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Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5175
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cap the Medicare part B premium for each month in 2005 at the same rate for each month in 2004, adjusted for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-09-29
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: 2004-09-29
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: 2004-09-29
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: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Act of 1992 to rename the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as the Pat Schroeder National Wildlife Refuge.

Bill: 108-hr-5176
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Animals
Colorado
Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
House of Representatives
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Amends the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Act of 1992 to rename the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge as the Pat Schroeder National Wildlife Refuge (after the former Congresswoman from Colorado).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Education for All Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5177
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Accounting
Canada
Charities
Child development
Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Developing countries
Disabled
Dropouts
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Europe
Extremist movements in politics
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
France
Free enterprise
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International agencies
International cooperation
Italy
Japan
Literacy programs
Nongovernmental organizations
Orphans
Poverty
Preschool education
Refugees
Russia
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Strategic planning
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
U.S. Agency for International Development
United Kingdom
Waste in government spending
Women
Women's education
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Education for All Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish as a policy priority of the United States the achievement of universal education by working with foreign countries and international organizations to: (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms in providing all children with quality elementary and secondary education; and (2) provide incentives to encourage educational system reform and educational service improvement in countries lacking such commitment.
 
Requires the President to establish an Education for All Task Force to carry out such policy and to develop a unified strategy to promote universal basic education. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide funds or other assistance to eligible entities to assist a foreign country in developing and implementing a comprehensive national education plan that allows its citizens to access and complete basic education. Sets forth requirements for such plans.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an education fellowship program at USAID to increase the expertise of agency personnel in promoting universal basic education and to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Driver's License Improvement and Security Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Computer matching
Computer security measures
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Encryption
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Interstate relations
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Technology assessment
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Driver's License Improvement and Security Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to assist States in developing and implementing a driver's license and identification card program that meets certain requirements. 
 
Requires a State to: (1) embed computer chips in licenses and cards it issues; (2) obtain biometric data for the identification of individuals to whom the State issues a new or renewed driver's license or identification card; (3) participate in a program to link State motor vehicle databases in order to provide electronic access by a State to information contained in the motor vehicle databases of other States; (4) include on each new or renewed driver's license or identification card multiple tamper-resistant security features or optical image layers, such as biometric scans, barcodes, 3D, flip, or motion imaging; and (5) adopt and implement procedures to document accurately the identity and residence of an individual before issuing him or her a driver's license or identification card. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to assist a State in developing and implementing a driver's license and identification card program that meets the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study and report to the Secretary of Transportation on which on-card biometric technology is most effective and usable for the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1759-1760)
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Solvency Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inheritance tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax rates
Taxation
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Social Security Solvency Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) revise requirements for calculating the contribution and benefit base with respect to remuneration paid (including self-employment income derived) during the calendar years between 2005 and 2037; and (2) apply the chained consumer price index for all urban consumers in determining cost-of-living increases in benefits. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the unified credit against the estate tax, to set the applicable exclusion amount permanently at $3.5 million (the amount currently set for 2009). 
 
Makes appropriations (and requires transfers from the General Fund) at least quarterly to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund equivalent to estate taxes and taxes on generation-skipping transfers.
 
Amends SSA title II to require the statement of projected insolvency in the annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds to include: (1) the Board's best estimate of the date as of which the Trust Funds will, with no change in employment tax rates, first have assets insufficient to pay scheduled benefits in full on a timely basis; and (2) if such date is within two years after the filing of the report, the minimum increase necessary in such tax rates necessary to preclude such an insufficiency period. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for future adjustment of employment tax rates to keep the Social Security Trust Funds in balance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 through October 22, 2005.

