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Tools for Community Initiatives Act

Bill: 108-hr-4909
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Church and social problems
Commerce
Community organization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Families
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Rehabilitation of criminals
Religion
Volunteer workers
Welfare work participation
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Tools for Community Initiatives Act - Establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (the Office) in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director of the Office to encourage faith-based and community initiatives and work to eliminate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based and community entities to compete for Federal funding to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, including by: (1) developing, leading, and coordinating policies with respect to such initiatives; (2) coordinating public education activities designed to mobilize public support for such initiatives; (3) advising the President on options and ideas to assist, strengthen, and replicate successful initiatives; (4) developing and implementing strategic initiatives in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, communities, and the institutions of civil society; and (5) working to eliminate unnecessary legislative and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of such initiatives to solve social problems.
 
Requires the heads of the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, and Veteran Affairs, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to designate a liaison to coordinate the activities of the department or agency with the Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4910
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Annuities
Cost of living adjustments
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Prescription pricing
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit increases in the monthly Medicare premium, including the Medicare Advantage prescription drug program premium, to 25 percent of any Social Security cost of living increase. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6689)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the "Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 108-hr-4911
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Mexican Americans
Military personnel
Minorities
Names
Postal facilities
Texas
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 102 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the "Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Affordable College Tuition Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4912
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Higher education
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Scholarships
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Affordable College Tuition Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit to allow a credit for 50 percent of higher education expenses without dollar limitation. Eliminates: (1) the two-year limitation on the credit; (2) the denial of the credit for students convicted of a felony drug offense; and (3) the modified adjusted gross income limitation on the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Union Chapel Fossil Footprint Site Preservation Act

Bill: 108-hr-4913
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Coal
Commerce
Energy
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Natural areas
Paleontology
Reclamation of land
Research natural areas
Science, Technology, Communications
Strip mining
Surety and fidelity

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Union Chapel Fossil Footprint Site Preservation Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) preserve and protect the paleontological resources located within the exterior boundaries of the former Union Chapel Mine site (Alabama); (2) provide opportunities for scientific research in a manner compatible with preservation and protection of such resources; and (3) provide the public with opportunities for educational activities in a manner compatible with such preservation and protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Aviation Biometric Technology Utilization Act

Bill: 108-hr-4914
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airports
Authorization
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal law enforcement officers
Firearms
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Information networks
Law
Law enforcement officers
Police
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Aviation Biometric Technology Utilization Act - Amends Federal transportation law to change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue guidance for the use of biometrics or other technology that positively verifies the identity of each airport employee and law enforcement officer who enters a secure area of an airport.
 
Prescribes minimum requirements for such guidance.
 
Directs the Under Secretary to establish: (1) a law enforcement officer travel credential that incorporates biometrics and is uniform across all Federal, State, and local government law enforcement agencies; (2) a process by which the travel credential will be used to verify the identity of a Federal, State, or local government law enforcement officer seeking to carry a weapon on board an aircraft, without unnecessarily disclosing to the public that the individual is a law enforcement officer; and (3) related procedures. 
 
Requires the Under Secretary to begin issuance of the travel credential to each Federal, State, and local government law enforcement officer authorized to carry a weapon on board an aircraft. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Small Investment Tax Relief Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4915
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporate mergers
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Small business
Stocks
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Small Investment Tax Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a noncorporate taxpayer a tax exclusion for up to $100,000 of the gain from the sale of exchange of certain publicly traded small business stock held for more than one year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture in the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, to the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.

Bill: 108-hr-4918
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [D-LA-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Fire fighters
Health
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Louisiana
Mississippi
Paramedical personnel
Police training
Rural health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the City of Bastrop, Louisiana, the facility located at 4673 Eugene Ware Road, Bastrop, Louisiana, commonly known as the Paradise Village Children's Home, and a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 27 acres located in the City to permit the City to establish and operate a regional emergency services training center for firefighters, police, and EMS personnel serving rural communities in northeast Louisiana, southern Arkansas, and western Mississippi.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Drug Card Guaranteed Savings Act

Bill: 108-hr-4919
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Canada
Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Foreign Trade and International Finance
France
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
Italy
Japan
Law
Medicare
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Medicare Drug Card Guaranteed Savings Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the offering of a Federal national prescription drug discount card program. Charges a $30 fee for the card under the program. Provides for direct negotiations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with prescription drug manufacturers to obtain discount prices that are to be less than prices otherwise available in the retail market. Provides that: (1) for periods beginning with January 1, 2005, the only discount card program in which an individual may be enrolled shall be the Federal national prescription drug discount card program; and (2) individuals enrolled in another program as of December 31, 2004, who do not affirmatively disenroll from all discount card programs are deemed to be enrolled in such Federal national prescription drug discount card program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the 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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on amyl-anthraquinone.

Bill: 108-hr-4920
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on amyl-anthraquinone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Water Conservation Incentive Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4921
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Costs
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Landscape architecture
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Small business
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Water Conservation Incentive Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in a principal residence and which has a useful life of at least five years. Defines &quot;qualified water conservation property&quot; to include smart dual or multi program irrigation clocks, low-flow shower heads, ultra low-flush toilets, and high-efficiency clothes washing machines. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for a taxable year.
 
Allows certain small business employers (100 or fewer employees) a business tax credit for ten percent of the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in or in connection with such employer's principal place of business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs to improve the quality of coastal recreation waters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4922
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Beaches
Coastal zone
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health warnings
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Outdoor recreation
Pollution measurement
Sports and Recreation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for coastal recreation water quality monitoring and notification grants through FY 2010.
 
Amends the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 to reauthorize appropriations to carry out that Act through FY 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".

Bill: 108-hr-4924
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Florida
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
14th/14 Amendment Interstate Highway Initiation Act

Bill: 108-hr-4925
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Mississippi
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
14th/14 Amendment Interstate Highway Initiation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the steps and estimated funding necessary to designate and construct a new interstate route (Interstate Route I-14) for the 14th Amendment Highway, from Augusta, Georgia, to Natchez, Mississippi, (formerly designated the Fall Line Freeway within the State of Georgia).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division Highway Initiation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4926
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Infantry
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Limited access highways
Names
Road construction
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division Highway Initiation Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the steps and estimated funding necessary to designate and construct a new interstate (Interstate Route I-3) for the 3rd Infantry Division 6 Highway, from Savannah, Georgia, to Knoxville, Tennessee 7 (formerly the Savannah River Parkway). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish at least one Border Patrol unit for the Virgin Islands of the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-4929
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border patrols
Department of Homeland Security
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Immigration
International Affairs
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish at least one Border Patrol unit for the U.S. Virgin Islands no later than September 30, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1513-1514)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House