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ASU/MCCCD Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 108-hr-4439
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air force
Arizona
Armed Forces and National Security
Colleges
Community colleges
Education
Educational facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Land transfers
Military bases
School boards
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
ASU/MCCCD Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to release, without consideration, the reversionary interests retained by the United States and all other terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions imposed, in connection with the conveyance of portions of former Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District under the authority of the February 1995 Record of Decision for the disposal of excess Federal property at that installation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Identification Security Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4440
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Deportation
Embassies
Evidence (Law)
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
International Affairs
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Identification Security Act of 2004 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to render evidence of an alien's possession of a consular identification card while physically present in the United States prima facie evidence of deportability in the context of removal proceedings. Places the burden of proof on the alien to establish by clear and convincing evidence that he or she is not deportable on any of the grounds charged.
 
Imposes a ten-year bar to admission on aliens unlawfully present in the United States who present a consular identification card to satisfy identification-related requirements of Federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Revitalizing Older Communities Through Housing Improvements Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4441
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Depressed areas
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to housing
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Housing authorities
Housing for the disabled
Housing subsidies
Law
Local taxation
Low-income housing
Poverty
Property tax
Public housing
Rent
Rental housing
Social Welfare
State taxation
Surveys
Taxation
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Revitalizing Older Communities Through Housing Improvements Act of 2004 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize, under specified circumstances, a public housing agency to establish an increased voucher program payment standard in situations of: (1) low lease success rate or voucher holder concentration in high-poverty areas; and (2) disability accommodations.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue implementing regulations with respect to certain voucher program recommendations made by the Millenial Housing Commission.
 
Requires each housing assistance voucher contract to provide that it shall be a breach of contract for the owner to fail to pay State or local real estate taxes, fines, or assessments relating to an assisted dwelling unit or the building in which the unit is located.
 
Establishes the Commission to Revitalize Older Communities Through Housing Improvements which shall study and report on: (1) the public housing community service requirement; and (2) voucher concentration reduction. Terminates the Commission 30 days after report submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4442
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Afghanistan
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Monuments and memorials
Names
Nevada
Postal facilities
Signs and signboards
South Asia
Terrorism
War
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 North Hills Boulevard in Reno, Nevada, as the "Guardians of Freedom Memorial Post Office Building" and to authorize the installation of a plaque at such site, and for other purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6717-6718)
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6717-6718)
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4442.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6717-6719)
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Mrs. Miller (MI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Historic Preservation Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the historic preservation fund.

Bill: 108-hr-4443
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Authorization
Commemorations
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Government trust funds
Historic sites
History
Oil and gas royalties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund through FY 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Worker Reemployment Accounts Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4444
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education
Business education
Case management
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment subsidies
Entrepreneurs
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Job hunting
Literacy programs
Occupational retraining
Planning
Prison labor
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Vocational guidance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Worker Reemployment Accounts Act of 2004 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish and implement a national demonstration project on personal reemployment accounts (PRAs). 
 
Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants for such project to States or local boards or consortia to provide PRAs to eligible individuals. 
 
Makes eligible for a PRA, in a designated State or local area, individuals who: (1) are identified as likely to exhaust unemployment compensation and in need of job search assistance to make a successful transition to new employment (or if their unemployment can be attributed in substantial part to unfair competition from Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated); (2) are receiving regular unemployment compensation under any Federal or State unemployment compensation program administered by the State; and (3) are eligible for at least 20 weeks of regular unemployment compensation.
 
Allows PRAs to be used to purchase intensive services, training services, or supportive services through the one-stop delivery system on a fee-for-service basis, or through other providers, consistent with specified safeguards. Provides cash reemployment bonuses, consisting of the balance of their PRAs, to recipients who obtain full-time employment before the end of the 13th week of unemployment for which compensation is paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II.

