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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the "Irma Rangel Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-4829
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Hispanic Americans
Minorities
Minorities in government
Names
Postal facilities
State legislators
Texas
Women
Women officials

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the "Irma Rangel Post Office Building."
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on July 14, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the &quot;Irma Rangel Post Office Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-478.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 108-478.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11877)
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 10/7/2004 H8276)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 10/7/2004 H8276)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4829.
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR 10/7/2004 H8276-8278)
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Mr. Duncan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-478
Private Sector Preparedness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4830
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Disasters
EBB Terrorism
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Evacuation of civilians
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Occupational health and safety
Police training
Private police
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Private Sector Preparedness Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and implement a program to enhance private sector preparedness for emergencies and disasters, including acts of terrorism.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop guidance and identify best practices for private sector action in: (1) identifying hazards and assessing and mitigating risks and impacts; (2) managing emergency preparedness and response resources; (3) developing mutual aid agreements; (4) developing and maintaining emergency preparedness and response plans, including operational procedures, and communications and warning systems; (5) developing and conducting training and exercises to support and implement such plans and procedures; and (6) developing procedures to respond to requests for information from the media and the public.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) support the development of, promulgate, and regularly update national voluntary consensus standards for private sector emergency preparedness; and (2) coordinate the program with and utilize voluntary standards for disaster and emergency management and business continuity programs developed by the American National Standards Institute and the National Fire Protection Association, and any existing private sector emergency preparedness guidance or best practices developed by industry organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Medical Service Support Act

Bill: 108-hr-4831
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health information systems
Health planning
Indian medical care
Minorities
Native Americans
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Emergency Medical Services Support Act - Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, to establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services to improve coordination and enhance support of emergency medical services (EMS).
 
Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council to make recommendations on EMS topics to the Committee.
 
Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to provide administrative support to both the Committee and the Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of the Press Reinforcement Act

Bill: 108-hr-4832
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Mass media
Press
Reporters and reporting
Science, Technology, Communications
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Freedom of the Press Reinforcement Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow aliens who are representatives of foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign information media to enter the United States as B (temporary visitors for business) nonimmigrants under the visa waiver program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Rural Education Equity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4833
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Rural education
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Rural Education Equity Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to extend to all rural local educational agencies (LEAs) the same level of increased flexibility or facilitated compliance that the Secretary authorizes for any category of rural LEAs with respect to part A basic LEA programs of title I provisions for improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To waive visa processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who are nationals of countries providing combat troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bill: 108-hr-4834
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, William O. [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Admission of nonimmigrants
Afghanistan
Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Economics and Public Finance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
South Asia
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Waives visa processing fees for nonimmigrant visitors who are nationals of countries providing combat troops for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, as determined by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Quality Water Supply Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-hr-4835
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2004-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aquifers
Arid regions
Boundaries
Colleges
Commerce
Commercialization
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Hydraulic engineering
Hydroelectric power
Industrial research
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International cooperation
Irrigation
Laboratories
Manufacturing industries
Mine water
New Mexico
Nongovernmental organizations
Nuclear energy
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Refuse and refuse disposal
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology transfer
Waste reduction
Waste water treatment
Water allocation (Policy)
Water conservation
Water purification
Water quality
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Water use
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 
Quality Water Supply Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with specified Federal agencies (Water Resource Agencies or WRAs) and the lead facility described in the National Water Supply Technology Program White Paper (Program Coordinator), to establish and carry out a desalination and advanced water supply enhancement demonstration program and fund demonstration projects.
 
Directs the Program Coordinator to: (1) construct a facility for administering the program; (2) conduct peer review of proposals and research results; (3) create a roadmap to identify the best projects and make determinations about which would most substantially improve the use of existing supplies; (4) coordinate budgets for projects at, and provide funding to, Regional Centers; (5) establish a transfer program to identify and facilitate full commercialization of promising projects; (6) implement crosscutting research to develop sensor and monitoring systems for water and energy efficiency and management; (7) establish a Water Supply Advisory Panel; and (8) provide competitive funding mechanisms to eligible institutions and individuals for projects. 
 
