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Mad Cow Testing Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3705
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Animals
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Cattle
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Food safety
Health
Law
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: 
Mad Cow Testing Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require the post-mortem testing of cattle carcasses and parts intended for human consumption for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). Requires that: (1) such tests be conducted only by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service personnel; and (2) testing costs be covered through fees collected from slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, and other establishments subject to such testing.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to delay such testing if an accurate test is not available for cattle under a certain age. Requires the Secretary to evaluate at least yearly during the course of any such delay whether a test has been developed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3707
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Cost control
Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: 
Medicare's Equitable Drugs for Seniors Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors; and (2) requiring a particular formulary to institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs.
 
Grants the Secretary instead, in order to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pay the lowest possible price, authority similar to that of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies and departments that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs, consistent with the requirements and in furtherance of the goals of providing quality care and containing costs under such part. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

Bill: 108-hr-3708
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Central Asia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emigration
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Kazakhstan
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3709
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
District of Columbia
Election administration
Electoral college
Maryland
Members of Congress
Political representation
Presidential elections
Social Welfare
Soldier voting
State laws
State-local relations
Voter registration
Voting of the disabled
Voting of the elderly
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: 
District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2004 - Restores the right of District of Columbia residents to participate as Maryland residents in congressional elections and presidential elections.
 
Repeals provisions of the: (1) District of Columbia Delegate Act that establishes the office of District of Columbia Delegate to the House of Representatives; and (2) District of Columbia Statehood Constitution Convention Initiative of 1979 that provides for electing a Senator and Representative for the District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-01-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6-7)
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs.

Bill: 108-hr-3710
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Business records
Canada
Commerce
Consumer protection
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Medical laboratories
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Prescription pricing
Product counterfeiting
Product safety
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States. Sets forth specified provisions respecting: (1) importer and foreign seller recordkeeping and information requirements; (2) qualified laboratory drug testing; (3) registration with the Secretary of Canadian sellers; and (4) approved labeling.
 
Declares that the Secretary should: (1) focus enforcement on cases in which individual importation poses a significant public health threat; and (2) exercise discretion to permit individuals to make such importation for non-risk personal use.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of the prohibition of importation of a prescription drug or device. Directs the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of such prohibition for an approved prescription drug imported from Canada that is: (1) imported from a licensed pharmacy for not more than 90-day personal use; (2) accompanied by a valid prescription; (3) in a final finished dosage that was manufactured in a registered establishment; and (4) imported under such other conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173) to eliminate the comparative cost adjustment program.

Bill: 108-hr-3711
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2004-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Competitive bidding
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Metropolitan areas
Rebates
Social Welfare
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to repeal the comparative cost adjustment program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-20
text: Introduced in House
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-hr-3712
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Harbors
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Marine terminals
Port authorities
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to seaports to enhance security if the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, determines that the grant will improve security at a seaport or improve the efficiency of the seaport without lessening security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H63)
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building located at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois the "Senator Paul Simon Federal Building".

Bill: 108-hr-3713
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
Illinois
Names
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Designates the Federal building located at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois, as the Senator Paul Simon Federal Building.

action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 

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

 
Designates the Federal building located at 250 West Cherry Street in Carbondale, Illinois, as the Senator Paul Simon Federal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 161.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-450.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 108-450.
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the provisions relating to countervailing duties apply to nonmarket economy countries.

Bill: 108-hr-3716
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Communist countries
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Free enterprise
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply its countervailing duty provisions to nonmarket economy countries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow State government employers to contribute to section 403(b) pension plans.

Bill: 108-hr-3718
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Local employees
State employees
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow State government employers to contribute to the tax-exempt annuity plans of all state employees (currently, contributions are limited to plans of tax-exempt charitable organizations, schools, and certain clergy).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of Choice Act

Bill: 108-hr-3719
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Communication in medicine
Discrimination in medical care
Discrimination in public facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Health
Law
Patients' rights
Reproduction
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate it after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health.
 
Prohibits a governmental entity from : (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in its regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information. 
 
Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity in a civil action.
 
States that this Act applies to every Federal, State, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Parents and Teachers for a Drug-Free Education Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3720
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alcohol and youth
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug testing
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Health
Law
Medical records
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Physicians
Private schools
Right of privacy
School discipline
School districts
School security
Secondary education
Student records
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Empowering Parents and Teachers for a Drug-Free Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (under provisions which are also known as the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act) to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies and private schools to establish drug-free school demonstration programs that include random drug testing of students and meet other specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H77-78)
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3721
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Small towns
Subsidies
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2004 - Repeals provisions establishing the Essential Air Service local participation program (a pilot program under which designated essential air service communities are required to assume ten percent of their essential air service subsidy costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the "Vaughn Gross Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-hr-3723
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the Vaughn Gross Post Office Building.

action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 8135 Forest Lane in Dallas, Texas, as the Vaughn Gross Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 0 (Roll no. 95). (text as passed: CR H1600)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 379 - 0 (Roll no. 95).(text as passed: CR H1600)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1612)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3723.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1600-1601)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Mr. Carter moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported.
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in House