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Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4493
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2004-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Birth defects
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Demography
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Genetic counseling
Health education
Hereditary diseases
Higher education
Hospitals
Indian medical care
Infants
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical technology
Medical tests
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing education
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: 
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to awards grants to eligible entities to: (1) provide education and training in newborn screening and congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders to health care professionals and State health department laboratory personnel; (2) develop educational programs about newborn screening for parents, families, and parents advocacy and support groups; and (3) establish, maintain, and operate a system to assess and coordinate treatment relating to congenital, genetic, and metabolic disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel W. N. RAGLAND.

Bill: 108-hr-4495
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2004-06-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Ships

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel W. N. RAGLAND (Washington State registration number WN5506NE).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Introduced in House
Providing Resources and Education for Kids Act (Pre-K)

Bill: 108-hr-4497
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Child care workers
Child development
Child health
Child safety
Community and school
Continuing education
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Preschool education
Preventive medicine
Salaries
School districts
Special education
State-local relations
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Providing Resources and Education for Kids Act (Pre-K) - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to applicant State educational agencies to make subgrants to local educational agencies to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs, which meet specified requirements, for children ages five and younger. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Access to Justice Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4499
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial relations
Judicial review
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
National Labor Relations Board
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Working Families Access to Justice Act of 2004 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require attorneys' fees to be awarded to the prevailing party in an administrative or court proceeding involving the National Labor Relations Board if such party is an employer or labor organization that, at the time of such adversary adjudication or civil action, had not more than 100 employees and not more than $7 million of net worth. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4502
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Long-Term Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from an individual retirement account and other tax-exempt retirement plans used to pay long-term care insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1029-1030)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Disaster Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4506
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Depressed areas
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Small Disaster Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, after an event that results in major damage to or destruction of 100 homes or fewer, to declare, at the request of a Governor, that a major disaster exists and provide Federal assistance upon determining that such assistance is necessary due to the existence of one or more of the following factors in the affected area: (1) a large population of historically and economically disadvantaged individuals; (2) a median family income level below the national, State, or local average; (3) high unemployment; (4) a large population of uninsured homeowners or renters; (5) a large elderly population; (6) a high concentration of damage; and (7) a high level of trauma, including injuries, deaths, disruption of community services, and emergency needs.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1045-1046)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
Coastal Restoration Act

Bill: 108-hr-4507
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Beaches
Civil engineering
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Navigation
Outdoor recreation
Parks
Quality of life
Sediment control
Shore protection
Sports and Recreation
Storms
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Coastal Restoration Act - Rewrites provisions regarding the Federal shore protection program to: (1) provide for the protection and restoration of beaches and other coastal infrastructure, as well as shore protection; and (2) include the purpose of promoting healthful recreation. 
 
 Includes among areas to be given preference areas: (1) where regional sediment management plans have been adopted; and (2) that promote human health and safety and the quality of life.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to pay the Federal cost share of carrying out beach nourishment projects and research that encourages the protection, restoration, and enhancement of shores, sandy beaches, and other coastal infrastructure. Sets forth revised provisions regarding the Federal cost share, which shall be equal for beach erosion control projects for purposes of recreation or for storm damage protection or environmental restoration.
 
Directs the Secretary, at the request of a non-Federal interest and with congressional approval, to extend the period of Federal participation in certain beach nourishment projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1044-1045)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to require the Secretary to permit continued use and occupancy of certain privately owned cabins in the Mineral King Valley in the Sequoia National Park.

Bill: 108-hr-4508
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Easements
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Law
Licenses
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to: (1 ) eliminate the requirement that the rights of use and occupancy by the owner or owners of any property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior within the boundaries of Mineral King Valley in Sequoia National Park shall be for not more than 25 years or for a term ending on the death of the owner or his or her spouse, whichever is later (thus permitting the continued use and occupancy of certain privately owned cabins in the Valley); and (2) grant renewals or extensions of leases or permits on Federal land within Mineral King Valley to the heirs, successors, and assigns of those persons who were lessees or permittees of record on the enactment of such Act.

action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to: (1 ) eliminate the requirement that the rights of use and occupancy by the owner or owners of any property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior within the boundaries of Mineral King Valley in Sequoia National Park shall be for not more than 25 years or for a term ending on the death of the owner or his or her spouse, whichever is later (thus permitting the continued use and occupancy of certain privately owned cabins in the Valley); and (2) grant renewals or extensions of leases or permits on Federal land within Mineral King Valley to the heirs, successors, and assigns of those persons who were lessees or permittees of record on the enactment of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 409.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-669.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-669.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

