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National Education Advancement (NEA) and Teacher Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-4034
Sponsor: Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Computer literacy
Computer software
Computers
Corporate philanthropy
Costs
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Maintenance and repair
Scholarships
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Tax credits
Teachers
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
National Education Advancement (NEA) and Teacher Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 75 percent of charitable contributions made by a taxpayer: (1) to a school tuition organization that provides certain scholarship aid; (2) for the improvement, renovation, or construction of an elementary or secondary school facility; and (3) for the acquisition of computer technology or equipment, or for related training, for use in an elementary or secondary school facility. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $500 for individuals and $100,000 for corporations.
 
Allows elementary or secondary school teachers, instructors, counselors, principals, or aides who work at least 900 hours during a school year to claim the tax credit provided by this Act for their expenses in connection with books, supplies (other than nonathletic supplies for courses of instruction in health or physical education), computer equipment (including related software and services), and other equipment and supplementary materials used in the classroom.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;school&quot; for purposes of defining qualified elementary and secondary education expenses to include public, private, religious or home schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act

Bill: 108-hr-4035
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aliens
Cubans
Haiti compilation
Haitians
Immigrants
Immigration
Refugees
Right of asylum
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide a two year extension of supplemental security income (SSI) in FY 2005 through 2007 for qualified aliens (including asylees and certain Cuban and Haitian entrants). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To revive the system of parole for Federal prisoners.

Bill: 108-hr-4036
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advice and consent of the Senate
Alcoholism
Aliens
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Criminal justice information
Criminal procedure
DNA
Department of Justice
Deportation
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug testing
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Immigration
Judicial review
Law
Parole
Presidential appointments
Prison alternatives
Prisoners
Residence requirements
Right to counsel
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Subpoena
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Amends the Federal criminal code to re-establish the United States Parole Commission as an independent agency in the Department of Justice. Sets forth the powers of the Commission, including the powers to grant or deny an application or recommendation to parole an eligible prisoner and to modify or revoke an order paroling an eligible prisoner. 
Makes a prisoner serving a definite term or terms of more than one year eligible for release on parole after serving one-third of such term or terms, or after serving ten years of a life sentence (unless imposed by the court without possibility of parole) or of a sentence of over 30 years, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
Grants courts the authority to: (1) designate a minimum term at the expiration of which the prisoner shall become eligible for parole, which may be less than but not more than one-third of the maximum sentence imposed by the court; or (2) fix the maximum sentence to be served in which event the court may specify that the prisoner may be released on parole at such time as the Commission may determine.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) parole determination criteria; (2) conditions of parole; (3) jurisdiction of the Commission; (4) early termination of parole; (5) aliens subject to deportation after parole; (6) summonses to appear and warrants for retaking parolees; (7) revocation of parole for violators; and (8) and appeals of parole denials, conditions, and revocations.
Grants the Commission jurisdiction over the parole of persons whose parole was governed by the Parole Commission Phase-Out Act of 1996 or by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
National Intelligence Education and Training Act

Bill: 108-hr-4038
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Curricula
Distance education
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
EBB Terrorism
Education
Educational facilities
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Information technology
Intelligence officers
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Law enforcement officers
Legal ethics
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Police training
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
State-local relations
Terrorism
Virginia
White collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
National Intelligence Education and Training Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) maintain an Academy for Law Enforcement Intelligence for training Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers and analysts in the analysis, dissemination, and management of intelligence; and (2) establish the Advisory Board on Law Enforcement Intelligence to advise the Attorney General regarding the Academy's operation, instruction and content of curriculum, appointment of staff and hiring of contract instructors, and efforts to promote the intelligence profession among undergraduate and graduate students.
 
Directs the Attorney General to carry out a pilot program, known as the Law Enforcement Analyst Training Assistance Program, to assess providing for the preparation of selected students for employment as intelligence analysts for U.S. law enforcement agencies.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct that not less than 25 percent of COPS program grant funds be made available for activities to: (1) increase the number of State and local law enforcement officers or employees involved in developing intelligence for countering terrorism, crime, or both; (2) provide specialized training to not more than five intelligence officers per grant recipient to enhance observational, intelligence-gathering, foreign language, and analytical skills; (3) improve Federal-State-local law enforcement coordination; and (4) ensure that not less than one intelligence officer per grant recipient has at least a &quot;top secret&quot; level security clearance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Korean Defense Service Combat Recognition Act

Bill: 108-hr-4039
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Army
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Health
History
Infantry
Korean War, 1950-1953
Law
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Korean Defense Service Combat Recognition Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide that, with respect to service in the Republic of Korea after July 28, 1953, eligibility of a member of the Army for the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge shall be met under criteria and eligibility requirements that, as nearly as practicable, are identical to those applicable to service elsewhere without regard to specific location or special circumstances such as: (1) serving in a hostile fire area; (2) a minimum number of instances in which the member was engaged with the enemy in active ground combat; or (3) a personal recommendation or approval by a commander in the member's chain of command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-04-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Act

Bill: 108-hr-4040
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Landfills
Monuments and memorials
Names
National parks
New York City
Office buildings
Public Lands and Natural Resources
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Act - Establishes a national memorial at the Staten Island, New York, recovery site where the debris created by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center was deposited.
 
