hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Enhanced Protection of Our Cultural Heritage Act

Bill: 108-hr-4527
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Archaeology
Cemeteries and funerals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural property
Destruction of property
Embezzlement
Excavation
Fines (Penalties)
History
Indian lands
Larceny
Minorities
Native Americans
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Receiving stolen goods
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Enhanced Protection of Our Cultural Heritage Act - Amends the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to increase penalties for violating, or counseling, procuring, soliciting, or employing another to violate prohibitions regarding: (1) unauthorized excavation, removal, damage, alteration, or defacement of archaeological resources; (2) trafficking in archaeological resources the excavation or removal of which was wrongful under Federal law; and (3) trafficking in interstate or foreign commerce in archaeological resources the excavation, removal, sale, purchase, exchange, transportation, or receipt of which was wrongful under State or local law. 
Amends the Federal criminal code to increase penalties for: (1) embezzlement and theft from Indian tribal organizations; and (2) illegal trafficking in Native American human remains and cultural items.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in House
President Ronald Reagan $10 Bill Act

Bill: 108-hr-4528
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Ex-presidents
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
History
Money
Reagan Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
President Ronald Reagan $10 Bill Act - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the face of $10 Federal reserve notes printed after December 31, 2004, to bear the likeness of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4530
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Ballots
Citizenship
Congress
Congressional elections
Driver licenses
Identification devices
Immigration
Photography
Presidential elections
Transportation and Public Works
Voter registration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2004 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require any individual who desires to register or re-register to vote in an election for Federal office to provide the appropriate State election official with proof that the individual is a U.S. citizen. Requires proof of citizenship in States without registration requirement and States permitting same day registration. 
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the appropriate State or local election official from: (1) providing a ballot for an election for Federal office to an individual who desires to vote in person unless the individual presents to the official a current and valid photo ID; or (2) accepting any ballot of an individual voting by mail without a copy of a current photo ID.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Ronald Reagan Memorial Stem Cell Research Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4531
Sponsor: Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cytology
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Human embryology
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Ronald Reagan Memorial Stem Cell Research Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct and support research using human pluripotent stem cells. Requires that the research be conducted in compliance with the National Institutes of Health guidelines published on August 25, 2000, including provisions regarding informed consent and areas of research that are ineligible for funding, without regard to any Federal administrative policies regarding such research established after the publication of such guidelines, including restrictions on the sources of human pluripotent stem cells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals of the United States to attend military service academies and receive Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships on the condition that the individual naturalize before graduation.

Bill: 108-hr-4532
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Military education
Military training
Naturalization
Officer personnel
Scholarships
Service academies

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, as a condition to admitting a person who is a U.S. national but not a citizen into a military precommissioning program (a pre-officer program provided through a military service academy or the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program), to require such person to enter into a written agreement under which the person shall agree: (1) to apply for and complete naturalization under requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act before completion of the precommissioning program; and (2) that if failing to apply for and complete such naturalization, to be subject to the same penalties placed on individuals for failing to complete the requirements for advanced education assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Air Tanker Emergency Release Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4533
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation safety
Emergency Management
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Law
Licenses
Maintenance and repair
Tanker aircraft
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Air Tanker Emergency Release Act of 2004 - Requires, upon a qualifying owner's request, the temporary reinstatement of an aerial firefighting contract for a large air tanker that was canceled on May 10, 2004, by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Red 176.

Bill: 108-hr-4534
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend through December 31, 2006, the duty on Pigment Red 176.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Red 208.

Bill: 108-hr-4535
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2006, the suspension of duty on Pigment Red 208.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 175.

Bill: 108-hr-4536
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2006, the suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 175.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 154.

Bill: 108-hr-4537
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2006, the suspension of duty on Pigment Yellow 154.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 180.

Bill: 108-hr-4538
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on Pigment Yellow 180.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 214.

Bill: 108-hr-4539
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on Pigment Yellow 214.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acid Blue 80.

Bill: 108-hr-4540
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on Acid Blue 80.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Red 185.

Bill: 108-hr-4541
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2006, the suspension of duty on Pigment Red 185.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Red 187.

Bill: 108-hr-4542
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 2006, the suspension of duty on Pigment Red 187.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act

Bill: 108-hr-4543
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Case management
Clinical trials
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Families
Family services
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Health education
Home care services
Medical fees
Medical research
Medical tests
Mental care facilities
Mental depression
Mental health
Mental health services
Mental illness
Pharmaceutical research
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to expand and intensify research and related activities of the Institute with respect to post-abortion depression and post-abortion psychosis.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to: (1) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, post-abortion conditions; and (2) conduct a national longitudinal study to determine the incidence and prevalence of cases of post-abortion conditions and the symptoms, severity, and duration of such cases, toward the goal of more fully identifying the characteristics of such cases and developing diagnostic techniques. 
Requires the Secretary to make grants to establish, operate, and coordinate effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with post-abortion depression or post-abortion psychosis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act

Bill: 108-hr-4544
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asteroids
Astronomy
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Planning-programming-budgeting
Space activities
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act - Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan, develop, and implement a Near-Earth Object Survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize the physical characteristics of near-Earth asteroids and comets at least 100 meters in diameter in order to assess the threat of such near-Earth objects striking the Earth. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act to declare that the general welfare and security of the United States requires that the unique competence of NASA in science and engineering systems be directed to provide warning and mitigation of the potential hazard of near-Earth objects impacting the Earth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Safe, Efficient, Coordinated, Unified, Revitalized, Enhanced Visa Waiver Act

Bill: 108-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Admission of nonimmigrants
Airlines
Aliens
Boundaries
Commerce
Common carriers
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Equipment and supplies
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Law
Passports
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Terminals (Transportation)
Transportation and Public Works
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 
Safe, Efficient, Coordinated, Unified, Revitalized, Enhanced Visa Waiver Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an electronic system that requires aliens seeking entry to the United States under the visa waiver program (VWP) to submit biographical information prior to embarkation. Requires such system to: (1) make electronic determinations of eligibility for admission within 30 minutes; (2) require carriers and other corporations providing transportation to inquire electronically, prior to embarkation, whether the alien has been determined eligible for admission and to respond to such inquiries within 90 seconds; and (3) be deployed as soon as possible.
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) to charge a fee to VWP aliens that ensures the recovery of the full costs of establishing and operating the system; and (2) in developing the system, to consult with and allow for review by a private sector group consisting of experts in travel, tourism, privacy, national security, or computer security issues.
 
Amends the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act to extend by one year: (1) the deadline for installing equipment and software at U.S. ports of entry to allow biometric comparison and authentication of machine-readable passports issued by VWP countries; and (2) the deadline for VWP aliens to present such passports. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to grant up to two extensions of the new deadlines where the VWP country is making substantial progress toward issuing machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports that incorporate biometric and document authentication identifiers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2]
Introduced: 2004-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Commemorations
Monuments and memorials
National parks
Space activities
Space shuttles
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act of 2004 - Establishes as units of the National Park System four memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia, to be located on the four specified parcels of land in Texas on which large debris from the Space Shuttle was recovered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on l-Aspartic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on l-Aspartic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Introduced in House