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Union Members Right-to-Know Act

Bill: 109-hr-1073
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Labor
Employee rights
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor unions
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Union Members Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require a labor organization to provide information on the Act to: (1) each new member within 90 days after the member has joined the labor organization; and (2) all members periodically in a manner which the Secretary of Labor determines will promote a fuller understanding of the member's rights and judicial remedies under the Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Union Member Information Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-hr-1074
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employee rights
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Labor unions
Law
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Union Member Information Enforcement Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to direct the Secretary of Labor to: (1) investigate any written complaint of a member alleging that a labor organization has violated requirements to inform its members of their rights; and (2) without disclosing the identity of the complainant, bring a civil action for relief upon determining that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Labor-Management Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-1075
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Department of Labor
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Industrial relations
Labor unions
Law
Trusts and trustees
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Labor-Management Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary of Labor, upon finding a violation of specified reporting and disclosure requirements (regarding constitution and bylaws, financial reports, securities, reports of the employer, and trusteeships), to require the person, labor organization, or employer responsible to pay a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule that takes into account the nature of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations, and the responsible entity's revenues.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from making any determination adverse to a person, labor organization, or employer until such person or entity has been given written notice and an opportunity to be heard. Specifies review procedures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1079
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labeling
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2005 - Deems the approved application for the drug mifepristone (marketed as Mifeprex, commonly known as RU-486, and used for the chemically induced termination of intrauterine pregnancy) to have been withdrawn. 
 
Deems the drug misoprostol to be misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) if it bears labeling providing that the drug may be used for the medical termination of intrauterine pregnancy.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on the process by which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone. Provides for the reinstatement of the approved application for such drug if the report determines the approval to have been in accordance with FFDCA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E357)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Information Protection and Security Act

Bill: 109-hr-1080
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security measures
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Damages
Data banks
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Identification devices
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Information services
Injunctions
Law
Limitation of actions
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Information Protection and Security Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations governing the conduct of information brokers and the protection of personally identifiable information held by such brokers. States that such regulations shall include rules: (1) requiring procedures for maximum data accuracy, confidentiality, user authentication and tracking, the prevention and detection of illegal or unauthorized activity, and mitigation of potential harm to individuals; (2) allowing individuals to obtain disclosure of such information pertaining to them held by an information broker, to be informed of each entity that procured such information, and to request and receive prompt correction of errors; and (3) prohibiting brokers from engaging in activity that fails to comply with FTC regulations.
 
Requires violations of such regulations to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
Authorizes States, after providing notice to the FTC and the Attorney General, to bring civil actions on behalf of State residents in Federal district court or any other court of competent jurisdiction to: (1) enjoin such acts or practices; (2) enforce compliance with FTC regulations; or (3) obtain damages, restitution, compensation, or other appropriate relief. Prohibits State actions during the pendency of criminal proceedings brought by the Attorney General or civil actions instituted by the FTC against the same defendant for violations of this Act.
 
Establishes a private right of action for individuals injured by violations of regulations promulgated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E368-369)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Osteoporosis Education and Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1081
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Mass media
Osteoporosis
Performance measurement
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Osteoporosis Education and Prevention Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to osteoporosis. 
 
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Aging to make demonstration program grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Reduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1083
Sponsor: Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemicals
Commerce
Drug abuse
Drug industry
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs
Health
Methamphetamine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Methamphetamine Reduction Act of 2005 - Requires ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, to be listed in schedule V (drugs or other substances having a low potential for abuse, that have a currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, abuse of which may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence) of the Controlled Substances Act. Excepts ephedrine alkaloid when contained in a drug that: (1) is marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) cannot be easily used in the illicit production of methamphetamine. Provides that an ephedrine alkaloid when so contained shall be considered a listed chemical.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-03
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: 2005-03-03
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: 2005-03-03
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: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Reforming, Accelerating, and Protection Interstate Design Act

Bill: 109-hr-1085
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Law
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Reforming, Accelerating, and Protection Interstate Design Act - Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations authorizing a State transportation department or local transportation agency to award a design-build contract (for both design and construction) for a Federal-aid highway project using a procurement process permitted under applicable State and local law if certain environmental requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1087
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Nature conservation
North Carolina
Outdoor recreation
Public-private partnerships
Social life and customs
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area Study Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Study Area in North Carolina (to be comprised of Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1088
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Damages
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal preemption
Fire departments
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Liability (Law)
Negligence
Rescue work
Social Welfare
State laws
Surplus government property
Torts
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2005 - States that a person (including a governmental or other entity) who donates fire control or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not be liable for State or Federal civil damages for personal injuries, property damage or loss, or death caused by the equipment after the donation. 
Waives such liability protection if: (1) the person's act or omission causing the injury, damage, loss, or death constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct; or (2) the person is the manufacturer of such equipment. 
Preempts State law unless such law provides additional protection from liability.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Fairness Consolidation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1089
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Interest
Interest rates
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Student Loan Fairness Consolidation Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student aid requirements for Federal consolidation loans under the Federal Family Education Loan program, and establish parallel requirements under a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan program, to: (1) allow borrowers to refinance existing consolidation loans (except those for repaying Federal PLUS loans to parents of students); and (2) make available variable interest rate consolidation loans (but, again, not for PLUS loans).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
To designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake in the Willamette National Forest in the State of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 109-hr-1090
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Names
National forests
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Designates Forest Service trail number 3590 in the Williamette National Forest in Lane County, Oregon, that begins and ends at North Waldo Campground and circumnavigates Waldo Lake, as a national recreation trail that shall be known as the &quot;Jim Loop Trail&quot; in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives.

action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Designates Forest Service trail number 3590 in the Williamette National Forest in Lane County, Oregon, that begins and ends at North Waldo Campground and circumnavigates Waldo Lake, as a national recreation trail that shall be known as the &quot;Jim Weaver Loop Trail&quot; in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare, install, and maintain an appropriate sign at the trailhead of the Jim Weaver Loop Trail to indicate the name of such trail and to provide information regarding the life and career of Congressman Jim Weaver. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 182.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-331.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-331.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
action_date: 2005-10-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1092
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Appropriations
Compensation (Law)
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Evidence (Law)
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Misconduct in office
Petroleum
President and foreign policy
Privileges and immunities
Public corruption
Sanctions (International law)
United Nations
United Nations finances
United Nations officials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005 - Requires the withholding of certain FY 2005 and 2006 U.S. contributions to the United Nations (UN) until the President certifies that the UN is cooperating in the investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Funding for First Responders Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1093
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intelligence officers
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Risk
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Responsible Funding for First Responders Act of 2005 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to expand the permissible uses of terrorism-related grant funds for State and local first responders to include: (1) funding for training facilities; and (2) if 100 or more personnel are dedicated to counterterrorism and intelligence activities, reimbursement consistent with an approved State plan for personnel and units dedicated to such activities.
 
Requires grants for first responders to be awarded based on a quantitative assessment of risk for the categories of threat, vulnerability, and consequences.
 
Directs the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support to submit such quantitative assessments to Congress annually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House