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United States Court of Federal Claims Termination Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4946
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Claims
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Courts of special jurisdiction
District courts
Government liability
Judicial reform
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
United States Court of Federal Claims Termination Act of 2004 - Prohibits the filing of claims in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (the Court) upon enactment of this Act and terminates the Court effective one year from enactment. 
 
Requires the Chief Justice of the United States to promulgate regulations for the orderly transfer of all claims pending before the Court to appropriate U.S. courts.
 
Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to submit a report to Congress containing recommendations for legislation to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
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
To suspend the duty on certain educational toys and devices.

Bill: 108-hr-4947
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain educational toys and devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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 E1504)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Indian Country Educational Empowerment Zone Act

Bill: 108-hr-4948
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian education
Indian lands
Internet
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Indian Country Educational Empowerment Zone Act -Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a program of repaying the student loans for any borrower who obtains employment in Indian country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1473-1474)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Parity Act

Bill: 108-hr-4949
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Indian claims
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Law
Minorities
Missouri River development
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Revenue sharing
South Dakota
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Tribal Parity Act - Amends the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act to increase from $39.3 million to $186,822,140 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury to provide compensation to the Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River.
 
Amends the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund Act of 1996 to increase from $27.5 million to $105,917,853 the aggregate amount to be deposited into the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure Development Trust Fund by the Secretary to provide compensation to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of South Dakota for such damage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1478-1479)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the requirement for biennial reports from the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War.

Bill: 108-hr-4950
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Ex-prisoners of war
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Extends to 2009 the requirement that the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War submit biennial reports to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the programs and activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs that pertain to former prisoners of war.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1476)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the videotaping of interrogations and other pertinent actions between a detainee or prisoner in the custody or under the effective control of the armed forces of the United States pursuant to an interrogation, or other pertinent interaction, for the purpose of gathering intelligence and a member of the armed forces of the United States, an intelligence operative of the United States, or a contractor of the United States.

Bill: 108-hr-4951
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Charities
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Constitutional amendments
Criminal procedure
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Human rights
Intelligence officers
International Affairs
International agencies
Iraq compilation
Judges
Law
Military and naval offenses
Military intelligence
Military law
Military personnel
Nongovernmental organizations
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' rights
Punishment
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
Social Welfare
Torture
Treaties
Video tape recording
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Requires the President to take such actions as are necessary, in accordance with specified laws and treaties, to ensure the videotaping of interrogations and other intelligence-related interactions between detainees or prisoners under the effective control of the U.S. Armed Forces, and members of the U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. intelligence operatives, or contractors of the United States. Directs the President to provide for the appropriate classification of such videotapes. Requires such videotapes to be made available, under seal if appropriate, to both the prosecution and defense if material to any military or civilian criminal proceeding. 
 
Requires the President to take necessary actions to ensure immediate and unfettered access to detainees or prisoners in the custody or effective control of the U.S. Armed Forces by the following organizations: (1) International Federation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent; (2) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and (3) United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture.
 
Directs the Judge Advocate General to develop guidelines to ensure that the videotaping required by this Act is sufficiently expansive to prevent any abuse of detainees and prisoners and violations of specified laws and treaties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer.

Bill: 108-hr-4952
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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
To suspend temporarily the duty on allyl ureido monomer.

Bill: 108-hr-4953
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
 Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on allyl ureido monomer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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
Military Families Bereavement Leave Act

Bill: 108-hr-4954
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Death
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq compilation
Married people
Parents
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Military Families Bereavement Leave Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to authorize leave for immediate family members of a member of the uniformed services who dies in the line of duty, in order to facilitate their attendance at the burial ceremony.
 
