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NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-4881
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Aeronautics
Anniversaries
Astronautics
Auditing
Coins and coinage
Copper
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Silver
Space activities
Spacecraft
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to mint and issue: (1) ten dollar gold coins; (2) five dollar gold coins; (3) one dollar silver coins; and (4) half-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 50 years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of NASA and JPL.
 
Directs each Federal agency and U.S. instrumentality that has in its possession any craft or any part of a craft that flew in space to: (1) retrieve any gold, silver, copper, and other precious metal that may be used in the production of any coins under this Act from such craft or part; and (2) deposit such metals with the Director of the United States Mint.
 
Requires that all sales of coins minted under this Act include a surcharge of : (1) $75 per coin for the ten dollar coin; (2) $35 per coin for the five dollar coin; (3) $10 per coin for the one dollar coin; and (4) $3 for the half-dollar coin, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the NASA Family Assistance Fund for the purposes of providing financial assistance to the families of NASA personnel who die as a result of injuries suffered in the performance of their official duties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Terrorism Against Animal-Use Entities Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4883
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agricultural industries
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Aquariums
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capital punishment
Commerce
Destruction of property
EBB Terrorism
Exhibitions
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Horse racing
Laboratories
Laboratory animals
Livestock
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sports and Recreation
Terrorism
Vandalism
Wiretapping
Zoos

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Terrorism Against Animal-Use Entities Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) travel or use of the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce for purposes of causing economic disruption to an animal enterprise; and (2) intentionally using threats, acts of vandalism, property damage, trespass, persistent and harassing communications, intimidation, or coercion in furtherance of a plan to cause economic disruption to that enterprise. (Current law covers physical disruption but not economic disruption.)
 
Increases penalties for economic damage. Sets penalties for economic damage or disruption exceeding $100,000. Provides for imposition of the death penalty where a person causes the death of an individual in the course of a violation of code provisions regarding animal enterprise terrorism.
 
Includes animal enterprise terrorism within the scope of offenses for which interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications is authorized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area.

Bill: 108-hr-4884
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Water Resources Development
Waterfronts

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Adjusts the boundaries of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area to comprise generally the riverfront and downtown areas and specifies the exact boundaries of the Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Credits Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4886
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coinsurance
Cost of living adjustments
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Tax credits
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Health Credits Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for up to $3,000 of the cost of health insurance for a taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents ($1,000 for individuals). Phases out the credit for individual taxpayers with modified adjusted gross incomes in excess of $15,000 ($25,000 for taxpayers with family coverage). Disqualifies taxpayers who participate in an employer-subsidized health plan, who qualify for certain Federal benefit programs or medical savings account tax deductions, who are incarcerated, or who are not present in the United States for at least 183 days during the year. Permits participation in individual or group health plans, health care coverage purchasing pools, high risk pools, or State buy-in programs. Requires plans to offer annual and lifetime maximum benefits of at least $700,000 and limits deductibles to $5,000 for self-only coverage and $10,000 for family coverage.
 
Requires informational returns from providers of health insurance who receive payments from individuals receiving a tax credit under this Act. 
 
Imposes criminal penalties on any individual who knowingly misuses Department of the Treasury identifiers to convey the false impression of association with, or approval or endorsement by, the Department of the Treasury of any insurance products or group health coverage in connection with the tax credit for health insurance provided by this Act. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of credit amounts to providers of qualified health insurance for individuals receiving a tax credit under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Roger Paul Robert Kozik.

Bill: 108-hr-4890
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
States that notwithstanding his inability to satisfy the requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to knowledge and understanding of the English language, Roger Paul Robert Kozik shall be deemed eligible for naturalization upon the filing of the appropriate application if otherwise qualified under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Cristina Degrassi.

Bill: 108-hr-4891
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Declares Maria Cristina Degrass to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To establish that marriage in the United States consists only of the union of a man and a woman.

Bill: 108-hr-4892
Sponsor: Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Law
Marriage
State courts
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Provides that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.
 
Gives the U.S. Supreme Court original jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim arising under this Act. Prohibits any other Federal court or any State court from having jurisdiction to hear or determine such a claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4894
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability; and (2) eliminate any intervening reconsideration from the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4898
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for additional preventive services (including mental health services) under Medicare. 
 
Eliminates coinsurance in outpatient department (OPD) hospital settings and application of deductible with respect to additional preventive services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
National Enterprise Zone Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4901
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Enterprise zones
Estates (Law)
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Inventories
Law
Local laws
Local taxation
Married people
Residence requirements
Saving and investment
Secondary education
State laws
State taxation
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax incentives
Tax rates
Trusts and trustees
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
National Enterprise Zone Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize: (1) the governor of a State or U.S. territory or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to nominate by written application one or more enterprise zones for consideration by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) any resident of an enterprise zone, including estates, trusts, and corporations (other than S corporations), to elect an alternative income tax based upon National Enterprise Zone taxable income.
 
 Sets forth: (1) procedures for applications and eligibility criteria for designating an enterprise zone, including population, poverty, and unemployment rate requirements; and (2) rules for determining National Enterprise Zone taxable income for individuals and corporations residing in such a Zone. Requires all jurisdictions seeking enterprise zone designations to be in substantial compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and certain tax laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4902
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for a two-year extension of the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107)
action_date: 2004-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
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: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness for Merchant Mariners Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4904
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Ex-prisoners of war
History
Labor and Employment
Merchant marine
Merchant seamen
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to extend certain veterans benefits to individuals who served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1508)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4905
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Child health
Community health services
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Infant mortality
Low birth weight
Maternal health services
Minorities
Minority health
Performance measurement
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Healthy Start Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain criteria in making grants under the Healthy Start Initiative, including: (1) factors that contribute to infant mortality, such as low birthweight; and (2) the extent to which applicants for grants facilitate a community-based approach to the delivery of services and a comprehensive approach to women's health care to improve perinatal outcomes.
 
Eliminates authority for the Secretary to make additional grants to: (1) assist communities with technical assistance, replication of successful projects, and State policy formation to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity; and (2) conduct and support research and to provide additional health care services for pregnant woman and infants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1509)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Labor Relations Restoration Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4906
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Collective bargaining
Employee rights
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Industrial relations
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Tribal Labor Relations Restoration Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that businesses owned and operated by Indian tribes and located on Indian lands are not considered employers for purposes of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4907
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water districts
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2004 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities needed to establish recycled water distribution and wastewater treatment and reclamation facilities that will be used to treat wastewater and provide recycled water in the District. Limits the Federal share of the total cost of each project to 25 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-11
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4908
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004 - Transfers certain land in Riverside County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. 

action_date: 2004-11-17
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2004 - Transfers certain land in Riverside County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians as part of the Pechanga Indian Reservation.
 
Restricts the use of the transferred land to the protection, preservation, and maintenance of its archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 477.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-777.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-777.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-09-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House