support	No
A bill to improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Investment in Quality School Leadership Act	H.R. 1156 (110th)	Lowey	Support	No
To provide grants to eligible consortia to provide professional development to superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals.
Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007	S. 1105 (110th)	Kennedy	Support	No
A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007	H.R. 4 (110th)	Dingell	Support	No
To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007	S. 3 (110th)	Reid	Support	No
A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for fair prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries.
Michelle's Law	H.R. 2851 (110th)	Hodes	Support	Yes
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007	H.R. 505 (110th)	Abercrombie	Support	No
To express the policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
No Child Left Inside Act of 2007	H.R. 3036 (110th)	Sarbanes	Support	No
To reauthorize and enhance the National Environmental Education Act, and for other purposes.
Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008	H.R. 6983 (110th)	Kennedy	Support	No
To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, and for other purposes.
Practicality in Education Act	H.R. 2166 (110th)	Moran	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the method of determining adequate yearly progress, and for other purposes.
Protecting America's Workers Act	H.R. 2049 (110th)	Woolsey	Support	No
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.
RENEWAAL Act of 2007	H.R. 1372 (110th)	Miller	Support	No
To provide grants to recruit new teachers, principals, and other school leaders to, and retain and support current and returning teachers, principals, and other school leaders employed in, public elementary and public secondary schools, and to help higher education, in areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes.
Rural Education Equality and Improvement Act of 2007	H.R. 1166 (110th)	Marshall	Support	No
To direct the Secretary of Education to extend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007	H.R. 2122 (110th)	Stark	Support	No
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program.
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2007	H.R. 17 (110th)	DeFazio	Support	No
To reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Social Security Fairness Act of 2007	S. 206 (110th)	Feinstein	Support	No
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Social Security Fairness Act of 2007	H.R. 82 (110th)	Berman	Support	No
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Striving Readers Act of 2007	H.R. 2289 (110th)	Yarmuth	Support	No
To establish an adolescent literacy program.
Student Achievement and Successful Schools Act of 2007	H.R. 1169 (110th)	McCollum	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to clarify Federal requirements under such Act.
Student Bill of Rights	H.R. 2373 (110th)	Fattah	Support	No
To provide for adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems, and for other purposes.
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2007	H.R. 1346 (110th)	Honda	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters if the student's parent provides written consent for the release, and for other purposes.
Student Support Act	H.R. 171 (110th)	Lee	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
Teacher Excellence for All Children Act of 2007	H.R. 2204 (110th)	Miller	Support	No
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Higher Education Act of 1965, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve recruitment, preparation, distribution, and retention of public elementary and secondary school teachers and principals, and for other purposes.
Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2007	H.R. 2287 (110th)	Wilson	Support	No
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools.
Teaching Fellows Act of 2007	H.R. 1828 (110th)	Price	Support	No
To establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter and remain in the field of teaching at public schools.
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act	H.R. 1228 (110th)	Van Hollen	Support	No
To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten through grade 12 students in the United States by improving professional development programs for kindergarten through grade 12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the definition of "supervisor" for purposes of such Act.	H.R. 1644 (110th)	Andrews	Support	No
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the definition of "supervisor" for purposes of such Act.
To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to	H.R. 3162 (110th)	Dingell	Support	No
To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes.
To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order	H.R. 209 (110th)	Serrano	Support	No
To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children.
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.	H.R. 1429 (110th)	Kildee	Support	Yes
To reauthorize the Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, and for other purposes.