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Preservation of Federalism in Banking Act

Bill: 108-hr-5251
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank examination
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer credit
Consumer protection
Damages
Department of the Treasury
Electronic government information
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Governmental investigations
Internet
Law
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Subsidiary corporations
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Preservation of Federalism in Banking Act - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to set forth State law preemption standards for national banks and their subsidiaries. 
 
Declares that any State: (1) consumer law of general application (including any law relating to unfair or deceptive acts or practices and any consumer fraud law) shall also apply to any national bank; and (2) law applicable to State banks shall also apply to any national bank if it was enacted pursuant to, or consistent with, Federal law permitting the States to exceed or supplement Federal law requirements.
 
Prohibits construction of Federal law governing visitorial powers, or otherwise limiting or restricting the supervisory, examination, or regulatory authority to which any national bank is subject, as limiting or restricting the authority of a State attorney general to enforce: (1) any applicable Federal or State law; or (2) on behalf of residents of such State, any applicable provision of any Federal or State law against a national bank, or seek relief and recover damages for such residents from any violation of any such law by any national bank.
 
Prohibits construction of Federal law governing nondepository institution subsidiaries of national banks as preempting the applicability of State law to any State-chartered nondepository institution subsidiary of a national bank, except to the extent the preemption is explicitly provided by an Act of Congress.
 
Directs the Comptroller of the Currency to record and monitor each complaint received from a consumer regarding a national bank or any subsidiary of a national bank as well as the resolution of the complaint.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act

Bill: 108-hr-5252
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Clinical trials
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Data banks
Demography
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug advertising
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal aid to research
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Human experimentation in medicine
Internet
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Periodicals
Pharmaceutical research
Product safety
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit an entity from receiving an award of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety or effectiveness of a use of a drug or device unless the entity agrees to: (1) register the trial; (2) provide the results of such trial to the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (3) disclose specified information regarding the trial to the public; and (4) be subject to audits. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and operate a databank of such clinical trial information provided to the Secretary. Requires the Director to assign to the National Library of Medicine the primary responsibility for operating such databank.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify false or misleading information in the databank, correct such information, and make appropriate public notifications; and (2) amend regulations to require institutional review boards to determine the safety or effectiveness of products registered under this Act and deny approval for trials that are not registered.
 
Specifies information required for registration of clinical trials, including information important to clinicians or researchers.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding periodic updates of databank information, submission of results of clinical trials, public disclosure of databank information, and violations of this Act.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to allow exemptions for clinical investigational use of drugs or devices only if such drugs are registered in accordance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1882-1883)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5253
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patents
Plant breeding
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2004 - Amends Federal patent law to declare that no plant patent application shall be denied, nor shall any issue plant patent be invalidated, on the grounds that the invention was sold or otherwise disposed of.
 
Provides for an exception if such invention was sold or disposed of, by or with the consent or the inventor or discoverer for purposes of exploitation of the invention: (1) to other persons in the United States more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent; (2) to other persons in a foreign country more than four years prior to such date; or (3) in the case of a tree or vine, to other persons in a foreign country more than six years prior to such date.
 
Provides that the plant patent applies equally to any plant that is not clearly distinguishable from a protected plant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Up-Skilling Tax Credit Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5254
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Costs
Employee training
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Up-Skilling Tax Credit Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for up to 20 percent of the cost of technical training for employees performing services in a trade or business of the taxpayer. Limits the amount of the credit to $1,000 for each employee, reduced by credit amounts for all prior taxable years. Terminates the credit after 2008.


Legislative actions:
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 direct the National Science Foundation to establish a competitive grant program for institutions of higher education to enhance education and job training opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.

Bill: 108-hr-5255
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Building construction
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Educational innovations
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Graduate education
Higher education
Industry-university relations
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Mathematics
Mentoring
Minorities
Minority education
Part-time employment
Scholarships
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Student employment
Technical education
Textbooks
Women
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a program to award competitive grants, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for increased education and job training of U.S. nationals who are undergraduate or graduate students in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
 
Requires such grants to be provided to IHE applicants that demonstrate they will institute creative and innovative methods of encouraging students to study and enter into careers focused on those disciplines. Requires IHE applications to include: (1) financial incentives to students; (2) commitment to expose students to different industries; and (3) commitment to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented students in those disciplines.
 
Allows IHE recipients to use grant funds: (1) for major research equipment, facilities construction, repair and upgrades, textbooks, and other purposes necessary to create a quality academic program in one or more of those disciplines; and (2) to create interdisciplinary programs in those disciplines to better meet rapidly changing needs in emerging fields.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyethylene HE2591.

Bill: 108-hr-5256
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
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, 2008, the duty on Polyethylene HE2591.


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
Servicemembers' Flexible Educational Assistance Act

Bill: 108-hr-5257
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Compensatory education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military dependents
Secondary education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Servicemembers' Flexible Educational Assistance Act - Allows members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve who are entitled to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to transfer a portion of their entitlement to their dependents.
 
 States that a child's use of such transferred entitlement may not commence until the child completes secondary school or attains 18 years of age. 
 
Extends the time period for use of such transferred entitlements.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) submit annual reports to specified congressional committees on the number of individuals transferring their entitlement to educational assistance under this Act; and (2) include such information pertaining to the Selected Reserve in biennial reports to Congress.
 
Allows service members and their dependents to choose the program of education for which educational assistance will be used.
 
Redefines the qualifying period of active duty service for members of the Selected Reserve to receive educational assistance as a cumulative period of at least 24 months during any six-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Training Expansion Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5258
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee training
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Teacher Training Expansion Act of 2004 - Amends the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize the Secretary of Education, in selecting recipients for certain IDEA grants for personnel preparation, to give preference to local educational agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations that provide training to regular education personnel to: (1) meet the needs of children with disabilities in integrated settings; and (2) work in collaboration with special education personnel in integrated settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1853-1854)
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the life of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs until September 30, 2006.

Bill: 108-hr-5260
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Public-private partnerships
Small business
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 to extend the life of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs until September 30, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
Mailing Support to Troops Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5261
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Authorization
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labeling
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military pay
Postal service
South Asia
United States Postal Service
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Mailing Support to Troops Act of 2004 - Authorizes free mailing privileges for mail matter sent by a family member from within an area served by a U.S. post office to members of the Armed Forces on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, or hospitalized at an Armed Forces facility as a result of such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction from gross income for uncompensated education costs incurred by veterans' survivors and dependents who are in receipt of educational assistance under chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code.

Bill: 108-hr-5262
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
College costs
Costs
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Secondary education
Survivors' benefits
Tax deductions
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income (available for taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for the uncompensated educational expenses of a spouse or child of certain deceased, permanently disabled, missing in action, or captured members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
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 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the United States convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-5263
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Democracy
Economic assistance
Extradition
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Latin America
Law
Rule of law
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require, in order to determine that a democratically elected government exists in Cuba, the Cuban Government to prove its respect for the democratic rule of law by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to individuals who have been legally indicted or convicted of serious criminal offenses, including convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals who have fled from the United States to Cuba for the sole purpose of avoiding U.S. prosecution or confinement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the use of Strategic Petroleum Reserve capacity above 700,000,000 barrels to address sustained petroleum product price increases.

Bill: 108-hr-5264
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to authorize the Secretary of Energy to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to address sustained petroleum product price increases in the United States that could have an adverse impact on the Nation's economy, regardless of whether there has been a supply interruption or shortage. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the capacity of the SPR to less than 700 million barrels of petroleum product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1852)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Introduced in House