Makes eligible for such leave those immediate family members who are FMLA-eligible employees. Treats Federal officers and Federal employees as FMLA-eligible employees for purposes of such leave.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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
Children's Listbroker Privacy Act

Bill: 108-hr-4955
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Bank records
Business records
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Directories
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Injunctions
Law
Marketing
Names
Parent and child
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Sales promotion
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Children's Listbroker Privacy Act - Makes it unlawful: (1) to sell personal information about an individual the seller knows to be a child (under age 16); (2) to purchase personal information about an individual identified by the seller as a child for the purpose of marketing to that child; or (3) for a purchaser who has provided a certification limiting the use of such information to engage in any practice that violates the certification terms. Makes an exception with respect to express parental consent to such sale, purchase, or use. 
 
Requires enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as if violations were unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Requires enforcement of compliance by other Federal agencies under other specified laws.
 
Authorizes enforcement actions by States acting on behalf of their residents. Gives the FTC the right to intervene in such actions. Precludes State actions during the pendency of FTC actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Introduced in House
E-mail Privacy Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4956
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Electronic mail systems
Electronic surveillance
Internet
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Wiretapping

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
E-mail Privacy Act of 2004 - Amends Federal criminal code provisions concerning interception of electronic communications to modify the definition of &quot;intercept&quot; to include the acquisition of the contents of the communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device, at any point between the point of origin and the point when it is made available to the recipient.
 
 Limits the service provider exception to the prohibition on unlawful access to stored communications to access to the extent necessary incident to the rendition of the service, the protection of the rights or property of the service provider, or compliance with provisions regarding disclosure of customer communications or records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
Keeping Our Education Promise to America's Children Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4957
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Appropriations
Continuing education
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Paraprofessional school personnel
Rating of teachers
School administration
School choice
School districts
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Keeping Our Education Promise to America's Children Act of 2004 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to defer certain Federal mandates under ESEA amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) if the Federal Government fails to make specified minimum appropriations for provisions related to such mandates.
 
Prohibits any school or local educational agency (LEA) from being identified for or subject to certain requirements of school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring for any year for which appropriations are less than 97 percent of specified amounts in each of FY 2005 through 2007 to carry out ESEA title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by LEAs).
 
Authorizes any State educational agency (SEA) to defer commencing, suspend implementing, or modify (but not cease developing) certain SEA and LEA requirements for teachers and paraprofessionals, for one year for each year for which appropriations are less than 97 percent of specified amounts in each of FY 2005 through 2007 to carry out ESEA title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) part A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund) subparts 1 through 4 (Grants to States; Subgrants to LEAs; Subgrants to Eligible Partnerships; Accountability).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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
Energy Independence for a Strong America Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4958
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Energy Independence for a Strong America Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a sale of oil and gas leases on all submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that: (1) are depicted on a specified Minerals Management Service document as &quot;Leased or Deferred--Not Offered;&quot; and (2) are not subject to a lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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
Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4959
Sponsor: Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7]
Introduced: 2004-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Hunting
Injunctions
Land use
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Sports and Recreation
State laws
Trapping

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 
Hunting Heritage and Fishing Preservation Act of 2004 - Hunting Heritage Protection Act - Requires that Federal public lands be open to access and use for recreational hunting with certain exceptions.
 
Directs the head of each relevant Federal agency to support, promote, and enhance recreational hunting opportunities. 
Declares that Federal land management decisions and actions should, to the extent practicable, result in no net loss of land area available for hunting opportunities on Federal public lands. 
 
Prohibits a withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes 5,000 or more acres of Federal public land for use for recreational hunting from occurring unless the head of the Federal agency with authority to manage the land has submitted written notice of the action to specified congressional committees. 
 
Freedom to Fish Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require that any fishery management plan, which is prepared by any Council or by the Secretary of Commerce, not establish geographic areas where recreational fishing is prohibited unless: (1) clear indication exists that recreational fishing in such area is the cause of a specific conservation problem; (2) no alternative conservation measures will adequately provide for conservation and management of the fishery; (3) the management plan provides for specific measurable criteria to assess whether the prohibition provides conservation benefits to the fishery, and requires periodic review to assess the continued need for the prohibition; (4) the best available scientific information supports the need to close the area to recreational fishing; and (5) the prohibition is terminated as soon as the condition that was the basis of the prohibition no longer exists.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
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