Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005

Bill: 108-hr-4754
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2004-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Abortion
Accounting
Administration of justice
Admission of nonimmigrants
Afghanistan
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Alcohol and youth
Alcoholism
Alien labor
Aliens
Alzheimer's disease
Americans in foreign countries
Animals
Annuities
Antitrust law
Appellate courts
Appropriations
Aquaculture
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Artificial satellites
Arts, Culture, Religion
Asia
Automation
Boundaries
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Building construction
Buy American
Cable television
Canada
Capital investments
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Caribbean area
Census
Child abuse
Child witnesses
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil service retirement
Claims
Collection of accounts
Commemorations
Commerce
Commission on Civil Rights
Community development
Community policing
Compensation (Law)
Computer crimes
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Construction costs
Consultants
Correctional personnel
Counterintelligence
Courthouses
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against the elderly
Crimes against women
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Cuba
Cubans
Cultural property
Cultural relations
DNA
Data banks
Democracy
Department of Commerce
Department of Justice
Department of State
Deportation
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Disabled
Disaster loans
Discovery (Law)
Discrimination in employment
District courts
Dogs
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug approvals
Drug courts
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
East Asia
Economic research
Economic statistics
Education
Educational exchanges
Electronic government information
Electronics
Elementary and secondary education
Embassies
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equipment and supplies
Europe
Executive reorganization
Expert witnesses
Export controls
Families
Family violence
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal office buildings
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fingerprints
Firearms
Firearms control
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign service
Foreign trade promotion
Forfeiture
Fraud
Freedom of information
Fringe benefits
Gangs
Geographic information systems
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government aircraft
Government attorneys
Government contractors
Government corporations
Government employees' health insurance
Government employees' life insurance
Government lending
Government liability
Government procurement
Government travel
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Habitat conservation
Haiti compilation
Haitians
Hate crimes
Hawaii
Health
Higher education
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Humans
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Immigrants
Immigration
Independent regulatory commissions
Indian courts
Indian law enforcement
Information technology
Informers
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International agencies
International broadcasting
International cooperation
International education
Judicial compensation
Judicial officers
Juries
Juvenile delinquency
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Leases
Legal Services Corporation
Legal aid
Legal education
Legal fees
Legal services
Licenses
Manufacturing industries
Marine Mammal Commission
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Medication abuse
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Methamphetamine
Mexico
Middle East and North Africa
Military command and control
Military dependents
Military medicine
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Missing children
Missing persons
Money laundering
Native Americans
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Organized crime
Pakistan
Palestinians
Pardons
Parole
Patents
Peacekeeping forces
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
Police-community relations
Political prisoners
Prison administration
Prison labor
Prison violence
Prisoners
Prisons
Privatization
Prosecution
Prostitution
Protection of officials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public defenders
Public records

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: 
 Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Departments of Commerce, of Justice and of State, the judiciary and related agencies.
 
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY 2005 for: (1) general administration; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities; (4) payment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund; (5) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (6) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (7) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (8) the Federal prison system; and (9) Office of Justice programs.
 
Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) the International Trade Administration; (4) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (5) the Economic Development Administration; (6) the Minority Business Development Agency; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) information infrastructure grants; (12) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (13) the Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology Policy; (14) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (15) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (16) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including for the Office of Inspector General.
 
Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations to the Judiciary for FY 2005 for: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (5) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) judiciary retirement funds; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
 
Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 2005 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations; (3) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in the State of Hawaii; and (3) the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
 
Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) the Federal Communications Commission; (9) the Federal Trade Commission; (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission; (11) the Legal Services Corporation; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (14) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (15) the Small Business Administration; (16) the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund; (17) the State Justice Institute; (18) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (19) the United States Institute of Peace.
 
Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice for: (1) State and local law enforcement assistance; and (2) community oriented policing services.

action_date: 2004-07-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Departments of Commerce, of Justice and of State, the judiciary and related agencies.
 

Title I: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY 2005 for: (1) general administration, including for a joint automated booking system, an integrated automated fingerprint identification system, office automation expenses of specified organizations, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of the Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the U.S. Marshals Service (including for construction of prisoner-holding space), fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund, and payment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund; (4) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (6) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (7) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (8) the Federal Prison System, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and for the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); and (9) the Office of Justice Programs, including State and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, community-oriented policing services, violence against women and prevention and prosecution programs, juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
 
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility.
 
(Sec. 105) Declares that authorities contained in the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273) shall remain in effect until the effective date of a subsequent Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. 
 
