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Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Extension and Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2004-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Auditing
Authorization
Bankruptcy
Black lung
Coal
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Excise tax
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Health
Indian lands
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mine wastes
Mine water
Miners
Minorities
Native Americans
Rebates
Reclamation of land
Refuse and refuse disposal
Retiree health benefits
Small business
Soil conservation
State finance
State laws
Strip mining
Surety and fidelity
Tax auditing
Taxation
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Extension and Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the authorization to use certain funds in the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund (Fund) by the Secretary of Agriculture for rural land reclamation.
 
Revises guidelines governing: (1) the availability of moneys from the Fund: (2) the disposition of unappropriated Fund balances; (3) transfers to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund; and (4) submission of quarterly reports by operators of surface coal mining operations.
 
Revises requirements governing allocation of funds and allocation of funds to states and Indian tribes.
 
Prescribes guidelines for initial program sites and bond forfeiture sites with insolvent sureties.
 
Revises requirements for the granting of funds to set forth guidelines governing: (1) the application processing deadline; (2) the disposition of unexpended funds; and (3) a state set-aside program.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to require that states assume responsibility for administering the emergency reclamation program in order to remain eligible to receive grants.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to propose regulations prescribing conditions under which the Fund would be used to promote remining of eligible lands, including reclamation fee rebates or waivers and other incentives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2004-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Military dependents
Residence requirements
School administration
Secondary education
Student enrollment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: 
Safeguarding Schoolchildren of Deployed Soldiers Act of 2004 - Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require a State or local educational agency, for the duration of the military service on which a child's change of residence is based and at the request of a parent, to treat a child who changes residence based on such service as if the child has the residence held before the change of residence, for purposes of enrollment in elementary or secondary school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E111)
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Assisting America's Rural Schools Act

Bill: 108-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2004-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Education
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Law
Rating of teachers
Rural education
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to permit rural local educational agencies to defer the application of certain requirements relating to the employment of highly qualified teachers. 
 
Allows such deferral for a one-year period beginning with: (1) their employment as middle or secondary school teachers, for teachers new to the profession; or (2) their teaching an academic subject they have not previously taught, for middle or secondary school not new to the profession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Rebate and Responsibility Act

Bill: 108-hr-3784
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget surpluses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Income tax
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Taxpayer Rebate and Responsibility Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for refunds or credits to individual taxpayers of a portion of their income tax for any year in which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget certifies that there is a surplus in the U.S. budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act

Bill: 108-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Animal diseases
Animals
Commerce
Confidential communications
Data banks
Electronic government information
Federal advisory bodies
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Identification devices
International Affairs
International cooperation
Law
Livestock
Performance measurement
Public health
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
State laws
Trade secrets
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act - Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system to enhance the Department of Agriculture's response to outbreaks of livestock disease. Requires that such system: (1) be capable of tracing, within 48 hours, livestock from birth to slaughter; (2) provide for access by States and inclusion of State information; and (3) apply to all livestock born or imported into the United Sates, and to interstate and intrastate commerce.
 
Exempts, with specified exceptions, system information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act or other release into the public domain.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide producer participation assistance; and (2) appoint an international panel of scientific experts to review the Department's response to an outbreak of livestock disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
GATE Act

Bill: 108-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Communication satellites
Computer software
Computers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
EBB Terrorism
Electronic government information
Florida
Freight
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Harbors
Identification devices
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Louisiana
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Marine transportation
Maryland
New Jersey
New York City
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Telecommunication systems
Terrorism
Texas
Transportation planning
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Guarding American Trade Enterprises Act or GATE Act - Amends Federal maritime law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to include within the National Maritime Transportation Security Plan a plan for ensuring that the flow of cargo through U.S. ports is reestablished as efficiently and quickly as possible after a transportation security incident or instance of attempted transport of any implement of terrorism through the port.
 
