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Rural Bridge Safety and Repair Demonstration Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4050
Sponsor: Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bridges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Infrastructure
Louisiana
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Rural Bridge Safety and Repair Demonstration Act of 2004 - Amends Federal law governing Federal-aid highways to direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the Executive Director of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Rural Development Parish Bridge Repair Program to provide for the rehabilitation of the State's most structurally deficient off-system bridges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy (Back Our Veterans Health) Act

Bill: 108-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Chiropractic and chiropractors
Health
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy (Back Our Veterans Health) Act - Includes chiropractic services and counseling, as well as periodic and preventative chiropractic examinations and services, among the medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health services available to veterans.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit eligible veterans to receive medical, rehabilitative, and preventative health services from a licensed doctor of chiropractic on a direct access basis at the election of the veteran, if such services are within the State scope of practice of such doctor. Prohibits the Secretary from discriminating among licensed health-care providers in the determination of needed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E489-490)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Save Summer Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Labor and Employment
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Save Summer Act of 2004 - Increases the FY 2004 numerical limit on H-2B nonimmigrants (temporary nonagricultural workers) from 66,000 to 106,000. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with information on: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
COLA Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4054
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Maps
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Regional economic disparities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
COLA Fairness Act of 2004 - Requires the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish, for 14 specified regions in the United States, monthly regional consumer price indices for computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Amina Silmi.

Bill: 108-hr-4055
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Makes Amina Silmi eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in House
Samaritan Initiative Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4057
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Affordable housing
Alcoholism
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Case management
Church and social problems
Continuum of care
Counseling
Data banks
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health counseling
Homeless
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Information services
Labor and Employment
Law
Leases
Management information systems
Medical tests
Mental health services
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Preventive medicine
Psychotherapy
Psychotropic drugs
Religion
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Samaritan Initiative Act of 2004 - Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to establish a program through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under which a participating Federal agency shall make grants to eligible entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, for permanent housing (provision of housing or rental assistance) and related treatment (including health and drug and alcohol treatment) and support services for chronically homeless persons. 
 
Requires: (1) a participating Federal agency to establish an interagency implementation and monitoring team; and (2) a grantee to establish a homeless management information system. 
 
Obligates specified authorizations of appropriations for: (1) HUD; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Authorizes the participation of other Federal agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
No School Left Behind Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4063
Sponsor: Rep. Ballance, Frank W.,  Jr. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
No School Left Behind Act of 2004 - Authorizes States, in the event of inadequate Federal funding under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to waive certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Federal Contractor Security Act

Bill: 108-hr-4064
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Employee selection
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government service contracts
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Recruiting of employees
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Federal Contractor Security Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the following Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation: (1) those contractors required to pay at least minimum wage; and (2) those contractors exempted from the requirements of the Service Contract Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Housing Affordability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4065
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Veterans Housing Affordability Act of 2004 - Increases the maximum amount of Department of Veterans Affairs-guaranteed home loans to veterans for the purchase or construction of a home from $60,000 to the dollar amount equal to 22.5 percent of the Freddie Mac conforming loan limitation determined under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act, as adjusted for the year involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: -Similar provision incorporated. See H.R. 1716, Title III, Section 301.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Government Election Administration Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4068
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Ballots
Computers
Data banks
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Electronic government information
Federal mandates
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Science, Technology, Communications
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
State and Local Government Election Administration Act of 2004 - Amends the the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to postpone the deadline by which a State is required to meet the election administration requirements of the Act until the total amount appropriated to the State for requirements payments under the Act is equal to or greater than the costs incurred by the State in meeting such requirements.
 
Declares that no State (or local government) shall be required to meet any of such election administration requirements until the later of: (1) the first day of the first calendar year which begins after the aggregate amount appropriated to the State for requirements payments for all fiscal years is equal to or greater than the costs incurred by the State in meeting such requirements; or (2) the applicable date otherwise provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4070
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
Governmental investigations
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2004 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To extend the time within which claims may be filed under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Bill: 108-hr-4071
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Claims
Compensation (Law)
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
International Affairs
Limitation of actions
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Extends by an additional year the time period for filing claims under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4072
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Blacks
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child health
Commemorations
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional tributes
Consumer discounts
Department of Health and Human Services
Diet
Dietary supplements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Food industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Latin Americans
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Nutrition
Obesity
Pacific Islanders
Parents
Physical fitness
Public service advertising
School health programs
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct public outreach campaigns to increase the awareness of African Americans and other minority populations about: (1) nutrition and fitness; (2) access to, and the affordability of, healthy foods and dietary supplements; (3) the need for health promotion; (4) how to prepare inexpensive, healthy meals; and (5) how to incorporate dietary supplements and physical activity into daily life.
 
Allows the Director to make grants to: (1) not-for-profit organizations servicing medically underserved populations to promote healthy eating and regular exercise habits among minority communities; (2) State and local educational agencies and community organizations to conduct training events and demonstration projects for children and their parents in communities with significant minority populations; and (3) community organizations to encourage manufacturers to make their healthy food products available at a discount in communities with significant minority populations.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate.

Bill: 108-hr-4073
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Earnings
Environmental Protection
Farm income
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rent
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat conservation reserve program payments as real estate rentals and thus excluded from consideration in self-employment net earnings. 
 
Amends the Social Security Act to treat such payments similarly for purposes of old, age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require the President to include the estimated unfunded liabilities of all Federal programs in annual budget submissions.

Bill: 108-hr-4074
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Public debt

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Amends Federal law to require the President to include in the annual submission to Congress of a proposed Federal budget a separate statement setting forth the estimated unfunded liability of each program for specified fiscal years, including the next 20-fiscal-year and 75-fiscal-year periods.


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
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H864-867)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of capital losses which may offset ordinary income.

Bill: 108-hr-4075
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Losses
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $3,000 to $9,000 the limitation on the deduction for the capital losses of individual taxpayers. Provides for an annual inflation adjustment of the limitation amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in House