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Toxic Flame Retardant Prohibition Act

Bill: 108-hr-4076
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Chemicals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defective products
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental research
Fines (Penalties)
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labeling
Law
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Toxic Flame Retardant Prohibition Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, or distribution in commerce of a product, or a flame-retarded part of a product, containing more than one percent of pentabrominated diphenyl ethers or octabrominated diphenyl ethers by mass.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) determine whether pentabrominated diphenyl ethers or octabrominated diphenyl ethers are formed in the environment as the result of chemical degradation of other materials and to identify any such precursors; (2) take appropriate action to ensure that products and processes that introduce identified precursors into the environment are phased out within three years of enactment of this Act, unless doing so would endanger human health and the environment; and (3) issue regulations requiring any product containing pentabrominated diphenyl ethers, octabrominated diphenyl ethers, or decabrominated diphenyl ethers that is manufactured 18 months or more after enactment of this Act to bear a label that meets specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create Lifetime Savings Accounts.

Bill: 108-hr-4078
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Bank accounts
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Saving and investment
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax penalties
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a tax-exempt trust to be known as a &quot;Lifetime Savings Account&quot; for the benefit of an individual taxpayer or his beneficiaries. Allows an individual taxpayer to make cash contributions up to $5,000 each year to such trusts. Prohibits: (1) investment of trust assets in life insurance contracts; and (2) commingling of trust assets with any other property except in a common trust or investment fund. Provides for an annual cost-of-living adjustment to the contribution amount.
 
Excludes from gross income distributions from such a trust. Allows tax-free rollovers to a trust from: (1) another account of the trust beneficiary if the rollover from such other account is completed within 60 days of the date of distribution; (2) from a Lifetime Savings Account of the spouse of the trust beneficiary if the rollover from the spouse's account is completed within 60 days of the date of distribution; (3) from a qualified state tuition plan or a Coverdell education savings account before January 1, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1744-1745)
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Collection Enforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-4079
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative fees
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child support
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
State finance
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Child Support Collection Enforcement Act - Amends the Social Security Act to revise child support enforcement program provisions to require States to: (1) establish procedures to ensure that interest accrues on child support payments which are in arrears; (2) use child support late payment fees to carry out approved State plans for the child support enforcement program; and (3) report on their collection of child support arrearages and interest on child support obligations.
 
Permits certain delays in State plan compliance with such additional requirements if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation is required for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Meningococcal Vaccination Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4080
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical records
School health programs
Student housing
Students
Vaccination

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Meningococcal Vaccination Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require entering students who will reside in on-campus housing at postsecondary institutions to have received meningococcal vaccinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit judges presiding in family law proceedings to request directly taxpayer returns and return information.

Bill: 108-hr-4081
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Court records
Evidence (Law)
Families
Family courts
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Law
State courts
Support of dependents
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Social Security to disclose tax returns and return information to a State or local court, upon the request by an order of such court, for purposes of family law proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 108-hr-4082
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
Nonviolence

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or other personal representative of Cesar E. Chavez in recognition of his service to the Nation. (Chavez organized farm workers to campaign for safe and fair working conditions, founded the National Farm Workers Association-- predecessor of the United Farm Workers of America-- and was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E496)
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNBA).

Bill: 108-hr-4083
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNBA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenesulfonamide, N-(4-amino-9,10-dihydro-3-methoxy-9,10-dioxo-1-anthracenyl)- Benzenesulfonamide, N-(4-amino-9,10-dihydro-3-methoxy-9,10-dioxo-1-anthracenyl)- 4-methyl-.