Creates the September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Advisory Commission to: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress a report with recommendations for the planning, design, construction, and management of a permanent memorial at the site; (2) advise the Secretary on memorial site boundaries; (3) advise the Secretary in the development of a management plan for the memorial; (4) consult and coordinate with specified entities; (5) address Federal funding for operation and maintenance of the memorial; (6) provide significant opportunities for public participation in the planning and design of the memorial; and (7) officially name the memorial.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) assist the Commission with specified tasks and staffing; (2) participate in the planning, design, and construction of the memorial; (3) acquire land for the memorial site from willing sellers; and (4) administer the memorial as a unit of the National Park Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To waive, in fiscal year 2004, the numerical limitation applicable to a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, if the employer petitioning on behalf of the nonimmigrant employed such a nonimmigrant in fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4041
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Labor and Employment
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Waives the FY 2004 numerical limitation applicable to H-2B nonimmigrant workers for those employers who lawfully employed such workers in FY 2003, up to the employer's FY 2003 employment levels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for expenses paid in connection with the donation of an organ.

Bill: 108-hr-4042
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for unreimbursed medical care expenses and lost wages incurred in connection with the donation of one or more of all or part of a liver, lung, pancreas, kidney, intestine, or bone marrow to another human being for organ transplantation. Limits the amount of such deduction to $15,000 for each transplant procedure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E456)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Knowledge Utilization in Education Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4043
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Data banks
Department of Education
Disabled
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational innovations
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Internet
Minorities
Minority education
Public-private partnerships
Regional educational laboratories
Research and development
Rural education
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teaching
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Knowledge Utilization in Education Act of 2004 - Establishes in the Department of Education the National Leadership Office for Knowledge Utilization in Education, to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary of Education.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) convene an Interagency Task Force on Knowledge Utilization in Education; (2) establish a Knowledge Utilization Partnership in Education in a network of private and public entities throughout the Nation; and (3) analyze and report biennially on the state of knowledge utilization in education practice and innovation.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish a Partnership Advisory Panel.
 
Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to and contracts with eligible entities to support projects that promote knowledge utilization in education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E453)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate California State Route 99 as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

Bill: 108-hr-4044
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Road construction
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to add the California State Route 99 from south of Bakersfield to Sacramento, California, (California Farm-to-Market Corridor) to the high priority corridors of the national highway system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the 'Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office'.

Bill: 108-hr-4046
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Marines
Names
New York City
Officer personnel
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the "Sergeant Riayan A. Tejada Post Office".
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the "Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office."

action_date: 2004-10-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the "Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-30
text: Became Public Law No: 108-388.
action_date: 2004-10-30
text: Became Public Law No: 108-388.
action_date: 2004-10-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-10-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-10-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-10-19
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-10-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11125-11126)
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11125-11126)
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7712)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7712)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4046.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7712-7713)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Mr. Mica moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-388
Save the Statue of Liberty Act

Bill: 108-hr-4047
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Maintenance and repair
National monuments
New York City
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Save the Statue of Liberty Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service and using funds available to the Secretary for this purpose, to commence necessary safety and related improvements to the Statue of Liberty so that it may be reopened to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Commerce Modernization Act

Bill: 108-hr-4048
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
Law
Licenses
Local laws
State laws
Trade fairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Firearm Commerce Modernization Act - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to permit a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector to: (1) sell or deliver a firearm (currently, a rifle or shotgun) to a resident of a State other than a State in which the licensee's place of business is located or temporarily located if the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the transfer; and (2) conduct business temporarily at any gun show or event sponsored by any national, State, or local organization, or any affiliate devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms (currently, only at such a location in the State specified on the person's license).
 
Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to diminish the right of a licensee to conduct firearms transfers (currently, &quot;curious or relics&quot; firearms transfers) with another licensee away from the transferor's business premises.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ahmad Khabaz Taghizadeh and Azammolok Taghizadeh Vatani.

Bill: 108-hr-4049
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Deems Ahmad Khabaz Taghizadeh and Azammolok Taghizadeh Vatani to each be a naturalized citizen of the United States. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish each with a certificate of naturalization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in House