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Oil Reserve Pricing Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Energy security
Energy supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Petroleum
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Oil Reserve Pricing Reform Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, in certain circumstances, to defer a petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) that is in excess of 700,000,000 barrels.
 
Requires the Secretary, in determining whether to defer such acquisition, to: (1) use pre-2202 market-based practices when deciding to acquire petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; (2) carry out and make public analyses of costs and savings; (3) report to Congress the impact such acquisition will have on the domestic and foreign supply of petroleum and the resulting price increases or decreases; and (4) consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security on the security consequences of such acquisition or deferral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve Act

Bill: 109-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative remedies
California
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Energy shortages
Federal-state relations
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Midwest (U.S.)
Northeastern States
Petroleum reserves
Retail trade
Security measures
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a Gasoline Availability Stabilization Reserve (GAS Reserve) system with a total capacity of 20 million barrels of regular unleaded gasoline; (2) determine a site for one GAS Reserve each in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the United States, and one in California; and (3) transmit to Congress, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Governor of each state in which a reserve will be sited a transportation plan for the transportation of the contents of the GAS Reserve to consumers in the event of an emergency sale.
 
Requires the Secretary to sell gasoline from the GAS Reserve upon written notification by a state Governor that cites a physical disruption in the system supplying gasoline to the Governor's state likely to result in price volatility for retail gasoline markets in that state.
 
Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to conduct purchases and sales of gasoline at wholesale for maintenance of the GAS Reserve system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Preparation and Local Action Now Act

Bill: 109-hr-3793
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cost control
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Risk

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Disaster Preparation and Local Action Now Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend through FY2010 the authority provided for predisaster hazard mitigation.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7961-7962)
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Victims Emergency Shelter Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3794
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Home ownership
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Leases
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Rent
Rental housing
Shelters for the homeless
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Victims Emergency Shelter Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make single family properties held by HUD pursuant to foreclosure under the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance program available to a person or family whose primary residence as of August 29, 2005, was in a disaster-designated area pursuant to Hurricane Katrina and was destroyed or otherwise made inhabitable. 
 
Provides: (1) that for the first six months after enactment of this Act the Secretary may not dispose of such properties except to an eligible family; (2) that for the 18 months following such six month period the Secretary shall make such properties that are not under a disposition agreement available to eligible families; (3) for five-year rent free occupancy, with an option to purchase; and (4) program outreach activities.
 
 Directs the Secretary to establish selection criteria for a property for which more than one family has submitted a request, with preference for families having incomes not exceeding the median income for the area in which the family's primary residence was located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services in order to recognize speech-language pathologists as suppliers under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 109-hr-3795
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, Mike [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to define outpatient speech-language pathology services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3796
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Building construction
Clothing
Corporation for National and Community Service
Disaster relief
Disasters
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Food relief
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Mentoring
National service
Pollution measurement
Relocation
Residential rehabilitation
Scholarships
Shelters for the homeless
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps Act of 2005 - Establishes an AmeriCorps Disaster Relief Corps, administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, to carry out service projects that: (1) provide food, clothing, shelter, and other humanitarian assistance for victims of major disasters and emergencies; (2) involve cleaning, repair, and reconstruction of structures, facilities, and lands located within the disaster area; and (3) perform other activities in response to the consequences of major disasters and emergencies.
 
Authorizes the Corporation to: (1) make grants to, or enter into agreements with states, local governments, or other organizations to support AmeriCorps projects; (2) support the National Civilian Community Corps authorized under the National and Community Service Act; (3) support the VISTA program under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act; and (4) enter into a contract or other agreement with another Federal agency.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space for the United States Government until January 1, 2007.

Bill: 109-hr-3797
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Building construction
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal office buildings
Floods
Government procurement
Government spending reductions
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Leases
Louisiana
Mississippi
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Prohibits funds from being expended for the construction or lease of buildings or space for any branch of the U.S. government or any entity within such branch, unless a contract for such construction or lease was entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.
 
Provides exceptions in any case in which funds are expended for: (1) construction to rebuild the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina; and (2) purposes necessary in the interests of national security.
 
Terminates such prohibition on January 1, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3798
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost of living adjustments
Energy
Energy prices
Gasoline
Housing and Community Development
Military housing
Military pay
Public utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Military Family Assistance Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make an emergency adjustment in the rates of the basic allowance for housing in a particular military housing area in response to a sudden increase in energy costs resulting from higher charges for utilities or other causes. Allows such increase to remain in effect for up to six months. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress of such an adjustment and the reasons for such adjustment.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make an emergency adjustment in the cost-of-living allowance and establish temporary high cost areas during a fiscal year in response to a sudden increase in gasoline prices in an area. Provides the same six-month limitation and congressional notification requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3799
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Death
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Executive orders
Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Presidential commissions
Public meetings
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Inquiry Commission Act of 2005 - Directs the President to establish an independent nonpartisan Commission within the executive branch to discover and assess the circumstances relating to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina on or between Friday, August 26, 2005, and Tuesday, August 30, 2005.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) chronicle the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, including the timetable and locations of its path, and the responses made by the federal, state, and local governments; (2) estimate the loss of life, physical and structural damage, and displacement of residents; (3) recommend corrective actions; and (4) prepare a report to Congress, the President, and the public.
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year the qualified individual (QI) program of Medicare cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

Bill: 109-hr-3800
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend from September 2005 through September 2006 the qualified individual program (under which medical assistance is available for Medicare cost-sharing for individuals who would be qualified Medicare beneficiaries but for the fact that their income exceeds the state-established income level, and is between 120% and 135% of the official poverty line). Prescribes additional allocations for such program for the extended period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on sulfentrazone.

Bill: 109-hr-3801
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoro methyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfona- mide (Sulfentrazone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-3802
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Collection of accounts
Disabled
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Floods
Government lending
Higher education
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Married people
Mississippi
Parents
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the federal student loan indebtedness of spouses and parents of victims of Hurricane Katrina, with respect to any principal and accrued unpaid interest outstanding on student loans on behalf of such victims on the date of the injury causing their death or permanent and total disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain surviving spouses to exclude up to $500,000 of gain from the sale of a principal residence.

Bill: 109-hr-3803
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Families
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain surviving spouses to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 of the gain from the sale of their principal residences. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Identity Theft Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3804
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fraud
Identity theft
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Identify Theft Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income (available to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for all identity theft expenses arising from a fraud committed or attempted using identifying information without authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To establish within the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security the Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction.

Bill: 109-hr-3805
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Federal officials
Floods
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Inspectors general
International Affairs
International relief
Louisiana
Mississippi
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Establishes within the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security the Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction.
 
Requires the Special Office to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of federal funds by any organization providing relief, assistance, or reconstruction related to Hurricane Katrina, and of the programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House