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DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4760
Sponsor: Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Authorization
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Labeling
Law
Legislation
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act of 2004 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005, and authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through 2009: (1) to carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the amendments made by DSHEA, and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) for expanded research and development of consumer information, including information on safety and beneficial effects, of dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to: (1) fully and appropriately use such funds to regulate dietary supplements; and (2) report annually on DSHEA implementation and enforcement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects.

Bill: 108-hr-4761
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the amount of authorized appropriations for the pilot program for alternative water source projects and extend program authorization through FY 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Breast feeding
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal-state relations
Fish inspection
Fishery products
Fishes
Fishing
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health warnings
Labeling
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Medical research
Mercury
Pollution measurement
Pregnant women
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public service advertising
Restaurants
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Seafood
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Telephone
Water Resources Development
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
Mercury Health Advisory Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs jointly to develop fish consumption advisories for methyl-mercury in fish. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) prepare and distribute to health professionals (and others upon request) a consumer's mercury advisory notice regarding the health risks of fish consumption; and (2) establish a toll-free number for individuals who desire additional information.
 
Requires the Administrator to prepare and distribute to specified State entities and applicants for fishing licenses (and others upon request) a consumer's guide to mercury, including a health advisory for the consumption of recreationally-caught fish.
 
Requires the Secretary to work with States and other entities to: (1) develop and distribute standardized advisories, including consumption advisories and health warnings, regarding the presence of methyl-mercury in seafood; and (2) design and implement a related national public education program.
 
Directs the Commissioner to resume the Food and Drug Administration's seafood methyl-mercury monitoring sampling program.
 
Requires the Secretary, within one year of enactment of this Act, to finalize the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point assessment to determine whether methyl-mercury exposure through fish consumption is a public health hazard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations.

Bill: 108-hr-4763
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Caribbean area
East Asia
Grenada
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Panama
South Korea
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
Amends the definition of &quot;period of war&quot; to extend eligibility for veterans' pension benefits to those veterans who served during specified time periods in the Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Granada, or Panama.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war.

Bill: 108-hr-4764
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military operations
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
Redefines the term &quot;period of war&quot; for purposes of eligibility for veterans' pension benefits to include any period of active military, naval, or air service not specifically referenced for which a veteran received an expeditionary medal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.

Bill: 108-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer software
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Families
Federal aid to education
Infrastructure
Internet
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Mentoring
Parent-school relationships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Technical education
Women
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for Getting Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century (Go Girl). Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to, and contracts and cooperative agreements with, local educational agencies to provide subgrants to elementary and secondary schools for services that: (1) encourage the ongoing interest of girls in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; and (2) prepare girls to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees and careers in those fields. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to triple the amount of the credit allowed for basic research.

Bill: 108-hr-4767
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 20 to 60 percent the credit amount for basic research expenditures under the tax credit for increasing research activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Behind Appropriations Support Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4769
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Supplemental appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
 No Child Left Behind Appropriations Support Act of 2004 - Makes a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Education for FY 2004 to carry out this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to make payments in additional amounts to each local education agency (LEA) that receives a lesser amount of funds for FY 2004 than it received for FY 2003 under subpart 2 (Allocations) of part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Requires such payments to equal the difference between the amount the LEA would otherwise receive for FY 2004 and the amount the LEA received in FY 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-4770
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on glyoxylic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopentanone.

Bill: 108-hr-4771
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on cyclopentanone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4772
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Coinsurance
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Insurance companies
Law
Life insurance
Losses
Property insurance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to extend the terrorism risk insurance program through December 31, 2008.
 
Restricts &quot;insured loss&quot; with respect to the Final Program Year to certain losses covered by property and casualty insurance issued before January 1, 2008, and expiring not later than December 31, 2008.
 
Sets forth an insurer deductible that is the value of an insurer's direct earned premiums multiplied by 15 percent for Program Years 3, 4, and 5, and for the Final Program Year.
 
Redefines &quot;insured loss&quot; to include group life insurance coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and one woman.

Bill: 108-hr-4773
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Families
Local laws
Marriage

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Defines &quot;marriage&quot; for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to mean the union of one man and one woman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
FAIR (Foreign Air Impact Regulation) AIR Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4774
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air pollution control
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Law
Negotiations
Planning
Standards
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
FAIR (Foreign Air Impact Regulation) AIR Act of 2004 - Amends the Clean Air Act to delay the effective date of reclassification of a nonattainment area to a higher classification of nonattainment for failing to meet national ambient air quality standards by applicable deadlines if: (1) the area is adjacent to a foreign country; and (2) the State in which the area is located submits a claim to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency that the area would have attained the relevant standard by the attainment date but for emissions emanating from outside the United States.
 
Prohibits such reclassification from taking effect unless: (1) the Secretary of State has entered into negotiations with the foreign country involved to develop an air quality improvement plan for the international area encompassing the nonattainment area and submitted that plan to Congress; and (2) taking into consideration such plan, the Administrator has taken appropriate action to improve air quality in the nonattainment area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5468)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4775
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Construction costs
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Saline waters
Texas
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the El Paso Water Reclamation, Reuse, and Desalinization project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and to treat and reuse impaired and brackish groundwater in the service area of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas. Sets the Federal share of the project's total cost at 50 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for operation and maintenance of the project.

action_date: 2004-10-07
text: 

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

 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the El Paso Water Reclamation, Reuse, and Desalinization project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and to treat and reuse impaired and brackish groundwater in the service area of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas. Sets the Federal share of the project's total cost at 50 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for operation and maintenance of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 472.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-760.
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-760.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to include bullying and harassment prevention programs.

Bill: 108-hr-4776
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Discrimination in education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Minorities
Parent-school relationships
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
School administration
School discipline
School personnel
Secondary education
Sex discrimination
Sexual harassment
Teachers
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Amends the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to: (1) include bullying and harassment under the definition of violence; and (2) provide for programs to address and prevent bullying and harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Efficiency Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4777
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Income tax
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Service stations
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Fuel Efficiency Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the phaseout of the tax credit for qualified electric vehicles; (2) repeal the phaseout of the tax deduction for qualified clean-fuel vehicle property; and (3) exempt new qualified hybrid motor vehicles from the limitations on the depreciation of luxury automobiles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop.

Bill: 108-hr-4778
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: 
Declares that Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Introduced in House