Bill: 108-hr-4445
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military personnel
Navy
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Waives certain time limitations with respect to the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of heroism during World War II as a member of the United States Navy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4446
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Economics and Public Finance
Farm produce
Food relief
Marketing of farm produce
Nutrition
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to the senior farmers' market nutrition program to: (1) increase program funding; (2) expand the program to include locally produced farm products as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture; and (3) permit up to ten percent of program funds to be used for administrative costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4447
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Military parks
Minorities
Native Americans
Roads and highways
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2004 - Modifies the boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site to include approximately 715 acres on the map specified as &quot;Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary Revision&quot;. 
 
Directs the National Park Service to allow public access on the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of Land Management property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
International Commission To Monitor United States-Held Prisoners in Iraq Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4448
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Human rights
International agencies
International law
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' rights
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
International Commission to Monitor United States-Held Prisoners in Iraq Act of 2004 - Directs the President to seek to establish an international commission for monitoring the treatment of persons in U.S. custody in Iraq. 
 
States that it is the sense of Congress that such international commission should monitor the treatment of persons in U.S. custody in Iraq so as to ensure compliance with the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and other relevant international instruments and to provide assurances to the people of Iraq and the international community that such persons' treatment accords with international law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in the Republic of India, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-4449
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Economic assistance
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
India
South Asia
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the addition of India as a country for which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally has responsibilities should not decrease funding to any other country; (2) the United States should continue to increase the number of countries eligible to receive U.S. assistance to combat HIV and AIDS; and (3) the United States should increase assistance to combat HIV and AIDS. 
 
Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include India among those countries for which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally has program responsibilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933.

Bill: 108-hr-4450
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
District of Columbia
Europe
Famines
Genocide
History
Human rights
Monuments and memorials
Political persecution
U.S.S.R.
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Authorizes the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933. Prohibits the U.S. Government from paying any expense for the establishment of the memorial or its maintenance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to correct the definition of certain non-knit gloves designed for use in sports.

Bill: 108-hr-4451
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile drivers
Clothing
Sports and Recreation
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to redefine certain non-knit gloves designed for use in sports to include mechanics' gloves.
 
Defines &quot;mechanics' gloves&quot; as gloves designed for use by professional autoracing teams and general automotive mechanics that consist of synthetic leather palms and fingers, fourchettes of either synthetic leather, nylon, or spandex, two-ply backs consisting of knitted spandex and tricot liners or three-ply backs consisting of knitted spandex, foam, and tricot liners, and elastic wrist straps with molded thermal plastic rubber hook and loop enclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
To require funds made available to each Federal department and agency for United States development or humanitarian assistance programs to be made available to foreign countries through the activities of United States organizations or businesses that are owned or controlled by naturalized United States citizens, or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, who are from those foreign countries.

Bill: 108-hr-4452
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aliens
Americans in foreign countries
Citizenship
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation directors
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Executives
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Immigrants
Immigration
International relief
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Requires up to ten percent of funds made available to Federal departments and agencies for U.S. development or humanitarian assistance programs in any fiscal year to be made available to foreign countries through U.S. organizations or businesses that are owned or controlled by naturalized U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents from those countries.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act

Bill: 108-hr-4455
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Age discrimination
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disabled
Discrimination in insurance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Sexual orientation
Social Welfare
Surety and fidelity

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Cites activities that constitute unlawful discrimination by a surety against an applicant in a surety bond transaction, including denial: (1) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; or (2) because the applicant previously obtained a bond through a certain bonding assistance program or any special purpose bonding program.
 
Requires a surety to notify an applicant of action on the surety application within ten days of its filing.
Entitles an applicant against whom adverse action is taken to a statement of reasons for such action.
Subjects a surety to liability to the aggrieved applicant for both actual damages and legal costs for noncompliance with this Act.
Mandates full compliance with this Act as a condition for approval as surety by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E952)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4456
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Dietary supplements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grocery trade
Health
Herbs
Imports
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Packaging
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2004 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) the labeling of raw ginseng offered for sale as food or a dietary supplement to contain country of harvest information; (2) ginseng importers to disclose country of harvest information at the point of U.S. entry.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose civil monetary penalties for failure to make such disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House