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Commercial Truck Highway Safety Demonstration Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1012
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Highway finance
Interstate highway system
Maine
Traffic accidents and safety
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Commercial Truck Highway Safety Demonstration Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a program to demonstrate the effects on the safety of the highway network in Maine of permitting operation on the Interstate System highways within the State of a vehicle that weighs over 80,000 pounds, that consists of a three-axle tractor unit hauling a single trailer or semitrailer, and that does not exceed any vehicle weight limitation applicable under Maine law.
 
Waives highway funding reduction relating to weight of vehicles using Interstate System highways with respect to vehicles allowed pursuant to this program. 
Provides for program termination and for the responsibilities of the State of Maine, including: (1) submitting a plan to the Secretary of Transportation; (2) establishing a highway safety committee; and (3) collecting data on the net effects of the operation of such vehicles on safety.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E320)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1013
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Data banks
Defective products
Electric appliances
Families
Furniture industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2005 - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act that requires the manufacturer of a covered consumer product to establish and maintain a consumer notification system for product recalls. 
 
Defines &quot;covered consumer product&quot; as: (1) a juvenile product; (2) a small household appliance; and (3) such other products as the Commission considers appropriate for achieving the purpose of this Act (reducing deaths and injuries from defective and hazardous consumer products through improved recall). 
 
Prescribes database requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E316)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens' Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1014
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Senior Citizens' Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent maximum tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from this repeal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To designate the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "William B. Bryant Annex".

Bill: 109-hr-1015
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
District of Columbia
Federal office buildings
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Designates the annex to E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the &quot;William B. Bryant Annex.&quot; Makes this Act effective on the date on which Senior Judge William B. Bryant ceases to hold a position as an Article III judge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1016
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital rates
Medical laboratories
Medical tests
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Critical Access to Clinical Lab Services Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that clinical diagnostic laboratory services furnished by a critical access hospital shall be treated as being furnished as part of outpatient critical access services without regard to whether: (1) the individual for whom the services are furnished is physically present in the critical access hospital at the time the specimen is collected; (2) such individual is registered as an outpatient on the records of, and receives such services directly from, the critical access hospital; or (3) payment is available for such services under the fee schedule established for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Prohibition on United Nations Taxation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1017
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air travel
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Development credit institutions
Economics and Public Finance
Fees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
International agencies
International monetary system
Postal service
President and foreign policy
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
United Nations finances
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Prohibition on United Nations Taxation Act of 2005 - Prohibits the United States from paying any voluntary or assessed contribution to the United Nations (UN) or any of its agencies (including the United Nations Development Program) if the UN attempts to impose or advocates the imposition of any tax or fee on any U.S. person, or attempts to borrow funds from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), or any other similar or regional international financial institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E313)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1018
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Public housing
Social Welfare
Social work
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to repeal the public housing community service and family self-sufficiency requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1019
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Archaeology
Arizona
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Canals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Government Operations and Politics
History
Irrigation
Land transfers
Landowners
Maps
National monuments
Right of property
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2005 - Modifies the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (Monument). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands from the State of Arizona for the expansion of the boundaries of the Monument. 
 
Transfers jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the Monument from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to allow for the widening and paving of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Space and Aeronautics Prize Act

Bill: 109-hr-1021
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advertising
Advice and consent of the Senate
Aeronautics
Astronautics
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Launch vehicles
Presidential appointments
Public service advertising
Space activities
Space commercialization
Space flight
Space shuttles
Spacecraft
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Space and Aeronautics Prize Act - Establishes a National Endowment for Space and Aeronautics, to be headed by a Chairman appointed by the President, to: (1) further the public's knowledge of and inspiration by the Earth, the Earth's atmosphere, human and robotic spaceflight and science missions, and celestial bodies; (2) carry out a program to award cash prizes for outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration in conjunction with or independent of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (3) carry out advertising of commercial products and services in conjunction with such endeavors; and (4) encourage private gifts for the benefit of such endeavors.
 
Requires the Endowment annually to report to Congress.
 
Authorizes the Chairman to carry out a program to award cash prizes for outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype demonstration that have potential for application to the activities of NASA. Requires the Chairman annually to report to specified congressional committees on the administration of such program.
 
Requires the Endowment to carry out a program to award a prize for the demonstration of a space flight vehicle to carry at least one person to a minimum altitude of 400 kilometers from within the United States or its territories, complete at least three Earth orbits, and return safely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act

Bill: 109-hr-1022
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asteroids
Astronomy
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Planning-programming-budgeting
Space activities
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act - Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan, develop, and implement a Near-Earth Object Survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize the physical characteristics of near-Earth asteroids and comets at least 100 meters in diameter in order to assess the threat of such near-Earth objects striking the Earth. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act to declare that the general welfare and security of the United States requires that the unique competence of NASA in science and engineering systems be directed to provide warning and mitigation of the potential hazard of near-Earth objects impacting the Earth.

action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
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This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
George E. Brown, Jr. Near-Earth Object Survey Act - Requires the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to plan, develop, and implement a Near-Earth Object Survey program to detect, track, catalogue, and characterize the physical characteristics of near-Earth asteroids and comets at least 100 meters in diameter in order to assess the threat of such near-Earth objects striking the Earth. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act to declare that the general welfare and security of the United States requires that the unique competence of NASA in science and engineering systems be directed to provide warning and mitigation of the potential hazard of near-Earth objects impacting the Earth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 96.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 109-158.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Science. H. Rept. 109-158.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Zero Gravity, Zero Tax Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1024
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporations
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Manufacturing industries
Service industries
Space activities
Space commercialization
Stocks
Tariff
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Zero Gravity, Zero Tax Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income space-related income from products or articles produced, or services provided, in or from outer space; (2) allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of stock in a space company that has average annual gross receipts not exceeding $100 million and that derives more than 70 percent of its gross receipts from space-based business; and (3) exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of any stock of certain space corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act

Bill: 109-hr-1025
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Commerce
Consumer education
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Loan defaults
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt from mandatory debt collection disclosures (that the debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose) any servicer of federally related mortgage loans secured by first liens that include loans in default at the time such servicer became responsible for servicing such loans, if the servicer is also a debt collector whose collections are incidental to a primary function of servicing current federally related-mortgage loans.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Mortgage Servicing Clarification Act - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt from mandatory debt collection disclosures (that the debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose) any servicer of federally related mortgage loans secured by first liens that include loans in default at the time such servicer became responsbile for servicing such loans, if the servicer is also a debt collector whose collections are incidental to a primary function of servicing current federally related-mortgage loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as amended: CR H1791-1792)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text as amended: CR H1791-1792)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1025.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1791-1794)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern Europe Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1026
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Collective security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Denmark
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy development
Environmental Protection
Estonia
Europe
European Union
Finland
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Iceland
International cooperation
International environmental cooperation
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Nuclear nonproliferation
Poland
Public health
Regional economic development
Russia
Sweden

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Cross-Border Cooperation in Northern Europe Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should support a wide-ranging strengthening of democratic and civic institutions in Northern Europe (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) to provide a foundation for political stability and investment opportunities. 
Obligates funds from assistance available to Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union for United States Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) projects.
 
Repeals The Cross-Border Cooperation and Environmental Safety in Northern Europe Act of 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To release to the State of Arkansas a reversionary interest in Camp Joseph T. Robinson.

Bill: 109-hr-1027
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Land transfers
Military bases
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Releases to the State of Arkansas certain reversionary interests in and to the surface estate of the land comprising Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-1028
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Law
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from using other than serious citations as a basis for issuing subsequent, repeat, or willful citations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House