(Sec. 107) Continues in effect during FY 2005, the requirement that the Attorney General award posthumous citizenship to individuals with pending naturalization applications who died of injuries related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
 
(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY 2006, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
 
(Sec. 109) Prohibits the use of funds by the DEA establish a procurement quota following approval of a new drug application or an abbreviated new drug application for a controlled substance.
 
(Sec. 110) Declares that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to any new drug application or abbreviated new drug application for which the DEA has reviewed and provided public comments on labeling, promotion, risk management plans, and any other documents.
 
 
(Sec. 111) Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delay the mandatory retirement age for an FBI agent until the agent reaches age 65. (Currently the mandatory retirement age is 57 and the Director has authority to delay the age of retirement to 60.)
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Director of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses to FBI employees. Terminates such authority after calendar 2009.
 
(Sec. 113) Authorizes the Director of the FBI to establish a Federal Bureau of Investigation Reserve Service for temporary reemployment of employees in the FBI during periods of emergency.
 
(Sec. 114) Authorizes the FBI to designate certain intelligence-related positions as critical and to compensate them at level I of the Executive Schedule. 
 

 Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies 
- Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY 2005 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) international trade activities; (4) export administration and national security activities; (5) economic development assistance programs; (6) minority business development; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) information infrastructure grants; (12) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (13) the Under Secretary for Technology, Office of Technology Policy; (14) the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including amounts for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and for construction of new research facilities; (15) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (16) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 205) Prohibits the use of funds to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or any other account of the U.S. Treasury to pay unemployment compensation for temporary census workers. 
 

Title III: The Judiciary
 - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Supreme Court, including for care of the court building and grounds; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services , including for defender services, fees of jurors and commissioners and court security; (5) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) judicial retirement funds; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the uses of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 

Title IV: Department of State and Related Agency 
- Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 2005 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, diplomatic and consular programs; (2) the Capital Investment Fund; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) educational and cultural exchange programs; (5) representation allowances; (6) protection of foreign missions and officials; (7) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (8) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (9) the repatriation loans program account; (10) the American Institute in Taiwan; (11) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (12) international organizations, conferences, peacekeeping, and commissions; (13) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (14) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (15) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, (16) international fisheries commissions; (17) the Asia Foundation; (18) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (19) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (20) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West; and (21) the National Endowment for Democracy.
 
Makes appropriations for the Broadcasting Board of Governors for FY 2005 for international broadcasting operations and capital improvements.
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 403) Bars the use of funds under in this Act by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
 
(Sec. 404) Directs the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons to coordinate policies related to international trafficking in persons and victims of severe forms of trafficking.
 
(Sec. 405) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to any individual who furnishes information which leads to the disruption of financial mechanisms of a foreign terrorist organization, including the organization's use of illicit narcotics production or international narcotics trafficking. Increases the maximum amount of such award from $5 million to $25 million. Allows an increased award for information leading to the capture of the leader of a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to conduct media surveys in countries associated with acts of international terrorism and to disseminate information about the reward program.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit a plan to specified congressional committees to maximize awareness of the reward program for information leading to the capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist organization who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
 

Title V: Related Agencies
 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) the Federal Communications Commission; (9) the Federal Trade Commission; (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission; (11) the Legal Services Corporation, with specified restrictions; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (14) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (15) the Small Business Administration, including the Office of Inspector General, the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account, and the Disaster Loan Program Account; (16) the State Justice Institute; (17) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (18) the U.S. Institute of Peace.
 

Title VI: General Provisions
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
 
(Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress; (2) construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in shipyards outside the United States: (3) the use of any guidelines similar to certain Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines published in 1993 covering harassment based on religion; (4) the funding of United Nation peacekeeping missions involving U.S. armed forces under the command of a foreign national unless sanctioned by the President; (5) the use of Department of Justice funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students participating in certain programs, or their parents or legal guardians; (6) opening, operating, or expanding any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995 or increasing the number of personnel assigned in that country; (7) promotion of the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products; (8) the issuance of visas to any individuals named or implicated in certain killings or murders in Haiti; (9) any tax or fee for the implementation of the national instant criminal background check system for firearms or any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information of any person who has been determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; (10) the granting of visas to citizens of countries that deny or unreasonably delay accepting the return of their citizens under the Immigration and Nationality Act; (11) transportation of a high security prisoner to a place other than a prison certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (12) the purchase by Federal prisons of audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes; (13) the issuance of patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; or (14) payment of expenses for any U.S. delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission if such Commission is chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.
 
 (Sec. 603) Limits expenditures for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, with specified exceptions.
 
