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To require automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of Event Data Recorders, or "black boxes" on new automobiles, and to require manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to enable and disable such devices on future automobiles.

Bill: 108-hr-5305
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Data banks
Electronics
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Requires automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of Event Data Recorders (EDRs) on new automobiles at the time of purchase in a clear and conspicuous format that communicates: (1) the presence and location of the EDR; (2) the type of information recorded by the EDR and how such information is recorded; and (3) that information recorded by the EDR also may be used in law enforcement proceedings.
 
Requires automobile manufacturers to include the same information in the owner's manual of any new automobile containing an EDR.
 
Prohibits persons from manufacturing for sale, selling, offering for sale, introducing or delivering into interstate commerce, or importing automobiles manufactured after 2006 (and bearing a model year of 2007 or later) that are equipped with EDRs, unless those EDRs can be disabled by the consumer.
 
Treats a violation of EDR requirements of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) and requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act accordingly.
 
Requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to study and report to Congress on the potential utility and still unknown consequences of implementing EDR technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
New War on Cancer Act

Bill: 108-hr-5306
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cancer
Clinical trials
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Intellectual property
Law
Licenses
Patents
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
New War on Cancer Act - Allows the sponsor of a drug intended for use for cancer to request the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide written recommendations for investigations which must be conducted before approval of a drug or before licensure of a biological product for use for cancer; and (2) designate such drug as a cancer drug before the submission of a request for approval or licensing. Requires the Secretary to designate such drug as a cancer drug if the drug is being or will be investigated for use for cancer. Prohibits the Secretary from approving another application or issuing another license for a designated cancer drug for a person who is not the holder of the approved application or license until the expiration of seven years, with certain exceptions.
 
Requires the Secretary to encourage the sponsor of a designated cancer drug approved for investigational use to design protocols for the drug that include persons with the cancer involved who cannot be satisfactorily treated by alternative drugs.
 
Extends the time during which an application for approval of drug with the same active ingredient as an approved cancer drug may not be approved.
 
Excludes approved cancer drugs from time limits imposed on the maximum length of a patent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

Bill: 108-hr-5307
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Breast cancer
Health
Lighting
Missouri
Monuments and memorials
Special months
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Interior to authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by pink lights in honor of breast cancer awareness month for a certain period of time in October.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-5308
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coal
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Insurance premiums
Interest
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical economics
Miners
Reclamation of land
Retiree health benefits
Social Welfare
Strip mining

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
 Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to revise the statutory formula under which the Secretary of the Interior is required to transfer funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to: (1) United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund; (2) United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan; and (3) the multiemployer health benefit plan established after July 1991, by the parties that are settlors of the 1992 Benefit Plan.
 
Prescribes guidelines for transfer by the Secretary of additional amounts of previously credited interest and previously allocated amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the filing deadline for certain Medicare claims to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status.

Bill: 108-hr-5309
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the filing deadline for Medicare claims for items and services furnished between January 1, 1987, and August 10, 1993, to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary to primary payor status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-25
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: 2004-10-08
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: 2004-10-08
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: 2004-10-08
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: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Ponce de Leon Discovery of Florida Quincentennial Commission Act

Bill: 108-hr-5310
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Europe
Executive reorganization
Florida
Fund raising
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
National parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Spain

