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To amend a provision relating to privacy officers in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

Bill: 108-hr-5425
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2004-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Data banks
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government paperwork
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: 
Amends the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) to revise provisions establishing a Chief Privacy Officer in each Federal agency with primary responsibility for privacy and data protection policy. Requires the Chief Privacy Officer to assist the agency Chief Information Officer in matters relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally identifiable information. Repeals the mandate that each Federal agency establish privacy and data protection policy procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Technical Corrections Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5426
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Maintenance and repair
Marine transportation
Military bases
Nature conservation
Oil pollution
Potable water
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Shipbuilding
Ships
Social Welfare
Tankers
Volunteer workers
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical corrections to certain amendments made by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004.

action_date: 2004-12-07
text: 

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

 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Technical Corrections Act of 2004 - Makes technical corrections to certain amendments made by the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H11042)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H11042)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Mr. LoBiondo asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H11041-11042)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Jobs Investment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5427
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2004-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative fees
Capital investments
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Interstate commerce
Law
Location of industries
State laws
State taxation
Tax credits
Tax incentives
Taxation
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: 
Jobs Investment Act of 2004 - Authorizes a State to provide to any entity a tax or fee credit or other tax incentive for investment in the acquisition, construction, installation, and rehabilitation of improvements, real estate, fixtures, equipment, and facilities located in the State. Provides that any such action taken by a State shall be considered to be a reasonable regulation of commerce and shall not be considered to impose an undue burden on interstate commerce or to otherwise impair, restrain, or discriminate against interstate commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Charter of the Boy Scouts of America in title 36, United States Code, to ratify the authority of the Secretary of Defense and military installations and units of the Armed Forces to officially sponsor units of the Boy Scouts of America serving dependents of members of the Armed Forces and to make facilities of the Department of Defense available for Boy Scout meetings and activities, such as national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.

Bill: 108-hr-5428
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2004-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Boy Scouts
Civil-military relations
Department of Defense
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Military bases
Military dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and U.S. military installations and units to support the Boy Scouts of America by: (1) officially sponsoring Boy Scout units serving dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and (2) making facilities of the Department of Defense available for Boy Scout meetings and other activities such as national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Effective Drug Act

Bill: 108-hr-5429
Sponsor: Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2004-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Internet
Marijuana
Medicinal plants
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: 
Safe and Effective Drug Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to develop a meta-analysis and report to Congress on the scientific data regarding the safety and health risks of smoking marijuana and the clinically-proven effectiveness of smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) post such report on the Internet site of the Food and Drug Administration not later than 30 days after receipt; and (2) promptly disseminate such report to principal public health agencies of all States, and to public health associations, health care professionals, and other appropriate entities that advocate or recommend the smoking of marijuana by patients for medicinal purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5431
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2004-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Law
Liability for environmental damages
Oil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: 
Oil Spill Prevention and Liability Act of 2004 - Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double liability limits associated with oil spills for double-hull tank vessels, other vessels, offshore facilities (except deepwater ports), and onshore facilities and deepwater ports.
 
 Gradually phases out (over six years) liability limits for single-hull vessels. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish separate liability limits for the transportation of oil by vessel to deepwater ports.
 
Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require the Secretary to promulgate regulations under which port owners or operators may place restrictions on the entry of tank vessel shipments presenting a risk of severe harm to the port or port region. 
 
Requires single-hull tank vessels that are more than 15 years old to undergo annual inspections.
 
Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for a study assessing the total economic cost of oil spills, and the types of costs resulting from such spills, and to report the findings to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Electing officers of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 108-hres-1
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional chaplains
Congressional officers
House of Representatives
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Jeffrey J. Trandahl as Clerk; (2) Wilson S. Livingood as Sergeant at Arms; (3) James M. Eagen, III as Chief Administrative Officer; and (4) Father Daniel P. Coughlin as Chaplain.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Jeffrey J. Trandahl as Clerk; (2) Wilson S. Livingood as Sergeant at Arms; (3) James M. Eagen, III as Chief Administrative Officer; and (4) Father Daniel P. Coughlin as Chaplain.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the remainder of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the remainder of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the portion electing the Chaplain of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the portion electing the Chaplain of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: DIVISION OF QUESTION - Mr. Menendez demanded that the question of adoption of the resolution be divided. The question was divided.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Bill: 108-hres-2
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional officers
Congressional sessions
House of Representatives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Informs the Senate that J. Dennis Hastert has been elected Speaker of the House and that Jeffrey J. Trandahl has been elected Clerk.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Informs the Senate that J. Dennis Hastert has been elected Speaker of the House and that Jeffrey J. Trandahl has been elected Clerk.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.

Bill: 108-hres-3
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
Congressional-executive relations
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential messages

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Bill: 108-hres-4
Sponsor: Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional officers
Congressional-executive relations
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
House rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that J. Dennis Hastert has been elected Speaker of the House and that Jeffrey J. Trandahl has been elected Clerk.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that J. Dennis Hastert has been elected Speaker of the House and that Jeffrey J. Trandahl has been elected Clerk.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H7)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Designating majority membership on the Committee on Rules.

Bill: 108-hres-6
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committee membership
Congressional committees (House)
House Rules
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Designates majority membership on the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Designates majority membership on the House Committee on Rules.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Designating minority membership on the Committee on Rules.

Bill: 108-hres-7
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committee membership
Congressional committees (House)
House Rules
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Elects the following minority Representatives to the House Committee on Rules: (1) Mr. Frost of Texas; (2) Ms. Slaughter of New York; (3) Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts; and (4) Mr. Hastings of Florida.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Designating certain minority employees.

Bill: 108-hres-8
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional employees
Congressional leadership
Congressional salaries
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Names individuals to fill four of the six minority party employee positions pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three minority employees in addition to the six already authorized.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House of Representatives on January 7, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated
 
here.)

Names individuals to fill four of the six minority party employee positions pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three minority employees in addition to the six already authorized.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Eighth Congress.

Bill: 108-hres-9
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
House of Representatives
House rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Fixes the daily hour of meeting for the House of Representatives for the first session of the 108th Congress.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House on January 7, 2003.)

Fixes the daily hour of meeting for the House of Representatives for the first session of the 108th Congress. Sets the daily hour, until Monday, May 19, 2003, at: (1) 2 p.m. on Mondays; (3) 12 noon on Tuesdays; and (3) 10 a.m. on all other days of the week.
Sets the daily hour from Monday, May 19, 2003, until the end of the first session at: (1) 12 noon on Mondays; (2) 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; and (3) 9 a.m. on all other days of the week.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H20)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
Congratulating the Ohio State University football team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I-A collegiate football national championship.

Bill: 108-hres-10
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: College sports
Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Football
Higher education
Ohio
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Congratulates the Ohio State University football team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I-A collegiate football national championship.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: 
(This Measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House of Representatives on January 7, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Congratulates the Ohio State University football team for winning the 2002 NCAA Division I-A collegiate football national championship.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 1, 4 Present (Roll no. 12). (text: CR H101-102)
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 1, 4 Present (Roll no. 12).(text: CR H101-102)
action_date: 2003-01-08
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: 2003-01-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 10.
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H101-104, H120-121)
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Mr. Tiberi moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House