Bill: 108-hr-4084
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Benzenesulfonamide, N-(4-amino-9,10-dihydro-3-methoxy-9,10-dioxo-1-anthracenyl)- Benzenesulfonamide, N-(4-amino-9,10-dihydro-3-methoxy-9,10-dioxo-1-anthracenyl)- 4-methyl-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 7,7" - [(2-methyl-1,5-pentanediyl) bis[imino(6-fluoro-1,3,5-triazine-4,2-diyl) imino]] bis[ 4-hydroxy-3-[(4-methoxy sulfophenyl) azo]-, potassium sodium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-4085
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 7,7" - [(2-methyl-1,5-pentanediyl) bis[imino(6-fluoro-1,3,5-triazine-4,2-diyl) imino]] bis[ 4-hydroxy-3-[(4-methoxy sulfophenyl) azo]-, potassium sodium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,5-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 3,3-[1,3-propanediylbis[imino(6-fluoro- 1,3,5-triazine-4,2-diyl)imino[2-(acetylamino)-4,1-phenylene] azo]]bis-, sodium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-4086
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 1,5-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid, 3,3-[1,3-propanediylbis[imino(6-fluoro- 1,3,5-triazine-4,2-diyl)imino[2-(acetylamino)-4,1-phenylene] azo]]bis-, sodium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2,7-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid,5-[[4-chloro-6-[[3-[[8-[4-fluoro-6- (methylphenylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-1-hydroxy-3,6- disulfo-2-naphthalenyl]azo]-4-sulfophenyl],amino]-1,3,5-tria zin-2-yl]amino]-4-hydroxy-3-[(1-sulfo-2-naphthalenyl)azo]-so dium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-4087
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 2,7-Naphthalenedisulfonic acid,5-[[4-chloro-6-[[3-[[8-[4-fluoro-6- (methylphenylamino)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-1-hydroxy-3,6- disulfo-2-naphthalenyl]azo]-4-sulfophenyl],amino]-1,3,5-tria zin-2-yl]amino]-4-hydroxy-3-[(1-sulfo-2-naphthalenyl)azo]-sodium salt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 4,11-Triphenodioxazinedisulfonic acid,6, 13-dichloro-3, 10-bis[[2-[[-[[4-fluoro-6-[(2-sulfophenyl) amino} - 1,3,5-trizin-2-yl] amino] propyl] amino]- lithium sodium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-4088
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 4,11-Triphenodioxazinedisulfonic acid,6, 13-dichloro-3, 10-bis[[2-[[-[[4-fluoro-6-[(2-sulfophenyl) amino} - 1,3,5-trizin-2-yl] amino] propyl] amino]- lithium sodium salt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
American Job Retention and Creation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4089
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Commerce
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal aid programs
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Internet
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Presidential appointments
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
American Job Retention and Creation Act of 2004 - Establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation.
 
Directs such Assistant Secretary to: (1) gather information about economic development assistance; and (2) make the information available to the public, including through an Internet site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4090
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Authorization
Commerce
Department of Labor
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Labor statistics
Local employees
Location of industries
Occupational retraining
Service industries
State employees
Surveys
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act of 2004 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) to workers in a service sector firm or its subdivision or public agency.
 
 Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to include: (1) a shift, by a public agency to a foreign country in provision of services, like or directly competitive with services which are provided by the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency; and (2) the situation where the workers' firm, subdivision, or public agency obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to certify as eligible to apply for TAA any adversely affected secondary workers in a service sector firm or its subdivision or public agency.
 
Specifies criteria for determination of the existence of increased imports of like or directly competitive articles or services. 
 
 Increases from $220 million to $440 million the amount of fiscal year payments for training of adversely affected workers under the Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to provide technical assistance for the establishment of industrywide programs for new service development.
 
Modifies the trade monitoring system to include imports of services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

Bill: 108-hr-4091
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer software
Computers
Costs
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Paraprofessional school personnel
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Tax deductions
Teachers
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until 2015 the tax deduction from gross income for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers. Changes the amount of such deduction to allow $250 for an elementary or secondary school teacher, instructor, counselor, principal or aide working in a school for at least 450 hours during a school year and $500 for such school employees working at least 900 hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Billing Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4092
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Fines (Penalties)
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Law
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Hospital Billing Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require fair billing for hospital services provided to uninsured patients as a condition of Medicaid funding for a hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2398-2399)
action_date: 2004-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Colorectal Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4093
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Colon cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical screening
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Colorectal Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide matching grants to States to carry out programs to: (1) screen for colorectal cancer as a preventive health measure; (2) provide referrals for medical treatment to individuals screened and ensure appropriate follow-up services; (3) develop and disseminate information and education programs for the detection and control of colorectal cancer; (4) improve the education, training, and skills of health professions in the detection and control of colorectal cancer; (5) establish mechanisms to monitor the quality of screening procedures for colorectal cancer; and (6) evaluate such activities through surveillance or program-monitoring.
 
Requires States to meet specified matching fund requirements and other criteria to receive a grant, including ensuring that 60 percent of grant money is spent on screening and medical treatment, assuring the quality of screening procedures, giving priority to low-income individuals, and limiting the fees charged.
 
Allows the Secretary to provide training, technical assistance, supplies, equipment, and services to aid the State in carrying out such a program. Requires the Secretary to: (1) issue guidelines for assuring the quality of any colorectal screening procedures carried out under this Act; and (2) evaluate the programs annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
Renewal Communities Expansion and Technical Improvements Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4096
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Block grants
Boundaries
Commerce
Community development
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Municipal services
Tax credits
Tax incentives
Urban affairs
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: 
Renewal Communities Expansion and Technical Improvements Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) qualify employees who reside in any renewal community for purposes of the empowerment zone employment credit; (2) extend the exemption from the limitation on the use of community development block grants for provision of public services to renewal communities; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to expand the boundaries of a renewal community to include other adjacent and noncontiguous areas, including areas of high economic distress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Introduced in House