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To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with N,N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)- 1,2-ethanediamine, cyclized, methyl sulfates.

Bill: 108-hr-5286
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, polymer with N,N'-bis(2-aminoethyl)- 1,2-ethanediamine, cyclized, methyl sulfates.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid yellow 235.

Bill: 108-hr-5287
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Acid yellow 235.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid blue 324.

Bill: 108-hr-5288
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Acid blue 324.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 108-hr-5290
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Conflict of interests
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Futures trading
Investments
Law
Loans
Losses
Pension funds
Securities
Tax credits
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Taxation
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 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.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Majority Vote Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5293
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer software
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Grants-in-aid
Presidential elections
Runoff elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Crosby-Puller Combat Wounds Compensation Act

Bill: 108-hr-5296
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Military pay
Military personnel
Military transportation
Officer personnel
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1924)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of the Big Spring Independent School District.

Bill: 108-hr-5297
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Housing and Community Development
Rural education
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 108-hr-5298
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Retirement income
Self-employed
Social Welfare
State taxation
Tax exemption
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1933)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Patent Quality Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5299
Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Computers
Damages
Department of Commerce
Discovery (Law)
Economics and Public Finance
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial engineering
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Inventions
Judicial review
Law
Liability (Law)
Parties to actions
Patent infringement
Patents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1935-1936)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Servicemembers Anti-Predatory Lending Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-5300
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Interest rates
Military dependents
Military personnel
State laws
Usury

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5301
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Commemorations
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Flags
Freedom of speech
Homeowners' associations
Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Security Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5302
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Air conditioning
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Department of Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Heating
Home repair and improvement
Homeowners' associations
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Law
Licenses
Municipal solid waste
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Quality of products
Refuse as fuel
Small business
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Standards
Tax credits
Taxation
Trees
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 108-hr-5303
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Building construction
Clinics
Community health services
Georgia
Health
Military bases
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Navy
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5304
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Australia
Aviation safety
Cemeteries and funerals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
History
Military aircraft
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Oceania
Transport aircraft
Transportation and Public Works
Virginia
War casualties
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House