Requires (currently authorizes) the Secretary to develop and implement a long-range automated vessel tracking system for all vessels in U.S. waters equipped with the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System or equivalent satellite technology. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees a plan to develop and implement such system no later than December 31, 2004. Authorizes the Secretary to use the nonprofit Maritime Information Services of North America Automated Secure Vessel Tracking System as a pilot program for purposes of long-range vessel tracking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs
Health
Methamphetamine
Packaging
Retail trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2004 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the exemption as a &quot;regulated transaction&quot; for any sale of ordinary over-the-counter pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine products (including blister packs) by retail distributors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Long-term Care Hospital Moratorium Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Long-term care
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Long-Term Care Hospital Moratorium Act of 2004 - Prohibits payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for inpatient hospital services provided in a long-term care hospital unless they were provided for services furnished for a patient in a bed which was either in operation or in development as of the date of the introduction of this Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to terminate such moratorium if the Secretary determines that: (1) there is a clinical need for a growth in the number of beds in long-term care hospitals; (2) an appropriate reimbursement system and rate are in place for Medicare payment for inpatient hospital services in such hospitals; and (3) a clinical admission policy for such hospitals exists that minimizes the acceptance of patients into these settings that can be appropriately treated in alternative, less costly post acute settings. Requires the Secretary also to determine that appropriate interventions are implemented to ensure that beneficiaries within long-term care hospitals are receiving the treatment they require and that Medicare funds allocated to these hospitals are being prudently spent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E135-136)
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Deficit Accountability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Deficit Accountability Act of 2004 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that pay for Members of Congress may not be increased by any adjustment scheduled to take effect in a calendar year if the Office of Management and Budget determines there was a deficit in the preceding fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a "child only" annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan of the Armed Forces when there is a surviving spouse in the case of a member of the Armed Forces dying on active duty during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on November 23, 2003.

Bill: 108-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Annuities
Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Amends Federal armed forces provisions concerning the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to require the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an SBP annuity to the dependent child or children of a member of the armed forces who dies while serving on active duty on or after September 11, 2001 (currently on or after November 24, 2003), instead of paying such annuity to a surviving spouse, if such Secretary determines it appropriate to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Concerning participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.

Bill: 108-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Europe
Health
International agencies
Switzerland
Taiwan
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to: (1) initiate, and instruct the U.S. delegation to implement, a plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual World Health Assembly summit in May 2004, in Geneva, Switzerland; and (2) introduce a resolution in support of observer status for Taiwan at such summit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of the heirs of Henry D. Espy of St. Louis, Missouri.

Bill: 108-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2004-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Real property

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the heirs of Henry D. Espy of St. Louis, Missouri, an amount equal to the difference between: (1) the fair market value of land owned by Henry D. Espy located in Gifford, Indian River County, Florida, that was taken by the United States in an eminent domain proceeding in 1942; and (2) sums already paid by the United States to Henry D. Espy in connection with such taking. Declares that such payment shall be in full settlement of all claims of the heirs of Henry D. Espy arising from such 1942 taking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve the distribution of school construction payments to better meet the needs of military and Indian land school districts.

Bill: 108-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2004-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Impact aid
Indian education
Indian lands
Maintenance and repair
Military dependents
Minorities
Native Americans
School buildings
School districts
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise impact aid program provisions for distribution of school construction payments, and of school facility emergency and modernization grants, to local educational agencies impacted by military dependent children or by children residing on Indian lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Authorization
Coal
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Investment of public funds
Labor and Employment
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Liens
Mine wastes
Mine water
Miners
Mining royalties
Minorities
Native Americans
Oil and gas royalties
Reclamation of land
Retiree health benefits
Sediment control
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
State laws
Strip mining
Tennessee
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: 
Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the authorization that certain moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund may be used: (1) by the Secretary of Agriculture for reclamation of rural lands; and (2) by the Department of the Interior for studies by contract with organizations for advice and research and development projects technical assistance.
 
Reduces the reclamation fee required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations.
 
Revises Fund allocation requirements with respect to reclamation fees.
 
Repeals Fund objectives concerning: (1) protection , construction, or enhancement of public facilities such as utilities, roads, recreation and conservation facilities adversely affected by coal mining practices; and (2) the development of publicly owned land adversely affected by coal mining practices including land acquired as provided in this subchapter for recreation and historic purposes, conservation, and reclamation purposes and open space benefits.
 
States that no lien shall be filed against any person who neither consented to, nor participated in nor exercised control over the mining operation which necessitated reclamation. Repeals the limitation of such prohibition to persons who owned the surface before May 2, 1977.
 
Expands certification guidelines to prescribe payments to: (1) qualified States and Indian tribes; and (2) non-qualified States and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-02-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Introduced in House