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Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-5352
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Aquaculture
Boundaries
California
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Commerce
Ecological research
Ecosystem management
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Environmental monitoring
Fines (Penalties)
Fisheries
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Land transfers
Law
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Marine pollution
Marine resources conservation
Marine safety
Mining engineering
Mining leases
Non-native species
Oil and gas leases
Pests
Petroleum engineering
Pipeline siting
Planning
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Shellfish
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection Act - Declares it is U.S. policy to protect and preserve living and other resources of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Farallones NMS) and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Cordell Bank NMS) marine environments.
 
Makes certain adjustments to expand the boundaries of the Farallones NMS and the Cordell NMS. 
 
Prohibits within the Farallones NMS and the Cordell Bank NMS: (1) the leasing, exploration, development, production, or transporting by pipeline of minerals or hydrocarbons; (2) the conduct of aquaculture (with exceptions); and (3) the discharge of materials and substances or a change in the salinity.
 
Directs the Secretary to complete an interim supplemental management plan for each sanctuary that focuses on protective resource management in the areas added by this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary to review the operations of the Farallones NMS to determine whether area added to it by this Act shall be designated as a new and separate NMS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5353
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2004-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost control
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Land use
Leases
Low-income housing
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Social Welfare
Spinal cord injuries
Surplus government property
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain property comprising the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at Montrose, New York (FDR campus) as an element of that system. Sets forth certain limitations on the utilization and disposal of the FDR campus. 
 
Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the need for housing of low-income veterans who are served by the Hudson Valley Health Care System; and (2) a proposal of the Town of Cortlandt, New York to take title to certain facilities on the FDR campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Relief Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5355
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2004-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
Health Care Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) taxpayers, including non-itemizing taxpayers, a tax deduction from gross income for the first $2,000 of their out-of-pocket medical expenses; (2) certain small business employers a business tax credit for amounts paid for employee health insurance coverage; and (3) a refundable tax credit up to $500 for the health insurance costs of a taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.

Bill: 108-hr-5356
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish for placement a memorial headstone or marker in a national cemetery to commemorate veterans and their spouses whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program Establishment Act

Bill: 108-hr-5357
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2004-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Music
Ohio
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Youngstown State University Music for Our Youth Program, a six-year pilot program to make grants to fund a music education center at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, to provide music education for children in grades 7 through 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5359
Sponsor: Rep. Vitter, David [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2004-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Countervailing duties
Department of Commerce
Dumping
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Imports
Law
Surety and fidelity

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: 
New Shipper Review Amendment Act of 2004 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to reviews by the administering authority to establish an individual weighted average dumping margin or an individual countervailing duty rate (as the case may be) for a new exporter or producer that: (1) did not export the merchandise that was the subject of an antidumping duty or countervailing duty order to the United States during the period of investigation; and (2) was not affiliated with any exporter or producer who did.
 
Repeals the requirement that the administering authority direct the Customs Service to allow, at the option of the importer of such merchandise, the posting, until completion of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the subject merchandise (bonding privileges).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Interior to provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge.

Bill: 108-hr-5361
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Caribbean area
Department of the Interior
Government Operations and Politics
Islands
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to provide public access to, use of, and recreational opportunities at the Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge pursuant to special use permits issued under the Refuge Recreation Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and regulations issued under this Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to limit access to such refuges to specified time periods but requires access to each refuge during at least one period each year.
 
Directs the Secretary, in issuing special use permits under this Act, to give priority to permit applications that do not negatively impact opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to include in any permit issued under this Act conditions that the Secretary determines necessary to protect fish and wildlife populations or habitat, or public health and safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1978)
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that a former Federal building in Shreveport, Louisiana, is no longer known as the "Joe Waggoner Federal Building".

Bill: 108-hr-5362
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Buildings
Federal office buildings
Louisiana
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
 Prohibits the former Federal Building located at 500 Fannin Street in Shreveport, Louisiana, from being known as the &quot;Joe Waggoner Federal Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2005.

Bill: 108-hr-5363
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Judicial compensation
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY 2005 (in accordance with specified Federal judicial code provisions).

action_date: 2004-11-17
text: 

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

 
Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY 2005 (in accordance with specified Federal judicial code provisions).

action_date: 2004-12-08
text: 

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

 
Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY 2005 (in accordance with specified Federal judicial code provisions).

action_date: 2004-12-23
text: 

(

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

 
Authorizes U.S. justices and judges to receive a salary adjustment during FY 2005 (in accordance with specified Federal judicial code provisions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-23
text: Became Public Law No: 108-491.
action_date: 2004-12-23
text: Became Public Law No: 108-491.
action_date: 2004-12-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-16
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-16
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12020)
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12020)
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9862)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9862)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 5363.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5363.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9862-9863)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-491
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the "Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-5364
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Law
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the "Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building."
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on November 16, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the &quot;Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-475.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-475.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9872)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9872)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5364.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9872-9873)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Mr. Shays moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-475
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide employers a double deduction of certain employee training expenses.

Bill: 108-hr-5366
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Commerce
Costs
Employee training
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Tax deductions
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a special tax deduction for employee training expenses that are: (1) also deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense; (2) incurred under the National Apprenticeship Act or under a recognized State program; and (3) at least one percent of the total yearly wages paid by the employer claiming a deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to rattan webbing.

Bill: 108-hr-5367
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Furniture industry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the duty on rattan webbing. Applies certain staged rate reductions to such webbing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on ACRYPET UT100.

Bill: 108-hr-5368
Sponsor: Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Methyl methacrylate polymer with N-cyclohexylmaleimide, styrene, and alpha-methylstyrene (ACRYPET UT100).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act

Bill: 108-hr-5369
Sponsor: Rep. Sherwood, Don [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Cultural property
Easements
Energy
Gas pipelines
Law
Licenses
National recreation areas
Pennsylvania
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation an easement to enlarge the diameter of a specified pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches, consistent with the recreational values and protection of the resources of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania.
 
Authorizes the Superintendent of the Recreation Area to issue a permit to the Corporation for the use of the Recreation Area for temporary construction and staging areas required for the construction of the enlarged pipeline.
 
Requires the Corporation to comply with all requirements for certification by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that are necessary to permit the increase in pipeline size.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from granting additional increases in the diameter of, or easements for, the pipeline within the boundary of the Recreation Area after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the "Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-5370
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2004-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Colorado
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the "Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building."
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on November 16, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the &quot;Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-477.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-477.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10055)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10055)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Mr. Murphy asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10055)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Committee on Government Reform discharged.
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Committee on Government Reform discharged.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1993)
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-477