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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude cooperative employing units from multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Bill: 108-hr-4795
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Cooperative societies
Flexible benefit plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exclude cooperative employing units from multiple employer welfare arrangements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4796
Sponsor: Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Education
Employee ownership
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Minimum tax
Mutual funds
Small business
Stockholders
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax deferral
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat certain distributions by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) as deductible dividends; (2) exempt deductions for ESOP dividends from corporate alternative minimum tax adjustments based on adjusted earnings and profits; (3) allow deferral of the recognition of gain for certain sales to ESOP's sponsored by any domestic corporation, including S corporations; (4) allow reinvestment of ESOP stock proceeds eligible for nonrecognition of gain in certain mutual funds; (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules; and (6) allow early distributions from an ESOP for higher education expenses and first-time homebuyer purchases without penalty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1343-1344)
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Continuity of Operations Demonstration Project Act

Bill: 108-hr-4797
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Decentralization in government
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Governmental investigations
Information technology
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommuting

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Continuity of Operations Demonstration Project Act - Directs the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, in order to test the preparedness of the Government to continue to operate in the event of an extended emergency situation, to establish a demonstration project under which, through agreements with two or more agencies, a representative range of Government services and operations (both essential and nonessential) shall be performed under circumstances simulating a situation in which Federal employees are, as a result of a sudden and unexpected contingency, required to work: (1) from home or other sites apart from their usual and customary duty station; and (2) for a continuous period of not less than 30 days.
 
Directs the Council, in carrying out the demonstration project, to ensure that specified requirements are met with respect to: (1) communications; (2) access to technologies, information, or other resources; (3) participation (limited to those employees who would otherwise have been eligible to telework); and (4) coordination with otherwise existing Federal telework policies, requirements, and funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1370-1371)
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act

Bill: 108-hr-4799
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Academic performance
Child health
Clinics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Day care
Dropouts
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Family services
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal-state relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health counseling
Health education
Health surveys
Higher education
Indian children
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Mental depression
Mental health services
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
School health programs
Social Welfare
Students
Suicide
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions regarding Federal assistance for programs to reduce suicide among children and adolescents.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) develop and implement State-sponsored statewide or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies in schools, educational institutions, juvenile justice systems, substance abuse programs, mental health programs, foster care systems, and other child and youth support organizations; (2) support public organizations actively involved in State-sponsored statewide or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies and in the development and continuation of such intervention and prevention strategies; (3) collect and analyze data on State-sponsored statewide or tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention services that can be used to monitor the effectiveness of such services and for research, technical assistance, and policy development; and (4) assist eligible entities in achieving their targets for youth suicide reductions. 
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award a grant or contract to establish the Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to institutions of higher education to expand mental and behavior health services to students, to provide such services, and to develop best practices for the delivery of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order regarding secondary cockpit barriers.

Bill: 108-hr-4801
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aircraft construction
Aviation safety
Commercial aircraft
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
EBB Terrorism
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order requiring: (1) the installation of secondary cockpit barriers preventing access to the flight deck of commercial aircraft; and (2) that such secondary barriers remain locked while the aircraft is in flight and the cockpit door separating the flight deck and the passenger area is open.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Railroads Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4802
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
Railroad freight operations
Railroad safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage
Tankers
Transportation of hazardous substances

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Responsible Railroads Act of 2004 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit a rail tank car containing hazardous materials from being transported or stored on rail tracks unless information identifying the tank car, the hazardous materials within such tank car, and response guidance is immediately available through Operation Respond Institute's technology or similar technology to local first responders in each location where the tank car may be located. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to provide an exception to such prohibition if no data base exists through which the requirement can be met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the memorial to Edmund S. Muskie located in Rumford, Maine, as a national memorial.

Bill: 108-hr-4803
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Ex-Members of Congress
Maine
Monuments and memorials
Names
National parks
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Redesignates the memorial to Edmund S. Muskie located in Rumford, Maine, as the Edmund S. Muskie National Memorial and makes such Memorial a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1340)
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the memorial to Edmund S. Muskie located in Rumford, Maine, as a unit of the National Park System.

Bill: 108-hr-4804
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Ex-Members of Congress
Governmental investigations
Maine
Monuments and memorials
National parks
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the memorial to Edmund S. Muskie located in Rumford, Maine, as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1340)
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Medication Safety for Seniors Act

Bill: 108-hr-4805
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computer literacy
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Employee training
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Leases
Medical economics
Medicare
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Ensuring Medication Safety for Seniors Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program under which grants for computer hardware and software, as well as other communications capabilities, education, and training, are made available, upon request and on a voluntary basis, to Medicare health care providers to assist them in offsetting the costs of electronic prescribing systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-09
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: 2004-07-09
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: 2004-07-09
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: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the "Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-4807
Sponsor: Rep. Ose, Doug [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Military personnel
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the "Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building."
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was intorduced in the House on July 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the &quot;Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-471.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-471.
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: 2004-10-07
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8269)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8269)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4807.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8269-8270)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Mr. Duncan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-471
Investment Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4809
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Congress
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Investment Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2004 - Makes permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Saikou A. Diallo.

Bill: 108-hr-4811
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Makes Saikou A. Diallo eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
Stem Cell Discovery Through Diversity Act

Bill: 108-hr-4812
Sponsor: Rep. Deutsch, Peter [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2004-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Cytology
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-presidents
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Human embryology
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
Names
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Reagan Administration
Reproduction
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: 
Stem Cell Discovery Through Diversity Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the national research institutes, to conduct and support research that uses human embryonic stem cells in accordance with the final guidelines issued by NIH and published in the Federal Register on August 25, 2000, including: (1) the requirements that stem cells used in research be derived from human embryos that were created in vitro for fertility treatments and were in excess of the clinical needs of the individual seeking such treatment and that such individuals voluntarily donated such embryos with informed consent; and (2) the prohibition against the use of Federal funds to derive such cells from the embryos. Provides that restrictions on such research established by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to policies announced by the President on August 9, 2001, have no legal effect after enactment of this Act. Prohibits additional Federal administrative policies on such research from being established or applied.
 
Requires the Director to ensure that such research program include a significant number of donations from individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups in order to make progress toward the goal of developing an understanding of whether the variables studied in clinical research affect such groups differently.
 
Requires the Director to establish the Ronald Reagan Office of Human Stem Cell Research to coordinate all research conducted or supported by NIH that used human pluripotent stem cells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-4813
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-4814
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-4815
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2006, the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Introduced in House