Bill: 108-hr-4509
Sponsor: Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arizona
Astrophysics
Authorization
Building construction
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Real estate development
Smithsonian Institution
Space activities
Telescopes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona, including developing the site, constructing an astrophysical observatory instrumentation support facility, and installing necessary utilities and equipment housings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to Congress copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $1,000,000 for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bill: 108-hr-4510
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense contracts
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
South Asia
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide, on a monthly basis for new contracts and for existing contracts entered into since October 1, 2001, to the House Committees on Armed Services, Government Reform, Appropriations, and International Relations and the Senate Committees on Armed Services, Governmental Affairs, Appropriations, and Foreign Relations copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $1 million entered into by the Department of Defense in relation to work in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in House
To promote natural gas production from the abundant natural gas hydrate resources on the outer Continental Shelf and Federal lands in Alaska by providing royalty incentives, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4515
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2004-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alaska
Commerce
Continental shelf
Department of the Interior
Energy development
Gas in submerged lands
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to grant royalty relief for natural gas produced from gas hydrate resources under any lease issued under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and under any oil and gas lease issued for onshore Federal lands in Alaska, if the eligible lease is issued prior to January 1, 2016, and production of natural gas from the gas hydrate resources commences prior to January 1, 2018.
 
 States that any such relief granted shall fully apply to leases in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Better Nutrition for School Children Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4519
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2004-06-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child nutrition
Commerce
Competition
Department of Agriculture
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Food service
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Law
School lunch program
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: 
Better Nutrition for School Children Act of 2004 - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) to revise nutritional requirements for the school breakfast program under CNA and the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA).
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to base regulations for the school breakfast and lunch programs on sound nutritional science.
Authorizes the Secretary, through such Federal regulations, to prohibit the sale of certain competitive foods in food service facilities or areas during the time of school breakfast or school lunch program service (by eliminating a provision of current law that bars such regulations from prohibiting such sale of competitive foods approved by the Secretary during such time).
Requires Federal regulations relating to service of foods in schools participating in the breakfast or lunch programs to apply throughout the entire school, including the school grounds, until the end of the time of service of food under the school lunch program.
Directs the Secretary, in promulgating such regulations, to consider: (1) the nutritional needs of students in various grade levels; (2) the proximity of any area where foods of minimal nutritional value may be sold, donated, or served without charge to the food service facilities or areas; (3) the extent to which students will likely substitute consumption of foods of minimal nutritional value for other food served in participating schools; and (4) the benefits to a school of permitting the sale, donation, or service without charge of foods of minimal nutritional value, including the extent to which the proceeds of such sales inure to the benefit of a school or an organization of students approved by a school.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Introduced in House
Financing Homes for Rural Americans Act

Bill: 108-hr-4521
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing finance
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Rural housing

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Financing Homes for Rural Americans Act - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to allow borrowers under the rural single family housing guaranteed loan program to finance the amount of the guarantee fee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4523
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Clothing
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Emergency Management
Families
Fire prevention
Flammable materials
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Standards
Synthetic fabrics
Textile fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 2004 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to amend its standards under the Flammable Fabrics Act to revoke amendments relaxing flammability standards for children's sleepwear that the Commission issued on September 9, 1996. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
To expand the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program to cover transportation by members of the Armed Forces who are stationed inside or outside of the United States, but not in an area previously designated for inclusion in the program, and are granted leave in anticipation of deployment overseas in connection with a contingency operation.

Bill: 108-hr-4524
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Military leave
Military operations
Military pay
Military personnel
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to expand the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program to provide or pay for transportation for a member of the Armed Forces who: (1) is assigned to duty inside or outside the United States in an area not previously designated for inclusion in the program; (2) receives orders for deployment to an area for which imminent danger pay is available; and (3) is granted leave in anticipation of such deployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Ronald Wilson Reagan Half Dollar Act

Bill: 108-hr-4525
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Ex-presidents
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
History
Reagan Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Ronald Wilson Reagan Half Dollar Act - Amends Federal monetary law to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a half dollar coin whose obverse side shall have the likeness of Ronald Wilson Reagan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House