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108-hr-5430 108 hr 5430 Smarter Funding for all of America's Homeland Security Act of 2004 Emergency Management 2004-12-07 2004-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] NJ R F000372 5 Smarter Funding for All of America's Homeland Security Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State and Regional First Responder Grant Program under which the Secretary may make grants to States and eligible regional entities on the basis of the threat to a State or region's population and critical infrastructure, as determined by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to evaluate and prioritize grant applications, considering factors such as threats to the population, specific economic sectors, major communications nodes and transportation systems, specific elements of the food supply, the water and energy supplies, civic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities, and specific structures of symbolic national importance. Bars the use of grant funds to supplant State or local funds that would otherwise be available for homeland security or first responder projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Advisory Council on First Responders, which shall report to the Secretary through the head of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination; and (2) revise the Homeland Security Advisory System to require that any designation of a threat level or other warning be accompanied by a designation of the geographic regions and economic sectors to which it applies. Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct a study of whether there is a need to assign additional bands of frequencies of electromagnetic spectrum to assist first responders. 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z  
108-hr-5431 108 hr 5431 Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 Environmental Protection 2004-12-07 2004-12-07 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] NJ D P000034 0 Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double liability limits associated with oil spills for double-hull tank vessels, other vessels, offshore facilities (except deepwater ports), and onshore facilities and deepwater ports. Gradually phases out (over six years) liability limits for single-hull vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish separate liability limits for the transportation of oil by vessel to deepwater ports. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations under which port owners or operators may place restrictions on the entry of tank vessel shipments presenting a risk of severe harm to the port or port region. Requires single-hull tank vessels that are more than 15 years old to undergo annual inspections. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study assessing the total economic cost of oil spills, and the types of costs resulting from such spills, and to report the findings to Congress. 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z  
108-hr-5424 108 hr 5424 To repeal a provision relating to privacy officers in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Government Operations and Politics 2004-12-06 2004-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] VA R D000136 0 Amends the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) to repeal provisions requiring each Federal agency to have a Chief Privacy Officer to assume primary responsibility for privacy and data protection policy. 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z  
108-hr-5425 108 hr 5425 To amend a provision relating to privacy officers in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005. Government Operations and Politics 2004-12-06 2004-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] VA R D000136 0 Amends the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) to revise provisions establishing a Chief Privacy Officer in each Federal agency with primary responsibility for privacy and data protection policy. Requires the Chief Privacy Officer to assist the agency Chief Information Officer in matters relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally identifiable information. Repeals the mandate that each Federal agency establish privacy and data protection policy procedures. 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z  
108-hr-5426 108 hr 5426 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Technical Corrections Act of 2004 Transportation and Public Works 2004-12-06 2004-12-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical corrections to certain amendments made by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004. 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z  
108-hr-5427 108 hr 5427 Jobs Investment Act of 2004 Government Operations and Politics 2004-12-06 2004-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] KY D C001058 0 Jobs Investment Act of 2004 - Authorizes a State to provide to any entity a tax or fee credit or other tax incentive for investment in the acquisition, construction, installation, and rehabilitation of improvements, real estate, fixtures, equipment, and facilities located in the State. Provides that any such action taken by a State shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce and shall not be considered to impose an undue burden on interstate commerce or to otherwise impair, restrain, or discriminate against interstate commerce. 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z  
108-hr-5428 108 hr 5428 To amend the Federal Charter of the Boy Scouts of America in title 36, United States Code, to ratify the authority of the Secretary of Defense and military installations and units of the Armed Forces to officially sponsor units of the Boy Scouts of America serving dependents of members of the Armed Forces and to make facilities of the Department of Defense available for Boy Scout meetings and activities, such as national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. Armed Forces and National Security 2004-12-06 2004-12-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] MI D D000355 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and U.S. military installations and units to support the Boy Scouts of America by: (1) officially sponsoring Boy Scout units serving dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and (2) making facilities of the Department of Defense available for Boy Scout meetings and other activities such as national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z  
108-hr-5429 108 hr 5429 Safe and Effective Drug Act Health 2004-12-06 2004-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] IN R S001143 6 Safe and Effective Drug Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to develop a meta-analysis and report to Congress on the scientific data regarding the safety and health risks of smoking marijuana and the clinically-proven effectiveness of smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) post such report on the Internet site of the Food and Drug Administration not later than 30 days after receipt; and (2) promptly disseminate such report to principal public health agencies of all States, and to public health associations, health care professionals, and other appropriate entities that advocate or recommend the smoking of marijuana by patients for medicinal purposes. 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z  
108-hr-5422 108 hr 5422 To support the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Government Operations and Politics 2004-11-24 2004-11-24 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] VA R D000597 0 Prohibits any Federal law, rule, or regulation from being construed to limit any Federal agency from providing any form of support to the Boy Scouts of America or the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, including: (1) holding meetings, jamborees, camporees, or other scouting activities on Federal property if such organization has received permission from the appropriate Federal official responsible for such property; or (2) hosting or sponsoring any official event of such organization. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5423 108 hr 5423 For the relief of Rosario Amato and Salvatore Amato. Private Legislation 2004-11-24 2004-11-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 Declares Rosario Amato and Salvatore Amato to each be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5419 108 hr 5419 To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the Nation's homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 services, to further upgrade Public Safety Answering Point capabilities and related functions in receiving E-911 calls, and to support in the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system; and to provide that funds received as universal service contributions under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs established pursuant thereto are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act, for a period of time. Science, Technology, Communications 2004-11-20 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-494. House Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] MI R U000031 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on November 20, 2004. However, because action occurred on the measure, the summary has been expanded.) Title I: E-911 - Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004 or ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 - (Sec. 104) Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (NTIAO Act) to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (Assistant Secretary) and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Administrator) to: (1) establish a joint program to facilitate coordination between Federal, State, and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, public safety organizations, and telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, and vendors involved in the implementation of E-911 (enhanced 911 emergency phone) services; and (2) create an E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to facilitate such coordination and implementation. Requires the Assistant Secretary and Administrator to: (1) develop a management plan for the joint program; and (2) provide grants to eligible entities for the implementation and operation of phase II (enhanced) E-911 services. Requires grant recipients to certify that no E-911 charges imposed by the appropriate taxing jurisdiction (on phone bills) are being obligated or expended for any purpose other than E-911 services implementation and maintenance. Authorizes appropriations for the grant program. Terminates the joint program on October 1, 2009. (Sec. 105) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to study and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the imposition of taxes or other charges imposed by States or political subdivisions to improve emergency communications services, including E-911 services; and (2) the use of revenues derived from such taxes or charges. (Sec. 106) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report to specified congressional committees on the deplo… 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5420 108 hr 5420 Universal Service Antideficiency Suspension Act Science, Technology, Communications 2004-11-20 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 0 Universal Service Antideficiency Suspension Act - Makes Federal provisions which prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds either in excess of appropriated amounts or in violation of sequestration orders under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1986 inapplicable, during the period beginning on the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2005, to: (1) any amount collected or received as Federal universal service contributions; or (2) the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable to such contributions. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5421 108 hr 5421 Save Our Waters From Sewage Act of 2004 Environmental Protection 2004-11-20 2004-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 0 Save Our Waters From Sewage Act of 2004 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in administering the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, from promulgating regulations or issuing guidance authorizing a publicly-owned treatment works to divert flows to bypass a portion of its treatment facility. Creates an exception for situations where the bypass is unavoidable to prevent loss of life, personal injury, or severe property damage. