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To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to pay for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at a rate that is at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 108-hr-4687
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Managed care
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advantage organizations to provide for a payment rate for critical access hospital services and rural health clinic services at least 101 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under the Medicare Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program.

Bill: 108-hr-4688
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Animals
Authorization
Chesapeake Bay
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection Agency
Estuaries
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Virginia
Water quality
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY 2010.

action_date: 2004-09-13
text: 

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

 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program through FY 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-677.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-677.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Cle Elum River Corridor Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4690
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Land transfers
Law
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Cle Elum River Corridor Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain lands along the Cle Elum River corridor, Washington, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary).
 
 Directs the Secretary: (1) to accept certain private lands along that corridor from MountainStar Resort Development, LLC, if offered to the Secretary within 90 days of this Act's enactment, provided that MountainStar conveys acceptable title and that there is no hazardous material on the property to be acquired by the United States; and (2) upon acceptance of title, to convey certain lands to MountainStar.
 
 Requires the exchange to be consummated on an equal value basis, except that the Secretary and MountainStar may agree to equalize the agreed-upon values of the Federal and non-Federal lands involved in the exchange through the inclusion of monetary consideration, provided that any adjustment agreed does not exceed 25 percent of the value of the Federal lands to be conveyed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1254)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study relating to long-term water needs for the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4691
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Colorado
Colorado River development
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Intergovernmental relations
Interstate compacts
Irrigation
Kansas
Leases
Pollution measurement
Water allocation (Policy)
Water districts
Water quality
Water rates
Water rights
Water storage
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a study to determine the most feasible method of meeting water supply and related storage requirements within the area served by the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Colorado (the Project), including the potential enlargement of Fryingpan-Arkansas facilities. Directs the Secretary to take into consideration the Preferred Storage Options Plan Report published September 21, 2000, by the Southeastern Colorado Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise and Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report dated April 19, 2001 (PSOP Reports), the intergovernmental agreement dated May 27, 2004 among the Cities of Pueblo, Aurora, Fountain, and Colorado Springs, the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado, and the need to ensure compliance with the Arkansas River Compact as executed by the States of Colorado and Kansas on December 14, 1948.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with any entity, including those operating or participating in a water bank established pursuant to Colorado law, for the use of excess capacity in the Project for the purpose of diverting, storing, impounding, pumping, exchanging, or conveying non-project water for irrigation or domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes. Requires the Secretary to take into consideration the PSOP Reports and the need to ensure compliance with the Arkansas River Compact.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish charges for the use of excess capacity.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding the diversion, storage, impoundment, pumping, exchange, or conveyance of non-project water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4692
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2004 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their SCHIP allotment for any fiscal year for certain Medicaid expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4693
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Exports
Fees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Imports
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Patents
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Seeds
Tariff
Transgenic plants
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Seed Availability and Competition Act of 2004 - Requires persons who seek to retain seed harvested from the planting of patented seeds to register with the Secretary of Agriculture and pay related fees.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Patented Seed Fund.
 
Imposes a tariff equal to the difference in fees in any case in which: (1) genetically modified seed on which royalties or licensing or other fees are charged by the patent owner to U.S. purchasers is exported, and (2) no such fees, or lesser fee amounts, are charged to foreign purchasers of the exported seed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2004-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to extend the redesignation period for certain Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) in States with persistently high unemployment.

Bill: 108-hr-4695
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to extend the redesignation period for certain Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones) in States with continued high unemployment relative to the year in which the HUBZone involved was created.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve environmental quality.

Bill: 108-hr-4696
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural wastes
Alternative energy sources
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Refuse as fuel
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses to promote the use of anaerobic digesters to produce renewable energy.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the establishment of anaerobic digesters in the list of structural practices recognized under the environmental quality incentives program for agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a permanent extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.

Bill: 108-hr-4697
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 108-hr-4698
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Economic research
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants in support of cluster-based economic development efforts in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 108-hr-4699
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Broadband
Colleges
Economic research
Education
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants supporting the advancement of high-speed telecommunications in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems that have populations of no more than one million.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
White River National Forest Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4700
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Leases
National forests
Public-private partnerships
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
White River National Forest Improvement Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise convey all right of the United States in specified parcels of real property within the White River National Forest, Colorado; and (2) accept cash, land, improvements, and operational and maintenance services related to the administrative facilities of the Forest.
 
Directs the Secretary to utilize such parcels and the consideration received in connection with implementing the financial arrangements, including public-private partnership transactions and full solution transactional packages. Authorizes the Secretary to modify the details of the Facility Master Plan and Appendix 3 of the plan (entitled &quot;Baseline Analysis and Strategic Recommendations&quot;) consistent with the goal of solving the facilities needs of the Forest.
 
Requires that any appraisal of real property considered necessary or desirable by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance conform to the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. Permits the Secretary to accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the value of any real property conveyed by exchange.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding solicitations of offers, use of competitive methods, and use of brokers. Directs the Secretary to deposit the net receipts of a conveyance into the fund established by the Sisk Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Equal Access to Social Security Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4701
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Domestic partners
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Equal Access to Social Security Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to entitle unmarried gay and lesbian and heterosexual permanent partners to OASDI survivor and other benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House