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Secure Domestic Container Partnership Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5143
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Common carriers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Department of Homeland Security
Freight
Freight forwarders
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial standards
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Port authorities
Security measures
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
Secure Domestic Container Partnership Act of 2004 - Amends Federal shipping law to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out an empty shipping container sealing pilot program to encourage shipping container handlers to seal empty shipping containers after they have unpacked them. Allows the Secretary to authorize a shipper, cargo carrier, freight forwarder, terminal operator, port authority, or labor organization that is a qualified container handler to secure, under a seal approved by the Secretary, a shipping container that is emptied by the person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1701)
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Drugs
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to allow the average sales price system to go into effect but also to ensure that Medicare payments for cancer drugs do not go below 95 percent of 2004 levels in 2005, and 95 percent of 2005 levels in 2006. 
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with respect to the transitional adjustment in practice expense relative value units in the physician fee schedule for drug administration services. Extends application of the transition adjustment through December 31, 2006. Increases from three percent to 27 percent during 2005 the applicable percentage of the fee schedule amount that shall be paid to a physician from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Reduces this applicable percentage during 2006 to 22 percent. (Current law reduces the 32 percent transitional payment for practice expenses in 2004 to 3 percent in 2005 and 0 percent in 2006.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-09-23
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: 2004-09-23
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: 2004-09-23
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: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
National Fish and Wildlife Policy Fellowship Program Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5145
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Anadromous fishes
Animals
Biology
Congress
Congressional fellows
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Federal aid to education
Fishery management
Fishes
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Graduate education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Policy sciences
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
National Fish and Wildlife Policy Fellowship Program Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to award fellowships to qualified graduate and post-graduate level students engaged in advanced degree programs concerning freshwater and anadromous fish, wildlife, conservation management, or biology in order to: (1) provide such students with opportunities to participate in the policy process within executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government; and (2) provide Federal agencies and Congress with specific expertise to aid in the effective management of the nation's natural living resources. 
 
Requires the Secretary to strive to ensure equal access to the fellowship program for minority and disadvantaged students and to report to Congress on such efforts.
 
States that the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shall administer fellowships awarded under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Automobile Efficiency Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5146
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2004-09-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural cooperatives
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Automobile engines
Automobile industry
Biomass energy
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Consumer education
Cooperative societies
Department of the Treasury
Diesel motor
Electric vehicles
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy industries
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
High technology
Hydrogen
Income tax
Labeling
Law
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicles
Natural gas vehicles
Retail trade
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax returns
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: 
Common Sense Automobile Efficiency Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the phaseouts of the tax credit for qualified electric vehicles and of the tax deduction for clean-fuel vehicles.
 
Allows a tax credit for investment in certain alternative motor vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles, advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and alternative fuel motor vehicles. Sets forth formulae for determining the amount of such credit based on various factors, including vehicle weight and fuel efficiency ratings.
 
Allows a tax-exempt cooperative organization to elect to apportion amounts of the small ethanol producer tax credit among its patrons on a pro rata basis. Increases from 30 to 60 million gallons the maximum productive capacity allowed to eligible small ethanol producers for purposes of qualifying for the tax credit.
 
Allows a tax credit for biodiesel used as fuel.
 
Allows a tax credit against the gasoline excise tax for alcohol fuel and biodiesel mixtures.
 
Excludes from the export exemption from certain excise taxes the delivery of a taxable fuel into a fuel tank of a motor vehicle which is shipped or driven outside of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-23
text: Introduced in House
Identity Management Security Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5148
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2004-09-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Computer matching
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterfeiting
Crime prevention
Data banks
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Employee training
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identity theft
Immigration
Interstate compacts
Labor and Employment
Passports
Photography
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
State employees
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: 
Identity Management Security Act of 2004 - Prohibits a Federal agency from accepting a State issued driver's license or identification card unless it includes certain data, including a photograph, a common machine-readable technology, and certain anti-fraud physical security features. Prescribes minimum license or identification card issuance standards and other specified practices States must meet.
 