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5393 108 hr 5393 Medicare Nursing Facility Pay-for-Performance Act of 2004 Health 2004-11-19 2004-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PA R E000187 1 Medicare Nursing Facility Pay-for-Performance Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through a contract with a qualified independent party (such as the National Quality Forum), to provide for identification of: (1) between ten and 15 quality measures for the performance of skilled nursing facilities under Medicare; and (2) the data to be reported, including their collection and formatting, on a calendar quarter basis for each such quality measure. Requires the values obtained for quality measures to be appropriately risk-adjusted as applied to individual skilled nursing facilities in order to increase the likelihood that any differences in such values reflect differences in the care provided by the facilities and not differences in the characteristics of their residents. Provides for: (1) adjusting payments for skilled nursing facilities based on quality performance, including an increase of two percent for facilities in the top ten percent in quality as well as a decrease of one percent for facilities below the quality threshold; (2) limiting market basket increases to facilities that voluntarily report information; and (3) using FY 2005 payment rates as a floor for subsequent updates. Establishes the Long-Term Care Financing Commission to analyse and report to Congress on the financing of long-term care. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5394 108 hr 5394 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the taxation of arrow components. Taxation 2004-11-19 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-493. House Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] WI R R000570 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Repeals provisions enacted by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 relating to the excise tax on arrows. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the excise tax on arrows, effective after March 31, 2005, to: (1) impose a tax equal to 39 cents per arrow shaft on the first sale of such shaft (instead of a 12.4 percent tax on the sales price), with inflation adjustments on such 39-cent amount after 2005; and (2) include points suitable for use with arrows in the 11 percent excise tax on arrow parts and accessories. 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z  
108-hr-5395 108 hr 5395 Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2004 Taxation 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22] CA R T000188 0 Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical revisions and clerical corrections to specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, including certain provisions related to: (1) the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004; (2) the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004; (3) the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; (4) the Trade Act of 2002; (5) the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001; and (6) the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Provides that such revisions and corrections shall take effect as if included in the original enactments to which they relate. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5396 108 hr 5396 Financial Transactions Equity Act of 2004 Taxation 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large] PR D A000359 0 Financial Transactions Equity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for a certain percentage of the dividends received by a U.S. domestic corporation from a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5397 108 hr 5397 Retirement Enhancement Act of 2004 Labor and Employment 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Retirement Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise or provide pension plan requirements for: (1) plan coverage and participation, defined contribution plan benefit vesting, and simplified pension plans; (2) various pension protections for spouses (under ERISA, the Civil Service Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1984, and the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974); (3) simplified investment standards, including disclosure regarding investments and voting of proxies, diversification in defined contribution investments, diversification of investments under employee stock ownership plans by participants and beneficiaries over 55 years of age, immediate warning of excessive stock holdings, and reports of trades in employer securities; (4) pension information reporting and enforcement for defined benefit plans and multiemployer plans, including procedures for treatment of missing participants and unclaimed benefits; and (5) various pension protections for a changing workforce, including pension plan qualified loans for health insurance and job training expenses of participants or beneficiaries, immediate distributions if rolled over to qualified plans, and prompt distributions from defined contribution plans upon termination of participants' covered employment. Establishes an Office of Pension Participant Advocacy in the Department of Labor. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5398 108 hr 5398 Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2004 Labor and Employment 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Retirement Enhancement Revenue Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules relating to tax-exempt retirement and employee benefit plans. Imposes new qualification, reporting, and disclosure requirements for public employee pension plans. Revises pension rules to provide for: (1) automatic enrollment of all eligible employees in 401(k) plans; (2) diversification of defined contribution plans that hold employer securities; (3) an increase to age 75 for beginning mandatory distributions from retirement plans; (4) restrictions on the exclusion of unionized employees from 401(k) plan participation; and (5) removal of the $5,000 limit on certain mandatory retirement plan distributions. Makes the tax credit for retirement savings contributions refundable and permanent. Allows certain small employers a business tax credit for contributions to employee pension plans. Modifies requirements for joint and survivor annuities and for railroad retirement benefits for divorced and former spouses. Revises rules for defined benefit plans to permit such plans to include 401(k) plans. Modifies certain defined benefit plan eligibility rules. Allows: (1) an exemption from prohibited transaction restrictions for certain transactions between an employee benefit plan and a plan participant (i.e., aborted emergent transactions); (2) loans from retirement plans for health insurance and job training expenses; (3) income averaging of corrected civil service annuity benefit payments; and (4) an exemption from prohibited transaction penalties for certain employer-provided investment advice. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5399 108 hr 5399 To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] MD D C000141 0 Provides for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility. Requires the transfer of specified portions of the property to: (1) the National Park Service; (2) the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) for use by the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA); and (3) the Administrator of General Services, who shall in turn convey that portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for parkland and recreational use. Requires the NSA Director, as a condition of the transfer, to enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District of Columbia under which: (1) Oak Hill juvenile detention facility shall be closed; and (2) NSA shall pay (with reimbursement by Anne Arundel County) for the construction of a replacement facility at a site to be determined, with priority given to a location within the District of Columbia. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5400 108 hr 5400 Medicare PPO Fairness Act of 2004 Health 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] MD D C000141 0 Medicare PPO Fairness Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide written notice to each individual who is, or has been, enrolled in the Medicare PPO Demonstration Project of the following: (1) the fact that the enrollees are, and have been, eligible for coverage of services whether the services were provided by in-network or out-of-network providers; and (2) there is a procedure for reimbursement for claims for services that should be (or have been) covered but were not covered because of their provision by an out-of-network provider. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a procedure for reimbursement of enrollees under the Medicare PPO Demonstration Project for claims for services furnished before January 1, 2005, that should be (or have been) covered but were not covered because of their provision by an out-of-network provider; and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capitation rates for plans under the project for months in 2005 so as to reduce payment under such rates, in the aggregate, by the aggregate amount of payments the Secretary estimates will be paid under such procedure. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5401 108 hr 5401 To amend section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported home furniture. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] MI R E000092 0 Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the requirement that every article of foreign origin (or its container) imported into the United States be marked conspicuously, legibly, indelibly, and permanently in a manner to indicate to an ultimate purchaser in the United States the English name of the article's country of origin. Prohibits any exception to such marking requirement for imported home furniture. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5402 108 hr 5402 To provide for immigration relief in the case of certain immigrants who are innocent victims of immigration fraud. Immigration 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] CA D H001034 16 Provides immigration relief for aliens who are determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to have: (1) obtained nonimmigrant status on or after January 1, 1980, and who at that time were nationals of the Republic of Korea; (2) applied before January 1, 1999, through one or more immigration brokers for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) through the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in San Jose, California; (3) obtained approval for adjustment as the result of bribery by such brokers of an INS supervisor; and (4) had no actual knowledge of the fraud at the time of adjustment. Extends relief to the spouse and children of eligible aliens granted derivative LPR status. Prohibits the immigration fraud reflected by such bribery from being considered in determining the admissibility or removability of eligible aliens. Requires the Secretary to: (1) restore an eligible alien's status as if the original adjustment had been lawful, including where LPR status and naturalization were rescinded on the basis of the fraud; and (2) parole into the United States eligible aliens who were removed or who voluntarily departed in connection with charges relating to the fraud for purposes of filing an application for relief under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary of State from reducing the number of available immigrant visas as the result of the approval of such an application for relief. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5403 108 hr 5403 Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2004 Health 2004-11-19 2004-12-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] OH D K000009 0 Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) detailed reporting of nursing expenditures; (2) development and reporting of new quality measures; and (3) linking payments to quality performance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study current and future financing of quality nursing facility care. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5404 108 hr 5404 Fair Vaccine Price Act of 2004 Commerce 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] OH D K000336 0 Fair Vaccine Price Act of 2004 - Prohibits the sale of any vaccine intended to prevent or mitigate the effects of influenza or any biological terrorist agent at a price per dose of 150 percent or more of the baseline price if: (1) a declared shortage of the vaccine is in effect; or (2) the seller knows or has substantial reason to believe there will be a shortage within 60 days and such a shortage is declared within such time. