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To require farmers to be offered supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance.

Bill: 108-hr-4702
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Crop insurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Indemnity
Insurance premiums
Reinsurance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require farmers to be offered supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
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
Federal Youth Coordination Act

Bill: 108-hr-4703
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Business and social problems
Child development
Child welfare
Church and social problems
Commerce
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foster home care
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Parent and child
Parents
Poor children
Religion
Research
Service learning
Social Welfare
Youth
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Federal Youth Coordination Act - Establishes a Federal Youth Development Council to improve administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth.
 
Authorizes the Council to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to support State councils for coordinating State youth efforts.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5073)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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 establish tax credits for climate neutral combustion technologies.

Bill: 108-hr-4704
Sponsor: Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Acid rain
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Biomass energy
Carbon dioxide
Cellulose
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Commerce
Electric power production
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Fossil fuels
Income tax
Mercury
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Smog
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify resources used to produce climate neutral combustion for the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources. Defines &quot;climate neutral combustion&quot; as a combustion system for generating electricity which is fueled by biomass or fossil energy carriers, from which the released carbon dioxide is captured or stored, and from which there are no atmospheric emissions of mercury or greenhouse gases nor emissions that form fine particles, smog, or acid rain.


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
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4705
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Animals
Crop insurance
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Farm produce
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Livestock
Losses
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2004 crop losses due to weather or related conditions; and (2) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2004 losses in an emergency- or disaster-designated county.
 
Sets forth crop payment rate and eligibility provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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
Fisheries Management Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4706
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animals
Assault
Bribery
Citizen participation
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Commerce
Ecosystem management
Employee training
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental protection groups
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing
Foreign fishing
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Habitat conservation
Labor and Employment
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Obstruction of justice
Overfishing
Planning
Public interest
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Sexual harassment
Sports and Recreation
State officials
Wildlife conservation
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Fisheries Management Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) to appoint members to the Regional Fishery Management Councils who, by reason of their occupational or other experience, are knowledgeable regarding the conservation and management, or the commercial or recreational harvest, of fishery resources. Revises requirements for the composition of such councils and the qualifications of voting Council members.
 
Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) training of appointed Council members; and (2) disclosure of financial interest and recusal of Council members.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish regional science and technical teams to make recommendations on certain matters, on the basis of which the Secretary shall provide Councils conservation and management measures for incorporation into fishery management plans that establish: (1) catch and bycatch limits; (2) specific habitat and area protections to protect essential fish habitats; and (3) specific requirements necessary to protect endangered species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1248-1249)
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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage diversity of ownership of telecommunications businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4707
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporate divestiture
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Forfeiture
Income tax
Law
Licenses
Liens
Loan defaults
Mortgages
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Telecommunication industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the nonrecognition of up to $50 million of gain (for capital gains tax purposes) from the sale of a telecommunications business to a qualified business. Defines &quot;qualified business&quot; to mean: (1) for a telecommunications sale including any interest in a broadcast station, any person that owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest in ten or fewer broadcast stations; and (2) for any other telecommunications sale, any individual, partnership, or corporation with net assets not exceeding $30 million and average after-tax income for the two preceding taxable years of not more than $10 million. Restricts to three the number of telecommunications sales a qualified business may complete without forfeiting tax deferral.
 
 Requires the recapture of deferred gain if a qualified business resells a telecommunications business within five years, unless the resale is to another qualified business or the sales proceeds are reinvested in another telecommunications business within 60 days of the resale. 
 
Authorizes the Small Business Administration to guarantee loans made to a qualified business for the purchase of a telecommunications business. Requires security for such loans, including forfeiture of any Federal Communications Commission license of a borrower who defaults on a loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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 Small Business, 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 Small Business, 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 allow workers certified to receive trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive such assistance if they are subsequently unable to work because of a lock-out in the course of a labor dispute.

