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Child Protection and Home Safety Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5323
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Commerce
Costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of the Treasury
Evidence (Law)
Families
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Liability (Law)
Quality of products
Safety measures
Standards
Storage
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Child Protection and Home Safety Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for up to 25 percent of the cost of a qualified residential gun safe. Defines &quot;qualified residential gun safe&quot; as a container not intended for the display of firearms which is specifically designed to store or safeguard firearms from unauthorized access and which meets established performance standards. Limits the amount of such credit to $250.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5324
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational planning
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Educational tests
Federal aid to education
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Medical education
Medical residents
Minorities
Minority education
Nurses
Nursing education
Recruiting of employees
Salaries
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award a grant to each eligible school of nursing to increase the number of nursing faculty and students at the school.
 
Requires such schools to formulate and implement a plan to accomplish at least two of specified goals, which include: (1) establishing or significantly expanding an accelerated baccalaureate degree nursing program designed to graduate new nurses in 12 to 18 months; (2) establishing cooperative interdisciplinary training between schools of nursing and other specified health related fields; (3) increasing admissions, enrollment, and retention of qualified individuals who are financially disadvantaged; (4) increasing enrollment of minority and diverse student populations; (5) increasing enrollment of new graduate baccalaureate nursing students in graduate programs that educate nurse faculty members; (6) developing post-baccalaureate residency programs to prepare nurses for practice in specialty areas where nursing shortages are more severe; and (7) increasing integration of geriatric content into the core curriculum.
 
Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study ways to increase participation in the nurse faculty profession and to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a discussion of the master's degree and doctoral degree programs that are successful in placing graduates as faculty in schools of nursing; and (2) an examination of compensation disparities throughout the nursing profession and between higher education instructional faculty generally and higher education instructional nursing faculty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5325
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Airline employees
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Motor vehicles
Recruiting of employees
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act of 2004 - Amends Federal transportation law to set a deadline of 120 days after enactment of this Act for the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security to require screening or inspection of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment before entry into a secured area of a U.S. airport.
 
Requires such screening requirements to include at a minimum physical screening for metal objects.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to require random screenings and inspections until such deadline. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to hire additional passenger and baggage screeners to ensure aviation security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional security for nuclear facilities under certain circumstances.

Bill: 108-hr-5326
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air routes
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Energy
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Private aviation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit any commercial or private aircraft from flying below 18,000 feet within a ten-mile radius of a commercial nuclear power reactor licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission if the threat alert level determined by the Homeland Security Advisory System is elevated to code orange or code red.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an increased exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain widows and widowers.

Bill: 108-hr-5327
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Families
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Tax exclusion
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $250,000 to $500,000 the maximum exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of a principal residence by a widow or widower within one year of a spouse's death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Sexual Assaults in the Military Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5328
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
DNA
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evidence (Law)
Forensic medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Identification of criminals
Laboratories
Law
Medical personnel
Military and naval offenses
Military bases
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military personnel
Nurses
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Service academies
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Preventing Sexual Assaults in the Military Act of 2004 - Authorizes necessary appropriations to: (1) eliminate the backlog in processing DNA evidence at military DNA laboratories, including the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; (2) ensure that DNA testing and analysis of samples from crimes, including sexual assault and other serious violent crimes, are carried out in a timely manner; (3) distribute a sufficient amount of DNA evidence kits to each military academy, domestic military base, overseas military base, and theater of operations; and (4) ensure that at least one military medical personnel member trained as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) or Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) is on duty at all times in the health care facility of each military academy, domestic military military base, overseas military base, and theater of operations, except where a memorandum of understanding ensures that a nonmilitary SANE or SAFE is on duty at all times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922-1923)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act

Bill: 108-hr-5330
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commemorations
Environmental Protection
Grazing
Land transfers
Landscape protection
National monuments
Natural areas
Real estate appraisal
Recreation areas
Sports and Recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Utah Recreational Lands Exchange Act - Directs the State of Utah to convey to the United States specified Utah State school trust lands located in the Colorado River Corridor of Grand County, in the vicinity of Dinosaur National Monument in Uintah County, and in the Book Cliffs area of Uintah County, Utah. Requires the Secretary of the Interior simultaneously to convey to Utah specified public land located in those counties.
 