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to declare a shortage period. Designates as a vaccine's baseline price the average price of the vaccine sold by the seller either during the preceding 60 days or 12 months before the effective date of the shortage declaration. Allows the Secretary to determine an appropriate baseline price of the vaccine if the seller did not sell the vaccine during either such period or if the difference in price is unrelated to the causes of the shortage. Requires the Secretary to determine an appropriate baseline price at the time of declaring a shortage. Sets forth penalties for violations under this Act, including imprisonment and a fine. Allows a person to commence a civil action to compel compliance with, or for damages for violations of, this Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5405 108 hr 5405 Oil Price Safeguard Act Energy 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 Oil Price Safeguard Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to declare that a severe energy supply interruption, warranting a drawdown from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), shall be deemed to exist if the President determines that: (1) there is a significant reduction in the supply of petroleum of significant scope and duration that has caused a significant increase in the price of petroleum products; (2) the price increase is likely to cause a significant adverse impact on the national economy; and (3) a substantial cause of the reduction in supply is the anticompetitive conduct of foreign countries or international entities. Requires the President to report to certain congressional committees if the price of a barrel of crude oil exceeds $35 for a period greater than 14 days. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5406 108 hr 5406 To ensure a balanced survey of taxpayers in any system of precertification for the earned income tax credit. Taxation 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 Prohibits more than five percent of the total participants in any system of precertification for the earned income tax credit from being residents of the same metropolitan statistical area. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5407 108 hr 5407 Energy Independence Act of 2004 Energy 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 Energy Independence Act of 2004 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to require the National Energy Policy Plan to include a strategic plan for U.S. energy self-sufficiency by the year 2015 which: (1) examines and reports on existing energy technology and domestic resources as well as developing energy generation and transmission technologies, focusing on the integration of fuel cell technology into an overall national energy portfolio to achieve energy self-sufficiency within ten years; and (2) recommend to Congress targeted research and development in promising new energy generation and transmission technologies, and funding levels to implement a plan for achieving such self-sufficiency. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5408 108 hr 5408 Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2004 Commerce 2004-11-19 2004-12-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research. House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 0 Small Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make disaster loans to assist small businesses that have suffered or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury as the result of a sharp and significant increase in the price of heating fuel or electricity. Prohibits any such loan from being made if the total amount outstanding and committed to the borrower would exceed $1.5 million, unless the applicant is a major source of employment in its surrounding area. Requires, for such assistance: (1) a declaration by the President or the SBA Administrator that an area is affected by a sharp and significant increase in such price; or (2) a certification from the governor of the State that its small businesses have suffered such economic injury and are in need of assistance which is not otherwise available. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to farm operations that qualify as a small business and have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury from a sharp and significant increase in energy costs or input costs from energy sources occurring on or after November 1, 2004, in connection with an energy emergency declared by the President or the Secretary. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5409 108 hr 5409 Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 Health 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 3 Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products. Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas. Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution. Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups. Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals. Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5410 108 hr 5410 Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act Finance and Financial Sector 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 8 Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations to: (1) reduce the expedited funds availability time periods to take into account the time within which any receiving institution can reasonably expect to learn of the nonpayment of most items for each category of checks under the Checking Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21 Act) or its implementing regulations; or (2) eliminate distinctions between the time period schedules if the Board finds that they no longer have any significance for any category of checks under such Act or regulations. Extends the next business day availability requirement to funds deposited at a proprietary ATM. Sets a limit upon certain overdraft fees imposed during a check hold period. Requires a depository institution to credit all deposits to a consumer checking account before debiting any check drawn on the account and presented for payment. Requires that Saturday be treated as a business day in the calculation of any period within which funds deposited in an account are required to be made available if the depository institution debits accounts on Saturdays for checks received. Reduces from four business days to two business days the mandatory check hold period on funds deposited by nonlocal checks. Prohibits a depository institution from imposing a fee for paying any check drawn on an account which lacks sufficient funds (bounce protection) unless the accountholder has requested check protection service. Amends the Check 21 Act to provide that if a bank that holds the account of a consumer imposes any fee for producing a copy of a substitute check, the expedited recredit process shall be available for all charges against the account without regard to whether a substitute check was involved or not. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5411 108 hr 5411 Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act International Affairs 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 0 Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit granting any license, approval, or authorization for the export, re-export, transfer, or retransfer of specified components and facilities to a country that the President determines has provided to the Islamic Republic of Iran special nuclear material, source material, byproduct material, production facility, utilization facility, or items, components, or technologies which can be used in a production or utilization facility or in a nuclear explosive device. Cites exceptions and defines circumstances under which the President is authorized to waive such prohibition. Declares the prohibition inapplicable to any license, approval, or authorization which the President determines is necessary to implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs. Directs the President to report to Congress on efforts by Iran to acquire nuclear explosives and delivery vehicles, including actions by foreign countries or entities to provide Iran with nuclear materials, technology, and missiles. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5412 108 hr 5412 To correct maps depicting Unit T-10 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. House Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] TX D O000107 0 Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map subtitled "Four Mile Hill Unit TX-16P, North Padre Island Unit T10/T10P," in order to ensure that depictions of areas on that map (one in a set of maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System) are consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the map entitled "Corrections to Coastal Barrier Resources System Map-Unit T-10," dated June XX, 2004. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5413 108 hr 5413 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide greater protections to domestic and foreign workers under the H-1B nonimmigrant worker program. Immigration 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] NJ D P000096 0 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require employers of H-1B (specialty occupations) nonimmigrants to use one of three specified methods (whichever results in the highest wages) to determine wages for purposes of required wage attestations. Requires such employers who previously employed one or more H-1B nonimmigrants to submit with their labor condition application (LCA) a copy of the W-2 Wage and Tax Statement filed with respect to those nonimmigrants. Extends from 90 to 180 days the period during which certain employers of H-1B nonimmigrants must show nondisplacement of U.S. workers. Requires such employers to actively engage in recruitment efforts. Prohibits such employers from placing, outsourcing, leasing, or otherwise contracting for the placement of an H-1B nonimmigrant with another employer, regardless of whether the other employer is H-1B dependent. Requires the Secretary of Labor to be responsible for investigations of wage complaints and allegations of fraud in the filing of LCAs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct surveys of employer compliance with labor condition requirements; and (2) conduct annual compliance audits of employers employing H-1B nonimmigrants. Requires annual compliance audits in cases where H-1B nonimmigrants comprise 15 percent or more of an employer's total number of employees. Makes permanent the employer fee applicable to H-1B petitions. Creates a private right of action for persons harmed by an employer's violation of labor condition requirements. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5414 108 hr 5414 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the foreign tax credit and the benefits of deferral to companies doing business in Sudan until the Government of Sudan takes demonstrable steps to end genocide in Sudan. Taxation 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] NY D R000053 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny U.S. companies doing business in Sudan the foreign tax credit and other tax benefits until the Secretary of State certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury that the Government of Sudan has ceased to support and taken steps to end acts of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, including: (1) ensuring that the military is not attacking civilians or obstructing human rights monitors or humanitarian assistance; (2) disarming Government supported militias; (3) allowing access for providing humanitarian assistance to all regions; and (4) cooperating with international missions. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5415 108 hr 5415 Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 Health 2004-11-19 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26] NY R R000569 3 Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise ambulance payment rates; and (2) provide additional payments for providers furnishing ambulance services in rural areas. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the system for adjusting payments for rural ambulance services to determine their adequacy and appropriateness. Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to a Secretary-specified uniform coding system identifying furnished ambulance services for purposes of a fee schedule. Directs the Secretary to establish a system or systems for the coding of claims for ambulance services for which payment is made, including a code set specifying the medical condition of the individual who is transported and the level of service that is appropriate for the transportation of an individual with that medical condition. Requires the code set to take into account the list of medical conditions developed in the course of the negotiated rulemaking process. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to require the claim for any ambulance services to include a code (or codes) under a uniform coding system specified by the Secretary, but does not require the establishment of such a coding system.) 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5416 108 hr 5416 Military Stalking Prevention Act of 2005 Armed Forces and National Security 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. House Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] CA D S000030 0 Military Stalking Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to define as the offense of stalking any person who knowingly engages in a course of conduct that would cause emotional distress to a reasonable person or would place a reasonable person in fear of injury to the person, property, or reputation of that person or any other person. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5417 108 hr 5417 To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes. Transportation and Public Works 2004-11-19 2004-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] CA D S000344 0 Amends the Federal Aid Highways program to require a State agency that has jurisdiction over the operation of a HOV facility to establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating on the facility. Requires such agency to permit motorcycles and bicycles to use the HOV facility. Permits a State agency to restrict use of the HOV facility by motorcycles or bicycles (or both) if it certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that such use would create a safety hazard. Prescribes guidelines under which a State agency may permit use of an HOV facility by: (1) public transportation vehicles and high occupancy toll vehicles; and (2) inherently low-emission vehicles and other low emission and energy-efficient vehicles. Permits tolls to be charged on a HOV facility on the Interstate System. Requires a State agency that allows low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles to use a HOV facility to certify to the Secretary that it will establish: (1) a continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting program regarding the impacts such vehicles may have on the operation of the facility and adjacent highways; and (2) an enforcement program that ensures the facility is operated in accordance with this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection to issue a final rule establishing certification requirements for low emission and energy-efficient vehicles. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5418 108 hr 5418 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into new and renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, for the use of excess capacity water in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Water Resources Development 2004-11-19 2004-11-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. House Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] CO R T000458 0 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into new and renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, for a term not to exceed 50 years for the use of excess capacity in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project for specified purposes, including conveying non-project water for irrigation, domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes. 2023-01-14T22:48:31Z  
108-hr-5382 108 hr 5382 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 Science, Technology, Communications 2004-11-18 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-492. House Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] CA R R000409 2 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 - (Sec. 2) States that Congress finds that: (1) the goal of safely opening space to the American people and to their private commercial enterprises should guide Federal space investments, policies, and regulations; (2) private industry has begun to develop commercial launch vehicles capable of carrying human beings into space; (3) greater private investment in these efforts will stimulate the commercial space transportation industry; (4) space transportation is inherently risky, and the future of the commercial human space flight industry will depend on its ability to continually improve its safety performance; and (5) the regulatory standards governing human space flight must evolve as the industry matures so that regulations neither stifle technology development nor expose crew or space flight participants to avoidable risks as the public comes to expect greater safety for crew and space flight participants from the industry. Includes the following as purposes relating to space launch activities under the Commercial Space Launch Act: (1) the promoting of the continuous improvement of the safety of launch vehicles designed to carry humans, including through the issuance of regulations; and (2) providing of the issuance of permits and commercial licenses and transferring of commercial licenses authorizing the conduct of commercial launch and reentry operations. Amends the Act to define the following terms: (1) crew; (2) permit; (3) space flight participant; (4) suborbital rocket; and (5) suborbital trajectory. Amends the definitions of: (1) launch; (2) launch services; (3) reentry services; (4) launch vehicle; (5) reenter and reentry; and (6) third party. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in carrying out the responsibilities for facilitating commercial launches and reentries, to encourage, facilitate, and promote the continuous im… 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5383 108 hr 5383 To clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated. Labor and Employment 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] WV D R000011 3 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any court in a bankruptcy proceeding from terminating or modifying certain coal industry employee health benefits. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5384 108 hr 5384 Permanent Sales Tax Deduction Act of 2004 Taxation 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] TX R B000755 48 Permanent Sales Tax Deduction Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the taxpayer election to deduct State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5385 108 hr 5385 To authorize the establishment of a Centennial Challenge Prize Program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Science, Technology, Communications 2004-11-18 2004-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. House Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24] NY R B000586 0 Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to provide for a Centennial Challenge Program to award competitive prizes for innovations with the potential for application to the space and aeronautical goals and activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sets forth program requirements. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5386 108 hr 5386 Fair Access and Individual Responsibilities Act of 2004 Crime and Law Enforcement 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] MI D C000714 0 Fair Access and Individual Responsibilities Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to double the number of members of the board of directors of Federal Prison Industries (FPI), provide for their appointment by the Attorney General, and designate the Director of the Bureau of Prisons as FPI's chief executive officer. Directs the Attorney General to appoint an independent review panel to advise the board regarding the type and quantity of products to be produced and conditions of hire and work. Makes the Attorney General responsible for protecting Federal inmate participation rights and for facilitating their ability to meet financial responsibilities through successful competitive participation in the U.S. economy. Designates prison industries as Class A (established as of December 31, 2002), B (established on or after January 1, 2005, and carried out by a competitive, independent, taxpaying entity), C (carried out by a private entity located in a Federal correctional institution), and D (pilot industries created to test reform of inmate employment and prison industries) industries. Repeals (with an exception) requirements regarding the purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments on December 31, 2010. Authorizes the Attorney General to make matching grants to specified organizations to attract firms and create business entities in Federal and State correctional settings. Requires the Director to establish procedures to ensure that inmate workers have the right to join a labor organization and engage in collective bargaining. Directs the Attorney General to modify correctional practices to improve the attractiveness and efficiency of Federal correctional facilities to ensure maximum inmate employment at prevailing wages. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5387 108 hr 5387 Wauconda Technical and Environmental Remediation Act of 2004 Environmental Protection 2004-11-18 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. House Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] IL R C000873 0 Wauconda Technical and Environmental Remediation Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide bottled water to individuals living within a 1.5-mile radius of the Wauconda Sand and Gravel Superfund site in Lake County, Illinois (Wauconda residents) who are served by residential wells with any contamination of vinyl chloride; and (2) increase testing and monitoring of such wells. States that nothing in this Act may be construed to relieve the Administrator, other Federal agency heads, or potentially liable parties of legal liability with respect to site cleanup. Directs the Administrator to: (1) study possible long-term solutions to remediate the site and provide a clean drinking water source for Wauconda residents; and (2) recommend and implement a long-term solution to provide a clean drinking water source for such residents. Requires the Administrator to work with the heads of other appropriate Federal and State agencies to seek a comprehensive resolution to the short- and long-term environmental and health problems related to the site. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5388 108 hr 5388 To establish an interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment. Transportation and Public Works 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3] MI R E000092 0 Establishes the Interagency Aerospace Revitalization Task Force to develop a national strategy for aerospace workforce development. Directs the Task Force to develop: (1) cooperation among Federal agencies to provide a skilled workforce; (2) integrated Federal policies to promote and monitor public and private sector education and training programs for science, engineering, technology, mathematics, and skilled trades; and (3) partnerships with industry, organized labor, academia, and State and local governments for occupational information and for workforce education, training, and certification resources, including grants, loans, and scholarships. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5389 108 hr 5389 Hybrid HOV Access Act of 2004 Transportation and Public Works 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] MO R G000546 0 Hybrid HOV Access Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Aid Highways program to require a State agency that has jurisdiction over the operation of a HOV facility to establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating on the facility. Requires such agency to permit motorcycles and bicycles to use the HOV facility. Permits a State agency to restrict use of the HOV facility by motorcycles or bicycles (or both) if it certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that such use would create a safety hazard. Prescribes guidelines under which a State agency may permit use of an HOV facility by: (1) public transportation vehicles and high occupancy toll vehicles; (2) inherently low-emission vehicles and low emission and energy-efficient vehicles; and (3) advanced lean burn technology vehicles. Permits tolls to be charged on a HOV facility on the Interstate System. Requires a State agency that allows low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles to use a HOV facility to certify to the Secretary that it will establish: (1) a continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting program regarding the impacts such vehicles may have on the operation of the facility and adjacent highways; and (2) an enforcement program that ensures the facility is operated in accordance with this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection to issue: (1) a final rule establishing certification requirements for low emission and energy-efficient vehicles and advanced lean burn technology vehicles; and (2) guidance on methods for determining whether a vehicle meets the fuel efficiency standards required to qualify as a hybrid vehicle. