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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the determination and deduction of interest on qualified education loans.

Bill: 109-hr-2666
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Student loan funds
Tax deductions
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to determine interest amounts on education loans initially disbursed after December 31, 2004, and treat such interest, with certain adjustments and restrictions, as tax deductible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a report on the homeland security consequences of the base closure and realignment recommendations made by the Secretary of Defense and to require the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to consider the report during their review of such recommendations.

Bill: 109-hr-2667
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Military base closures
Military bases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to report to Congress describing the likely consequences and implications on homeland security of the closure or realignment of each military installation included on the list recommended for closure or realignment submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense on May 13, 2005, pursuant to requirements of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (the Act).
 
Requires the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, when conducting its review and analysis of such list, to consider the report submitted by the Secretary. Provides that, if the Commission has completed its review and analysis before the date of enactment of this Act, all other closures or realignments carried out shall have have no further force and effect.
 
Extends by one year certain recommendation review and report dates required under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2668
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Casualty insurance
Commerce
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Income tax
Insurance companies
Law
Losses
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Storms
Tax deductions
Trusts and trustees
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Policyholder Disaster Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) to make tax deductible contributions to a tax-exempt policyholder disaster protection fund established by this Act for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from certain catastrophic events, such as windstorms, earthquakes, fires, or floods.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2669
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal breeding
Business records
Cats
Commerce
Dogs
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Injunctions
Law
Licenses
Pets
Protection of animals
Retail trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to revise the definition of dealer (in animals) to include: (1) sellers of dogs imported from outside the United States; and (2) persons who sell more than 25 dogs or cats or who whelp for sale more than six litters of dogs or cats annually.
 
Defines &quot;retail pet store&quot; for purposes of the Act as a public retail establishment that sells animals commonly kept as pets in U.S. households (e.g., dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and hamsters). Excludes from such definition: (1) a person breeding animals to sell to the public as pets; (2) a person selling hunting, security, or breeding dogs; or (3) a person selling wild animals.
 
Requires dealers and retail pet stores to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with source records relating to the purchase or acquisition of dogs and cats.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to extend the period for the temporary suspension of a dealer license for a violation of the Act from 21 to 60 days, if the Secretary believes that such violation will continue past the initial 21-day period and will jeopardize the health of any animal.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to apply directly to a U.S. district court for a temporary restraining order or injunction to address violations of the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the amounts reimbursed to institutional providers of health care services under the TRICARE program to be the same as amounts reimbursed under Medicare, and to require the Secretary of Defense to contract for health care services with at least one teaching hospital in urban areas.

Bill: 109-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense contracts
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospitals
Medical education
Medical fees
Medicare
Military medicine
Social Welfare
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to require the TRICARE Program (a Department of Defense managed health care program): (1) reimbursement of institutional providers of health care services to be identical (currently, the same to the extent practicable) to reimbursement provided under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) in contracting for the delivery of health care, to contract with at least one teaching hospital in each large urban area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Habitat Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-2673
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
Occupational retraining
Ocean floor
Oceanographic research
Planning
Reefs
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Ocean Habitat Protection Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit the use of bottom trawls with rollers, bobbins, tires, rockhoppers, or any other device affixed to the footrope and in excess of eight inches in diameter, for fishing that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including fishing by a U.S. vessel beyond the equivalent of the exclusive economic zone of all countries.
 
Permits the Secretary of Commerce or his designee to exempt from this prohibition fishing in the exclusive economic zone if the Council having jurisdiction over the area submits to the Secretary: (1) substantial evidence that the area is composed predominately of sand and mud bottom and that the prohibited devices are necessary to prevent a significant increase from rates of bycatch of non-target managed species, or to provide other significant benefits; (2) the geographic boundaries of the area; and (3) a credible and effective vessel monitoring plan of bottom trawl fishing in the area that is adopted by the Secretary.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide to the owner of a qualified fishing vessel: (1) the depreciated cost of prohibited fishing devices that are part of the fishing gear of a vessel on the date of the enactment of this Act, and are disposed of in an approved manner; (2) the cost of converting trawl nets to compliance; and (3) payment for cessation of trawling.
Requires the Secretary to provide economic assistance to the owners and crew members of any qualified fishing vessel that ceases fishing in bottom trawl fisheries and does not continue fishing in other fisheries.
Requires the Secretary to undertake a program to collect, and make available to Regional Fishery Management Councils, information and maps on diverse bottom habitats of the exclusive U.S. economic zone.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on March 11, 1968, while an Air Force Chief Master Sergeant serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era.

