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Internet Drug Sales Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-3608
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advertising
Commerce
Computer crimes
Criminal justice information
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Electronic commerce
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Internet
Law
Liability (Law)
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Internet Drug Sales Accountability Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit a person who controls a third-party Internet sales site from: (1) accepting for posting on the site an offer to sell an item that the person knows is a controlled substance; or (2) failing to promptly remove from the site an offer to sell an item which a federal or state official notifies the person is a controlled substance. Requires such person to create a system for receipt of such notice in writing and specifying information including the offer and substance involved and the name, title, address, and contact information of the officials who sent the notice. (Makes this provision inapplicable with respect to the sale of controlled substances by a licensed pharmacy.)
 
Sets criminal and civil penalties for violations. Requires a third-party Internet sales site to monitor and remove in good faith any posting of an offer to sell an item that the site believes to violate federal or state law or that is the subject of notice under this Act. Shields from liability any such site that in good faith monitors and removes a posting pursuant to this provision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on thiophanate methyl and application adjuvants.

Bill: 109-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on thiophanate methyl and application adjuvants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate.

Bill: 109-hr-3610
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on thiophanate methyl.

Bill: 109-hr-3611
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on thiophanate methyl.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Diabetes Self Management Training Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3612
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Medical care)
Ambulatory care
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Diabetes
Health education
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Diabetes Self Management Training Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the recognition of certified diabetes educators as Medicare providers for purposes of diabetes outpatient self-management training services.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the barriers that exist for individuals with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
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: 2005-07-28
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: 2005-07-28
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: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeship Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-3613
Sponsor: Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Apprenticeship
Department of Labor
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Judicial review
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Apprenticeship Enhancement Act - Amends the National Apprenticeship Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that applications relating to apprenticeship programs are processed in a fair and timely manner. Allows aggrieved applicants to file petitions for judicial review of final determinations by the Secretary or applicable designee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Charity Care for the Uninsured Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3614
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Health
Income tax
Medically uninsured
Physicians
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Charity Care for the Uninsured Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow physicians a tax credit for providing charity medical care. Provides for a credit amount of between $1,000 and $2,000, depending upon the hours of charity care provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1693)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/29/2005 E1693-1694)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Northwest Indian Legacy Act

Bill: 109-hr-3615
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Federal-Indian relations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Minorities
Montana
Native Americans
Oregon
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Northwest Indian Legacy Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to include the 1855 Treaty Trail, used during treaty negotiations with Indian tribes of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, within a study by the Secretary of the Interior of trails considered for designation as a national historic trail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Act

Bill: 109-hr-3616
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Child health
Clinical trials
Colon cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Demography
Digestive diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Laboratory animals
Medical education
Medical research
Nutrition
Preventive medicine
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Ulcers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's research activities on inflammatory bowel disease, with an emphasis on: (1) genetic research on susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease; (2) research targeted to increase knowledge about the causes and complications of inflammatory bowel disease in children; (3) animal model research; (4) clinical research; (5) expansion of the Institute's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centers program with a focus on pediatric research; and (6) other research initiatives identified in specified documents.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prepare a National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Action Plan to: (1) address the burden of inflammatory bowel disease in both adult and pediatric populations; (2) address strategies for determining the prevalence of the disease in the United States and the unique demographic characteristics of the patient community; (3) focus on strategies for increasing awareness about the disease within the general public and the health care community; and (4) address mechanisms designed to prevent the progression of the disease and the development of complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2334)
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3617
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Case mix (Medical care)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Medical fees
Medical statistics
Medicare
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Performance measurement
Physicians
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Medicare Value-Based Purchasing for Physicians' Services Act of 2005 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for value-based purchasing in the payment for physicians' services under the Medicare program. Establishes updates to the single conversion factor for 2006 through 2009 and succeeding years for such services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide, as part of the rulemaking process, for the selection of quality measures (Q-measures) and efficiency measures (E-measures) meeting specified general requirements; and (2) determine a single rating of each billing unit based on Q and E measures, and disclose to the public whether a particular billing unit met performance objectives.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish such performance objectives, and base upon them any increased updates in the payment for physician services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-29
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: 2005-07-29
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: 2005-07-29
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: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3618
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Collection of accounts
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Irrigation districts
Landowners
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005 - Authorizes any landholder in Oregon within the Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or the Medford Irrigation District to repay, at any time, the construction costs of the project facilities allocated to a landholding within such district. Provides that, upon discharge of the repayment obligation, the lands at issue shall not be subject to ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under reclamation and irrigation provisions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to provide certification of the landholder's freedom from such limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
American Heroes Act

Bill: 109-hr-3619
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Air piracy
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Bombings
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Civics education
Commemorations
Commercial aircraft
Congressional officers
Congressional reorganization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
International Affairs
Monuments and memorials
Pennsylvania
Sculpture
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
American Heroes Act - Authorizes each state to provide one statue of an individual representing that state to be displayed in the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
Specifies criteria for such statues.
 
Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to assign jointly to one of their employees the post of the American Hero Administrator to prepare statue guidelines.
 
Requires: (1) a state to establish an American Hero Commission to select the individual to represent that state; and (2) the Architect of the Capitol to procure and install a statue honoring the passengers of United Airlines flight number 93 who died on September 11, 2001, for their heroic role in protecting Washington, D.C. from attack.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the renovation of runways at Malmstrom Air Force Base and Great Falls International Airport, Montana, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3620
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air force
Airports
Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Infrastructure
Military aviation
Military bases
Montana
Transportation engineering

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to make funds available for the renovation of the runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the renovation and improvement of runways at Great Falls International Airport, Montana. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to work with the Secretary of Defense to temporarily open the runway at Malmstrom Air Force Base for aircraft operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To confer standing on State legislators and Governors to bring suit in Federal district court to preserve the residual core sovereignty of States under the Constitution as expressed in the Tenth Amendment, and to enforce the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution.

Bill: 109-hr-3621
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Democracy
District courts
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governors
Injunctions
Parties to actions
State laws
State legislators
States' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Confers standing on any member of a state legislative body (upon the adoption of a resolution by the body authorizing suit on the state's behalf) and on the governor of a state to bring an action on the ground that a federal statute, rule, regulation, or program: (1) violates the residual core sovereign authority of the state under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution; or (2) diminishes the republican form of government in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in House