Requires the value of the exchanged lands to be approximately equal or to be equalized, following appraisal and a specified dispute resolution process, by adding or subtracting lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1932-1933)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduction in Medicare payment through competitive bidding for certain items of durable medical equipment.

Bill: 108-hr-5331
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Competitive bidding
Diabetes
Government Operations and Politics
Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Shoe industry
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to remove custom molded shoes with inserts or extra-depth shoes with inserts for an individual with severe diabetic foot disease from the definition of orthotics and prosthetics for purposes of a reduced Medicare payment (in effect repealing the reduction in Medicare payments for such items of durable medical equipment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To replace a Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida.

Bill: 108-hr-5333
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reefs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Replaces the map subtitled &quot;Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P Draper Lake Unit FL-96,&quot; dated October 24, 1990, relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P, located in Walton County, Florida, as included in the set of maps entitled &quot;Coastal Barrier Resources System&quot;, and referred to in the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, with another map relating to that unit entitled &quot;____&quot; and dated &quot;____&quot;.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Dichloroethyl Ether.

Bill: 108-hr-5334
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2014, the duty on Dichloroethyl Ether.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Space and Aeronautics Prize Act

Bill: 108-hr-5336
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advertising
Advice and consent of the Senate
Aeronautics
Astronautics
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Launch vehicles
Presidential appointments
Public service advertising
Space activities
Space commercialization
Space flight
Space shuttles
Spacecraft
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Space and Aeronautics Prize Act - Establishes a National Endowment for Space and Aeronautics, to be headed by a Chairman appointed by the President, to: (1) further the public's knowledge of and inspiration by the Earth, the Earth's atmosphere, human and robotic spaceflight and science missions, and celestial bodies; (2) carry out a program to award cash prizes for outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration in conjunction with or independent of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (3) carry out advertising of commercial products and services in conjunction with such endeavors; and (4) encourage private gifts for the benefit of such endeavors.
 
Requires the Endowment annually to report to Congress.
 
Authorizes the Chairman to carry out a program to award cash prizes for outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have potential for application to the activities of NASA. Requires the Chairman annually to report to specified congressional committees on the administration of such program.
 
Requires the Endowment to carry out a program to award a prize for the demonstration of a space flight vehicle to carry at least one person to a minimum altitude of 400 kilometers from within the United States or its territories, complete at least three Earth orbits, and return safely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1932)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit members of Congress from entering into any agreement with any foreign person or any commercial entity for the purpose of influencing or seeking a change in a law or regulation of the United States that would ease any restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5337
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Commerce
Congress
Congressional ethics
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economic assistance
Export controls
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Legislation
Members of Congress
Military assistance
Misconduct in office
Sanctions (International law)
State-sponsored terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to redefine agent of a foreign principal to include Members of Congress who enter into written agreements with any foreign person to modify any Federal law or regulation that would result in easing any restriction imposed on any country the government of which has been determined by the Secretary of State, for purposes of specified Federal law, to be a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.
 
Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to deem any agreement or action on behalf of a foreign person or a business concern which is prohibited under the Federal criminal code to be U.S. export assistance prohibited under such Act. (Currently, U.S. assistance and financing is prohibited for exports to Cuba or for commercial exports to Iran, Libya, North Korea, or Sudan.)
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any Member of Congress who violates the Federal criminal code should be sanctioned under the appropriate congressional rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
La Cura Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5339
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Alzheimer's disease
Authorization
Clinical trials
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Hispanic Americans
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2004 or La Cura Act of 2004 - Authorizes appropriations for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
Requires the Director of NIH to ensure sufficient resources for activities relating to Alzheimer's disease and Hispanic communities, including by: (1) increasing efforts in epidemiological work in Hispanic subgroups; (2) allocating resources to the National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's disease research centers and other academic centers involved in such research to increase participation of Hispanics in research and clinical trials in sufficient numbers to draw valid conclusions; and (3) conduct social, behavioral, and health services research to understand the underlying reasons why Hispanic individuals delay diagnosis and underutilize services and to identify culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to address such delays and underutilization.
 
Requires the Director to expand and intensify NIH efforts to educate communities about the importance of research relating to Alzheimer's disease and to respond effectively to cultural concerns about participation in such research.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for a program of grants to States to carry out demonstration programs related to Alzheimer's disease.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct an aggressive, evidence-based education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease, particularly to Hispanic populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House