Bill: 109-hr-2674
Sponsor: Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Officer personnel
Pennsylvania
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant, for acts of valor in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on TMC114.

Bill: 109-hr-2675
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3-[4-Aminobenzensulfonyl)isobutylamino]-1-benzyl-2-hydroxypropyl]carbamic acid, hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-yl ester ethanolate (TMC114).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals and chemical mixtures.

Bill: 109-hr-2676
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Drugs
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Health
Insect control
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on: (1) Thiamethoxam (3-[(2-chloro-5-thiazyl)methyl)-5-methyl-N-nitro-1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-imine); (2) mixtures of ()-(cis and trans)-1- (2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxalan-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole (Propiconazole), 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate, and application adjuvants; (3) mixtures of 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine (Pyrimethanil), ()-1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(2-propenyloxy)ethyl]-1-H-imidazole, and application adjuvants (Philabuster 400SC); (4) ()-3-[2-[4-(6-Fluoro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]ethyl]-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one; (5) 3-Benzo[b]thien-2-yl-5, 6-dihydro-1,4,2-oxathiazine 4-oxide (Bethoxazin); (6) 4-Bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(ethoxymethyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile (Chlorfenapyr); (7) 2-(p-Chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-4-bromo-5-trifluoromethylpyrrole (Econea 028); and (8) mixtures of 4,6-dimethyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine (Pyrimethanil).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.

Bill: 109-hr-2677
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on: (1) mixtures of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, dispersing agents and silica; (2) mixtures of dithiocarbamate, thiazole, thiuram and thiourea with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (3) mixtures of caprolactam disulfide with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (4) mixtures of N-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea; (5) mixtures of zinc dicyanato diammine with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (6) 4,8-Dicyclohexyl -6-2,10-dimethyl -12H-dibenzo [d,g][1,3,2]dioxaphosphocin; (7) mixtures of Benzenesulfonic acid, dodecyl-, with 2-aminoethanol and Poly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-[(9Z)-1-oxo-9- octadecenyl]-w-hydroxy-; and (8) 1,3-Dihydro-3,3-bis (4-hydroxy-m-tolyl)-2H-indol-2-one.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of (1A1B1A)-(cis and trans)-1-(2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)- 4-propyl-1,3-dioxalan-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole (Propiconazole) and application adjuvants.

Bill: 109-hr-2678
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on mixtures of (1A1B1A)-(cis and trans)-1-(2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)- 4-propyl-1,3-dioxalan-2-yl)methyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole (Propiconazole) and application adjuvants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicare for the Terminally Ill Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2680
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Hospital care
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Medicare for the Terminally Ill Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of disabled individuals who are terminally ill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2681
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affordable housing
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Low-income housing
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Affordable Housing Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase to $3.70 the per capita amount for determining the state housing credit ceiling; and (2) rename the low-income housing credit as the affordable housing credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1117)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2682
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caregivers
Commerce
Consumer protection
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Excise tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax deduction from gross income for long-term care insurance premiums; (2) include long-term care insurance in employee benefit cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; (3) allow a tax credit for certain long-term care costs; (4) set forth certain consumer protections for long-term care insurance contracts; and (5) allow tax free exchanges of long-term care insurance contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2684
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative fees
Architecture
Authorization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Engineering
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental technology
Estuaries
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publications
Infrastructure
Lakes
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Nonpoint source pollution
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Revolving funds
Riparian ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage treatment
State finance
Stream conservation
Technological innovations
User charges
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove certain requirements for States with respect to construction of treatment works under capitalization grant agreements. 
Requires architectural and engineering contracts to be awarded consistent with procedures under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or an equivalent State qualifications-based requirement.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist States in establishing simplified procedures for small water systems to obtain assistance under the Act.
Requires revolving funds to be used only for providing assistance for activities which have as a principal benefit the improvement or protection of water quality of navigable waters. Makes revisions concerning uses of funds for: (1) innovative technologies; (2) administrative expenses; (3) small system technical, planning, and management assistance; and (4) financially distressed communities.
Revises requirements related to consistency with plans and eligibility of treatment works not considered publicly owned.
Requires States to make grants to financially distressed communities in any fiscal year in which the Administrator has more than $1.4 billion available for obligation and allows a State to give priority to such communities in making loans.
Directs the Administrator to provide technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of publicly-owned treatment works for: (1) inventorying critical treatment works assets; (2) evaluating the performance and condition of these assets; and (3) developing a plan for maintaining and replacing treatment works. 
Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2006-2010 for the revolving fund program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House