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Intelligent Vehicle Highway Safety Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4931
Sponsor: Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Electronics
Excise tax
Geographic information systems
Identification devices
Income tax
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles
Retail trade
Safety appliances
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Safety Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction from gross income for the cost, up to $1,000, of qualified intelligent vehicle systems property. Defines &quot;qualified intelligent systems property&quot; as any device installed by a motor vehicle manufacturer to enhance the safety or security of a driver, passenger, or load by, among other things, warning or informing a driver of dangerous driving conditions or by actively monitoring and adjusting driver workload. Terminates the deduction after 2010.
 
Exempts intelligent vehicle systems properties from the first $5,000 of the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1470)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Northwest Rural Employment and Forest Restoration Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4932
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Forest health
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
Logging
Lumber trade
National forests
Old growth forests
Oregon
Timber sales
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Northwest Rural Employment and Forest Restoration Act of 2004 - Requires each Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management administrative unit containing Westside Forest land to identify: (1) different forest land management allocations, as amended by the Northwest Forest Plan; and (2) the location, acreage, and age of old growth stands, young managed stands, and other naturally occurring stands.
 
Requires such administrative units to: (1) plan and implement projects to enhance the forest health of Westside Forest land managed by the administrative unit; and (2) prioritize projects so that significant acreage identified in the inventory are planned for treatment, and treatment has begun, before planning other projects. Sets forth priorities for such projects.
 
Prohibits such administrative units from planning, advertising, contracting or implementing any harvest of timber for matrix land containing old growth stands, except for noncommercial use or noncommercial purposes in an emergency situation.
 
Allows such administrative units to prepare programmatic environmental documentation pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to study the significant environmental effects of the major Federal actions contemplated in projects authorized by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Petition Act

Bill: 108-hr-4933
Sponsor: Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indian lands
Judicial review
Law
Massachusetts
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Petition Act - Requires the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, of the long-standing petition by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for Federal recognition.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the prompt review of the petition for Federal recognition will not unnecessarily delay the review of pending fully documented petitions for Federal recognition as an Indian tribe awaiting active consideration as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain tribally-owned reservation land into trust for the Puyallup Tribe.

Bill: 108-hr-4934
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take certain tribally-owned reservation land into trust for the Puyallup Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4935
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Citizen participation
Clinics
Community health services
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Entitlements
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Law
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Web sites
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct research and demonstration projects under several programs, including Medicaid and SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance) under SSA title XXI; and (2) waive certain statutory requirements for conducting these projects without congressional review.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from imposing or approving under such authority: (1) a cap, limitation, or other restriction on payment to a State for amounts expended as medical assistance under the Medicaid program; (2) an elimination of, or modification limiting, the entitlement of an individual to receive any medical assistance for which Federal financial participation is claimed under Medicaid; (3) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services; or (4) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of certain safety-net services, including those of a rural health clinic and a federally-qualified health center.
 
Amends SSA title XI to establish public notice and comment requirements for States and the Secretary with respect to any State proposal for an experimental, pilot, or demonstration project (or project modification) to assist in promoting Medicaid or SCHIP objectives that would result in a substantive change in eligibility, enrollment, benefits, financing, or cost-sharing under a State program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4936
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the extended availability through FY 2004 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2001. 
 
Specifies formulae for amounts to be used in computing redistributions for FY 2003, 2003, and 2004. Provides for reallocation of 70 percent of the expiring FY 1998, 1999, and 2000 funds to States that have fully expended their annual allotments. Extends the availability of the remaining 30 percent of such expiring funds with the States that currently have them.
 
Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2002 SCHIP allotments to remain available through FY 2006. Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2003 and 2004 SCHIP allotments to remain available through the end of FY 2007. Requires redistribution of the other 50 percent of such funds to States that have fully spent their allotments during the three-year period they were available.
 
Requires a second redistribution according to the same 70-30 formula of any retained or redistributed funds still unexpended at the end of the two-year extention or redistribution.
 
Provides for continued authority for qualifying States to use certain funds for Medicaid expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4937
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Commerce
Government paperwork
Lobbying
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004 - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to redefine the term "client" with respect to coalitions and associations on whose behalf a lobbyist must file a registration. Provides that, in the case of a coalition or association that employs or retains other persons to conduct lobbying activities, each of the individual members of the coalition or association, and not the coalition or association itself as under current law, is the client for whom a registration must be filed. Makes an exception for certain tax-exempt associations and for certain members of a coalition or association if the amount reasonably expected to be contributed by such member toward specific legislation-influencing activities of the coalition or association is less than $1,000 per any semiannual period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4938
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Commerce
Electronic government information
Fees
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Law
Liability (Law)
Lobbying
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax penalties
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as a tax-exempt political organization for purposes of the disclosure and other requirements applicable to such organizations (with certain modifications) any coalition or association that is identified as a client on any registration filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 and that is not a political organization. 
 
