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Contractor Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-4387
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2004-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Criminal procedure
Department of Defense
Extraterritoriality
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Jurisdiction
Law
Military law
Military occupation
Military operations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: 
Contractor Accountability Act - Amends the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 to extend jurisdiction to civilian employees, contractors, and employees of contractors of any Federal agency or provisional authority who commit criminal offenses while supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Introduced in House
MEJA Clarification Act

Bill: 108-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arrest
Criminal procedure
Department of Defense
Extraterritoriality
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Jurisdiction
Law
Military law
Military occupation
Military operations
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
MEJA Clarification Act - Amends the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000 (MEJA) to require the Secretary of Defense to ensure that persons covered by the MEJA are arrested and delivered to proper authorities for prosecution if there is probable cause to believe that they have engaged in conduct that violates the MEJA while outside the United States.
 
Expands the jurisdiction of the MEJA to cover the civilian employees, contractors, and employees of contractors of any Federal agency or provisional authority, and their dependents, to the extent that the employment relates to the mission of the Department of Defense overseas or to operations within territory that the United States occupies solely or jointly.
 
Clarifies that the MEJA covers offenses that would constitute war crimes. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within 90 days of enactment of this Act containing regulations implementing the MEJA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Servant Retirement Protection Act

Bill: 108-hr-4391
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Public Servant Retirement Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the current windfall elimination provisions (which reduce Social Security benefits of retirees who paid into the Social Security system for part of their careers and who also receive a government pension from work in the public sector not covered by Social Security) and to replace them with a formula that treats non-Social Security earnings as if they were Social Security earnings for the purpose of calculating lifetime earnings for certain individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
TRAIN Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Commerce
Computer literacy
Depressed areas
Disabled
Disaster relief
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Employee training
Enterprise zones
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indian education
Indian lands
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Native Americans
Rural economic development
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Technology Retraining And Investment Now Act of 2004 (TRAIN Act of 2004) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow businesses and individuals a tax credit for 50 percent of their information and communications technology education and training expenses up to $8,000 for a taxable year. Increases the allowable amount of the credit to $10,000 for expenses for a program operated: (1) in an empowerment zone, enterprise community, or renewal community; (2) in a school district in which at least 50 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches under the National School Lunch Act; (3) in an area designated as a disaster area under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; (4) in a designated rural enterprise community; (5) in an area designated as a Rural Economic Area Partnership Zone; (6) in an area over which an Indian tribal government has jurisdiction; (7) by an employer who has 200 or fewer employees for each business day in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year; or (8) for an individual with a disability. 
 
Defines &quot;information technology education and training program expenses&quot; to include: (1) course work: (2) certification testing; (3) apprenticeship programs registered by the Department of Labor; and (4) other expenses that are essential to assessing skill acquisition.
 
Redefines&quot; eligible educational institution&quot; to include a commercial information and communications technology training provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Hawaii
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National monuments
National parks
National recreation areas
National seashores
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
North Maui Coastal Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating certain lands on the northern coast of Maui, Hawaii, as a National Seashore, National Historical Park, National Recreation Area, National Monument, National Preserve, or other unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E916)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act

Bill: 108-hr-4394
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Affiliated corporations
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Corporations
EBB Terrorism
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
International Affairs
Law
Partnerships
State-sponsored terrorism
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act - Prohibits any acquiring corporation or any subsidiary of any such a corporation that enters into a corporate expatriation transaction (as defined by this Act) from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a three-year period, unless the acquiring corporation reorganizes as a domestic corporation under the applicable incorporation laws of a State. 
 
Prohibits any entity and any entity with a foreign subsidiary doing business with a state sponsor of terrorism or foreign terrorist organization from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a period of: (1) three years for a first offense; (2) ten years for a second offense; and (3) 15 years for any offense after a second offense.
 
