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Pipeline Safety Administration Establishment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4277
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Transportation
Energy
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Pipelines
Presidential appointments
Salaries
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Pipeline Safety Administration Establishment Act - Amends Federal transportation law to establish the Pipeline Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation (DOT), headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4284
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Appropriations
Compensation (Law)
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Evidence (Law)
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Misconduct in office
Petroleum
President and foreign policy
Privileges and immunities
Public corruption
Sanctions (International law)
United Nations
United Nations finances
United Nations officials

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2004 - Requires the withholding of certain FY 2005 and 2006 U.S. contributions to the United Nations (UN) until the President certifies that the UN is cooperating in the investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Carnegie Libraries for Lifelong Learning Act

Bill: 108-hr-4286
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Architecture and the disabled
Building construction
Collection of accounts
Commemorations
Construction costs
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational technology
Energy
Energy conservation
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to libraries
Health
Historic sites
History
Information technology
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Libraries
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Andrew Carnegie Libraries for Lifelong Learning Act - Amends the Library Services and Technology Act to require the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out a program of awarding grants to States for the construction or technology enhancement of public libraries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4287
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Deceptive advertising
Economics and Public Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government trust funds
Import restrictions
Labeling
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Textile industry
Wool
Wool trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary duty suspensions on certain wool products through FY 2010. Reduces the temporary duty on certain worsted wool.
 
Modifies the limitation on the quantity of imported worsted wool fabrics through FY 2005.
 
Extends the: (1) duty refund required by the U.S. Customs Service to importing and nonimporting manufacturers of certain wool products during calendar year 2005; and (2) Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund through December 31, 2010.
 
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants in FY 2005 through 2010 to manufacturers of certain worsted wool fabric.
 
Amends the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to specify additional misbranded wool products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E748-749)
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exemption amounts for individuals under the alternative minimum tax.

Bill: 108-hr-4288
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minimum tax
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the exemption amount under the alternative minimum tax to $100,000 for married taxpayers filing joint tax returns and surviving spouses and to $75,000 for unmarried taxpayers. Increases the phase-out levels for calculating reductions in the such exemption amount and the rate of phase-out. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the exemption amount and phase-out level. Exempts the amendments made by this Act from the general terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (December 31, 2010).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the low-income housing credit without regard to whether moderate rehabilitation assistance is provided with respect to a building.

Bill: 108-hr-4289
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Apartment houses
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Low-income housing
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the disqualification under the low-income housing tax credit for buildings receiving moderate rehabilitation assistance under the Housing Act of 1937.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4290
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Computer matching
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Due process of law
Electronic government information
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Law
Legislation
Official secrets
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2004 - Requires the head of each Federal department or agency that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to report annually to Congress on all such activities.
 
Defines &quot;data-mining&quot; as a query, search, or other analysis of one or more electronic databases, where: (1) at least one of the databases was obtained from or remains under the control of a non-Federal entity, or the information was acquired initially by another Federal department or agency for purposes other than intelligence or law enforcement; (2) the search does not use a specific individual's personal identifiers to acquire information concerning that individual; and (3) a Federal department or agency is conducting the query, search, or other analysis to find a pattern indicating terrorist or other criminal activity.
 
Mandates annual updates, including any new data-mining technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4291
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
American Revolution
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Farms
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Massachusetts
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct and report to specified congressional committees on a boundary study to evaluate the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in Concord, Massachusetts, as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Minute Man National Historical Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Reduction Act

Bill: 108-hr-4292
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Data banks
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Reduction Act - Amends the National Firearms Act to include a 50 caliber sniper weapon (defined as a rifle capable of firing a center-fire 50 caliber cartridge) within the definition of a &quot;firearm&quot; regulated under that Act.
 
Modifies the definition of &quot;rifle&quot; under the Act to include a weapon intended to be fired from a bipod or other support.
 
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the transfer or possession of a 50 caliber sniper weapon, with exceptions involving: (1) the transfer to or possession by the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof; and (2) otherwise lawful possession of a weapon that was lawfully possessed before the date this provision takes effect. Includes 50 caliber sniper weapons within the scope of penalties under that Act for which an individual may be fined, imprisoned for up to ten years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4293
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Blacks
Boundaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Minorities
Minorities in government
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property abutting the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site in Washington, D.C. to be used for visitor orientation, administrative purposes, archival storage, facilities for researchers, and accessibility for handicapped persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E754-755)
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "William B. Bryant Annex".

Bill: 108-hr-4294
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
District of Columbia
Federal office buildings
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Designates the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., as the Judge William B. Bryant Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 

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

 
Designates the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., as the Judge William B. Bryant Annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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 H6502)
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 H6502)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4294.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6502-6503)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Mr. LaTourette moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Rural Economic Investment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4295
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Farm lands
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Mortgages
Rural housing
Savings and loan associations
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
Rural Economic Investment Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income interest received by a bank or savings association that is insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act on a loan secured by agricultural real estate or by a leasehold mortgage on agricultural real estate (real property used for agricultural production or certain single family rural residences).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
21st Century CAMPIS Act

Bill: 108-hr-4296
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Day care
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Parents
Scholarships
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
21st Century CAMPIS Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and revise the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program which provides grants to institutions of higher education for campus-based child care services for low-income students.
 
Revises program provisions relating to minimum grants, eligible institutions, and low-income students. 
 
Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide loan guarantees for renewable energy projects using biomass material.

Bill: 108-hr-4297
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agriculture in foreign trade
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: 
 Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to prescribe guidelines under which cost sharing limitations applicable to grants and loans to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements shall not apply to loan guarantees extended to specified projects if the loan will be used to: (1) purchase a renewable energy system associated with a commercial production agricultural enterprise; and (2) promote a solution to an environmental problem of the State in which the project will be implemented. Limits the principal amount of an eligible loan to between $50 million and $100 million.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, when making loan guarantees for such projects, to give priority to renewable energy projects that promote the production of an agricultural commodity that is imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Introduced in House