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To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that an officer of the Army or Air Force on the active-duty list may not be promoted to brigadier general unless the officer has had a duty assignment of at least one year involving the administration of the National Guard or Reserves.

Bill: 108-hr-4630
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air force
Armed forces reserves
Army
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Military promotions
National Guard
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Requires officers on the active-duty list of the Army or Air Force to complete a tour of duty of at least one year in a Guard or Reserve duty assignment (other than a Reserve Officers Training Corps unit) in order to be eligible for promotion to brigadier general.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive this requirement: (1) when necessary for the good of the service; (2) in cases where the proposed promotion is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which Guard or Reserve requirements do not exist; (3) in the case of specified medical, chaplaincy, or judge advocate positions; or (4) if the officer selected for appointment to brigadier general by a promotion board had completed at least 180 days of a Guard or Reserve duty assignment on the date such board was convened.
 
Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act that specifically identify those categories of officers for whom the waiver applicable to scientific and technical qualifications is available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To award a congressional gold medal to Ray Charles in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 108-hr-4633
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, to the personal representative of Ray Charles, a gold medal in recognition of Ray Charles' many contributions to the Nation as one of America's greatest and most influential musical artists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4634
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Casualty insurance
Coinsurance
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
EBB Terrorism
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Governmental investigations
Insurance companies
Law
Life insurance
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Terrorism Insurance Backstop Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to define: (1) the term &quot;Program Year 4&quot; as the period from January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006; and (2) the term &quot;Program Year 5&quot; as the period from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007 (thereby extending the terrorism risk insurance program from 2005 through 2007).
 
Sets a deadline for the Secretary of the Treasury to make a final determination regarding: (1) the availability of group life insurance to both insurers and consumers; and (2) whether certain provisions of the Act shall be applied to providers of group life insurance.
 
Sunsets the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program after December 31, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 478.
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 108-780.
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 108-780.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4637
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Disabled
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2004 - Authorizes the payment of special compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired due to disability with less than 20 years of active service who were awarded the Purple Heart. States that such payments shall be made without regard to special rules applicable to other disability retirees which require offsetting reductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Rural America Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4638
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Dredging
Eminent domain
Hydrology
Law
Licenses
Real estate appraisal
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Rural America Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Army or a State from issuing a permit to a governmental entity for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters where Act compliance is based on a permit condition requiring mitigation of adverse impacts to wetlands through the acquisition of private property if the property is: (1) being acquired by condemnation; and (2) located outside a certain U.S. Geological Survey cataloging unit in which the wetland is located. 
Allows issuance of such a permit upon payment of compensation equaling or exceeding the property's fair market value or the average fair market value of a parcel the size of the property in the cataloging unit in which the wetland is located.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Federal Advertising Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4639
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Deceptive advertising
Government procurement
Political advertising
Public service advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Federal Advertising Reform Act of 2004 - Prohibits amounts appropriated to an agency in any fiscal year which exceed $10 million to prepare or produce print, radio, or television advertising campaigns, as well as video news releases, uses of outdoor media, and internet advertisements on websites not operated by the Federal Government from being expended unless: (1) any proposed advertisement is submitted to the Comptroller General of the United States for review; and (2) the Comptroller General determines that such advertisement does not contain a political message and is not false, misleading, or deceptive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Fairness in Representation Act

Bill: 108-hr-4640
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Political representation
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
District of Columbia Fairness in Representation Act - Considers the District of Columbia as a congressional district for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.
 

 
Provides, until the taking effect of the first reapportionment occurring after the regular decennial census conducted for 2010, that: (1) the membership of the House shall be increased by two Members; and (2) each such Representative shall be in addition to such current membership; and (3) the State identified by the Clerk of the House in a specified report by the President to Congress shall be entitled to one additional Representative.
 
Prohibits the temporary increase from: (1) increasing or decreasing the permanent membership of the House; (2) affecting the basis of reappointment established by Federal law; or (3) being taken into account in determining the number of electors with respect to the 2004 Presidential election.
 
Amends the District of Columbia Delegate Act to repeal the office of District of Columbia Delegate.
 
Amends the District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 to repeal the office of Statehood Representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Cultural Conservation of the Crossroads of Civilization Act

Bill: 108-hr-4641
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional oversight
Cultural property
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
History
Import restrictions
Presidential powers
South Asia
Trade agreements
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Cultural Conservation of the Crossroads of Civilization Act - Provides that the President may exercise authority to implement specified emergency restrictions on imports in order to protect certain archaeological or ethnological materials of Afghanistan which are illegally removed after enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes such measures under the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act as if Afghanistan were a State Party under such Act.
 
Terminates the President's authority under this Act upon the earlier of: (1) five years after the President certifies normalization of U.S.-Afghanistan relations; or (2) September 30, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the extension of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail into the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey.

Bill: 108-hr-4642
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Scenic byways
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Provides for the designation of natural and cultural sites in the Township of Woodbridge, New Jersey, as additional segments of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route (thus, extending such Route into the Township).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act

Bill: 108-hr-4643
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cameras
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Fire departments
Fire prevention
Grants-in-aid
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make competitive grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
PROMISE Act

Bill: 108-hr-4644
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Immigrants
Law
Social Welfare
Visas
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Parental Responsibility Obligations Met through Immigration System Enforcement Act - PROMISE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make an alien excludable from U.S. admission for nonpayment of child support (permits admission upon satisfaction of payments or in compliance with a payment schedule); (2) authorize an immigration officer to serve an alien with legal process in child support cases; and (3) include nonpayment of child support among the considerations for failure of an alien to establish good moral character.
 
Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the disclosure of an alien's child support-related information to the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Plus Act

Bill: 108-hr-4645
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Ken [D-KY-4]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Kentucky
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Waste water treatment
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
PRIDE Plus Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in specified counties in northern and northeastern Kentucky. Permits such assistance to be in the form of design and construction assistance for publicly owned water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects, including projects for wastewater treatment, water supply, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into a local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of a project, which provides for: (1) development by the Secretary of a facilities or resource protection and development plan; and (2) establishment of legal and institutional structures to ensure the effective long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal interest.
 
Sets the Federal share of the project costs under each local cooperation agreement at 75 percent. Directs that the non-Federal interest receive specified credit for design work, interest, land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations. Sets the non-Federal share of project operation and maintenance costs at 100 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the holding of Federal district court in Plattsburgh, New York, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4646
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Judicial districts
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Amends the Federal judicial code to add Plattsburgh, New York, to the list of places for holding court in the Northern District of New York.

action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Amends the Federal judicial code to add Plattsburgh, New York, to the list of places for holding court in the Northern District of New York.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-626.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-626.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Discharged.
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe.

Bill: 108-hr-4647
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Amends the California Indian Land Transfer Act to provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Spending Control Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4648
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget reconciliation
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency Management
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Income tax
Legislation
Off-budget expenditures
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Mandatory Spending Control Act of 2004 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend PAY-AS-YOU-GO requirements through FY 2009 to provide for an offsetting sequestration for direct spending (currently, direct spending and receipts) legislation that is enacted before October 1, 2009, that causes a net increase in direct spending (currently, net deficit increase).
 
Excludes from Congressional Budget Office and Office of Management and Budget estimates certain extending provisions in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.
 
Extends PAY-AS-YOU-GO requirements through FY 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in House