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Macroeconomic Budgeting Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3937
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Congress
Congressional budget
Federal budget process
Federal budgets

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Macroeconomic Budgeting Act of 2004 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to change from mandatory to discretionary specific new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category in the concurrent resolution on the budget (thus limiting the required contents of the resolution to totals of new budget authority and outlays).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Housing Opportunities Through Education and Counseling Act

Bill: 108-hr-3938
Sponsor: Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Affordable housing
Commerce
Computer software
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Counseling
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Electronic government information
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to housing
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Home ownership
Housing for the aged
Internet
Law
Licenses
Loan defaults
Low-income housing
Moderate income housing
Mortgage banks
Mortgage interest rates
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Real estate appraisal
Rental housing
Science, Technology, Communications
Settlement costs
Social Welfare
Usury
Variable rate mortgage loans
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Expanding Housing Opportunities Through Education and Counseling Act - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish, in the Office of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Office of Housing Counseling. 
 
Directs the Office to carry out HUD homeownership and rental counseling functions, including related research, grant administration, public outreach, and development of policy and performance measures.
 
Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary to: (1) establish homeownership (including mortgage loan) and rental counseling procedures, and a related a toll-free telephone number and World Wide Web site; (2) certify computer software programs for consumer evaluation of residential mortgage loans; (3) establish a housing counseling multimedia outreach program aimed at elderly persons, persons with language barriers, low-income persons, and other potentially vulnerable consumers; (4) assist States, local government, and non-profit organizations with consumer education programs about mortgage, refinancing, home equity, or home repair loans; and (5) make grants for State, local government, and non-profit organization housing counseling assistance.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a home loan default and foreclosure study. 
 
Requires organizations to use HUD-certified counselors in order to qualify for specified HUD assistance.
 
Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to revise the mortgage information booklet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide for secondary containment to prevent MTBE and petroleum contamination.

Bill: 108-hr-3940
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Energy
Environmental monitoring
Fines (Penalties)
Groundwater
Law
Oil pollution
Oxygenates
Petroleum pipelines
Petroleum storage
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Reformulated gasoline
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Underground storage
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require: (1) secondary containment of any new or replaced underground storage tank system; and (2) the monitoring for leaks of the space between the primary and secondary containment if the new or replaced tank or piping are within 1,000 feet of a community water system, potable drinking water well, or other sensitive area. 
 
Establishes civil penalties for a violation of these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Laos.

Bill: 108-hr-3943
Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: East Asia
International Affairs
Laos
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Reciprocity
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3944
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Environmental Protection
Land transfers
Nature conservation
Research natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District, without consideration, specified Federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Riverside, California, contingent on the District's agreeing to use the property for land conservation and related research and to make the property available to other public agencies engaged in similar activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
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 design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of the City of Corona Water Utility, California.

Bill: 108-hr-3945
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
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, and land acquisition for, a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater, including degraded groundwaters, within and outside of the service area of the City of Corona Water Utility, California. Limits the Federal share of the project cost to 25 percent. Prohibits the Secretary from providing funds for the operation and maintenance of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Michigan Lighthouse and Maritime Heritage Act

Bill: 108-hr-3946
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Art
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boats and boating
Coast guard
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dams
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Exhibitions
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fish culture
Fisheries
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Great Lakes
Harbors
Historic sites
History
Lighthouses and lightships
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Marine terminals
Michigan
Monuments and memorials
Museums
National parks
Passenger ships
Performing arts
Scenic byways
Ships
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Waterways

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Michigan Lighthouse and Maritime Heritage Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service Midwest Regional Office, to study and report on: (1) potential economic and tourism benefits of preserving Michigan maritime heritage resources; (2) suitable and feasible options for long-term protection of these resources; and (3) the manner in which the public can best learn about and experience these resources.
 