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5390 108 hr 5390 Presidential Succession Act of 2004 Government Operations and Politics 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27] CA D S000344 0 Presidential Succession Act of 2004 - Rewrites provisions concerning presidential succession. Modifies the presidential succession list to include: (1) following the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Homeland Security on the list; and (2) specified U.S. Ambassadors at the end of such list. Requires the President-elect, prior to taking office, to file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate a notice designating whether the Speaker or the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and whether the majority leader or minority leader of the Senate, should act as President. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5391 108 hr 5391 Prevention of and Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in the Military Act Armed Forces and National Security 2004-11-18 2004-11-18 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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. House Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] NY D S000480 0 Prevention of and Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in the Military Act - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) an Office of the Victims' Advocate for access to services for victims and survivors of domestic or family violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the military (hereinafter, crimes). Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish an interdisciplinary council to coordinate and oversee DOD victims' programs; and (2) the Secretary of each military department to establish their own council for such purposes. Directs the commanding officer of a military unit who receives a complaint alleging such a crime by a member of the military or civilian DOD employee to carry out a full investigation and submit a final report on investigation results. Requires the Secretary to implement written policies regarding arrest procedures for domestic violence incidents. Establishes a Director of Special Investigations to compile and report information concerning such crimes. Provides for the protection of persons reporting incidents of sexual assault or domestic violence. Authorizes the Secretary to award contracts to support DOD crisis intervention services for victims of such crimes. Provides for medical care and treatment for victims. Authorizes the creation of military-civilian shelter programs for crime victims. Amends the Federal criminal code and Uniform Code of Military Justice to revise or establish enforcement provisions related to such crimes. Provides for military law enforcement of victims' rights, including restitution. Extends or increases Department of Veterans Affairs counseling and treatment programs with respect to such crimes. Provides for: (1) enhanced treatment services for perpetrators; and (2) DOD prevention and intervention training. Requires DOD research with respect to crime prevention, needs assessment, services, and accountability. Directs the Secretary to convene a summit and a national conference to deal with issues surrounding such crimes. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5392 108 hr 5392 Volunteer First Responder Fairness Act of 2004 Emergency Management 2004-11-18 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 0 Volunteer First Responder Fairness Act of 2004 - Authorizes the use of certain Department of Homeland Security grants to States, regions, or directly eligible tribes for reasonable stipends to paid-on-call or volunteer first responders for travel to or participation in training to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or mitigate threatened or actual terrorist attacks if compensation for such travel or participation is not otherwise provided. Prohibits any such stipend from being considered compensation for purposes of rendering a first responder an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5373 108 hr 5373 To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts for the use of excess storage and conveyance capacity of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes. Water Resources Development 2004-11-17 2004-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power. House Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7] CO R B001240 1 Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct a feasibility study to determine the most feasible method of meeting the present and future water supply and related storage requirements within the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, including the potential enlargement of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities; and (2) enter into contracts with any entity, private or public for the use of excess capacity in such Project for the purpose of diverting, storing, impounding, pumping, exchanging, or conveying nonproject water for irrigation, domestic, municipal and industrial, or any other beneficial purpose; and (3) enter into new and renewal contracts with the City of Aurora, Colorado, or an enterprise of the City, for a specified term, for the use of excess capacity in such Project for the purpose of diverting, storing, impounding, pumping, exchanging, or conveying nonproject water for irrigation, domestic, municipal and industrial, or any other beneficial purpose. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5374 108 hr 5374 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the "Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building". Commemorations 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. House Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] CA R I000056 49 Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30777 Rancho California Road in Temecula, California, as the "Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building." 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5375 108 hr 5375 United Nations Accountability Act of 2004 International Affairs 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 1 United Nations Accountability Act of 2004 - States that Congress urges the President to instruct the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations (UN) to seek to ensure that all UN Office of Internal Oversight Services are made available to member nations. Directs the Secretary of State to report on UN officials' financial disclosure requirements. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5376 108 hr 5376 For the relief of Nancy P. Gilbert. Private Legislation 2004-11-17 2004-11-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2065) House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-8] GA R C000640 0 Promotes, posthumously, Nancy P. Gilbert, formerly of Marietta, Georgia, to the position of supervisory investigator in the Atlanta District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, effective as of July 2, 2001. Prohibits this promotion from being taken into account for any pay or other personnel management purposes. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5377 108 hr 5377 Act Commemorating the LITE Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-11-17 2004-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. House Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5] NJ R G000548 6 Act Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison - Establishes the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in New Jersey as a unit of the National Park System. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5378 108 hr 5378 Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2004 Taxation 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] OH R P000449 9 Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an increased rehabilitation tax credit for certain low-income buildings; (2) allow a basis reduction adjustment for property eligible for the credit; (3) increase the credit for certain smaller buildings; (4) allow property eligible for the credit to be used for lodging purposes; (5) modify placed-in-service rules for credit property; (6) modify qualification rules for credit property that is tax-exempt use property; and (7) increase the credit for buildings in high cost areas. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5379 108 hr 5379 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the timing of issuance of H-2B visas during a fiscal year. Immigration 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] MI D S001045 0 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the issuance of H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) visas during any fiscal year to not more than one-third of the total during the first four months of the fiscal year and not more than two-thirds of the total during the first eight months of the fiscal year. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5380 108 hr 5380 Flight 587 Accountability Act Transportation and Public Works 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] NY D W000792 0 Flight 587 Accountability Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to: (1) require each aircraft manufacturer to list any information in the limitation section of each flight manual that may affect the safe operation of an aircraft; and (2) resolve a dispute between an aircraft manufacturer and an aircraft operator that arises regarding the safe operation of an aircraft (except in cases in which an adjudicatory resolution is sought). Sets a deadline by which the Government Accountability Office must review the effectiveness and timeliness of the FAA in implementing recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5381 108 hr 5381 For the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete. Private Legislation 2004-11-17 2004-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. House Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] SC R W000795 0 Declares Griselda Lopez Negrete to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z  
