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Financial Services for All Act

Bill: 108-hr-4348
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Credit unions
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Financial services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
Financial Services for All Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to empower a Federal Credit Union to sell or provide electronic fund transfers, as well as receive them, for a fee.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate Department of Energy Order No. 202-03-2.

Bill: 108-hr-4349
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Connecticut
Department of Energy
Electric power distribution
Electric power transmission
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Long Island Sound
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
States that Department of Energy Order No. 202-03-2, issued by the Secretary of Energy on August 28, 2003, is reinstated and shall remain in effect unless rescinded by an Act of Congress (thereby restoring operation of the Cross Sound Cable which transmits excess New York-generated power to Connecticut to help prevent blackouts and brownouts).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Tax Shelter Promoter Liability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4351
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Directories
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Investment advisers
Investors
Law
Limitation of actions
Right of privacy
Tax consultants
Tax evasion
Tax penalties
Tax returns
Tax shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
Tax Shelter Promoter Liability Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties for: (1) promoting abusive tax shelters; (2) aiding and abetting the understatement of tax liability; (3) failing to provide required information on potentially abusive tax shelters or for filing false or incomplete information; and (4) failing to maintain a client list of tax shelter investors.
 
Revises the penalty for failure to report interests in foreign financial accounts to impose a penalty for simple violations (current law imposes a penalty only for willful violations). Allows an exemption from the penalty for reasonable cause, except for willful violations.
 
Adds a new penalty for failure to include potentially abusive tax shelter information with a tax return or statement. Revises requirements for disclosure of potentially abusive tax shelters and requirements for material advisers with respect to potentially abusive tax shelters to keep client lists. 
 
Disallows tax deductions for the penalties added or increased by this Act.
 
Extends the limitation period for assessing tax due to underpayments of tax attributable to undisclosed tax shelters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Jet Tax Shelter Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4352
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aircraft
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Expense accounts
Fringe benefits
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Leave of absence
Private aviation
Public debt
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
Corporate Jet Tax Shelter Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax deduction allowable for employer-provider aircraft flights to the expenses for goods, services, and facilities relating to such aircraft which are treated as employee compensation and wages. Dedicates any increase in Federal receipts resulting from this Act solely to reduction of the public debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide tenant-based rental housing vouchers for certain residents of federally assisted housing.

Bill: 108-hr-4353
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Ohio
Public housing
Rental housing

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, upon full payment of the mortgage for the East Crown Heights Apartments in Akron, Ohio, to: (1) terminate specified agreements relating to such property; and (2) make tenant-based housing voucher assistance available to the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority for 108 families residing in the property as of the date of such agreements' termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Women's Health Office Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4354
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2004-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Education
Executive reorganization
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical supplies
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: 
Women's Health Office Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Social Security Act, and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the establishment of separate Offices on Women's Health within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Office of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to carry out specified activities relating to the health of women. Directs the lead officers of each Office of Women's Health to establish goals, provide information, serve as a consultant, and establish a Coordinating Committee on Women's Health within their respective agencies.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality to designate an official of the Office of Priority Populations to carry out similar responsibilities relating to women's health.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Office of Women's Health, to establish a National Women's Health Information Center to facilitate the exchange of information, access to such information, and the analysis of issues and problems relating to women's health.
 
Transfers the functions of the Office on Women's Health of the Public Health Service to the Office of Women's Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act

Bill: 108-hr-4358
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Intellectual property
Product counterfeiting
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act - Modifies Federal criminal code provisions regarding trafficking in counterfeit goods or services to prohibit trafficking in counterfeit marks. Directs the court: (1) upon a determination by a preponderance of the evidence that any articles in a defendant's possession bear or are counterfeit marks, to order the forfeiture and destruction of such articles, regardless of the defendant's criminal culpability; and (2) in imposing sentence, to order a person convicted of, or who pleads guilty or nolo contendre to, a violation to forfeit any property derived from proceeds of, or used in the commission of, the violation.
 
Modifies the definition of &quot;counterfeit mark&quot; to include a spurious mark that is applied to, or consists of, a label, patch or medallion.
 