Directs the Secretary, in conducting the study, to take specified actions, including: (1) reviewing Federal, State, and local maritime resource inventories and studies; (2) identifying sources of financial and technical assistance to communities for the conservation and interpretation of State maritime heritage resources; and (3) addressing ways of linking national, State, and regional and local areas and sites into a Michigan Maritime Heritage Destination Network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Pensions Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-3947
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Income
Labor and Employment
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Veterans Pensions Protection Act - Excludes monetary veterans' benefits paid to a veteran from a State or municipality from consideration as income for purposes of pension benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
GEAR UP & GO Act

Bill: 108-hr-3948
Sponsor: Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Authorization
Career education
College costs
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Mentoring
Personal budgets
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
GEAR UP & GO Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise specified requirements for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into postsecondary education.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to carry out a GEAR UP & GO program to provide low-income high school students participating in GEAR UP partnerships or State programs opportunities for dual/concurrent enrollment in college courses while still enrolled in high school. Provides that students in such program: (1) shall not be required to apply for admission to the institution of higher education; and (2) may receive college credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to delegate to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3949
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Authorization
Delegation of powers
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the authorization of appropriations for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for firms.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to delegate all of the Secretary's functions regarding TAA for firms, except those relating to certain small business firms, to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a combat artillery badge to recognize combat service by members of Army in the artillery branch.

Bill: 108-hr-3950
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Army
Artillery
Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a combat artillery badge to each person who, while a member of the Army artillery branch, participated in combat after April 5, 1917. Requires the criteria used for the issuance of such badge to be similar to that used for the issuance of the combat infantry badge.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require notification to Congress and the public when waivers to certain domestic source requirements are made, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3951
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American
Clothing
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Electronic government information
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Internet
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to prohibit funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense (DOD) from being used to enter into a contract to procure an item pursuant to an exception from the requirement that items procured for DOD be procured from a domestic source unless: (1) a notification of the intent to apply such exception is submitted to Congress and posted on the FedBizOpps.gov website maintained by the General Services Administration; and (2) 15 days have elapsed since such notification was submitted and published.
 
Adds the materials and components of clothing to the list of items covered by the domestic source requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Community Investment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3952
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank capital
Bank examination
Bank loans
Community development banking
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Indexing (Economic policy)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Promoting Community Investment Act of 2004 - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to increase from $250 million to $1 billion the aggregate asset size of small regulated financial institutions eligible for certain regulatory relief. 
 
Sets a deadline for the Federal financial supervisory agencies to prescribe jointly the amount by which such aggregate asset size limit shall be adjusted annually for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Cool and Efficient Buildings Act

Bill: 108-hr-3953
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Air conditioning
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Electric appliances
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Heating
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Office buildings
Refrigeration
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Cool and Efficient Buildings Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a 15-year depreciation recovery period, calculated on a straight line basis, for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, or refrigeration systems installed in nonresidential buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Democracy Development Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3955
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Energy
Fees
Financial statements
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Mines and mineral resources
Mining claims
Mining engineering
Mining royalties
Oil and gas royalties
Oil well drilling
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Democracy Development Act of 2004 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to require certain public companies to disclose in annual and quarterly reports aggregate payments of $250,000 or more made in connection with the securing of exploration, development, exploitation, extraction, and production rights for natural resources (oil, gas, and minerals) to any foreign government or any other public entity of foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To designate Poland as a program country under the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill: 108-hr-3956
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Europe
Passports
Poland
Tourism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Designates Poland as a program country for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act's visa waiver program, notwithstanding designation requirements of current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.

Bill: 108-hr-3957
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dislocated workers
High technology
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Location of industries
Science, Technology, Communications
Service industries
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
 Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance (TAA) to workers in an entity engaged in the business of providing information technology or other high technology services (service sector firm or its subdivision).
 
Revises group eligibility requirements for TAA to include: (1) a shift, by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country, in provision of services, like or directly competitive with services which are provided by such firm or subdivision; and (2) the situation where such workers' firm or subdivision obtains or is likely to obtain such services from a foreign country.
 
Extends TAA to adversely affected secondary workers in such a service sector firm or its subdivision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in House