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Energy Efficiency Act

Bill: 108-hr-4995
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric appliances
Energy conservation
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Energy Efficiency Act - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require that only intermittent escalators be acquired for installation in Federal buildings. Defines an intermittent escalator as an escalator that remains in a stationary position until it automatically operates at the approach of a passenger, and returns to a stationary position after the passenger completes passage. 
 
Provides an exception to this requirement for a location outside the United States if the cost to acquire an intermittent escalator would be substantially greater over the life of the escalator.
 
Requires Federal agencies to incorporate other escalator energy conservation measures, as appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To make funds available to pay the United States prisoners of war that brought suit against the Government of Iraq in the case of Acree v. Republic of Iraq.

Bill: 108-hr-4998
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-prisoners of war
Government liability (International law)
History
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Persian Gulf War
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Torture
Veterans' benefits
War crimes
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay $1 million to each of the 17 plaintiffs in the case of Acree v. Republic of Iraq that were held captive by Iraq during the first Gulf War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provisions of law making reemployed annuitants ineligible for physicians comparability allowances under title 5, United States Code, and special pay for physicians and dentists under title 38, United States Code.

Bill: 108-hr-4999
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil service retirement
Dentists
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Health
Labor and Employment
Pay equity
Physicians
Recruiting of employees
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends Federal employment and veterans' benefits law to repeal provisions which make reemployed annuitants ineligible for physicians comparability allowances and special pay for physicians and dentists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1484)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Radioprotectant Procurement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5000
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
EBB Terrorism
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear weapons
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Public health
Radiation victims
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Radioprotectant Procurement Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Defense to utilize and expend funds necessary for rapidly developing, bringing to market, and procuring whole-body radioprotectants.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security: (1) to report to Congress on the threat of a nuclear or radiological attack against the United States and the availability of effective radioprotectant medical countermeasures; and (2) upon determining that an effective radioprotectant is available or may become available within a reasonable time, to enter into agreements with private companies for the procurement of enough effective, safe, stable, and low-cost radioprotectants to protect the people of the United States, including in a multi-location attack scenario.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jose Manual Guzman-Morales.

Bill: 108-hr-5002
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Makes Jose Manual Guzman-Morales 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: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister.

Bill: 108-hr-5003
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Makes Malachy McAllister, Nicola McAllister, and Sean Ryan McAllister each 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: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Judith Atuh Tanjoh, Serge Mbah Tikum, Marie Noel Tikum, Emmanuel Ngwa Tikum, and Roger Fon Tikum.

Bill: 108-hr-5004
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Makes Judith Atuh Tanjoh, Serge Mbah Tikum, Marie Noel Tikum, Emmanuel Ngwa Tikum, and Roger Fon Tikum each 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: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1483)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Local Government and Traveler Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5007
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Commerce
Congress
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government publicity
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Terrorism
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Local Government and Traveler Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security an Under Secretary for Local Government and Tourism. Transfers to the Under Secretary the functions currently held by the Office of State and Local Government Coordination. Makes the Under Secretary responsible for specified tasks currently carried out by the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security (Select).
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5010
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil War
Commemorations
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
History
Infantry
Maryland
Military parks
Military personnel
Monuments and memorials
New Hampshire
Volunteer forces

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the establishment, at a suitable location approved by the Secretary within the boundaries of Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland, of a memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act

Bill: 108-hr-5012
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Anniversaries
Coins and coinage
Commemorations
Copper
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
History
Lincoln Administration
Money
Zinc

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 1-Cent Coin Redesign Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during 2009, to issue one-cent coins with the reverse side bearing four different designs representing different aspects of the life of Abraham Lincoln.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and to improve the linkage between databases for public disclosure of election-related information maintained by the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Election Commission.

Bill: 108-hr-5013
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Income tax
Political action committees
Political parties
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise disclosure requirements for tax-exempt political organizations. Requires such an organization to make monthly reports in any election year in which it accepts contributions or makes expenditures of $25,000 or more. Requires quarterly reports for organizations with less than $25,000 in contributions or expenditures, but requires a change to monthly reporting upon receipt of contributions in excess of $25,000 or the making of expenditures greater than $25,000. Requires: (1) pre-election and post-election reports; and (2) semiannual reports in years in which a regularly scheduled election is not held.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to take actions to increase disclosure to the public of tax-exempt political organization reporting; and (2) the Secretary and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to take actions to improve the linkage between the databases for public disclosure of election related information maintained by the Department of the Treasury and the FEC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Sustainability Report Act

Bill: 108-hr-5014
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Massachusetts
National parks
Recreation
Regional economic development
Rhode Island
Rivers
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Sustainability Report Act - Requires the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) to prepare a report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
 
Requires the report to: (1) document progress made in accomplishing the purpose of the law establishing the Corridor and the strategies and goals set forth in the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the Corridor, including historic preservation, interpretation and education, environmental recovery, recreational development, and economic improvement; (2) identify further actions and commitments needed to protect, enhance, and interpret the Corridor; (3) determine the extent of Federal funding and determine how such funds have leveraged additional Federal, State, local, and private funding for the Corridor since its establishment; and (4) evaluate the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission's form of authority and management structure for the Corridor, and identify and evaluate options for a permanent NPS designation or a State park or regional entity as a sustainable framework to achieve the national interest of the Blackstone Valley.
 
Directs that: (1) the Director prepare the report in coordination with the NPS Advisory Board; and (2) funding to prepare the report be made available from annual appropriations for the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Samuel de Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5015
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Coins and coinage
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
Lakes
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Postage stamps
Research grants
Social Welfare
Strategic planning
Tourism
Vermont
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Samuel de Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2004 - Establishes the Samuel de Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission to provide technical and financial assistance to the States of Vermont and New York and communities in those States to commemorate: (1) the arrival of Samuel de Champlain into the Champlain Valley in 1609; and (2) the heritage of the greater Lake Champlain Basin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

Bill: 108-hr-5016
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Missouri River development
Nebraska
Rivers
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska, for four years.

action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 

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

 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska, for four years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Received in the Senate.
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 Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7681-7682)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7681-7682)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5016.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7681-7682)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Mr. Radanovich moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-5017
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House