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To suspend temporarily the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-5018
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 108-hr-5019
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at.5% or greater.

Bill: 108-hr-5020
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at .5 percent or greater. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than.5%.

Bill: 108-hr-5021
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than .5 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Science and Technology Competitiveness Act

Bill: 108-hr-5022
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College administration
Colleges
Community colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Higher education
Junior colleges
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Public schools
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Teacher education
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
Higher Education Science and Technology Competitiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for articulation agreements between institutions of higher education that specifies the acceptability of courses in transfer toward meeting specific degree requirements, especially in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
 
Allows the use of grant funds to establish articulation agreements: (1) statewide, among public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education, to provide a seamless transition for the transfer of students through a common core curricula that reflects the workforce needs of private industry; and (2) within community colleges, between occupational competency or certification programs and associate degree programs, to increase the proportion of students who enroll to complete their associates degree. 
 
Allows such grants also to be used to: (1) collect data on transfers from two-year to four-year institutions, for monitoring purposes; (2) develop a statewide articulation guide in consultation with public colleges and universities to provide students with descriptions of articulation requirements; and (3) develop a plan for professional development of two-year college faculty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
G.I. Advanced Education in Science and Technology Act

Bill: 108-hr-5023
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2004-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Education
Engineering
Graduate education
Higher education
Mathematics
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Student aid
Technical education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 
G.I. Advanced Education in Science and Technology Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly stipend to each individual who is entitled to veterans' basic educational assistance and is pursuing full-time a doctoral degree in the physical or natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, or other scientific or technology disciplines. Allows such payment in addition to any other authorized Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance.
 
Makes such payment $1,200 a month (adjusted for inflation for fiscal years after 2005) for up to 60 months. Requires that such payments be disregarded by an institution of higher learning when determining any financial assistance that may be available to such doctoral candidate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard Act

Bill: 108-hr-5026
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
China
Clothing
Commerce
East Asia
Executive Office of the President
Government Operations and Politics
Import relief
Import restrictions
Imports
International Affairs
Law
Textile fabrics
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard Act - Requires the President to modify the procedures for considering requests from the public for safeguard actions on imports of textiles and apparel products of the People's Republic of China (PRC), as published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2003, so that import relief will be provided, in accordance with the Accession Agreement of the PRC to the World Trade Organization (WTO), if a claim is supported by data showing that imports of textiles or apparel products of Chinese origin are threatening to impede the orderly development of trade in such products, including products not produced in the United States if such products include components of U.S. origin.
 
Requires the President to: (1) initiate consultations with the PRC to reach an agreement on the application of quantitative limitations on U.S. imports of all PRC textiles and apparel products that are subject, as of September 1, 2004, to quotas under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing of the WTO, and meet the requirements for applying safeguards on such imports; and (3) impose the quantitative limitations on such textiles and apparel products provided for in the Accession Agreement if, after consultations are inititated, an agreement is not reached.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1572)
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced.

Bill: 108-hr-5028
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air routes
Aircraft
Airspace (Law)
Arts, Culture, Religion
Aviation safety
Department of Transportation
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Amends the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108 - 199, div. F) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to maintain in full force and effect certain restrictions imposed under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notices to Airmen FDC 3/2122, FDC 3/2123, and FDC 2/0199 (relating to restricted airspace). Prohibits the Secretary from granting any waivers or exemptions from such restrictions, except, among other things, to allow the operation of an aircraft participating in an air show in restricted airspace if the Administrator of the FAA, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, determines that the safety of an event is not compromised.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced.

Bill: 108-hr-5029
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air routes
Aircraft
Airspace (Law)
Arts, Culture, Religion
Aviation safety
Department of Transportation
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Amends the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108 - 199, div. F) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to maintain in full force and effect certain restrictions imposed under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notices to Airmen FDC 3/2122, FDC 3/2123, and FDC 2/0199 (relating to restricted airspace). Prohibits the Secretary from granting any waivers or exemptions from such restrictions, except, among other things, to allow the operations of an aircraft participating in an air show in restricted airspace if the Administrator of the FAA determines that the security of an event, stadium, or other venue is not reduced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Credit Card Bank Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5031
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Credit cards
Financial institutions
Loans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Community Credit Card Bank Act of 2004 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 with respect to exclusion from coverage as a bank of an institution, including one that accepts collateral for extensions of credit by holding deposits under $100,000, and by other means, which: (1) engages only in credit card operations; (2) does not accept demand deposits or deposits that the depositor may withdraw by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others; (3) does not accept any savings or time deposit of less than $100,000; (4) maintains only one office that accepts deposits; and (5) does not engage in the business of making commercial loans.
 
