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Prohibit Aid to Saudi Arabia Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Export finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Islamic fundamentalism
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Religion
Reparations
Sanctions (International law)
Saudi Arabia
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Prohibit Aid to Saudi Arabia Act of 2005 - Prohibits funds appropriated for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs to be obligated or expended for Saudi Arabia. Includes in such prohibition direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Christine L. Barrott.

Bill: 109-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Makes specified Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to limitations on credits or refunds after a limitation period inapplicable to a claim filed by Christine L. Barrott of Milton, Florida, for credit or refund of overpayments of the individual Federal income tax Christine L. Barrott paid for the taxable years 1990 through 1999, but only if such individual submits a claim within the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Colleges
Congress
Congressional Record
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debtor and creditor
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Electronic data interchange
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Home schooling
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal education
Minorities
Minority education
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Voter registration
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to make various technical revisions regarding access to student aid programs.
 
Revises the HEA general definition of institution of higher education (IHE) to include one that admits as regular students those who have been home-schooled (as well as high school graduates or those with equivalency certificates), thus conforming it with provisions that make such home-schooled students eligible for student aid under HEA title IV. 
 
 
Eliminates an HEA title IV requirement that new forbearance agreements between lenders and borrowers be in writing; but requires lenders to notify borrowers of their terms. 
Requires students withdrawing from an IHE to return only HEA title IV grant aid amounts exceeding 50 percent of the total (if more than $50). 
Revises requirements for suspension of student aid eligibility owing to conviction for any Federal or State offense involving the possession or sale of a controlled substance. 
Allows IHEs to use electronic means to comply with requirements for: (1) reports on teacher preparation program quality; and (2) voter registration forms for students. 
 
Permits Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) to apply for Federal HSI grants under HEA title V without waiting two years between applications. 
Authorizes the use of HEA title VII funds for: (1) Federal scholarship aid to low-income and minority students for summer institutes to prepare for law school; and (2) Thurgood Marshall Fellowships to attend law school. 
Amends the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to make effective on and after July 1, 2006, provisions that exempt institutions with low cohort default rates from certain disbursement and endorsement requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Alaska
Area studies
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Business education
Colleges
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Education
Directories
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational exchanges
Educational research
Educational technology
Electronic data interchange
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Ethnic groups
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Foreign service
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Graduate education
Hawaiians
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian education
Indigenous peoples
Information services
International Affairs
International education
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Libraries
Minority education
Museums
Nongovernmental organizations
Policy sciences
Private schools
Public schools
Recruiting of employees
Safety measures
Scholarships
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
September 11, 2001
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Technical education
Terrorism
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for title VI International Education Programs, including: (1) international and foreign language studies; (2) business and international education programs; and (3) the Institute for International Public Policy. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to use up to one percent of title VI funds for evaluation, outreach, and dissemination.
 
Establishes an independent International Higher Education Advisory Board to advise Congress and the Secretary on title VI programs in relation to national needs with respect to homeland security, international education, international affairs, and foreign language training.
 
Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) U.S. Government agency recruiter access to students and student recruiting information; (2) safety in programs of student travel and study abroad; and (3) a national study of foreign language heritage communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
College teachers
Community and school
Cost of living adjustments
Curricula
Democracy
Department of Education
Disabled
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational exchanges
Educational innovations
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
Law
Legal education
Mathematics
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teaching materials
Technology transfer
Urban affairs
Urban problems

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for the following Graduate and Postsecondary Improvement Programs under title VII: (1) the Jacob K. Javits fellowship program; (2) the program of graduate assistance in areas of national need; (3) the Thurgood Marshall legal educational opportunity program; (4) the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education; and (5) demonstration projects to ensure that students with disabilities receive a quality higher education.
 
Eliminates the Urban Community Service program and certain continuation awards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grants Plus Act

Bill: 109-hr-511
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Pell Grants Plus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award Pell Grants Plus grants to students who: (1) have completed a rigorous secondary school program for State Scholars; (2) are enrolled full-time in their first year of undergraduate education; and (3) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants for that year.
 