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the availability of funds, without advance notice to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, for obligation or expenditure in FY 2005, through a reprogramming of funds that (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees. 
 
Prohibits, without prior notification to Congress, the availability of funds for obligation or expenditure in FY 2005, for activities, programs, and projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or ten percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by ten percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel as approved by Congress;or (3) results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change is existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress.
 
(Sec. 607) Expresses the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available by this Act should be American-made. Directs the head of each Federal agency to notify any entity receiving funds appropriated by this Act of the sense of Congress with respect to American-made equipment or products. Disqualifies any person from receiving a contract funded by this Act who intentionally affixes a fraudulent &quot;Made in America&quot; label to any product sold or shipped to the United States.
 
(Sec. 610) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Administration to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds received by such agencies during any previous fiscal year. 
 
(Sec. 616) Provides that amounts deposited or available in the Crime Victims Fund in any fiscal year in excess of $650 million shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 622) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and the Small Business Administration to certify that telecommuting opportunities are available to 100 percent of their eligible workforce, to make quarterly reports on the status of telecommuting programs, and to designate a Telework Coordinator.
 
(Sec. 623) Requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to include disclaimers regarding the limitations of data in tracing studies of firearms-related crime.
 
(Sec. 626) Amends the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 to require all agencies with personnel overseas to participate and provide funding in advance for their share of the costs for providing new, safe, secure diplomatic facilities.
 

Title VII: Rescissions
 - Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice for: (1) State and local law enforcement assistance; and (2) community oriented policing services.

action_date: 2004-07-08
text: 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Departments of Commerce, of Justice and of State, the judiciary and related agencies.
 

Title I: Department of Justice
 - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for FY 2005 for: (1) general administration, including for a joint automated booking system, an integrated automated fingerprint identification system, office automation expenses of specified organizations, conversion to narrowband communications, administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, the Federal Detention Trustee, and the Office of the Inspector General; (2) the U.S. Parole Commission; (3) legal activities, including reimbursement from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund for processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, for antitrust enforcement, the Offices of the U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Trustee Program, the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the U.S. Marshals Service (including for construction of prisoner-holding space), fees and expenses of witnesses, the Community Relations Service, for certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund, and payment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund; (4) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (6) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (7) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (8) the Federal Prison System, including for the construction of new buildings and facilities and for the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated (subject to certain limitations on administrative expenses); and (9) the Office of Justice Programs, including State and local law enforcement assistance, the Weed and Seed Program Fund, community-oriented policing services, violence against women and prevention and prosecution programs, juvenile justice programs, and public safety officers benefits. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this title to: (1) pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform or facilitate an abortion.
 
(Sec. 104) Declares that nothing in the prohibition against the use of funds for abortions shall remove the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to receive an abortion outside of a Federal facility.
 
(Sec. 105) Declares that authorities contained in the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273) shall remain in effect until the effective date of a subsequent Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. 
 
(Sec. 107) Continues in effect during FY 2005, the requirement that the Attorney General award posthumous citizenship to individuals with pending naturalization applications who died of injuries related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
 
(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Attorney General to extend through FY 2006, the Personnel Management Demonstration Project for certain positions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
 
(Sec. 109) Prohibits the use of funds by the DEA establish a procurement quota following approval of a new drug application or an abbreviated new drug application for a controlled substance.
 
(Sec. 110) Declares that the foregoing prohibition shall not apply to any new drug application or abbreviated new drug application for which the DEA has reviewed and provided public comments on labeling, promotion, risk management plans, and any other documents.
 
 
(Sec. 111) Authorizes the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to delay the mandatory retirement age for an FBI agent until the agent reaches age 65. (Currently the mandatory retirement age is 57 and the Director has authority to delay the age of retirement to 60.)
 
(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Director of the FBI to pay retention and relocation bonuses to FBI employees. Terminates such authority after calendar 2009.
 
(Sec. 113) Authorizes the Director of the FBI to establish a Federal Bureau of Investigation Reserve Service for temporary reemployment of employees in the FBI during periods of emergency.
 
(Sec. 114) Authorizes the FBI to designate certain intelligence-related positions as critical and to compensate them at level I of the Executive Schedule. 
 

 Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies 
- Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY 2005 for: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Commission; (3) international trade activities; (4) export administration and national security activities; (5) economic development assistance programs; (6) minority business development; (7) economic and statistical analysis programs; (8) the Bureau of the Census; (9) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; (10) public telecommunications facilities planning and construction grants; (11) information infrastructure grants; (12) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; (13) the Under Secretary for Technology, Office of Technology Policy; (14) the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including amounts for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership and for construction of new research facilities; (15) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including an amount for procurement, acquisition, and construction of capital assets; (16) restoration of Pacific salmon populations; (17) the fisheries finance program account; and (18) departmental management, including the Office of Inspector General. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 205) Prohibits the use of funds to reimburse the Unemployment Trust Fund or any other account of the U.S. Treasury to pay unemployment compensation for temporary census workers. 
 

Title III: The Judiciary
 - Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Supreme Court, including for care of the court building and grounds; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; (3) the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services , including for defender services, fees of jurors and commissioners and court security; (5) the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; (6) the Federal Judicial Center; (7) judicial retirement funds; and (8) the U.S. Sentencing Commission. 
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the uses of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 

Title IV: Department of State and Related Agency 
- Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 2005 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs, diplomatic and consular programs, including funds for the Bureau of Democracy to publish a list of foreign government officials engaged in torture; (2) the Capital Investment Fund; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) educational and cultural exchange programs; (5) representation allowances; (6) protection of foreign missions and officials; (7) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (8) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (9) the repatriation loans program account; (10) the American Institute in Taiwan; (11) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (12) international organizations, conferences, peacekeeping, and commissions; (13) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (14) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (15) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, (16) international fisheries commissions; (17) the Asia Foundation; (18) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (19) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (20) the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West; and (21) the National Endowment for Democracy.
 
Makes appropriations for the Broadcasting Board of Governors for FY 2005 for international broadcasting operations and capital improvements.
 
Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act. 
 
(Sec. 403) Bars the use of funds under in this Act by the Department of State or the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
 
(Sec. 404) Directs the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons to coordinate policies related to international trafficking in persons and victims of severe forms of trafficking.
 
(Sec. 405) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to any individual who furnishes information which leads to the disruption of financial mechanisms of a foreign terrorist organization, including the organization's use of illicit narcotics production or international narcotics trafficking. Increases the maximum amount of such award from $5 million to $25 million. Allows an increased award for information leading to the capture of the leader of a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to conduct media surveys in countries associated with acts of international terrorism and to disseminate information about the reward program.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit a plan to specified congressional committees to maximize awareness of the reward program for information leading to the capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist organization who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan.
 

Title V: Related Agencies
 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Antitrust Modernization Commission; (2) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (3) the Commission on Civil Rights; (4) the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; (5) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (6) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (7) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (8) the Federal Communications Commission; (9) the Federal Trade Commission; (10) the Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission; (11) the Legal Services Corporation, with specified restrictions; (12) the Marine Mammal Commission; (13) the National Veterans Business Development Corporation; (14) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (15) the Small Business Administration, including an earmark for microloan technical assistance, as well as for the Office of Inspector General, the Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund, the Business Loans Program Account, and the Disaster Loan Program Account; (16) the State Justice Institute; (17) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; and (18) the U.S. Institute of Peace.
 

Title VI: General Provisions
 - Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
 
(Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress; (2) construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in shipyards outside the United States: (3) the use of any guidelines similar to certain Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines published in 1993 covering harassment based on religion; (4) the funding of United Nation peacekeeping missions involving U.S. armed forces under the command of a foreign national unless sanctioned by the President; (5) the use of Department of Justice funds to discriminate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students participating in certain programs, or their parents or legal guardians; (6) opening, operating, or expanding any U.S. diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995 or increasing the number of personnel assigned in that country; (7) promotion of the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products; (8) the issuance of visas to any individuals named or implicated in certain killings or murders in Haiti; (9) any tax or fee for the implementation of the national instant criminal background check system for firearms or any background check system that does not require the destruction of identifying information of any person who has been determined not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; (10) the granting of visas to citizens of countries that deny or unreasonably delay accepting the return of their citizens under the Immigration and Nationality Act; (11) transportation of a high security prisoner to a place other than a prison certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure; (12) the purchase by Federal prisons of audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for recreational purposes; (13) the issuance of patents on claims directed to or encompassing a human organism; or (14) payment of expenses for any U.S. delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission if such Commission is chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.
 
 (Sec. 603) Limits expenditures for any consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, with specified exceptions.
 
(Sec. 605) Prohibits the availability of funds, without advance notice to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, for obligation or expenditure in FY 2005, through a reprogramming of funds that (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees. 
 
Prohibits, without prior notification to Congress, the availability of funds for obligation or expenditure in FY 2005, for activities, programs, and projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or ten percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by ten percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel as approved by Congress;or (3) results from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change is existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress.
 