108-hr-5360 108 hr 5360 American History and Civics Education Act of 2004 Education 2004-11-16 2004-12-21 Became Public Law No: 108-474. House Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] MS R W000437 0 (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 19, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) American History and Civics Education Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to 12 grants, on a competitive basis, to entities with demonstrated expertise in historical methodology or the teaching of history to establish: (1) Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics that may offer workshops for both veteran and new teachers of such subjects; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics. Allows such grants to be made from funds appropriated for FY 2005 or any subsequent fiscal year for the Secretary's Fund for the Improvement of Education. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to the National History Day Program to continue and expand its activities to promote the study of history and improve instruction. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5361 108 hr 5361 To require the Secretary of the Interior to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-11-16 2004-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. House Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] WV D R000011 1 Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to provide public access to, use of, and recreational opportunities at the Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge pursuant to special use permits issued under the Refuge Recreation Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and regulations issued under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to limit access to such refuges to specified time periods but requires access to each refuge during at least one period each year. Directs the Secretary, in issuing special use permits under this Act, to give priority to permit applications that do not negatively impact opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation. Authorizes the Secretary to include in any permit issued under this Act conditions that the Secretary determines necessary to protect fish and wildlife populations or habitat, or public health and safety. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5362 108 hr 5362 To ensure that a former Federal building in Shreveport, Louisiana, is no longer known as the "Joe Waggoner Federal Building". Commemorations 2004-11-16 2004-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] LA R M000388 0 Prohibits the former Federal Building located at 500 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, from being known as the "Joe Waggoner Federal Building." 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5363 108 hr 5363 To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2005. Law 2004-11-16 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-491. House Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] WI R S000244 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY 2005 (in accordance with specified Federal judicial code provisions). 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5364 108 hr 5364 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the "Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building". Commemorations 2004-11-16 2004-12-21 Became Public Law No: 108-475. House Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] CA D F000116 52 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on November 16, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the "Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building." 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5365 108 hr 5365 To treat certain arrangements maintained by the YMCA Retirement Fund as church plans for the purposes of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. Taxation 2004-11-16 2004-12-21 Became Public Law No: 108-476. House Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PA R E000187 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Provides that any retirement plan maintained by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Retirement Fund as of January 1, 2003, shall be treated as a church plan under provisions relating to tax-exempt pension and other employee benefit plans of the Internal Revenue Code. Exempts YMCA retirement plans from certain limitations applicable to church plans. Allows YMCA retirement plans to qualify for tax treatment as money purchase pension plans and church self-funded death benefit plans. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5366 108 hr 5366 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide employers a double deduction of certain employee training expenses. Taxation 2004-11-16 2004-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] FL R F000238 0 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a special tax deduction for employee training expenses that are: (1) also deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense; (2) incurred under the National Apprenticeship Act or under a recognized State program; and (3) at least one percent of the total yearly wages paid by the employer claiming a deduction. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5367 108 hr 5367 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to rattan webbing. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2004-11-16 2004-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] NY D I000057 0 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the duty on rattan webbing. Applies certain staged rate reductions to such webbing. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5368 108 hr 5368 To suspend temporarily the duty on ACRYPET UT100. Foreign Trade and International Finance 2004-11-16 2004-11-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] OH R P000449 0 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Methyl methacrylate polymer with N-cyclohexylmaleimide, styrene, and alpha-methylstyrene (ACRYPET UT100). 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5369 108 hr 5369 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-11-16 2004-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. House Rep. Sherwood, Don [R-PA-10] PA R S001146 0 Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation an easement to enlarge the diameter of a specified pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches, consistent with the recreational values and protection of the resources of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Superintendent of the Recreation Area to issue a permit to the Corporation for the use of the Recreation Area for temporary construction and staging areas required for the construction of the enlarged pipeline. Requires the Corporation to comply with all requirements for certification by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that are necessary to permit the increase in pipeline size. Prohibits the Secretary from granting additional increases in the diameter of, or easements for, the pipeline within the boundary of the Recreation Area after the date of enactment of this Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5370 108 hr 5370 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the "Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building". Commemorations 2004-11-16 2004-12-21 Became Public Law No: 108-477. House Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] CO D U000038 6 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on November 16, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the "Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building." 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5371 108 hr 5371 For the relief of David Adekoya. Private Legislation 2004-11-16 2004-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. House Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] IL D D000096 0 Prohibits David Adekoya from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any act of his which is grounds for such removal or denial that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the Department of State. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation or any finding of deportability that has been entered against David Adekoya by reason of any such act. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5372 108 hr 5372 For the relief of Fatuka Kaikumba Flake. Private Legislation 2004-11-16 2004-11-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. House Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] IN R P000587 0 Declares Fatuka Kaikumba Flake to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:33Z  
108-hr-5353 108 hr 5353 To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York, and for other purposes. Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-09 2004-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] NY R K000078 0 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain property comprising the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York (FDR campus) as an element of that system. Sets forth certain limitations on the utilization and disposal of the FDR campus. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the need for housing of low-income veterans who are served by the Hudson Valley Health Care System; and (2) a proposal of the Town of Cortlandt, New York to take title to certain facilities on the FDR campus. 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5354 108 hr 5354 National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2004 Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-09 2004-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] OR D H000762 41 National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to limit the length of assignment of reservists during U.S. Central Command deployments of not less than one year. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report on Department of Defense policies and communications regarding the length of deployments for reservists in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom. Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a senior level official of the Department of the Army to implement recommendations for executive action to address military pay problems. Expands reenlistment bonus eligibility and the amount of such bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve. Removes conditions on Ready Reserve members' eligibility for TRICARE enrollment. Makes such eligibility permanent. Requires the Secretary concerned to pay applicable premiums to continue qualified health benefit plan coverage for family members of eligible reservists serving on active duty for the benefits coverage continuation period. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to fund child care for members of the Armed Forces on active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Requires employers to provide notice of rights and benefits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Office of Special Counsel to carry out a demonstration project under which certain USERRA claims against Federal agencies are referred to the Office of Special Counsel. Increases monthly educational assistance benefits for members of the Selected Reserve. Expands eligibility for such benefits to include reservists who have served on active duty for a cumulative period of 24 months during any five-year period. Reduces from 60 to 55 the age at which members of Reserve components may receive military retirement pay. Establishes the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs). Eliminates the posi… 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5355 108 hr 5355 Health Care Relief Act of 2004 Taxation 2004-10-09 2004-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] IA D B000652 1 Health Care Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) taxpayers, including non-itemizing taxpayers, a tax deduction from gross income for the first $2,000 of their out-of-pocket medical expenses; (2) certain small business employers a business tax credit for amounts paid for employee health insurance coverage; and (3) a refundable tax credit up to $500 for the health insurance costs of a taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5356 108 hr 5356 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery. Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-09 2004-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] RI D L000559 4 Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish for placement a memorial headstone or marker in a national cemetery to commemorate veterans and their spouses whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery. 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5357 108 hr 5357 Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program Establishment Act Education 2004-10-09 2004-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] OH D R000577 0 Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program, a six-year pilot program to make grants to fund a music education center at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, to provide music education for children in grades 7 through 12. 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5358 108 hr 5358 National Park Centennial Act of 2004 Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-10-09 2004-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. House Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] IN R S001143 20 National Park Centennial Act of 2004 - Establishes the National Park Centennial Fund (Fund) in the Treasury. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate overpayments and contributions for the benefit of the National Park System. Allocates such amounts to the Fund (along with necessary amounts from the General Fund to the extent that such amounts are inadequate in any fiscal year) for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior. Creates within the Fund the National Park Backlog Elimination Fund, the Natural Resource Challenge Fund, and the Cultural Resource Challenge Fund. Authorizes appropriations for a public awareness campaign about the Fund and the ability of taxpayers to make tax-related contributions. Requires a specified percentage of Fund deposits to be used: (1) for the elimination of the backlog of unmet needs in the national parks as identified in the Facility Condition Index of the National Park Service (NPS); (2) to protect natural resources within the parks; and (3) to protect cultural resources within the parks. Requires a majority of such percentages to be distributed to those national parks that have completed comprehensive business plans under the Business Plan Initiative of the NPS. Directs the Government Accountability Office annually to submit a report on the National Park System to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to elementary and secondary schools for cooperative agreements with the NPS providing distance learning and onsite education programs. 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5359 108 hr 5359 New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2004 Foreign Trade and International Finance 2004-10-09 2004-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. House Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1] LA R V000127 0 New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2004 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to reviews by the administering authority to establish an individual weighted average dumping margin or an individual countervailing duty rate (as the case may be) for a new exporter or producer that: (1) did not export the merchandise that was the subject of an antidumping duty or countervailing duty order to the United States during the period of investigation; and (2) was not affiliated with any exporter or producer who did. Repeals the requirement that the administering authority direct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the importer of such merchandise, the posting, until completion of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise (bonding privileges). 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z  