Sets such Plus grant award at $1,000. Provides for a continuation award for the second year of undergraduate education if the student maintains compliance with certain eligibility requirements and obtains a grade point average of at least 3.0 for the first year.
 
Repeals HEA provisions for Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To require the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the longstanding petitions for Federal recognition of certain Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-512
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Law
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Requires the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the long-standing petitions of eligible Indian tribes for Federal recognition. Sets forth a process for potentially eligible tribes to opt into expedited procedures so they can be considered eligible for recognition.
 
Authorizes an eligible tribe to seek the judicial review of a final determination refusing Federal recognition in the appropriate United States district court.

action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Requires the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the long-standing petitions of eligible Indian tribes for federal recognition. Sets forth a process for potentially eligible tribes to opt into expedited procedures so they can be considered eligible for recognition.

Authorizes an eligible tribe to seek the judicial review of a final determination refusing federal recognition in the appropriate United States district court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-694.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-694.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-515
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health Administration for FY 2007 130 percent of the amount obligated during FY 2005. Adjusts the amount provided for fiscal years after FY 2007 based on the number of enrolled veterans and the number of other persons eligible but not enrolled who are provided care, multiplied by the per capital baseline amount for FY 2005, as increased by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index. 
Prohibits the availability of such funds for: (1) construction, acquisition, or alteration of veterans' medical facilities (other than for repairs provided for before the date of enactment of this Act); or (2) grants for the construction of State home facilities for the furnishing of veterans' domiciliary, nursing home, and hospital care.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Class Action Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-516
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Damages
Discovery (Law)
Discrimination
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
State courts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to specify the calculation of contingent and other attorney's fees in proposed class action settlements that provide for the award of coupons to class members. 
 
Prohibits a Federal district court from approving: (1) a proposed coupon settlement absent a finding that the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate; (2) a proposed settlement involving payments to class counsel that would result in a net monetary loss to class members, absent a finding that the loss is substantially outweighed by nonmonetary benefits; (3) a proposed settlement that provides greater sums to some class members solely because they are closer geographically to the court; or (4) a proposed settlement that provides for the payment of a greater share of the award to a class representative versus other class members. 
 
Grants district courts original jurisdiction of any civil action in which the matter in controversy exceeds $5 million, exclusive of interest and costs, and that is between citizens of different States or between citizens of a State and a foreign State or its citizens or subjects.
 
Lists those factors pursuant to which a district court may decline to exercise jurisdiction over a class action.
 
Sets forth provisions governing the removal of interstate class actions to Federal district court and the review on appeal of remand orders.
 
Grants the Federal courts of appeals jurisdiction to hear appeals of class action certification orders if notice of appeal is filed within 10 days of entry of such an order. Requires discovery and other proceedings to be stayed during the pendency of an appeal unless the court finds that specific discovery is necessary to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H685-686, H686, H687-690, H690-691)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E136)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Sales Tax Deduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Permanent Sales Tax Deduction Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make provisions authorizing a taxpayer election to deduct State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the effective date for payment of lump sums to persons awarded the Medal of Honor who are in receipt of special pension pursuant to section 1562 of such title, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Parents
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Revises the effective date for payment of lump sums to persons awarded the Medal of Honor who are in receipt of special pensions.
 
Requires payment of such lump sums to specified family members, in order of preference, if the person eligible for the payment is deceased or was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Milk Import Tariff Equity Act

Bill: 109-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. Sherwood, Don [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Dairy products
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Milk
Proteins
Reciprocity
Tariff
Tariff agreements
Tariff preferences
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Milk Import Tariff Equity Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose tariff-rate quotas (quantitative import limits) and provide various duty rates on certain casein, caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other casein derivatives and glues imported into the United States (except imports from Mexico).
Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into a trade agreement with a foreign country to grant new concessions as compensation in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions; and (2) proclaim any necessary modification or continuance of any existing duty, or continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, or any quantitative limitation. Sets forth certain limits on the reduction of duties on such products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House