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Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act

Bill: 108-hr-4602
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Land subdivision
Land transfers
Land use
Local laws
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: 
Alaska Native Allotment Subdivision Act - Authorizes an Alaskan Native owner of restricted land (land in Alaska subject to Federal restrictions against alienation and taxation), with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to: (1) subdivide the restricted land in accordance with State laws or applicable local platting authority; and (2) execute a certificate of ownership and dedication regarding such land with the same effect under State law as if the subdivided and dedicated land were held by unrestricted fee simple title.
 
Ratifies and confirms prior subdivisions and dedications as of the date of the Secretary's approval.
 
Provides that, except in a case in which a specific interest in such restricted land is dedicated, nothing in this Act terminates, diminishes, or otherwise affects the continued existence and applicability of Federal restrictions against alienation and taxation on restricted land or interests in restricted land (including such subdivided restricted land).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Eminent Domain Relief for the Little Guy Act

Bill: 108-hr-4603
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Eminent domain
Income tax
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real property
Small business
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Eminent Domain Relief for the Little Guy Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the nonrecognition of gain from the involuntary conversion (by eminent domain) of property held by individuals, corporations, or partnerships with gross receipts of $5 million or less. Exempts such taxpayers from certain tax rules for involuntary conversions, including the requirement that the condemned property be converted into similar property within a specified two-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1152-1153)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Behind Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4605
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Compensatory education
Department of Education
Disabled
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Illiteracy
Law
School choice
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
State-local relations
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
No Child Left Behind Fairness Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to require local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) to give schools and LEAs, respectively, an opportunity to request a review of a determination that they did not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the 2002-2003 school year.
 
Sets forth standards for such reviews, providing for consideration of subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to AYP determinations under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, an SEA, or an LEA, with respect to subsequent determinations of whether a school is subject to school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as a result of not making AYP, from taking into account a 2002-2003 non-AYP determination that was revised under this Act if the school received a final determination of AYP for such school year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4607
Sponsor: Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Air pollution control
Animals
Civil actions and liability
Climate
Coastal zone
Congress
Department of Commerce
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal officials
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Great Lakes
Habitat conservation
Injunctions
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine mammals
Marine pollution
Marine resources conservation
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Names
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Presidential appointments
Remote sensing
Restoration ecology
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and symbols
Space activities
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Weather forecasting
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Organic Act of 2004 - Re-establishes in the Department of Commerce (DOC) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), administered by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Establishes additional positions within NOAA.
 
Repeals Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970 (originally establishing NOAA within the DOC).
 
Amends the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977 to make specified amendments to reflect the changes made herein with respect to the NOAA Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1172)
action_date: 2004-06-17
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: 2004-06-17
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: 2004-06-17
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: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the "Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".

Bill: 108-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Clinics
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Health
House of Representatives
Illinois
Names
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.

action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 

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

 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 403). (text:  CR 7/20/2004 H6074)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 403).(text:  CR 7/20/2004 H6074)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6460)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4608.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration:  CR H6074-6076)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Torture Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Human rights
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Jurisdiction
Law
Torture

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Torture Accountability Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;United States&quot; for purposes of the prohibition against torture as the States, the District of Columbia, and U.S.commonwealths, territories, and possessions (currently defined as all areas under U.S. jurisdiction).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Contracts
Law
Licenses
Music
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004 - Provides that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement between or among playwrights for the express purpose of developing a standard form contract containing minimum terms of artistic protection and levels of compensation for playwrights or any joint or collective voluntary actions for the limited purposes of developing a standard form contract by playwrights or their representatives; and (2) any joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the express purpose of reaching a collective agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form contract as the sole and exclusive means by which participating playwrights shall license their plays to producers. 
Makes a standard form of contract developed and implemented under this Act subject to amendment by individual playwrights and producers consistent with its terms.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Adjustable Rate Home Loan Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Variable rate mortgage loans
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Veterans' Adjustable Rate Home Loan Extension Act of 2004 - Extends through FY 2009 the hybrid adjustable rate mortgage guarantee demonstration program for veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9770)
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1182-1183)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Ukraine.

Bill: 108-hr-4619
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
Europe
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of the Ukraine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that an injury or death sustained as a result of participation in a medical research program of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be treated for purpose of benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the same manner as if the injury were incurred as a result of military service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Claims
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Human experimentation in medicine
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical malpractice
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Requires certain injuries and deaths sustained after January 1, 1980, as the result of an individual's participation in medical research programs conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be treated in the same manner as injuries and deaths resulting from military service.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide, by contract, for an independent study of the Department's experience in adjudicating claims under the statutory provision governing benefits for persons disabled by treatment or vocational rehabilitation.
 
Requires the results of such study and related recommendations to be reported to the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs within one year of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
New Mexico
Planning
Reservoirs
Sewerage
Small towns
Waste water treatment
Water quality
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting pre-construction activities for, and constructing, the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (a water delivery project designed to deliver approximately 24,000 acre-feet of water per year from the Ute Reservoir to communities located in Quay, Roosevelt, and Curry Counties in eastern New Mexico).
 
Prohibits assistance from being used: (1) for any activity that is inconsistent with developing the facilities described in the Conceptual Design Report (the System's final report dated August, 2003, as supplemented by the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Conceptual Design Peer Review Final Report dated December 2003), including development of the Logan sewer project described in the Village of Logan Wastewater System Preliminary Engineering Report dated November 2003; and (2) to plan or construct facilities used to supply water to supply irrigation for agricultural purposes.
 
Sets the Federal cost share at 80 percent. Makes the Authority responsible for the System's annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide specified financial or other assistance requested by the Authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1179-1180)
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the "Ray Charles Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Music
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the "Ray Charles Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act

Bill: 108-hr-4626
Sponsor: Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Cardiovascular diseases
Coinsurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Law
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national education and information campaign to promote awareness among health care practitioners and the general public with respect to the importance of early detection and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House
AMT Middle Class Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4629
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Local taxation
Minimum tax
Property tax
State taxation
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
AMT Middle Class Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow as a deduction against alternative minimum taxable income certain State and local taxes; and (2) provide for an inflation adjustment of the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for individual taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House