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Drug-Free Workplace Program Reauthorization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4119
Sponsor: Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alcoholism
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug testing
Drugs and employment
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Performance measurement
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Drug-Free Workplace Program Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend through FY 2006 the authorization for the drug-free workplace demonstration program (program).
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make an additional grant to, or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with, any original grantee under such program for providing, in cooperation with one or more small business development centers, technical assistance to small businesses seeking to establish a program. Provides two-year periods for such grants. Makes drug-free communities coalitions eligible for such grant assistance.
 
Requires: (1) the Administrator to provide technical assistance to each intermediary receiving a grant regarding the most effective practices in establishing and carrying out such programs; (2) each intermediary to establish a system to collect and analyze information regarding the effectiveness of programs established with grant assistance; and (3) the Administrator to provide technical assistance and guidance to each intermediary with respect to the collection and analysis of such information.
 
Extends through FY 2006 the authority of small business development centers to provide information and assistance to small businesses with respect to establishing such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 regarding identifying trade expansion priorities.

Bill: 108-hr-4120
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Exports
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Nontariff trade barriers
Reciprocity
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend from FY 2005 through 2009 (currently, 1995 only) the U.S. Trade Representative's mandate to identify and report on trade expansion priorities.
 
Requires the Trade Representative, before initiating an investigation (as under current law), to seek consultations with each foreign country identified in the report as engaging in priority foreign country practices, for the purpose of reaching a satisfactory resolution of such priority practices. Requires initiation of an investigation only if a satisfactory resolution of such practices has not been reached.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Consumer and Producer Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4121
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal diseases
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Cattle
Food safety
Health
Meat inspection
Nervous system diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to apply &quot;non-ambulatory&quot; to cattle, sheep, goat, swine, horse, mule, or other equine that, at the time of examination and inspection, is unable to rise from a recumbent position or unable to walk for any reason, including nerve paralysis, metabolic conditions, or central nervous condition disorder, unless the reason for such inability is fatigue or one or more broken or fractured appendages, severed tendons, or ligaments, or dislocated joints.
 
Considers as adulterated cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines found at inspection: (1) to be non-ambulatory; (2) to test positive for central nervous disorders; (3) to exhibit signs of bovine spongiform encephalopathy; or (4) to be dead.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4122
Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
Landowners
Latin America
Louisiana
Mexico
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Texas
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail Act of 2004 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real de Los Tejas as a National Historic Trail. Authorizes establishment of such trail on portions of the national historic trail on: (1) publicly owned lands; and (2) privately owned lands only with the consent of the owner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Military Sexual Assault Crimes Revision Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4123
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Military and naval offenses
Murder
Prison violence
Prisoners
Rape
Sex crimes
Sodomy
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Military Sexual Assault Crimes Revision Act of 2004 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to rewrite current provisions concerning the military crime of rape and carnal knowledge to conform with Federal sexual assault crimes. Makes it a crime (aggravated sexual abuse) not only to use force to engage in a sexual act, but to obtain a sexual act by threatening or placing a person in fear that any person will otherwise be subjected to death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping. Includes within the act of aggravated sexual abuse: (1) rendering another person unconscious, or administering a drug or intoxicant, prior to engaging in a sexual act; and (2) engaging in a sexual act with a person under 12 years of age.
 
Defines as the military crime of sexual abuse when a person: (1) causes another person to engage in a sexual act by threatening or placing that other person in fear; (2) engages in a sexual act with another person who is incapable of either appraising the nature of the conduct or declining such participation; or (3) engages in a sexual act with a person over 12 but under 16, or at least four years younger than the person.
 
States that, in the prosecution of either type of sexual abuse, it need not be proven that a person knew the age of the other person engaging in the sexual act, or the requisite age difference. Requires the accused to prove as an affirmative defense that the accused believed the other person to be at least 16 years of age.
 