Directs each executive agency to require certification from a current contractor that the contractor, the contractor's domestic parent company and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent did not do business, and did not own a foreign subsidiary that did business, during the ten-year period ending on this Act's enactment with such a state sponsor or organization. 
 Directs each executive agency to require certification from a potential contractor, that the potential contractor, the potential contractor's domestic parent company, and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent is not doing business, and does not own a foreign subsidiary that is doing business, or has done business within the last ten years, with such a state sponsor or organization. 
Permits citizens to file complaints with executive agencies regarding Federal contractors and requires annual reporting on the complaints to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Ephedrine Alkaloids Regulation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4395
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemicals
Commerce
Drug abuse
Drug industry
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs
Health
Methamphetamine
Packaging

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Ephedrine Alkaloids Regulation Act of 2004 - Requires ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, to be listed in schedule V (drugs or other substances having a low potential for abuse, that have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, abuse of which may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence) of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Excepts pseudoephedrine when contained in a drug that is in liquid or gel form marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (which shall be considered a listed chemical).
 
 Amends CSA to revise the definition of: (1) &quot;regulated transaction&quot; to provide that the threshold for any distributor sale of products containing pseudoephedrine products in liquid or gel form, or containing phenylpropanolamine products, shall be nine grams of pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine in a single transaction and sold in package sizes of not more than three grams of pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine base; and (2) &quot;ordinary over-the-counter pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine product&quot; to mean certain products containing pseudoephedrine in liquid or gel form (currently, products containing pseudoephedrine) that meet specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-05-19
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: 2004-05-19
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: 2004-05-19
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: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the exemption from the minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements of that Act for certain construction engineering and design professionals.

Bill: 108-hr-4396
Sponsor: Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Consultants
Engineering
Engineers
Hours of labor
Infrastructure
Land use
Landscape architecture
Minimum wages
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Surveying

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to set forth conditions for exemption of employees who are construction engineering and design professionals from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements. Includes among such conditions specified types of: (1) professional education, licensing, certification, or work experience; (2) duties; and (3) services provided. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To temporarily exempt scrapping of naval vessels and Maritime Administration vessels from certain environmental statutes governing handling of hazardous materials.

Bill: 108-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air pollution control
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Merchant ships
Refuse and refuse disposal
Transportation and Public Works
Warships
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation, for a specified period, to scrap naval vessels and Maritime Administration vessels, respectively, without regard to certain environmental statutes governing the handling of hazardous materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are provisionally preserved does not include the weight of the preservative materials of the cherries.

Bill: 108-hr-4398
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Food preservation
Fruit
Imports
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are provisionally preserved is based only on their drained weight (excluding the weight of the preservative materials).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
SAVE US VETS Act

Bill: 108-hr-4399
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Medical economics
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Securing Access to Vital Entitlements for U.S. Veterans (SAVE US VETS) Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from implementing any recommendation contained in a February 2004 report issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services Commission (CARES Commission) that would eliminate or severely reduce medical services for veterans until the health funding allocation system for the Veterans Health Administration is replaced with a more equitable formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-(phenylamino)-; 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-dihydroxy-4-nitro-8-(phenylamino)-.

Bill: 108-hr-4401
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-(phenylamino)-; 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,5-dihydroxy-4-nitro-8-(phenylamino)-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Naphthalenesulfonic acid, 6-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo]-3-[[4-[[4-[[7-[(2,4-diaminophenyl azo]-1-hydroxy-3-sulfo-2-naphthalenyl]azo]phenyl]amino]-3- sulfophenyl]azo]-4-hydroxy-, trisodium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-4402
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 3-Cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, 6-[(di-2-propenylamino)carbonyl]-,(1R,6R)-rel-, reaction products with pentafluoroiodoethane-tetrefluoroethylene telomer, ammonium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenol Triazine.

Bill: 108-hr-4403
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenol Triazine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzamide, 3-amino-N-[2-[[2-(sulfooxy)ethyl]sulfonyl]ethyl]-.

Bill: 108-hr-4404
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Benzamide, 3-amino-N-[2-[[2-(sulfooxy)ethyl]sulfonyl]ethyl]-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in House