Bill: 108-hr-4708
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Dislocated workers
Labor and Employment
Labor disputes
Lockouts
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow workers certified to receive trade adjustment assistance who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive such assistance if they are subsequently unable to work because of a lock-out in the course of a labor dispute.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to issue a six-month waiver to such workers of the requirement to be enrolled in training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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
Military Sexual Assault Crimes Revision Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4709
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Forfeiture
Life imprisonment
Military and naval offenses
Military discharges
Murder
Prison violence
Prisoners
Rape
Sex crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Military Sexual Assault Crimes Revision Act of 2004 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to define as the crime of aggravated sexual abuse engaging in a sexual act: (1) through the use of force; (2) by threatening or placing a person in fear that any person will be subjected to death, grievous bodily harm, or kidnapping; (3) by rendering another person unconscious; (4) by administering to another person an impairing drug or intoxicant; or (5) with a person under 12 years of age whether or not the accused knew the person's age.
 
Defines as the crime of sexual abuse engaging in a sexual act: (1) by threatening or placing a person in fear (other than in a manner that would constitute aggravated sexual abuse); (2) with a person who is incapable of either appraising the nature of the conduct or physically incapable of declining; or (3) with a person who is at least 12 but under 16 who is not the spouse of the accused whether or not the accused knew the person's age. Establishes as an affirmative defense the accused's reasonable belief that the person was at least 16.
 
Defines sexual abuse of a prisoner as knowingly engaging in a sexual act with a person who is: (1) in official detention or confinement; (2) under the custodial, supervisory, or disciplinary authority of the accused; and (3) is not the accused's spouse. 
 
Makes the above crimes punishable by court-martial and sets forth interim maximum punishments for each.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Meaningful Expression of Democracy in America Act

Bill: 108-hr-4710
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Fairness doctrine
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Television broadcasting
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Meaningful Expression of Democracy in America (MEDIA) Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require broadcast licensees to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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
Fairness in Veterans Education Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4711
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Military pay
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Fairness in Veterans Education Act of 2004 - Eliminates reductions in basic pay applicable to eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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 Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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 Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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
OSHA and Employer Cooperation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4712
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Judicial review
Law
Limitation of actions
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
OSHA and Employer Cooperation Act of 2004 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to revise certain enforcement provisions. 
 
Sets periods of 30 workdays for: (1) issuing citations (currently with reasonable promptness or within a reasonable time); and (2) contesting citations (currently fifteen workdays).
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from: (1) assessing certain penalties in connection with the initial issuance of a citation, with the exception of willful violations, if the employer corrects the condition in violation and provides an abatement certification within 72 hours; (2) citing on multiemployer worksites any but the employer whose employees were exposed to a condition in violation; or (3) using other than serious citations as a basis for issuing subsequent, repeat, or willful citations.
 
Requires inspectors, at closing conferences after completing inspections, to provide employers or their representatives with written statements providing specified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Christine L. Barrott.

Bill: 108-hr-4713
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Makes specified Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to limitations on credits or refunds after a limitation period inapplicable to a claim filed by Christine L. Barrott of Milton, Florida, for credit or refund of overpayments of the individual Federal income tax Christine L. Barrott paid for the taxable years 1990 through 1998, but only if such individual submits a claim within the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings Account Act

Bill: 108-hr-4714
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Married people
Pension funds
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: 
Retirement Savings Account Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to replace Roth Individual Retirement Account provisions with Retirement Savings Account (RSA) provisions. Allows cash only contributions to RSAs up to the lesser of $5,000 (adjusted for inflation) or the taxpayer's compensation includible in gross income for a taxable year.
 
Allows tax free distributions from RSAs after the account beneficiary attains age 58, dies, or becomes disabled.. Allows conversions of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) into RSAs and provides special rules for the tax treatment of amounts converted into an RSA prior to 2006. Requires a five-year holding period for amounts converted to an RSA from an IRA or an Employer Retirement Savings Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Spectrum Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-4715
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Auctions
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Television frequency allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: 
Spectrum Accountability Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the Federal Communications Commission is obligated to use the competitive bidding process for mutually exclusive license applications (subject to existing exceptions) and to accept such applications if granting a license would result in the licensee: (1) being authorized to use a materially greater quantity or value of spectrum; or (2) effectively exchanging a previously held license for one that materially alters rights or obligations under the prior license or permits the licensee to provide additional services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1287)
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Ballona Bluff Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-4716
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2004-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
California
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National parks
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: 
Ballona Bluff Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating Ballona Bluff as a unit of the Service; and (2) consider management alternatives for Ballona Bluff.
 
Makes Federal requirements for inclusion within the National Park System applicable to the conduct and completion of the study required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Introduced in House