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Army Combat Recognition Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4369
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Army Combat Recognition Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) establish a combat recognition ribbon to recognize combat participation by members of the Army; and (2) award the ribbon to each member of the Army who meets criteria established by the Secretary (to be based upon the criteria for award of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon) for service performed after August 1, 1990.
 
Prohibits award of the ribbon to members of the Army who were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medic Badge for the same period of service.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish procedures to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Direct Loan Reward Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4370
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Higher education
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Direct Loan Reward Act of 2004 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a Direct Loan Reward Program to encourage institutions of higher education to participate in the student loan program under part D, Federal Perkins Loans.
 
Makes the amount of financial reward payment to an institution under this Act equal to 50 percent of the savings to the Federal Government generated by the institution's participation in such part D student loan program instead of its participation in the student loan program under the part B Federal Family Education Loan Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4371
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative fees
Bridges
Capital investments
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Federal-territorial relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interest rates
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Local finance
Minorities
Native Americans
Road construction
Sewerage
State finance
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Tunnels
Waste water treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
State and Local Government Economic Empowerment Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue an interest-free loan to any State, county, incorporated municipality, or Indian tribe upon obtaining appropriate assurances that the proceeds of the loan will be used solely for funding capital projects, including the construction of or improvements to: (1) streets, highways, bridges, and tunnels; (2) waste water and sewer systems; and (3) infrastructure and other public facilities. Sets maximum loan limitations. Entitles each such unit of government to obtain an interest-free loan unless it is delinquent in repaying a prior loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4372
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Caregivers
Day care
Disabled
Families
Flexible benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Working Families Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused dependent care benefits in a dependent care flexible spending plan or arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such plan or arrangement without affecting its status as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.

action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 

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

 
Working Families Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused dependent care benefits in a dependent care flexible spending plan or arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such plan or arrangement without affecting its status as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4663-4664)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4663-4664)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4372.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4663-4665)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Mr. Cantor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
FERMI Act

Bill: 108-hr-4373
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Data transmission systems
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Engineers
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Higher education
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists
Security clearances
Security measures
Skilled labor
Technology transfer
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Furthering Education and Research through Mantis Improvements Act or FERMI Act - Requires the Secretary of State to: (1) provide consular officers with improved guidance regarding the operational structure and requirements of the Visas Mantis security check program (which protects against illegal transfers of sensitive technology); and (2) provide greater specificity in the Technology Alert List used under the program. Requires the Secretary and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make fully interoperable the data systems used under the program. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on progress toward implementing these provisions.
 
Establishes a three-year validity period for Visas Mantis security checks and revalidations. Permits revalidations in the United States. Allows multiple entries on a nonimmigrant visa for which a security check is required. Makes security checks valid across changes in nonimmigrant classifications. Creates an exception for national security concerns as determined by the Secretary.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit annual reports on the Visas Mantis program to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4375
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Gold
History
Military history
Military parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefields Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Women's Sustainability Recovery Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4376
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Economics and Public Finance
Entrepreneurs
Fund raising
Grants-in-aid
Nonprofit organizations
Small business
Social Welfare
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Women's Sustainability Recovery Act of 2004 - Establishes FY 2004 funding priorities for women's business development centers by: (1) reserving a certain percentage of available funds for sustainability grants under the Small Business Act notwithstanding current limits on the use of unawarded funds; (2) setting a maximum funding amount for such grants; and (3) specifying a formula for continuation grants to centers that received FY 2003 funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Science Over Politics Act

Bill: 108-hr-4377
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2004-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Contraceptives
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: 
Science Over Politics Act - Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) review the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) not to approve the application for the commercial distribution of the emergency contraceptive drug Plan B (levonorgestrel in 0.75 mg. tablet form) as an over-the-counter drug; (2) affirm that the decision was not politically influenced, was based on sound science, and conformed to FDA precedents and procedures; and (3) publish such affirmation in the Federal Register.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that members of the National Guards who served in the counties declared disasters in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and who served under State duty so that they could immediately assist in the response to the terrorist attacks should have that service counted as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit.

Bill: 108-hr-4378
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
National Guard
September 11, 2001
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Authorizes members of the National Guard who, immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, served in counties declared Federal disaster areas as the result of those attacks to count such service as Federal active duty for purposes of military retirement credit.
 
Makes this Act retroactively effective to benefit those members of the National Guard who became entitled to retired pay between September 11, 2001, and the date of enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Working Parents Child Care Relief Act

Bill: 108-hr-4379
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Caregivers
Cost of living adjustments
Day care
Disabled
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Working Parents Child Care Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $6,000 the exclusion from the gross income of an employee for employer-paid dependent care assistance. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the exclusion amount for taxable years beginning in a calendar year after 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Judge Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".

Bill: 108-hr-4382
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Florida
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the Judge Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
National Fishery Mitigation Coordination Act

Bill: 108-hr-4383
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Arizona
Arkansas
Army Corps of Engineers
California
Colorado
Costs
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Fish culture
Fishery management
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Kentucky
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Planning
South Dakota
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
National Fishery Mitigation Coordination Act - Directs a sponsor agency (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority) to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to pay the mitigation fishery cost that specified mitigation fishery facilities located in the United States and owned and operated by the Service incur in conducting mitigation activities.
 
Defines mitigation fishery cost as the expenditures necessary to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate facilities to conduct mitigation fishery activities, including the rearing and stocking of native and nonnative fish to replace or maintain harvest levels lost as a result of Federal water resource development projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Spending Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4384
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Political action committees
Political parties
Tax penalties
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Truth in Spending Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise disclosure requirements for tax-exempt political organizations. Requires such organizations to file monthly reports in any calendar year in which they accept a contribution or make an expenditure for an exempt function and to file a single year-end report not later than January 31 of the following calendar year. Eliminates the quarterly reporting requirement in calendar years in which a regularly scheduled election is held. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the suspension from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities of persons that have not paid a fine resulting from a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 that causes the death of an employee.

Bill: 108-hr-4385
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Employers' liability
Federal aid programs
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Health
Law
Occupational health and safety
Subcontractors
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to suspend any person from Federal procurement and nonprocurement activities upon a finding that the person has not paid a fine imposed for an OSHA violation that caused the death of an employee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
9/11 Can You Hear Me Now Act

Bill: 108-hr-4386
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency communication systems
Federal-city relations
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Identification devices
New York City
Office buildings
Radio
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
9/11 Can You Hear Me Now Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to procure development and provision of a communications system for the New York City Fire Department, including appropriate radios and upgrades to the Department's critical information dispatch system that allow communication in all locations and under all conditions in which firefighters can reasonably be expected to work.
 
Directs that any communications system procured include provision to each firefighter of a supplemental radio communication device that: (1) allows the firefighter to transmit emergency notification warning signals to other firefighters; and (2) has the capability to operate automatically by transmitting messages that will relay an incapacitated firefighter's identification and location.
 
Requires that upgrades procured: (1) provide useful, detailed data concerning all likely terrorist target locations in the city; and (2) be capable of providing to responding firefighters, instantaneously, details about particular buildings and other locations to assist in making decisions about how to mitigate a terrorist attack.
 
Requires that: (1) radios, any dispatch system upgrades, and supplemental communication devices procured be tested; and (2) the Secretary coordinate with the city to ensure that the communications system procured is compatible with city plans to upgrade its 911 system and interoperable with other public safety communications systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House