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Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005.

Bill: 108-hconres-401
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Border patrols
Boundaries
Budget deficits
Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Child health
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal budgets
Food safety
Health
Housing and Community Development
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Medical personnel
Medical research
Military dependents
Military housing
Nurses
Open space lands
Preventive medicine
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refugees
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Taxation
Terrorism
Unemployment
Veterans' medical care
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Amends the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 2005 with respect to: (1) recommended levels and amounts; (2) major functional categories; (3) section 302 (a) allocation made to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (4) additional reconciliation instructions to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the involvement in or support for acts of international terrorism by senior officials of the Government of the Republic of the Sudan and calling on Sudan to cease its involvement in acts of international terrorism and to prosecute and punish any Sudanese officials who have supported or have been involved in acts of international terrorism.

Bill: 108-hconres-402
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Assassination
Bombings
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Egypt
Embassies
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Government officials
Governmental investigations
Guerrilla warfare
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Kenya
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
New York City
Office buildings
Officer personnel
Palestinians
Peace treaties
Prosecution
State-sponsored terrorism
Sudan
Tanzania
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
States that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes the involvement in or support for acts of international terrorism by senior officials of the Government of the Republic of the Sudan, and calls on Sudan to cease its involvement in acts of international terrorism and to prosecute any Sudanese officials who have supported or have been involved in such acts; and (2) requests the Secretary of State to report on Sudan's or Sudanese officials' involvement in terrorism, including the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the attempted assassination of President Mubarek of Egypt, the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, and the presence of Sudanese &quot;volunteer&quot; fighters in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Providing for an adjournment or recess of the two Houses.

Bill: 108-hconres-404
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from April 2, 2004, until April 20, 2004, and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from April 7, 8, or 9, 2004, until April 19, 2004.

action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 

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

 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from April 2, 2004, until April 20, 2004, and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from April 7, 8, or 9, 2004, until April 19, 2004.

action_date: 2004-04-05
text: 

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

 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from April 2, 2004, until April 20, 2004, and a recess or an adjournment of the Senate from April 7, 8, or 9, 2004, until April 19, 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration:  CR S3624; text as passed Senate:  CR S3624)
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration:  CR S3624; text as passed Senate:  CR S3624)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 211 - 201 (Roll no. 115). (text: CR H2122)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 211 - 201 (Roll no. 115).(text: CR H2122)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2122-2123)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the need to provide prostate cancer patients with meaningful access to information on treatment options, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-405
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemotherapy
Communication in medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hormones
Medical screening
Medical tests
Prostate cancer
Radiotherapy
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Commends national and community organizations and health care providers for supplying information concerning the importance of screening for prostate cancer and the treatment options. Declares that the Federal Government and the States have a moral responsibility to ensure that health care providers supply patients with appropriate information and tools necessary to receive readily understandable information about all medically efficacious treatments for prostate cancer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Remembering the victims of the genocide that occurred in 1994 in Rwanda and pledging to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again.

Bill: 108-hconres-406
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic assistance
Genocide
Governmental investigations
Human rights
International relief
Law
Nongovernmental organizations
Officer personnel
Peacekeeping forces
Rwanda
Subpoena
United Nations
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
States that Congress: (1) remembers the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide and pledges to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again; (2) acknowledges that the international community, including the United States, failed the people of Rwanda and watched with indifference while hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were being killed; (3) supports assistance to the survivors of the Rwandan genocide; (4) urges political and financial support for the Gacaca courts; (5) acknowledges the heroic work of many individuals and human rights organizations for their campaign to help stop the genocide; (6) expresses deep appreciation to General Romeo Dallaire for his efforts to stop the genocide and for helping many Rwandese civilians; (7) accepts the fact that General Dallaire warned the United Nations on a number of occasions of an impending genocide and was ordered by his superiors not to take action; (8) calls for an investigation of the role played by the United States prior to and during the Rwandan genocide, noting that the parliaments of Belgium and France both created commissions of inquiry to investigate the roles played by their respective governments; and (9) urges the creation of a bi-partisan Commission of Inquiry for Rwanda to investigate all aspects of the role played by the United States prior to and during the Rwandan genocide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Saluting the life and courage of the late Commander Lloyd "Pete" Bucher, United States Navy (retired), who commanded the U.S.S. Pueblo (AGER-2) at the time of its capture by North Korea on January 23, 1968.