(Sec. 609) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Small Business Administration to provide the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with a quarterly accounting of the cumulative balances of any unobligated funds received by such agencies during any previous fiscal year. 
 
(Sec. 615) Provides that amounts deposited or available in the Crime Victims Fund in any fiscal year in excess of $650 million shall not be available for obligation until the following fiscal year.
 
(Sec. 621) Requires the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and the Small Business Administration to certify that telecommuting opportunities are available to 100 percent of their eligible workforce, to make quarterly reports on the status of telecommuting programs, and to designate a Telework Coordinator.
 
(Sec. 622) Requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to include disclaimers in data releases on the limitations of data in tracing studies of firearms-related crime.
 
(Sec. 625) Amends the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 to require all agencies with personnel overseas to participate and provide funding in advance for their share of the costs for providing new, safe, secure diplomatic facilities.
 
(Sec. 626) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should, at the most immediate opportunity, make a determination whether the recent events in the Darfur region of Sudan constitute genocide, and support the investigation and prosecution of war crimes in that region.
 

Title VII: Rescissions
 - Rescinds certain unobligated balances available to the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice for: (1) State and local law enforcement assistance; and (2) community oriented policing services.
 

Title VIII: Additional General Provisions 
- (Sec. 801) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to implement, administer, or enforce specified amendments to Department of Commerce regulations restricting gift parcels and humanitarian donations to Cuba, and restrictions on baggage taken by individuals for travel to Cuba. (The amendments prohibit: (1) the sending of gifts of clothing, personal hygiene items, seeds, fishing equipment, soap-making equipment, and veterinary medicine and supplies; (2) more than one gift parcel of certain permitted items a month per household (previously, one a month per individual); and (3) more than 44 pounds of luggage.)
 
(Sec. 802) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to contravene certain requirements for listing Israel as the place of birth of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem on the birth and nationality records, and passport of such citizen.
 
(Sec. 803) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to contravene certain provisions of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 prohibiting: (1) promotion or advocacy of the legalization or practice of prostitution or sex trafficking; or (2) assistance to any group or organization that does not have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 397 - 18 (Roll no. 346).
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 397 - 18 (Roll no. 346).
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 194 - 223, 1 Present (Roll no. 345).
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hoyer motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to make an application for an order requiring the production of library circulation records, library patron lists, library Internet records, book sales records, or book customer lists.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Mr. Hoyer moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H5381-5383; text: CR H5381)
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4754.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Weiner amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Sherman amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement just adopted, the Chair put the question on adoption of the Smith (MI) amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (MI) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent that the proceedings by which the Smith of Michigan amendment was withdrawn, be vacated to the end that the amendment be considered as pending and the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Sherman amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Smith (MI) amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the King (IA) amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Otter amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Akin amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Akin demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Akin amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sanders amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sanders demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Wednesday, July 7, 2004, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Sanders amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5348-5384)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4754 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Wolf amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Burgess amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Paul amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Paul demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Paul amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5306-5323)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 4754 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H. Res. 701 and the order of the House of earlier today, the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees each may offer one pro forma amendment to each amendment for the purpose of further debate. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4754 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Farr amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Farr demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Farr amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Tancredo amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: PROCEEDINGS POSTPONED - At the conclusion of debate on the Paul amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Wolf demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Paul amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Paul amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Paul amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Pitts amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Mr. Davis, Tom raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Section 607 of the bill constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 701 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5284-5306)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Wolf asked unanimous consent that, during further consideration of H.R. 4754 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H. Res. 701, a specified universe of amendments be made in order for consideration. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4754 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kucinich amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kucinich demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with thirty minutes of debate on the Kucinich amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Weiner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Weiner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole, under unanimous consent, proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Weiner amendment.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the King (IA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5260-5284)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4754 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Crowley amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - By unanimous consent, further debate on the Manzullo amendment was limited to 30 minutes, equally divided and controlled.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Manzullo amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4754.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Doc Hastings to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 701 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4754 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 701. (consideration: CR H5221-5260; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H5240, H5260-5161, H5264, H5265, H5266-5268, H5277-5278; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H5278-5279, H5280-5282, H5285; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H5285-5286; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H5286-5288; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H5288-5290; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR H5290-5291; text of Title VII as reported in House: CR H5291)
action_date: 2004-07-07
text: Rule H. Res. 701 passed House.
action_date: 2004-07-06
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 701 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4754 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 340.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-576, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-576, by Mr. Wolf.
action_date: 2004-07-01
text: Introduced in House