Requires a State, to be eligible for a grant to assist it in conforming to such minimum standards, to participate in the interstate compact, &quot;Driver License Agreement,&quot; in order to provide electronic access by a State to information contained in the motor vehicle databases of all other States.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the security of birth certificates and other birth documentation used by States as proof of identity, with recommendations on measures to improve the security of such documentation.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to assist them in eliminating the duplication of birth and death records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-09-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Introduced in House
Foundation for Nevada's Veterans Land Transfer Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5151
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Land transfers
Nevada
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Foundation for Nevada's Veterans Land Transfer Act of 2004 - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over specified Bureau of Land Management land in Clark County, Nevada, from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be used for the construction and operation of medical and related facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense to take such actions as are necessary to change the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar as possible to, the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employee Health Benefit program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 108-hr-5152
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coinsurance
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Medical economics
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to change the reimbursement rules and cost sharing requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar as possible to, the reimbursement rules and cost sharing requirements under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employee Health Benefit program (FEHBP). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Native American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5153
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Indian housing
Minorities
Mortgages
Native Americans
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Native American Veterans Home Loan Act of 2004 - Extends through December 31, 2010, a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make direct housing loans to Native American veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1725-1726)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-5154
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Payroll deductions
Pension funds
Tax administration
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Wages
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat differential wage payments as a payment of wages by an employer to an employee for income tax purposes. Defines &quot;differential wage payment&quot; as any employer payment to an individual serving on active duty in the uniformed services for more than 30 days which represents wages such individual would have received if such individual were performing services for the employer.
 
Treats an individual receiving differential wage payments as an employee and treats differential wage payments as compensation for retirement plan purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Free Market Drug Act

Bill: 108-hr-5155
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Citizen lawsuits
Commemorations
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government property
Government publicity
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Medical supplies
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Parties to actions
Patents
Performance measurement
Pharmaceutical research
Planning
Prescription pricing
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Surety and fidelity
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Free Market Drug Act - Establishes the National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development to provide for the development of drugs, biological products, and devices to: (1) increase the number and medical efficacy of drugs, biological products, and devices on the market; and (2) make the drugs, biological products, and devices available to the public at reasonable prices.
 
Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) monitor the results of certain research to identify discoveries that, if subjected to appropriate research and development activities, may be suitable for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as drugs, biological products, or devices for use in humans (candidate discoveries); (2) identify candidate discoveries and carry out appropriate research and development regarding such discoveries; (3) establish, review, and revise a plan for the development, testing, and manufacture of candidate discoveries through the Institute; (4) establish priorities among candidate discoveries; and (5)) maintain an Internet site to make available to the public information on activities under this Act.
 
Allows the Director to identify a discovery as a candidate discovery only if the Federal Government holds, or can reasonably be expected to obtain, a patent on the discovery. Prohibits the Director from transferring ownership of such patent to any non-Federal entity.
 
Allows civil suits to protect Federal ownership of patents.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) grant non-exclusive licenses for the commercial marketing of FDA-approved candidate discoveries; (2) establish Federal laboratories to carry out this Act; and (3) establish a fund to provide cash awards for making significant advances in knowledge regarding a disease, disorder, or other health condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5156
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Critically ill
Disabled
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) phase out the waiting period for disabled individuals to become entitled to Medicare benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare); and (2) eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions to become entitled.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study the range of disability conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals receive access to health care services and coverage before the condition reaches disability levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5157
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government insurance
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medically uninsured

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of &quot;qualified high risk pool&quot; for grant purposes to allow a State to meet the requirement to provide all eligible individuals with health insurance coverage by utilizing an acceptable alternative mechanism that includes a high risk pool as a component and: (1) that provides for risk adjustment, risk spreading, or a risk spreading mechanism (among issuers or policies of an issuer) or for some financial subsidization for eligible individuals, including through assistance to participating issuers; or (2) under which each eligible individual is provided a choice of all individual health insurance coverage otherwise available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5158
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Commemorations
Concessions
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Maintenance and repair
National parks
National recreation areas
Rent
Restaurants
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Modifies the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the management of such properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Introduced in House