108-hr-5290 108 hr 5290 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules. Labor and Employment 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. House Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] TX R J000174 4 Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to allow a correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5291 108 hr 5291 Winning the War on Terror Act of 2004 Crime and Law Enforcement 2004-10-08 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. House Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2] TX D T000424 8 Winning the War on Terror Act of 2004 - Provides for increases in the numbers of U.S. special operations forces. Provides counter-proliferation measures, including a Global Threat Reduction Initiative (to secure nuclear and radiological materials outside the United States) and radiological material threat assessments. Requires elimination of the U.S. chemical stockpile no later than the end of 2012. Establishes a Terrorist Screening Center in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Secure Borders Act - Institutes, or modifies, measures related to: (1) border infrastructure and monitoring, transportation workers and cargo containers, and public and tribal lands; (2) identification document standards; (3) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement staffing, detention and removal operations, informant aliens, and alien smuggling penalties; (4) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) foreign coordination, visa security, and the visa waiver program; and (5) immigration benefit functions, including identification techniques. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (the Secretary) to make grants for public transportation security. Directs the Secretary to develop public transportation best practices, public awareness, and security plans. Requires a Memorandum of Agreement between the Secretaries of Homeland Security and of Transportation concerning their respective roles in public transportation security matters. Secure Containers from Overseas and Seaports from Terrorism Act or Secure COAST Act - Requires establishment of security standards and verification procedures for maritime cargo containers moving within the intermodal transportation system. Imposes validation and inspection requirements, including deployment of radiation detection portal equipment at all ports of entry and a staffing assessment. Authorizes appropriations for port security grants and requires funding for an information sharing and analysis capability within the maritime industry. Increases funding for Coast Guard components associated with … 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5292 108 hr 5292 Pension Fairness Act of 2004 Labor and Employment 2004-10-08 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1892-1893) House Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] CA D M000725 20 Pension Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to limit the availability of benefits for corporate directors and executives under an employer's nonqualified deferred compensation plans in the event that any of such employer's defined pension plans are subjected to a distress termination, or to a termination where the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) takes over plan liabilities, in connection with bankruptcy reorganization or a conversion to a cash balance plan. Sets forth a termination fairness standard for nonqualified deferred compensation plans in cases where the corporation which is plan sponsor of a defined benefit plan adopts a plan amendment which: (1) terminates an underfunded workers' pension plan; or (2) converts a workers' pension plan into a cash balance plan that cuts benefits for workers with ten or more years of service under the plan, or takes away their choice to stay in their original plan. Disqualifies any director or executive officer of the corporation, for a five-year period after adoption of such an amendment, from: (1) accruing any amount under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan; and (2) receiving any distribution of accrued deferred compensation, if a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or amendment is established or adopted during or after the one-year period preceding the notice date of the defined benefit plan termination or conversion. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5293 108 hr 5293 Majority Vote Act of 2004 Government Operations and Politics 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. House Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] IL D J000283 0 Majority Vote Act of 2004 - Requires each State to conduct general elections for Federal office held in the State during 2008 and each succeeding year using an instant runoff voting system, and ensure that the voting equipment and technology used to conduct the elections is compatible with such a system. Establishes a program under which the Election Assistance Commission shall make grants to eligible States to defray the costs of administering an instant runoff voting system. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5294 108 hr 5294 John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2004 Arts, Culture, Religion 2004-10-08 2004-10-30 Became Public Law No: 108-410. House Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] AK R Y000033 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2005 through 2007 to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Board) for: (1) maintenance, repair, and security; and (2) capital projects. Revises the John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Center Plaza Project Team consisting of the Secretary, the Administrator of General Services, the Chair of the Board, or their designees, and other individuals the Team considers appropriate. Requires the Board to consult with the Team on specified matters, including construction of buildings. Subjects to Team approval any Board decision that will significantly affect the scope, cost, schedule, or engineering feasibility of any element of the Project, other than buildings to be constructed on the Plaza. Directs the Comptroller General, until Project completion, to review management and oversight of construction of the Project by the Board and report periodically on review results to specified congressional committees. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5295 108 hr 5295 Federal Employees Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 Government Operations and Politics 2004-10-08 2004-10-09 Received in the Senate. House Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] PA R M001151 6 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Federal Employees Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and administer programs through which current and retired Federal employees and their family members and dependents may obtain enhanced dental and vision benefits to supplement those available under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHB). Authorizes OPM to prescribe reasonable minimum standards for enhanced dental and vision benefits. Allows a full range of dental benefits, including diagnostic, preventive, emergency care, restorative, oral and maxillofacial surgery, endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, and orthodontics. Allows for diagnostic and preventive vision benefits, including eyewear. Requires Federal employees to be responsible for 100 percent of the premiums for dental and vision coverage offered under this Act. Imposes requirements for studies, reports, and audits relating to the dental and vision benefit programs established under this Act. Extends the enhanced dental and vision benefits provided by this Act to employees of the U.S. Postal Service. Expresses the sense of Congress that Federal employee health insurance benefits should be sufficient to promote the health and productivity of such employees and to support the recruitment and retention of a highly qualified workforce. Urges Congress to evaluate such supplemental dental and vision plans to determine the options for, and feasibility of, providing an employer contribution. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to report to Congress on options: (1) for extending health insurance coverage under FEHB to unmarried dependent college students under age 25; and (2) for extending hearing benefits to Federal employees and annuitants, their relatives, and other appropriate classes of individuals. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5296 108 hr 5296 Crosby-Puller Combat Wounds Compensation Act Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-08 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1924) House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 17 Crosby-Puller Combat Wounds Compensation Act - Continues hazardous duty pay, aviation career incentive pay, career enlisted flier incentive pay, hardship duty pay, imminent danger pay, the travel or transportation per diem for duty outside the United States or in Hawaii or Alaska, and the family separation allowance for members of the Armed Forces who are wounded or injured in combat zones and removed from the area for treatment until such time as the member: (1) is found physically fit to perform the duties of the member's office, grade, rank, or rating; (2) is discharged or separated; or (3) dies. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the time limitation on the income tax exclusion for combat zone compensation resulting from hospitalization due to wounds, disease, or injury incurred in such combat zone. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5297 108 hr 5297 For the relief of the Big Spring Independent School District. Education 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] TX R N000182 0 Makes the Big Spring Independent School District in Texas eligible to receive a grant under the Rural and Low-Income School Program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for any fiscal year in which it meets a specified eligibility criterion and would meet another such criterion but for the inclusion of the Federal prison population in the calculation of the school locale codes. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5298 108 hr 5298 To amend title 4, United States Code, to clarify the treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income. Government Operations and Politics 2004-10-08 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. House Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] UT R C000116 0 Amends certain Federal law, which prohibits States from taxing the retirement income of nonresidents, to specifically include retirement plans, programs, or arrangements for self-employed individuals among those which may be so exempt from a State's taxation if the individuals are nonresidents of that State. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5299 108 hr 5299 Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 Commerce 2004-10-08 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] CA D B000410 1 Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004 - Allows a person to request that the grant or reissue of a patent be reconsidered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by filing an opposition seeking to invalidate one or more claims in the patent. Requires the Director of USPTO to issue and publish a certificate, in accordance with the final decision by the panel of three administrative patent judges, canceling any claim of the patent determined to be unpatentable and incorporating into the patent any new or amended claims determined to be patentable. Allows a third party to submit for consideration, and for inclusion in the record, prior art to determine whether the invention was known, used, in public use, or on sale or would have been obvious. Provides that a notice of a patent holder alleging infringement of the patent is not deemed to be sufficient to subject a recipient of the notice to liability for willful infringement of the patent, with exceptions. Prohibits a court from granting an injunction for violations of a right secured by a patent unless it finds that the patentee is likely to suffer irreparable harm that cannot be remedied by payment of money damages. Provides that a third party requester whose request for a reexamination results in an order is not estopped from asserting a claim which the third party requester could have raised during such reexamination proceedings. Sets forth provisions regarding circumstances under which a patent application involving a business method invention combined with computer technology would not be denied on the basis of obviousness. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5300 108 hr 5300 Servicemembers Anti-Predatory Lending Protection Act Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-08 2004-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. House Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] MO R G000546 0 Servicemembers Anti-Predatory Lending Protection Act - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to set forth terms for consumer credit extended to a servicemember or servicemember's dependent, including terms of interest with respect to the extension of such credit. Prohibits a creditor from imposing an annual percentage rate greater than 36 percent with respect to the consumer credit extended. Sets forth mandatory loan disclosures, including: (1) a statement of the annual percentage rate applicable to the extension of credit; and (2) a clear description of the payment obligations. Prohibits a creditor from automatically renewing, repaying, refinancing, or consolidating any consumer credit with the proceeds of other credit extended to a servicemember or a servicemember's dependent by the same creditor without: (1) executing new loan documentation signed by the servicemember; and (2) providing the mandatory loan disclosures. Preempts any State or Federal law, rule, or regulation, including any State usury law, to the extent that it is inconsistent with this Act. States that this Act does not preempt any such law, rule, or regulation that provides additional protection. Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of this Act. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5301 108 hr 5301 Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2004 Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 2004-10-08 2004-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] MD R B000208 0 Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2004 - States that a condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association may not adopt or enforce any policy, or enter into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent an association member from displaying the U.S. flag on residential property within the association with respect to which such member has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession or use. States that nothing in this Act shall be considered to permit any display or use that is inconsistent with: (1) Federal law or any rule or custom pertaining to the proper display or use of the flag; or (2) any reasonable restriction pertaining to the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag necessary to protect a substantial interest of the condominium, cooperative, or residential real estate management association. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5302 108 hr 5302 Renewable Energy Security Act of 2004 Energy 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. House Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] NH R B000220 4 Renewable Energy Security Act of 2004 - Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to prohibit expenditures from exceeding an average of $3,000 per dwelling unit for labor, weatherization materials, and related matters for a renewable energy system. Directs the Secretary of Energy to prescribe regulations for criteria and procedures governing renewable energy systems. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to evaluate the use of renewable energy systems in residential buildings. Amends the Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act of 1980 to redefine biomass. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against tax, for both individuals and small businesses, 20 percent of the qualified renewable energy system expenditures during the taxable year. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5303 108 hr 5303 To provide for the establishment of a Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) for veterans on the grounds of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. Armed Forces and National Security 2004-10-08 2004-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12] GA R B001249 0 Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) work with the Secretary of the Navy in developing a site suitable for a medical facility on the grounds of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia; and (2) construct on that site a joint Navy-Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic as called for in a strategic plan approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5304 108 hr 5304 Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial Act of 2004 Commemorations 2004-10-08 2004-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. House Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] WV R C001047 2 Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery, or another appropriate site, a memorial marker to honor the memory of the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who lost their lives at Bakers Creek, Australia on June 14, 1943. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5305 108 hr 5305 To require automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of Event Data Recorders, or "black boxes" on new automobiles, and to require manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to enable and disable such devices on future automobiles. Transportation and Public Works 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MA D C001037 1 Requires automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of Event Data Recorders (EDRs) on new automobiles at the time of purchase in a clear and conspicuous format that communicates: (1) the presence and location of the EDR; (2) the type of information recorded by the EDR and how such information is recorded; and (3) that information recorded by the EDR also may be used in law enforcement proceedings. Requires automobile manufacturers to include the same information in the owner's manual of any new automobile containing an EDR. Prohibits persons from manufacturing for sale, selling, offering for sale, introducing or delivering into interstate commerce, or importing automobiles manufactured after 2006 (and bearing a model year of 2007 or later) that are equipped with EDRs, unless those EDRs can be disabled by the consumer. Treats a violation of EDR requirements of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act accordingly. Requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study and report to Congress on the potential utility and still unknown consequences of implementing EDR technology. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5306 108 hr 5306 New War on Cancer Act Health 2004-10-08 2004-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] TX R C001051 0 New War on Cancer Act - Allows the sponsor of a drug intended for use for cancer to request the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide written recommendations for investigations which must be conducted before approval of a drug or before licensure of a biological product for use for cancer; and (2) designate such drug as a cancer drug before the submission of a request for approval or licensing. Requires the Secretary to designate such drug as a cancer drug if the drug is being or will be investigated for use for cancer. Prohibits the Secretary from approving another application or issuing another license for a designated cancer drug for a person who is not the holder of the approved application or license until the expiration of seven years, with certain exceptions. Requires the Secretary to encourage the sponsor of a designated cancer drug approved for investigational use to design protocols for the drug that include persons with the cancer involved who cannot be satisfactorily treated by alternative drugs. Extends the time during which an application for approval of drug with the same active ingredient as an approved cancer drug may not be approved. Excludes approved cancer drugs from time limits imposed on the maximum length of a patent. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5307 108 hr 5307 To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month. Commemorations 2004-10-08 2004-10-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. House Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] IL D C000794 3 Requires the Secretary of Interior to authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month for a certain period of time in October. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5308 108 hr 5308 To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes. Public Lands and Natural Resources 2004-10-08 2004-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. House Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] IL D C000794 8 Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to revise the statutory formula under which the Secretary of the Interior is required to transfer funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to: (1) United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund; (2) United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan; and (3) the multiemployer health benefit plan established after July 1991, by the parties that are settlors of the 1992 Benefit Plan. Prescribes guidelines for transfer by the Secretary of additional amounts of previously credited interest and previously allocated amounts. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5309 108 hr 5309 To extend the filing deadline for certain Medicare claims to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status. Health 2004-10-08 2004-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] IL D C000794 0 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the filing deadline for Medicare claims for items and services furnished between January 1, 1987, and August 10, 1993, to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary to primary payor status. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  
108-hr-5310 108 hr 5310 Ponce de Leon Discovery of Florida Quincentennial Commission Act Commemorations 2004-10-08 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1891) House Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4] FL R C001045 0 Ponce de Leon Discovery of Florida Quincentennial Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on the Quincentennial of the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon to plan, encourage, coordinate, and conduct the commemoration of the quincentennial (500th anniversary) of the discovery of Florida by the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon. Directs the Commission to: (1) plan and develop activities for commemorating the Quincentennial; (2) consult with public and private agencies to organize and participate in Quincentennial activities; and (3) coordinate activities throughout the United States and internationally that relate to the history and influence of such discovery. 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z  

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