Makes the above crimes punishable by court-martial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4124
Sponsor: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Clinics
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Hospitals
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Liability insurance
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing homes
Physicians
Social Welfare
Sunset legislation
Surgeons
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2004 or 2005 for expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance. Allows a credit for: (1) 20 percent of the malpractice insurance expenditures of a physician who practices in any surgical specialty or subspecialty, emergency medicine, obstetrics, or anesthesiology or who does intervention work which is reflected in medical malpractice insurance expenditures; (2) ten percent of such expenditures of a physician who practices in general medicine, allergy, dermatology, pathology, or other specialty; and (3) 15 percent of such expenditures of any hospital, clinic, or long-term care provider. Limits the amount of expenditures that may be taken into account to twice the average of costs of medical malpractice insurance for similarly situated health care providers, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to certain non-profit hospitals, clinics, and long-term care providers to assist such entities in defraying their medical malpractice insurance expenditures. Limits the amount of such grants to 15 percent of the medical malpractice insurance expenditures incurred by such entities in any year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E513)
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Publish What You Pay Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4125
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2004-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Energy
Energy development
Fees
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Injunctions
International corporations
Law
Mines and mineral resources
Mining engineering
Mining royalties
Natural gas
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Securities and Exchange Commission
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: 
Publish What You Pay Act of 2004 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to require certain securities issuers to disclose in their annual and quarterly reports their aggregate payments of $250,000 or greater made in connection with the securing of exploration, development, exploitation, extraction, and production rights for natural resources (oil, gas, and minerals) to any foreign government or other public entity of a foreign country, including taxes, royalties, fees, and other amounts paid in such connection.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in Federal district court to enjoin an act or practice in violation of this Act.
 
Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Improving Efficiency and Quality in Hospitals Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4127
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accident prevention
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to health facilities
Hospital care
Hospitals
Performance measurement
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Improving Efficiency and Quality in Hospitals Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to make grants to hospitals for developing and implementing measurement-based strategies to improve the quality and efficiency of health care. Requires hospitals to use the grants to improve safety, injury avoidance, the effectiveness of services, timeliness, efficiency, and the equitable distribution of services. Requires the Secretary to provide such grants to urban hospitals, non-urban hospitals, teaching hospitals, and hospitals with fewer than 50 acute care beds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation added by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4128
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Contracts
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the 50 percent and 30 percent bonus depreciation for certain original use property, including water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property, with a recovery period of 20 years or less. Allows a taxpayer to elect an increased refundable minimum tax credit in lieu of taking a bonus depreciation deduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E522)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4130
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Families
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Military dependents
Military leave
Military pay
Military personnel
Military transportation
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Operation Hero Miles Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept the donation of frequent traveler miles, credits, and tickets for air or surface transportation to facilitate the travel of: (1) a member of the Armed Forces who is deployed on active duty away from his or her permanent duty station and granted leave during such deployment; or (2) family members of such member to be reunited with the member.
 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse members who participated in the Department of Defense Rest and Recuperation Leave program during the period beginning on September 15, 2003, and ending on December 18, 2003, for travel expenses incurred by the member (or family members on behalf of the member) to travel to or from a designated embarkation point before the program was expanded to include a domestic travel component.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4131
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Income tax
Minimum tax
Sunset legislation
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for individual taxpayers in taxable years 2006 through 2013. Repeals the alternative minimum tax on individual taxpayers for taxable years beginning after 2013.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Child Definition Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4132
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Caregivers
Child health
Child support
Day care
Disabled
Divorce
Earned income tax credit
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Heads of households
Health
Health insurance
Higher education
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Law
Married people
Medical economics
Parents
Separation (Law)
Siblings
Social Welfare
Students
Support of dependents
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax refunds
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Child Definition Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to redefine &quot;child&quot; based upon residence, age, and relationship to the taxpayer, for purposes of the personal exemption, the dependent care credit, the child tax credit, the earned income credit, and the health insurance credit. Excludes any means-tested benefits received by a taxpayer under the Social Security Act or other substantially similar government programs from the tests for determining eligibility for the personal exemption and the dependent care credit and for determining marital status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Filing Status Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4133
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Guardian and ward
Heads of households
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Parents
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Filing Status Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the filing status of &quot;head of household&quot; as &quot;single parent or guardian.&quot;

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Home Mortgage Tax Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4134
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Interest
Mortgages
Settlement costs
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Home Mortgage Tax Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in the current taxable year of points paid for the refinancing of a principal residence to the extent that the resulting indebtedness does not exceed the sum of: (1) the amount of debt refinanced; plus (2) the lesser of $10,000 or the points paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Taxation of Minor Children Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4135
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Interest
Parents
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax preferences
Tax rates
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Taxation of Minor Children Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise rules for the taxation of the income of minor children (under age 14). Repeals the allocable parental tax rules. Allows parents to elect to claim the child's gross income and deductions on the parents' tax return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Education Tax Care Credit Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4136
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Education Tax Credit Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits. Combines both credits into an Education Credit that allows certain students a tax credit of 50 percent of their qualified higher education expenses and educational expenses to acquire or improve job skills, up to $3,000 per year. Eliminates the annual cost of living adjustments to the allowable credit amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House