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To allow the export or other provision of oil to Israel.

Bill: 108-hr-4235
Sponsor: Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Energy
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Petroleum
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Authorizes the President to export oil to, or secure oil for, any country pursuant to a bilateral international oil supply agreement entered into by the United States with such country before June 25, 1979, or to any country pursuant to the International Emergency Oil Sharing Plan of the International Energy Agency.
 
Declares that the following agreements shall be deemed to have entered into force by operation of law and shall be deemed to have no termination date: (1) the agreement entitled &quot;Agreement amending and extending the memorandum of agreement of June 22, 1979&quot;, entered into force November 13, 1994 (TIAS 12580); and (2) the agreement entitled &quot;Agreement amending the contingency implementing arrangements of October 17, 1980&quot;, entered into force June 27, 1995 (TIAS 12670).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for congressional disapproval of certain regulations issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, in accordance with section 802 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 108-hr-4236
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank loans
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional veto
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Declares that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Comptroller of the Currency relating to: (1) the scope of the Comptroller's exclusive visitorial powers over national banks; and (2) the exception for visitorial powers &quot;vested in the courts of justice&quot;.
 
Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E689)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for congressional disapproval of certain regulations issued by the Comptroller of the Currency, in accordance with section 802 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 108-hr-4237
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank loans
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional veto
Consumer credit
Department of the Treasury
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Declares that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Comptroller of the Currency relating to: (1) preemption of State law regarding national banks' deposit taking and lending activities; and (2) certain anti-predatory lending standards for national banks.
 
Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a $1,000 refundable credit for individuals who are active members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations.

Bill: 108-hr-4238
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Health
Income tax
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a $1,000 refundable tax credit for an active member of a qualified volunteer fire department (an organization providing firefighting or emergency medical services). Prorates the credit for part-year active members.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Parents' Empowerment Act

Bill: 108-hr-4239
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
Child health
Child welfare
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Legal fees
Mental health
Motion pictures
Periodicals
Photography
Pornography
Product safety
Punitive damages
Sound recording and reproducing
Video games

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Parents' Empowerment Act - Authorizes a minor, through a person acting on the minor's behalf, to obtain relief in a civil action in U.S. district court against anyone who knowingly sells or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors if: (1) a reasonable person would expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material; and (2) the minor, as a result of exposure to that material, is likely to suffer personal or emotional injury or injury to mental or moral welfare. Provides for recovery of compensatory and punitive damages.
 
Declares it to be an affirmative defense to such action that an act of a parent or guardian who owned the entertainment product was the proximate cause of the minor's exposure to the harmful material. 
 
Defines &quot;material that is harmful to minors&quot; as any pornographic communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other pornographic matter of any kind that: (1) is obscene; or (2) violates specified community standards with respect to suitability for minors and lacks sufficient literary, artistic, political, or scientific value to overcome its pernicious effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act

Bill: 108-hr-4240
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint study of the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail. Requires the map of such Trail to be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To transfer jurisdiction over certain public lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Department of Defense.

Bill: 108-hr-4242
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Defense
Department of the Interior
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Military bases

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of Defense jurisdiction over all public lands: (1) under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management; (2) withdrawn from appropriation under the public land laws; and (3) reserved for use by the armed forces for military activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for the costs of college textbooks.

Bill: 108-hr-4243
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Tax credits
Tax returns
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for the cost of college textbooks. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for any taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the visitor center at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Site Visitor Center".

Bill: 108-hr-4244
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
History
Monuments and memorials
Names
Tourism
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Designates the visitor center at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Hawaii as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Site Visitor Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Irish American Cultural Institute.