Bill: 108-hconres-407
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
East Asia
Military personnel
Navy
North Korea
Officer personnel
Prisoners of war
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: 
States that Congress: (1) salutes the life and courage of the late Commander Lloyd `Pete' Bucher, United States Navy (retired), who commanded the U.S.S. Pueblo at the time of its capture by North Korea on January 23, 1968, and who passed away on January 28, 2004; (2) praises Commander Bucher for his exemplary bravery and sacrifice, which were an inspiration to his crew and the United States, while he and his crew were held in captivity for 11 months in North Korea; (3) praises the bravery of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; and (4) expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Commander Bucher. 

action_date: 2004-09-13
text: 

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

 
States that Congress: (1) salutes the life and courage of the late Commander Lloyd `Pete' Bucher, United States Navy (retired), who commanded the U.S.S. Pueblo at the time of its capture by North Korea on January 23, 1968, and who passed away on January 28, 2004; (2) praises Commander Bucher for his exemplary bravery and sacrifice, which were an inspiration to his crew and the United States, while he and his crew were held in captivity for 11 months in North Korea; (3) praises the bravery of the crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo; and (4) expresses its heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Commander Bucher. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7002)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7002)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 407.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7002-7003)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Mr. Akin moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2004-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Congratulating the University of Denver men's hockey team for winning the 2004 NCAA men's hockey national championship, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-408
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
College sports
Colorado
Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Hockey
Sports and Recreation
White House (Washington, D.C.)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: 
Congratulates the University of Denver men's hockey team for winning the 2004 NCAA men's hockey national championship, recognizes the achievements of all the team's players, coaches, and support staff, and invites them to the U.S. Capitol Building to be honored.
 
Requests that the President recognize the achievements of the University of Denver men's hockey team and invite the team members to the White House for an appropriate ceremony honoring a national championship team.

action_date: 2004-05-04
text: 

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

 
Congratulates the University of Denver men's hockey team for winning the 2004 NCAA men's hockey national championship, recognizes the achievements of all the team's players, coaches, and support staff, and invites them to the U.S. Capitol Building to be honored.
 
Requests that the President recognize the achievements of the University of Denver men's hockey team and invite the team members to the White House for an appropriate ceremony honoring a national championship team.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2515)
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2515)
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 408.
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2515)
action_date: 2004-05-04
text: Mr. Isakson moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To express the sense of the Congress regarding the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

Bill: 108-hconres-411
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional tributes
Desegregation in education
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
History
Law
Supreme Court decisions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress honoring the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. 
 
Encourages all people of the United States to recognize the importance of that decision. Declares that, by celebrating the anniversary, the Nation will be able to refresh and renew the importance of equality in society.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Relating to the reunification of Cyprus.

Bill: 108-hconres-412
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Cyprus
Department of State
Diplomats
Europe
European Union
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Greece
Middle East and North Africa
Peace negotiations
Peace treaties
Turkey
United Nations
United Nations officials

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: 
States that Congress: (1) commends United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, United Nations Special Advisor on Cyprus Alvaro De Soto, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Ambassador Thomas Weston, the State Department's Cyprus Coordinator, for their efforts on behalf of a solution to the reunification of Cyprus; (2) expresses its admiration for the leadership shown by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to help move the United Nations-sponsored `Annan Plan' forward; (3) lauds the commitment to peace of Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis of Greece who supported the United Nations-sponsored plan despite the opposition of the Greek Cypriot leadership; (4) congratulates the Turkish Cypriots for their historic landslide vote in favor of the United Nations-sponsored plan and requests the Turkish Cypriots not to abandon all hope of a united Cyprus or eventual membership in the European Union; and (5) calls on the United States Government and the European Union to take measures to lift the economic and political isolation of the Turkish Cypriots. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Designating a week as "Extension Living Well Week".

Bill: 108-hconres-416
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agricultural extension work
Agriculture and Food
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Special weeks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Expresses support for the designation of a week as Extension Living Well Week. 
 
Encourages the people of the United States to take advantage of the educational opportunities that Extension Family and Consumer Sciences educators provide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen and their contribution in creating an integrated United States Air Force, the world's foremost Air and Space Supremacy Force.

Bill: 108-hconres-417
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Blacks
Congress
Congressional tributes
History
Military history
Minorities
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: 
Urges the U.S. Air Force to continue to honor and learn from the example provided by the Tuskegee Airmen as it faces the challenges of the 21st century and the war on terror.

action_date: 2004-06-01
text: 

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

 
Urges the U.S. Air Force to continue to honor and learn from the example provided by the Tuskegee Airmen as it faces the challenges of the 21st century and the war on terror.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 0 (Roll no. 212). (text: CR H3549)
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 378 - 0 (Roll no. 212).(text: CR H3549)
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3567)
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 417.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3549-3553)
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Mr. Cole moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the importance in history of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan.

Bill: 108-hconres-418
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2004-05-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Anniversaries
Commemorations
East Asia
Japan
Recognition (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: 
Recognizes the importance in history of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan. Calls for expanded political, economic, strategic, and cultural ties between the Japanese and American people and their respective governments.

action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 

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

 
Recognizes the importance in history of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan. Calls for expanded political, economic, strategic, and cultural ties between the Japanese and American people and their respective governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 415). (text: CR 7/21/2004 H6521-6522)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 415).(text: CR 7/21/2004 H6521-6522)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6651)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 418.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6521-6523)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Mr. Leach moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Introduced in House