Designates the Utton Center at the University of New Mexico Law School as the National Water Policy Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Amarillo, Texas, as the "Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

Bill: 108-hr-4836
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2004-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Health
Marines
Military personnel
Names
Texas
Veterans' hospitals
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: 
Names the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Amarillo, Texas, as the Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

action_date: 2004-09-13
text: 

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

 
Names the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Amarillo, Texas, as the Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7017)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7017)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4836.
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7017-7018)
action_date: 2004-09-13
text: Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1393)
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act

Bill: 108-hr-4839
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2004-07-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Airports
Americans in foreign countries
Bridges
Building construction
Caribbean area
Clinics
Communicable diseases
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economic development
Education
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal employees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti
Haiti compilation
Health
Health education
Health facilities
Health planning
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Hospitals
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intermodal transportation
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Medical personnel
Minorities
Nongovernmental organizations
Nurses
Physicians
Pollution control
Potable water
Presidential appointments
Preventive medicine
Public utilities
Recruiting of employees
Refuse and refuse disposal
Road construction
Rule of law
Salaries
School buildings
Secondary education
Sewage treatment
Sewerage
Teacher education
Technical assistance
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Tunnels
U.S. Agency for International Development
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water treatment plants
Waterways
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: 
Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act - Authorizes the President to establish the Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Program under which recruited U.S. citizens will be deployed to Haiti to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction and development assistance to the Government of Haiti. Requires: (1) the President to appoint an officer or employee of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to serve as the Director of the Reconstruction Program; and (2) the Director to have expertise with Haiti, or with economic, educational, judicial, law enforcement, healthcare, or infrastructure reconstruction efforts in developing countries. 
 
Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) maximum recruitment of Haitian-Americans; and (2) maximum one-year deployment, with a maximum two-year additional stay.
 
Authorizes the President to establish the Haiti Healthcare Assistance Program under which grants may be made to qualified nongovernmental organizations to establish infectious disease prevention programs in Haiti. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Tax Simplification for Americans Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4841
Sponsor: Rep. Burns, Max [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Age
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Households
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Interest
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Single people
Social Welfare
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax returns
Tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: 
Tax Simplification for Americans Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide that an individual shall be treated as attaining an age on the date of the anniversary of such individual's birth which corresponds to such age; (2) rename &quot;head of household&quot; filing status as &quot;single head of household;&quot; and (3) increase to $100,000 (with annual inflation adjustments after 2004) the income limit for use of tax forms 1040EZ and 1040A.
 
Repeals or amends certain expired or inoperative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Enacts a savings provision to prevent changes in tax liability resulting from repeals or amendments made by this Act for periods ending after enactment of this Act. 

action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Tax Simplification for Americans Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) rename the &quot;head of household&quot; filing status as &quot;single head of household;&quot; and (2) increase to $100,000 (with annual inflation adjustments after 2004) the income limit for use of tax forms 1040EZ and 1040A.
 
Repeals or amends certain expired or inoperative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Enacts a savings provision to prevent changes in tax liability resulting from repeals or amendments made by this Act for periods ending after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6483-6484)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6483-6484)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4841.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6483-6489)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Mr. Portman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4843
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Army Corps of Engineers
Commerce
Department of Defense
Dredging
Environmental Protection Agency
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
International Affairs
Interstate commerce
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Waterways
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: 
Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to clarify that waters of the United States, including the territorial seas, are subject to the jurisdiction of the permitting program for the discharge of dredged or fill material if such waters are: (1) navigable; (2) hydrologically connected to navigable waters through a continuous, naturally occurring surface connection; or (3) wetlands adjacent to such navigable or hydrologically connected waters.
 
States that waters are considered hydrologically connected to navigable waters for purposes of this Act if connected by perennial or intermittent streams that contribute flow to navigable waters. Excludes from the definition those waters connected by: (1) sheet flow; (2) ephemeral waters, ground water, manmade ditches, or pipelines; or (3) a municipal separate storm sewer system or any other regulated point source.
 
Excludes fastlands (areas located behind legally constituted manmade structures) from the jurisdiction of the permitting program for the discharge of dredged or fill material.
 
Sets forth procedures whereby property owners, or those with written authorization from such owners, may: (1) request that the Secretary of the Army determine jurisdiction under this Act and thereafter seek judicial review or injunctive relief; or (2) proceed under the administrative appeals process.
 
Transfers to the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's authority over permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters under the FWPCA. Allows the Administrator to retain authority to comment on such permits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1409)
action_date: 2004-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Introduced in House