Bill: 108-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural estimating and reporting
Agricultural prices
Agricultural statistics
Animals
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Livestock
Marketing of farm produce

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
 Amends the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 to extend such Act's authority through October 22, 2005 (currently October 22, 2004). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Employee Freedom from Invasion of Privacy Act

Bill: 108-hr-5181
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2004-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Contractors
Damages
Department of Labor
Electronic surveillance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Federal employees
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor contracts
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Local employees
Local laws
Photography
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
State employees
State laws
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Employee Freedom from Invasion of Privacy Act - Prohibits employers from engaging in video or audio monitoring of employees in restroom facilities, dressing rooms, or other areas in which it is reasonable to expect employees to change clothing.
 
Establishes maximum civil penalties for violators. Requires the Secretary of Labor to: (1) provide written notice and an opportunity for a hearing before assessing penalties; and (2) determine the amount of penalties taking into account the nature of the violation and specified factors with respect to the violator.
 
Authorizes judicial review of an assessment order for employers who requested a hearing.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to file suit to recover civil penalties assessed under this Act if an employer fails to pay.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to commence civil actions for injunctive relief to prevent violations of this Act.
 
Authorizes employees aggrieved by an employer's violation of this Act to commence a civil action against the employer for injunctive relief, damages (if the violation is knowing), or both.
 
Asserts that this Act does not alter State law or collective bargaining agreements except where inconsistent with this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1749)
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to modify restrictions on the provisions of air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas.

Bill: 108-hr-5187
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Commerce
Infrastructure
Tennessee
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Amends the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to add Tennessee to the number of States outside Texas between which and Love Field, Texas, flights are authorized, if the air carrier: (1) does not offer or provide any through service or ticketing with another air carrier or foreign air carrier; and (2) does not offer for sale transportation to or from, and the flight or aircraft does not serve, any point which is outside Tennessee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005.

Bill: 108-hr-5189
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through September 2005 Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries.
 
Revises requirements for the total allocation amount for three specified periods between January 1, 2004, and September 30, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10054)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5190
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Law
Maintenance and repair
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2004 - Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for use in rehabilitating publicly-owned dams that fail to meet minimum safety standards and pose an unacceptable risk to the public (deficient dams).
 
Sets forth provisions regarding procedures for grant awards and fund allocation. Requires the Director to develop a risk-based priority system for identifying deficient dams for which such grants may be made. Limits the Federal share of rehabilitation costs to 65 percent.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Count Every Vote Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5191
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional sessions
Electoral college
Electronic government information
Express service
Government paperwork
Judges
Law
Postal service
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Count Every Vote Act of 2004 - Amends Federal law to extend the date provided for the meeting of electors of the President and Vice President in the States, and the date provided for the joint session of Congress held for the counting of electoral votes, in the event of an unresolved controversy or contest relating to the counting of votes in any State.
 
Changes the date for the meeting of electors, in such an event, from the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following their appointment to the first day after January 1 following their appointment.
 
Changes the date for the counting of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress from the sixth day of January succeeding the meeting of the electors in the States to the second day following the extended deadline for the receipt of certificates and votes by the President of the Senate or the Archivist of the United States.
 
Reduces from six to three days the &quot;safe harbor&quot; period for resolution of any controversy or contest regarding appointment of State electors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5192
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Archaeology
Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Canals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
History
Irrigation
Land transfers
Landowners
Maps
National monuments
Right of property
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2004 - Modifies the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (Monument). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands from the State of Arizona for the expansion of the boundaries of the Monument. 
 
Transfers jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the Monument from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to allow for the widening and paving of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.

Bill: 108-hr-5194
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advertising
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Marketing
Quality of products
Service industries
Signs and symbols
Trade associations
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: 
Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide registered service marks, collective marks, and certification marks with the same protections, rights, and privileges as registered trademarks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

Bill: 108-hr-5195
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agriculture and Food
Bankruptcy
Debtor and creditor
Families
Family farms
Farm income
Farmers
Law
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Reenacts permanently chapter 12 (Adjustments of Debts of a Family Farmer) of the Federal bankruptcy code, as reenacted by division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 1999.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Gordon Wood Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-5196
Sponsor: Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2004-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 South Swenson Street in Stamford, Texas, as the "Gordon Wood Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Introduced in House