 
Declares that an institution shall not be treated as engaging in the business of making commercial loans solely on the basis of issuing or servicing commercial credit card accounts that constitute no more than ten percent of their credit card receivables, if: (1) it has total assets of less than $1 million; (2) it was chartered before June 1, 1998; (3) at least 80 percent of its credit card receivables have either been acquired in portfolio purchases from unaffiliated insured depository institutions, or issued through unaffiliated insured depository institutions as agents of such institutions; and (4) it issues or services commercial credit card loans that constitute, in the aggregate, not more than 10 percent of its credit card receivables. (Thus applies the exclusion from coverage by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to certain limited purpose credit card banks serving community banks.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider certain criteria in relicensing nuclear facilities, and to provide for an independent assessment of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station by the National Academy of Sciences prior to any relicensing of that facility.

Bill: 108-hr-5032
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
New Jersey
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Performance measurement
Population
Public health
Radioactive wastes
Risk
Safety measures
Storage
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding relicensing criteria for nuclear facilities to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to evaluate a facility for health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident.
 
Prohibits relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station (Station) until after the NRC has: (1) arranged with the National Academy of Sciences (Academy) to provide an independent assessment of safety performance and recommendations for relicensing; (2) transmitted those recommendations to Congress; and (3) given appropriate consideration to those recommendations.
 
Directs the Academy to provide an independent assessment of: (1) conformance of the Station to its design and licensing bases; (2) operational safety performance and risk factors; (3) health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident; (4) the effectiveness of licensee self-assessments, corrective actions, and improvement plans; and (5) the cause of safety problems and overall performance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain meatless frozen food products.

Bill: 108-hr-5033
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Frozen food
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on certain frozen meatless food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Randy Barrett Act

Bill: 108-hr-5034
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Families
Health
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Terminally ill
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Randy Barrett Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to waive the five-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in the case of any individual who is terminally ill and is not entitled to disability insurance benefits under OASDI for any month solely by reason of such waiting period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide the same screening of all passengers and property that will be carried aboard a passenger aircraft operated in the United States by a person other than an air carrier as is provided for all passengers and property that are carried aboard a passenger aircraft operated by an air carrier, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5035
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Air routes
Aircraft pilots
Airline passenger traffic
Aviation safety
Buildings
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Employee training
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Private aviation
Radio
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide the same screening of all passengers and property that will be carried aboard a passenger aircraft operated in the United States by a non-air carrier as that provided for passenger aircraft operated by an air carrier. Requires the Secretary, on the date of enactment of this Act, to begin developing a plan, acquiring and training personnel, and acquiring equipment for providing such screening.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take necessary action to ensure that: (1) no such aircraft flies within 1,500 feet of any structure or building, or over a city with a population of 1 million or more or any other location the Secretary determines appropriate, except on approach or departure to an airport; and (2) the pilot of a flight of any such aircraft remains in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration regardless of that aircraft's altitude. Makes an exception for aircraft carrying out police, medical, or other operations as the Secretary deems appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the patent numbered RE 38,014 (BIEBERSTEIN) for a period of 2 years.

Bill: 108-hr-5036
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Patents

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to extend the patent numbered RE 38,014 (BIEBERSTEIN) (relating to the Maglite flashlight) for two additional years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rogelio Gallegos-Herrera.

Bill: 108-hr-5037
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: 
Declares that Rogelio Gallegos-Herrera may not be removed from the United States, denied admission to the United States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent residence in the United States, by reason of any ground for removal or denial of admission that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the Department of State, on the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Introduced in House