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Reservists' Employment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5079
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Reservists' Employment Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for employing a military reservist as a full time employee for a three-year period. Sets the amount of such credit at $1,000 and allows the credit to be taken in the taxable year in which the military reservist's three-year employment period ends. Allows an inflation adjustment to the credit amount after 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1634)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Employment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5080
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Veterans' Employment Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for employing a veteran as a full-time employee for a three-year period. Sets the amount of such credit at $1,000 and allows the credit to be taken in the taxable year in which the veteran's three-year employment period ends. Allows an inflation adjustment to the credit amount beginning after 2005. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1630-1631)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a new program of educational assistance for certain reserve component members of the Armed Forces who perform active service.

Bill: 108-hr-5081
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aircraft pilots
Armed forces reserves
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Flight training
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Higher education
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of each military department, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, to establish a program as prescribed in this Act to provide educational assistance to members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned.
 
Makes eligible for such benefits on or after September 11, 2001, members of Reserve components who: (1) served on active duty in support of contingency operations for at least 90 consecutive days; or (2) in the case of an Army or Air National Guard member, performed full time duty for at least 90 consecutive days for the purpose of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by Federal funds. Creates an exception to the 90-day requirement for members released from duty because of injury, illness, or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
 
States that members remain entitled to such educational assistance if ordered to active duty while serving in the Selected Reserve or the Ready Reserve. Terminates educational assistance for disabled members 10 years from the date of entitlement.
 
Requires educational assistance under this Act to be provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry Wilderness Management Area Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5083
Sponsor: Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aircraft
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Easements
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Helicopters
Hydroelectric power
Lakes
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Maps
Motor vehicles
National forests
Natural areas
Planning
Public utilities
Sports and Recreation
Timber sales
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Wild Sky Wilderness and Backcountry Wilderness Management Area Act of 2004 - Designates specified Federal lands in the State of Washington (the State) as: (1) the Wild Sky Wilderness (the Wilderness); and (2) the Skykomish Backcountry Wilderness Management Area (the Area).
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage the Wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act and this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to use helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint U.S. Forest Service and Snohomish County repeater site, in compliance with a Forest Service-approved communications site plan, to improve communication for safety, health, and emergency services.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a management plan for the Area (but prohibits the Secretary from permitting commercial timber harvest in the Area); (2) establish a trail plain for specified National Forest System lands to develop a system of hiking and equestrian trails in the Wilderness and the Area, and trails adjacent to the Wilderness or the Area; and (3) carry out a land exchange with the Chelan County Public Utility District in the State, subject to specified requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Smart from the Start Preschool Education for America Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5084
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Indian education
International Affairs
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Minorities
Native Americans
Oceania
Palau Islands
Preschool education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Smart from the Start Preschool Education for America Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to States to provide families with access to high-quality, voluntary preschool education. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop program quality standards based on recommendations of an independent panel of experts convened by the National Academy of Sciences.
 
Reserves specified amounts for outlying areas, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, including Native Hawaiian organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1644)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cobaltate(1-), bis[3-[[1-(3-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-(oxo- kO)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]azo-kN1]-4-(hydroxy- kO)benzenesulfonamidato(2-)]-, sodium.

Bill: 108-hr-5085
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Cobaltate(1-), bis[3-[[1-(3-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-(oxo- kO)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl]azo-kN1]-4-(hydroxy- kO)benzenesulfonamidato(2-)]-, sodium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-[[3,3'-Dichloro-4'-[[1-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)amino]carbony ] -2-oxopropyl]azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-3-oxo-N-(o-tolyl) u tyramide.

Bill: 108-hr-5086
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 2-[[3,3'-Dichloro-4'-[[1-[[(2,4-dimethylphenyl)amino]carbony ] -2-oxopropyl]azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-3-oxo-N-(o-tolyl)butyramide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3-Hydroxy-4-[(4-methyl-2-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenecarbo xylic acid, calcium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-5087
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 3-Hydroxy-4-[(4-methyl-2-sulfophenyl)azo]-2-naphthalenecarbo xylic acid, calcium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzenesulfonic acid, [[chloracety1)amino]methy1] [4-[[4-(cyclohexylamino)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dio o-1 anthraceny 1]amino]phenoxy]meth y1-, monosodium salt.