Requires any such coalition or association to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of: (1) its existence within 72 hours after one of its lobbyists makes an initial contact; and (2) any change in membership within 72 hours. Requires such notice to include a general description of the business or activities of each member of the coalition or association and the amount reasonably expected to be contributed by each member toward coalition or association activities of influencing legislation. Imposes a penalty tax for failure to give required notices.
 
Exempts from the disclosure requirements imposed by this Act: (1) public charities and other tax-exempt organizations which have substantial exempt activities other than lobbying; and (2) members of a coalition or association who contribute less than $2,000 per year for lobbying activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4939
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Auditing
Collection of accounts
College costs
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Executive reorganization
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Payroll deductions
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Student aid
Survivors' benefits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Trusts and trustees
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2004, or the ASPIRE Act of 2004 - Establishes a KIDS Account Fund (KIDS) in the Treasury.
 
Establishes within the KIDS Account Fund a Kids Investment and Development Savings Account (KIDS Account). Provides that a U.S. citizen born after December 31, 2005, and under 18 years of age, whose modified adjusted gross income is below the applicable national median adjusted gross income amount, is eligible to contribute to such account and to receive a matching Federal contribution.
 
Establishes the KIDS Account Fund Board to establish a default investment program under which, in a manner similar to a lifecycle investment program, sums in each KIDS Account are allocated to investment funds in the KIDS Account Fund based on the amount of time before the account holder attains the age of 18.
 
Subjects the Board to the same statutory composition requirements, duties, and responsibilities as the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
 

 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, to develop programs to promote the financial literacy of account holders of KIDS Accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4942
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Conspiracy
Deportation
EBB Terrorism
Evidence (Law)
Extraterritoriality
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fund raising
Immigrants
Immigration
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Law
Military training
Prosecution
Terrorism
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization. Grants extraterritorial jurisdiction over such offense if specified conditions apply, such as if: (1) the offender is a U.S. national; (2) an offender is a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the United States; (3) the offense occurs within the United States; (4) the offense occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; or (5) an offender aids or abets or conspires in such offense with any person over whom jurisdiction exists.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit granting visas to or admitting, and provides for the deportation of, aliens who have received such training.
 
Expands the scope of the prohibition against: (1) providing material support to terrorists to include providing resources or concealing or disguising material support or resources, knowing or intending that they will be used for an act of terrorism, where the offense occurs in or affects interstate or foreign commerce); and (2) financing terrorism to cover proceeds of funds used to knowingly disguise any material support to terrorists and knowing that funds are to be provided or collected for such proscribed purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Pima County Land Adjustment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4943
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arizona
Boundaries
Civil actions and liability
Commemorations
Compensation (Law)
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Land transfers
Law
National monuments
Natural areas
Real estate appraisal
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Pima County Land Adjustment Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Las Cienegas Conservation, LLC, the Sahuarita property, which consists of approximately 1,280 acres, in exchange for both the Ironwood-Moore property, which consists of approximately 600 acres, and the Empirita-Simonson property, which consists of approximately 2,490 acres. Requires the Secretary to modify the boundaries of the Las Cienegas National Conservation to include the Empirita-Simonson property.
 
Requires the Secretary to convey the Tumamoc Hill property, which consists of approximately 290 acres, to Pima County, Arizona upon the County paying the value of such property to the State of Arizona and the State Land Department.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4944
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Idaho
Land transfers
Maps
Montana
National parks
Oregon
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2004 - Designates the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, a trail from Missoula, Montana to the Pacific Ocean, to provide for the public appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the nationally significant natural and cultural features of the Ice Age Floods, and to promote efforts to interpret and educate along the pathways of the floods. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to administer the Trail. Allows the Secretary to establish and operate a Trail management office within the vicinity of the Trail. Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain a trail advisory committee to assist the Trail manager and staff with the operation of the Trail.
 
Requires the Secretary to prepare a Cooperative Management and Interpretation Plan for the Trail to: (1) describe strategies for the coordinated development of the Trail; (2) identify potential partnering opportunities to develop interpretative facilities and educational programs; (3) confirm and expand upon the inventory of floods' features contained in a specified National Park Service study; and (4) review and modify the map of the Trail.
 
Allows the Secretary to acquire not more than 25 acres of land for public information and administrative purposes to facilitate the geographic diversity of the Trail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1506)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural Economic Development and Opportunities Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4945
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Residence requirements
Rural economic development
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Rural Economic Development and Opportunities Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include rural area residents among members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity credit for a five-year period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House