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Small Business Tax Modernization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4137
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Earnings
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Incorporation
Labor and Employment
Partnerships
Profit
Self-employed
Small business
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Stockholders
Tax administration
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Small Business Modernization Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate subchapter S corporation elections after 2004 and subchapter S status after 2014 and to allow privately-held domestic corporations, in lieu of electing subchapter S treatment, to elect to be treated as partnerships for tax purposes; (2) set forth rules for the tax treatment of former subchapter S corporations electing partnership status; and (3) exclude from net earnings from self-employment partnership income attributable to capital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Personal Holding Company Tax Repeal Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4138
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Close corporations
Commerce
Holding companies
Income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Personal Holding Company Tax Repeal Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax on personal holding companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
State Business Law Conformity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4139
Sponsor: Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Close corporations
Commerce
Entrepreneurs
Farms
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Inheritance tax
Losses
Partnerships
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
State laws
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax simplification
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
State Business Law Conformity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise certain partnership tax definitions and rules relating to general and limited partners; (2) exclude from net earnings from self-employment partnership income attributable to capital; and (3) repeal, after 2004, the election to apply large partnership (100 partners or more) tax rules. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4140
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and social problems
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Investments
Labor and Employment
Mutual funds
Stocks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act - Provides for the establishment of a Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). 
 
Directs the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to select an index which is a commonly recognized, passively managed index comprised of domestic stocks based on criteria which may include corporate governance, environmental practices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety and impact, international operations and human rights, involvement with repressive regimes, and community relations. Requires that the index's financial track record be comparable to that of the other options available under TSP.
 
Directs that the Fund be invested in a portfolio which shall be designed such that the percentage of the Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate market value of all shares of that stock by the aggregate market value of all shares of all stocks included in such index.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to prohibit the approval of section 1115 waivers to provide coverage of childless adults under the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

Bill: 108-hr-4142
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving a project under SSA Section 1115 (which authorizes the Secretary to waive certain statutory requirements for conducting research and demonstration projects under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) and SCHIP) that provides for coverage of nonpregnant childless adults with funds made available under the SCHIP program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4143
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arson
Biological warfare
Bombings
Bridges
Bus drivers
Capital punishment
Chemical warfare
Conspiracy
Destruction of property
EBB Terrorism
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Explosives
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Marine safety
Marine transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapons
Passenger ships
Radioactive wastes
Railroad employees
Railroad equipment
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroad terminals
Railroads
School buses
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Subways
Terminals (Transportation)
Terrorism
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic signs and signals
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation safety
Transportation workers
Tunnels
Weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to rewrite provisions prohibiting acts of destruction and violence against trains, railroad equipment and structures, and the mass transportation system to: (1) correspond with current prohibitions against acts of violence against the mass transportation system; (2) apply such provisions to acts committed knowingly (currently, willfully); and (3) add as an aggravated offense the commission of such prohibited act under circumstances in which the railroad on-track equipment or mass transportation vehicle was carrying high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or specified hazardous material. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the exclusion from gross income of certain wages of a certified master teacher, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4144
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Teacher salaries
Teachers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to 25 percent of the wages earned by a certified master teacher in certain schools identified as in need of improvement. Defines &quot;certified master teacher&quot; as a teacher who: (1) has at least five years teaching experience in a public elementary or secondary school; (2) is highly qualified as defined by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (3) has a master's degree; and (4) has advanced certification in the applicable State licensing system. Terminates such exclusion after 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E529)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Advisory Council Establishment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4145
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cost control
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial engineering
Industrial production
International competitiveness
Investments
Labor and Employment
Labor supply
Manufacturing industries
Presidential commissions
Science, Technology, Communications
Skilled labor
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Manufacturing Advisory Council Establishment Act of 2004 - Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Manufacturing to: (1) advise the President on policy matters affecting the domestic manufacturing sector; (2) develop policies that will reduce manufacturing production costs, promote the international competitiveness of U.S.-manufactured products, encourage innovation, investment and productivity in the manufacturing sector, and ensure an adequate supply of skilled manufacturing workers; and (3) assist the Secretary of Commerce in securing private sector involvement for Department of Commerce activities.
 
