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To exempt certain coastal barrier areas in Florida from Limitations on Federal expenditures and financial assistance under the Coastal Barriers Resources Act, and limitations on flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

Bill: 109-hr-3280
Sponsor: Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Disaster insurance
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
States that certain limitations placed upon federal expenditures or financial assistance in the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, and certain limitations placed upon flood insurance coverage in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, do not apply to any area located in Coastal Barrier Resources System unit P30 or FL-92 in Gulf County, Florida, as such units are depicted on specified maps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Act

Bill: 109-hr-3281
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation easements
Ecological research
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Land transfers
Maps
Pennsylvania
Planning
Reforestation
Restoration ecology
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to to acquire necessary lands, waters, and other property interests to establish a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Pennsylvania to be known as the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3282
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional voting
Cost effectiveness
Discrimination in employment
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal libraries
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Freedom of information
Government downsizing
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Library of Congress
Performance measurement
Productivity in government
Relocation
Right of privacy
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2005 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to: (1) submit to Congress a schedule for review by the Commission, at least once every 12 years, of the abolishment or reorganization of each agency; (2) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished or reorganized; and (4) report to Congress on all legislation introduced that would establish a new agency or a new program to be carried out by an existing agency. Requires the abolishment of any agency within one year of the Commission's review, unless the agency is reauthorized by Congress. Authorizes the deadline for abolishing an agency to be extended for an additional two years by legislation enacted by a super majority of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs within each agency for the purpose of advising and assisting Congress and the Commission in carrying out the requirements of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 15.
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3284
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building materials
Community and school
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Green products
Higher education
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Research grants
School administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Sustainable development
Teacher education
Transportation and Public Works
Waste reduction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education. 
 
Requires such programs to develop and implement: (1) sustainability practices, including in the areas of energy management, green building, waste management, purchasing, transportation, and toxics management; and (2) other aspects of sustainability that integrate campus operations with multidisciplinary educational programs and are applicable to the private and government sectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1494)
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on charge control agent 7.

Bill: 109-hr-3285
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on charge control agent 7 Chromate(1-),bis{1-{(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)azo}-2-napthalenolato(2-)}-hydrogen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet black 820 liquid feed.

Bill: 109-hr-3286
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on substituted naphthalene [[substituted pyridinyl azo] alkoxyphenyl azo]azo, potassium / sodium salt (PMN No. P04-390) (pro-jet black 820 liquid feed).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet cyan 1 RO feed and pro-jet cyan OF 1 RO feed.

Bill: 109-hr-3287
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on copper phthalocyanine substituted with sulphonic acids and sulphonoamides, sodium salts (pro-jet cyan 1 RO feed and pro-jet cyan OF 1 RO feed).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet magenta M700.

Bill: 109-hr-3288
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on nickel [substituted naphthenyl azo] substituted triazole, sodium salt (PMN No. P-03-307) (pro-jet magenta M700).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet jellow 1G Stage.

Bill: 109-hr-3289
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on substituted phenylene [[ureidol]bis substituted phenylene azo]bis, sodium salt (pro-jet yellow 1G Stage).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet fast black 287 NA liquid feed.

Bill: 109-hr-3290
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on pro-jet fast black 287 NA liquid feed ([(substituted naphthalenylazo) substituted naphthalenyl azo] carboxyphenylene, sodium salt) (PMN No. P-90-391).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet fast black 286 stage.

Bill: 109-hr-3291
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on pro-jet fast black 286 stage [(substituted naphthalenylazo) substituted naphthalenyl azo] carboxyphenylene, sodium salt (PMN No. P-90-394).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To extend the duty suspension on pro-jet black 263 stage.

Bill: 109-hr-3292
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on [[Substituted naphthalenylazol] alkoxyl phenyl azo] carboxyphenylene, lithium salt (PMN No. P-00-351) (pro-jet black 263 stage).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet cyan 485 stage.

Bill: 109-hr-3293
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on copper phthalocyanine substituted with sulphonic acids and alkyl sulphonoamides, sodium salt (PMN No. P-99-105) (pro-jet cyan 485 stage).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet black 661 liquid feed.

Bill: 109-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on aryl substituted pyrazonyl [[[substituted phenyl azo]substituted naphthenyl] Azo phenyl]azo, sodium salt (PMN No. P03-78) (pro-jet black 661 liquid feed).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on pro-jet cyan 854 liquid feed.

Bill: 109-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on copper phthalocyanine substituted with sulphonic acids and alkyl sulphonoamides, sodium/ammonium salts (PMN No. P02-893) (pro-jet cyan 854 liquid feed).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Prekindergarten-Oriented Professional Support Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Child safety
Class size
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Employee motivation
Families
Federal aid to education
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Parent-school relationships
Poor children
Preschool education
Scholarships
School administration
Social Welfare
Standards
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Prekindergarten-Oriented Professional Support Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and local educational agencies to: (1) pay all or a portion of the salaries, benefits, and training costs of new prekindergarten teachers at prekindergarten providers; and (2) increase retention of prekindergarten teachers by establishing a career ladder for them.

Makes high-quality state, local, or private nonprofit or for-profit prekindergarten providers eligible for the new teacher program if they: (1) meet standards issued by the Secretary; (2) serve a significant percentage of low-income children; and (3) if private and tuition-based, agree to ensure that at least one-half of the children served by new teachers will be low-income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3297
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Standards
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize funds for states to create high risk health insurance pools and to operate existing pools. Amends the formula for appropriating funds to states to operate such pools to give one-half of the funds to eligible states equally and apportion the other half based on the number of uninsured individuals in each state and the number of enrollees in the state's qualified high risk pool. (Currently, all funds are allotted based solely on the number of uninsured individuals in the state.) Authorizes appropriations for the program through FY 2009.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study on the development of a standard model for the certification of individuals as being uninsurable and thereby eligible for health benefits coverage through state high risk pools.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax credit for payment of qualified health insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-14
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: 2005-07-14
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: 2005-07-14
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: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Television Viewer Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3298
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Demography
Information services
Law
Licenses
Telecommunication rates
Television advertising
Television industry
Television programs
Television viewers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Television Viewer Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits a television ratings service from selling or otherwise providing data from a television ratings measurement system that produces television ratings data to be used commercially as currency ratings unless that system has been accredited by the Media Ratings Council.
 
Requires any dispute between a ratings service and the Council to be resolved according to the commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Physician Incentives to Serve Rural America Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3299
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Physician Incentives to Serve Rural America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow physicians a one-time nonrefundable tax credit of $20,000 for treating at least 350 Medicare patients in certain rural areas during a specified two-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House