Bill: 108-hr-4245
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Education
Ethnic studies
Europe
European American ethnic groups
Federal incorporation
Foreign students
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Ireland
Minorities
Monuments and memorials
Museums

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Grants a Federal charter to the Irish American Cultural Institute, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New Jersey). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
2005 BRAC Selection Criteria Act

Bill: 108-hr-4246
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military base closures
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
2005 BRAC Selection Criteria Act - Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to add the following to the final criteria to be used by the Secretary of Defense in making recommendations in 2005 for the closure or realignment of military installations inside the United States: (1) the current and future mission requirements and the impact on operational readiness of the total force of the Department of Defense; (2) the availability and condition of land, facilities, infrastructure, and associated air and water space at both existing and potential receiving locations; (3) the ability to accommodate contingency, mobilization, and future total force requirements at both existing and potential receiving locations to support operations, training, maintenance, and repair; and (4) preservation of land, air, and water space, facilities, and infrastructure necessary to support training and operations of military forces determined by the Secretary to be surge (manpower) requirements. Requires the added criteria to be given priority in recommending installations for closure or realignment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2004-05-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4247
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Alaska
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Arizona
California
Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial reform
Judicial tenure
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Presidential appointments
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Marianas Islands), the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana), and Thirteenth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington State).
 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advise and consent of the Senate, five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit (not before January 21, 2005) and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit.
 
Specifies the locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.
 
Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits based on their current duty station. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment to any of the three new circuits.
 
Specifies the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act as follows: (1) proceedings in matters that have been submitted for decision shall continue without regard to this Act; (2) matters not yet submitted for decision must be transferred to the court to which they would have been submitted under this Act; and (3) proceedings on petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc that have been submitted or decided shall continue without regard to this Act.
 
Authorizes the temporary assignment of the circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits. Authorizes administrative coordination among any two contiguous circuits among the new circuits.
 
Directs that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-hr-4249
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Historic sites
History
Museums
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 coins and 500,000 $1 coins emblematic of the San Francisco Old Mint Building, its importance to California and U.S. history, and its role in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. 
Requires that all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act be promptly paid to the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society for use for the purposes of rehabilitating the Historic Old Mint in San Francisco as a city museum and an American Coin and Gold Rush Museum.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Protect American Voters Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4250
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Ballots
Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Directories
Disabled
Election administration
Evidence (Law)
Ex-offenders
Government paperwork
Law
Mentally disabled
Presidential elections
State laws
Voter registration
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Protect American Voters Act of 2004 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to provide notice and an opportunity for review before removing any individual from the official list of eligible voters for elections for Federal office by reason of criminal conviction or mental incapacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize grants for the repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities.

Bill: 108-hr-4252
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Charter schools
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Minimum wages
Population
Public schools
School buildings
School districts
School libraries
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Surveys
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish a new title X, School Facilities Infrastructure Improvement program of grants for repair, renovation, alteration, and construction of public elementary and secondary school facilities.
Directs the Secretary of Education to allocate such grant funds as follows: (1) one-third among States; (2) one-third among largest local educational agencies (LEAs); and (3) one-third among high-growth LEAs.
Makes any public charter school that constitutes an LEA under State law eligible for such assistance under the same terms and conditions as any other LEA.
Provides for prompt payment of contractors performing federally-assisted work under this new title IX of ESEA.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 4, United States Code, to require the display at half-staff of the flag of the United States on National Workers Memorial Day.

Bill: 108-hr-4253
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Flags
Health
Labor and Employment
Occupational health and safety
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: 
Requires the display of the U.S. flag at half-staff on April 28, National Workers Memorial Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Meskwaki Code Talkers Recognition Act

Bill: 108-hr-4254
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cryptography
Government Operations and Politics
History
Language and languages
Military history
Minorities
Native Americans
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: 
Meskwaki Code Talkers Recognition Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of gold medals of appropriate design to each of the named eight Meskwaki Code Talkers who served during World War II.
 
Provides for additional medals to other individuals not named in this Act who also served in such capacity.
 
Allows the medals to be awarded posthumously to a surviving family member of such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4256
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2004-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.45 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.00 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the Federal minimum wage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-30
text: Introduced in House