 Authorizes the court, in determining whether a particular mark is a &quot;famous mark,&quot; to consider information, data, testimony, and documentation regarding specified factors, such as the degree of inherent or acquired distinctiveness and the degree of general public recognition of the mark, and the record of successful criminal, civil, or administrative enforcement of rights in the mark. Places upon the United States the burden of proof and persuasion regarding the determination of whether a particular mark is a famous mark.
 
Prohibits prosecution of a person by virtue of a counterfeit mark that has been lawfully registered and that is valid at the time of the alleged offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E854)
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Country of Origin Healthcare Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-4360
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Health
Illegal aliens
Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Country of Origin Healthcare Accountability Act - Requires that $250 million of foreign aid funds appropriated under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 be made available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to States for eligible providers for unreimbursable costs incurred by providing emergency health care services to: (1) undocumented aliens; (2) aliens who have been paroled into the United States at a U.S. port of entry for the purpose of receiving eligible services; and (3) Mexican citizens permitted to enter the United States for not more than 72 hours under the authority of biometric machine readable border crossing identification card.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
United States Economic Assistance Conditionality Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4364
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Dropouts
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Export finance
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Nutrition
Petroleum
Public corruption
Public health
Sanctions (International law)
Technical assistance
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
United States Economic Assistance Conditionality Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require governments of low income oil-producing countries (as defined by this Act) to meet specified requirements relating to their oil revenues in order to be eligible for U.S. economic assistance.
 
Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to oppose the making of International Monetary Fund or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loans to a government that fails to meet such oil revenue-related requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Protection Against Wasteful Energy Credits Act

Bill: 108-hr-4365
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coal
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy facilities
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Synthetic fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Taxpayer Protection Against Wasteful Energy Credits Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the inflation adjustment to the phaseout amount for the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; and (2) the extension of the tax credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Personal Data Offshoring Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4366
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Driver licenses
Electronic data interchange
Electronic mail systems
Europe
European Union
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Identification devices
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Medical records
Names
Parties to actions
Punitive damages
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
State courts
Subcontractors
Tax returns
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Personal Data Offshoring Protection Act of 2004 - Requires business enterprises to give U.S. citizens notice before transmitting personally identifiable information about such citizens to foreign affiliates or subcontractors located in countries with adequate privacy protections. Prohibits such transmittal where adequate privacy protections are lacking, unless: (1) the business enterprise discloses the lack of protections and obtains the citizen's prior consent for transmittal; and (2) such consent is renewed by the citizen within one year before the transmittal.
 
Prohibits business entities from denying goods and services or modifying business terms for any person based on that person's exercise of consent rights provided by this Act or other law.
 
Requires violations of this Act to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
 
Creates a private right of action in State court for violations of this Act. Authorizes States, on behalf of their residents, to bring civil actions in Federal court for such violations. Requires prior notice to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of State actions and authorizes the FTC's intervention and appeal.
 
Directs the FTC to certify those countries that have legal systems providing adequate privacy protections. Creates a presumption of inadequacy for foreign laws that are less protective of privacy than Federal law or the law of any State, or where the FTC determines that enforcement is lacking. Requires certification of countries whose laws meet the requirements of the European Union Data Protection Directive, unless such laws are not adequately enforced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4367
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
National Guard
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Resuming Education After Defense Service Act of 2004 - Makes eligible for basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill a member of the Selected Reserve who (among other qualifications), during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on December 31, 2006, serves on active duty in the Armed Forces for one or more periods aggregating not less than two years. Entitles such individuals to one month of educational assistance for each month served on active duty. Makes the amount of such assistance equivalent to that provided for active-duty personnel who have served a minimum of two years of active duty.
 
Requires the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to inform eligible Selected Reserve personnel of such entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E859-860)
action_date: 2004-05-13
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: 2004-05-13
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: 2004-05-13
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: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
Weather and Oceans Resources Realignment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4368
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Science, Technology, Communications
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: 
Weather and Oceans Resources Realignment Act - Transfers all functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E871)
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Introduced in House