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Ponce de Leon Discovery of Florida Quincentennial Commission Act - Establishes the National Commission on the Quincentennial of the discovery of Florida by Ponce de Leon to plan, encourage, coordinate, and conduct the commemoration of the quincentennial (500th anniversary) of the discovery of Florida by the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) plan and develop activities for commemorating the Quincentennial; (2) consult with public and private agencies to organize and participate in Quincentennial activities; and (3) coordinate activities throughout the United States and internationally that relate to the history and influence of such discovery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1891)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Advance Disclosure Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5313
Sponsor: Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation directors
Executive compensation
Government Operations and Politics
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Stockholders
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Corporate Advance Disclosure Act of 2004 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that: (1) an issuer provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission 60 days notice in advance of any action that creates, substantially increases, or funds a non-qualified pension plan for which any director or executive officer of the issuer is the beneficiary; and (2) the notice separately state each creation, increase, or funding with respect to each such director or officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1926)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Clean Trucks Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5314
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicle registration
Pollution measurement
Public health
Standards
Transportation planning
Truck drivers
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Clean Trucks Act of 2004 - Amends Federal transportation law to require motor carriers, as part of registering with the Secretary of Transportation to provide transportation, to comply with the heavy duty vehicle and engine emission performance standards and related regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to: (1) collect annually information on the year, make, model, certification level, travel routes, trip duration, fuel quality and consumption, and related activities of long-haul heavy duty trucks operating in the United States; and (2) submit such information to the Adminstrator of the EPA for use in developing and publishing estimates of the total national emissions of all criteria pollutants and hazardous air pollutants associated with long-haul heavy duty trucks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Relief for Caribbean Nationals Act

Bill: 108-hr-5316
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
British West Indies
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Emergency Management
Grenada
Haiti
Haiti compilation
Haitians
Hurricanes
Latin America
Refugees
Residence requirements
Right to travel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Emergency Relief for Caribbean Nationals Act - Requires Haiti, Grenada, and the Cayman Islands to be treated as if such countries had been designated for purposes of the temporary protected status (TPS) provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 
Requires the initial period of designation to remain in effect for 18 months beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Limits eligibility for TPS under this Act to aliens who: (1) have been continuously physically present in the United States since September 7, 2004; (2) are admissible as immigrants or eligible for certain waivers of inadmissibility and are not ineligible for TPS; and (3) register for TPS in the manner established by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Directs the Secretary to give prior consent to travel abroad to an alien granted TPS pursuant to this Act if the alien establishes that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the control of the alien require the alien to depart for a brief, temporary trip abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1937-1938)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Relief for Life-Saving Blood Donors Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5317
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Blood
Blood banks
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Health
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Relief for Life-Saving Blood Donors Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income (available for taxpayers whether or not they itemize deductions) for the donation of blood and plasma to a recognized blood bank center or blood-collection institution.. Allows $50 for each donation to a maximum of $150 for a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1911-1912)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.

Bill: 108-hr-5318
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Federal incorporation
Hawaiians
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Native Americans
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Grants a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1933-1934)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Financing Incentive Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-5319
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy
Energy facilities
Energy industries
Feedstock
Income tax
Law
Limitation of actions
Motor vehicles
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Renewable Energy Financing Incentive Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the nonrecognition of gain from the sale of real property if such gain is reinvested in renewable energy property within two years after the sale. Defines &quot;renewable energy property&quot; as a facility located in the United States which uses renewable energy sources as a primary feedstock for the generation of electricity or the manufacture of motor vehicle fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1930)
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation.

Bill: 108-hr-5320
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Mentally disabled
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid plans to require staff working with developmentally disabled persons or persons with traumatic brain injury to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Free and Fair Elections in Ethiopia Act

Bill: 108-hr-5321
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Democracy
Economic assistance
Election administration
Ethiopia
Government Operations and Politics
Nongovernmental organizations
Opposition (Political science)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Free and Fair Elections in Ethiopia Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia should hold national elections in May 2005 in order to ensure the long-term growth and stability of the country; (2) it is critical that the elections are deemed by the people of Ethiopia as free and fair and provide the winner a clear mandate to govern the country; and (3) the Government of Ethiopia and opposition parties should continue their dialog toward resolving elections-related issues. 
 
Authorizes the President, through the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, to provide grants to nongovernmental organizations to monitor such election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act

Bill: 108-hr-5322
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2004-10-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Family services
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Hospital rates
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Management
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medicare
Mentoring
Nurse practitioners
Nursing education
Nursing homes
Physicians' assistants
Quality of care
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: 
Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act - Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants serving in underserved nursing homes.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a mentoring program for training nursing home administrators.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide, in implementing the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the degree of family involvement among the quality indicators for the evaluation of the quality of nursing homes.
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reinstitute certain payment levels for health institutions (Boren Amendment Medicaid payment methodology) and to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Introduced in House