Bill: 108-hr-5088
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on Benzenesulfonic acid, [[chloracety1)amino]methy1] [4-[[4-(cyclohexylamino)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dio o-1 anthraceny 1]amino]phenoxy]meth y1-, monosodium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2,2'-[(3,3'-Dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] Butanamide, 2,2'-[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxo-.

Bill: 108-hr-5089
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2007, the duty on 2,2'-[(3,3'-Dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxobutyramide] Butanamide, 2,2'-[(3,3'-dichloro[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)bis(azo)]bis[N -(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-oxo-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Natural Gas Production Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5090
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Energy
Gas industry
Income tax
Natural gas
Tax credits
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Natural Gas Production Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify an onshore well from a formation more than 15,000 feet deep for the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Toy Gun Marking Improvement Act

Bill: 108-hr-5091
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Federal preemption
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Labeling
Local laws
State laws
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Toy Gun Marking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 to exclude from the definition of &quot;look-alike firearm&quot; in imitation firearm marking requirements any toy replica of an antique firearm developed prior to 1898. Bars States from prohibiting the sale or manufacture of toy replicas of such antique firearms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include hold-harmless provisions for local educational agencies that no longer meet the minimum eligibility criteria for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5092
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include hold-harmless provisions for local educational agencies that no longer meet the minimum eligibility criteria for targeted grants and education finance incentive grants, under part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within areas determined by the President to be disaster areas by reason of certain natural disasters occurring in 2004.

Bill: 108-hr-5094
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricanes
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit premature distributions from certain tax-exempt retirement plans without penalty to individuals residing or holding real property within an area declared by the President as a disaster area due to a natural disaster at least part of which occurred in 2004, if such distributions are made within six months after the disaster declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Equity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5095
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Medicare Equity Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the monthly part B premium rates for any period after December 31, 2004, shall be the monthly premium rate in effect for a month in 2004. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 35 to 36 percent the top rate of individual income tax. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Flagship Species Conservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5096
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Public meetings
Restoration ecology
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Flagship Species Conservation Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund (Fund) to provide conservation assistance for flagship species of fish or wildlife where project proposals for such conservation are approved by the Secretary in accordance with this Act.
 
Identifies eligible applicants and sets forth requirements for project proposals. Authorizes the Secretary to approve a project proposal if it will help recover and sustain viable populations of flagship species in the wild by assisting efforts in foreign countries to implement flagship species conservation programs.
 
Establishes in the Fund a separate account to be known as the Flagship Species Conservation Fund to fund approved flagship species conservation projects.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to convene an advisory group to assist in carrying out this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Close the Bank Examiner Revolving Door Act

Bill: 108-hr-5097
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank employees
Bank examination
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government corporations
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Law
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Close the Bank Examiner Revolving Door Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit certain former Federal bank examiners and other banking supervisory personnel from holding office, position, or employment at a depository institution during the one-year period following cessation of their Federal service.
 
Mandates forfeiture of Federal retirement and other benefits for violations of this Act.
 
 Requires the head of any Federal banking agency to report such a violation to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Comptroller of the Currency Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-5098
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Bank examination
Congress
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Overhead costs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Comptroller of the Currency Accountability Act -Amends Federal law to prohibit the Comptroller of the Currency from incurring any obligation for administrative expenses in carrying out authorized activities for any fiscal year in excess of the amount provided in advance in an appropriation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To reinstate the repealed criminal provisions relating to assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Bill: 108-hr-5099
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Assault weapons
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Mandatory sentences
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 
Reinstates repealed criminal provisions regarding assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (the assault weapons ban).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1639)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Introduced in House