States that provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act relating to the termination of advisory committees shall not apply to the Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Tornado Research Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4146
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Higher education
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research grants
Tornadoes
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Tornado Research Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a tornado research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out in coordination with the National Weather Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and any other appropriate Federal agencies.
 
Requires that the program: (1) include research aimed at understanding and predicting the natural processes that lead to the formation of tornadoes; (2) identify an array of factors that indicate tornado formation; (3) promote the incorporation of the results of such research into the methods used by meteorologists to predict the time and location of tornado formation; (4) provide resources and promote attention to tornado research areas with the greatest potential for improving the understanding of their formation; (5) maximize the effectiveness of the program by encouraging collaborative efforts by operational and research communities in academia and the Government; and (6) provide for the awarding of competitive research grants to, and the entering into of cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education and other research institutions to conduct peer-reviewed research that may improve the forecast and identification of tornadoes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
SEARCH Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4147
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Genealogy
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
History
Minorities
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2004 or the SEARCH Act of 2004 - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish, as part of the National Archives, a national database consisting of historic records of servitude and emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans in researching their genealogy. Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to maintain the database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E521)
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To designate the information center at Canaveral National Seashore as the "T.C. Wilder, Jr., Canaveral National Seashore Information Center".

Bill: 108-hr-4148
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Names
National seashores
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Designates the information center at Canaveral National Seashore, located approximately nine miles south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Highway A1A, as the T.C. Wilder, Jr., Canaveral National Seashore Information Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Small Business Act to permit business concerns that are owned by venture capital operating companies or pension plans to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Bill: 108-hr-4149
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Employee benefit plans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government contractors
Industrial research
Labor and Employment
Law
Pension funds
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Venture capital

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to state that a business shall not be prevented from participating in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (a program under which a portion of Federal agencies' research and development efforts is reserved for award to small businesses) solely because the business is owned in part by: (1) a venture capital operating company managed and controlled by one or more U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens; or (2) an employee benefit or pension plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Carlie's Law

Bill: 108-hr-4150
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Child abuse
Child safety
Child sexual abuse
Criminal justice information
Custody of children
Department of Transportation
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Parents
Parole
Police communication systems
Probation
Rape
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Signs and signboards
Traffic signs and signals
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Carlie's Law - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for mandatory revocation of probation and supervised release for anyone who commits: (1) a felony crime of violence; or (2) a crime of violence against, or an offense that consists of or is intended to facilitate unlawful sexual contact with, a person under age 16.
 
Amends the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) Act of 2003 to require a State, to be eligible for a grant for changeable message signs or other information systems to notify motorists about abductions of children, to certify that it will make a good faith effort to notify any non-custodial parent of a minor residing in the State if: (1) the minor is the victim of a crime of violence or sexual abuse; or (2) the custodial parent of the minor is charged with a drug offense, rape, or crime of violence or sexual abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4151
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Cytology
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health facilities
Health information systems
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Medical screening
Medical tests
Packaging
Preventive medicine
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage
Tissue banks
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Brian Lykins Human Tissue Transplant Safety Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for oversight by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs of entities engaged in activities relating to human tissue or human tissue-based products, requiring their registration and authorizing their inspection. Requires the reporting of any adverse incidents. Requires the Commissioner to develop a reporting mechanism and a database to store such information. 
 
Allows the Commissioner, in an instance in which this Act is violated, to: (1) issue an order requiring any distributor of a human cell, tissue, or cellular or tissue-based product to recall or destroy such product; (2) condemn, seize, and destroy such product; (3) require a covered entity to cease the activity that resulted in the violation; or (4) suspend or revoke the registration and listing of the covered entity involved. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to make unlawful the importation, sale for importation, or sale within the United States after importation, of articles falsely labeled or advertised as meeting a United States Government or industry standard for performance or safety.

Bill: 108-hr-4152
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2004-04-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Deceptive advertising
Fraud
Import restrictions
Imports
Industrial standards
Labeling
Law
Product safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make unlawful the importation, sale for importation, or sale within the United States after importation, of articles falsely labeled or advertised as meeting a Federal Government or industry standard for performance or safety. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Introduced in House