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To facilitate shareholder consideration of making Settlement Common Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to Alaska Natives born after December 18, 1971, descendants of Alaska Natives born after December 18, 1971, missed enrollees, and Native Elders, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1866
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Indian claims
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Stockholders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act with respect to procedures for considering amendments to the articles of incorporation of a Native Corporation to authorize the issuance of additional shares of Settlement Common Stock to Alaska Natives born after December 18, 1971 (or their descendants), missed enrollees, and Native Elders. Applies the same voting standards to Corporation shareholder approval of such an amendment as apply to a resolution to establish a Settlement Trust. (Thus requires an affirmative vote of shares representing: (1) a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting; or (2) an amount of shares greater than a majority present or represented by proxy at the meeting (but not greater than two-thirds of the Corporation's total voting power), if the Corporation establishes such a level by an amendment to its articles of incorporation.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Mohammed Manir Hossain, Ferdous Ara Manir, and Maish Samiha Manir.

Bill: 109-hr-1867
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Makes Mohammed Manir Hossain, Ferdous Ara Manir, and Maish Samiha Manir each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1868
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Law
Liens
Loans
Small Business Administration
Small business
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) reduce guarantee fees for small business borrowers and lenders; (2) permit guaranteed and non-guaranteed loan combination financing; and (3) increase maximum guaranteed and gross loan amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Strategic Communication Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1869
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural relations
Decision making
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Department of State
Diplomacy
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Exchange of persons programs
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Human rights
Information technology
International broadcasting
Language and languages
Mass media
Military communications
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Public opinion
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Strategic Communication Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of State to solicit from tax-exempt national security and foreign policy research organizations offers to establish a Center for Strategic Communication, and select one organization to establish such Center. 
 
Includes among Center duties: (1) provision of information and analysis to the Department of State, the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence on U.S. security and foreign policy issues; (2) development of U.S. communications strategies and monitoring techniques; (3) support of government-wide strategic communication through services provided on a cost-recovery basis; (4) contracting with private sector and academic entities; and (5) mobilization of nongovernment initiatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E782)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Recovery Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1870
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Access to health care
Alaska
Claims
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Disaster relief
Education
Educational facilities
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medicine
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health facilities
Higher education
Highway maintenance
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landowners
Law enforcement officers
Mass rapid transit
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Police
Private schools
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Disaster Recovery Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to pay an eligible disaster relief applicant 50 percent of the Federal share of assistance for which the applicant is eligible under specified sections of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, within 60 days after the applicant files a claim for such assistance.
 
Requires authorized reimbursement for clearing and removing debris to include reimbursement for clearing, removing, and disposing of debris from any emergency access road.
 
Authorizes Federal assistance for removing, clearing, and disposing of debris from private property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1872
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Married people
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Medically uninsured
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax deduction for high deductible health plan premiums; (2) small employers (100 or fewer employees) a refundable tax credit for contributions to a health savings account of an employee who is covered by a high deductible health plan; and (3) a refundable tax credit for certain health insurance costs of uninsured taxpayers and their spouses and dependents.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of tax credit amounts for uninsured individuals to health insurance providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Clean Air Planning Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1873
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Arizona
Biomass energy
California
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Emissions trading
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Fluorocarbons
Fossil fuels
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Hydroelectric power
Idaho
Indexing (Economic policy)
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Law
Licenses
Mercury
Methane
Nevada
New Mexico
Nitrogen oxides
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Oregon
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public health
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Standards
Sulphur dioxide
Utah
Water Resources Development
West (U.S.)
Wind power
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Clean Air Planning Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require integrated air quality planning for the electric generating sector. 
Establishes national pollutant tonnage limitations for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide. Provides for review and revision of annual tonnage limitations. 
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish: (1) trading programs for nitrogen oxide and mercury allowances; and (2) reserves of nitrogen oxide and mercury allowances as set asides for new units. 
Establishes a nitrogen oxide and mercury allowance transfer system. 
Directs the Administrator to establish: (1) a carbon dioxide allowance trading program; and (2) a reserve of carbon dioxide allowances for new units and new renewable energy sources. 
Makes allowances available to projects certified by a newly established independent review board. Sets forth guidelines for board certification. 
Establishes a carbon dioxide allowance transfer system. 
Revises the new source review program to cover specified unit changes after 2008 and to permit the lowest achievable emission rate standard to take cost into account. 
Revises the sulfur dioxide allowance program to establish an allowance reserve for new units and to establish maximum emissions for states in the Western Regional Air Partnership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To improve national pier inspections and safety standards.

Bill: 109-hr-1874
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Army Corps of Engineers
Building laws
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Law
Local laws
Pennsylvania
Standards
Waterfronts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish standards and regulations regarding the inspection and safety of piers and waterfront structures. Requires the Chief of Engineers to use as a guide in developing such standards and regulations bill number 020310, adopted by the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which amends the the Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code.
 
Requires a State, to be eligible to receive project funds through the Army Corps of Engineers, to provide annual documentation to the Chief of Engineers that it has adopted and is enforcing standards and regulations at least as rigorous as those established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Wolf House, located in Norfolk, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1875
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Courthouses
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Law
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to: (1) study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of designating the Wolf House located on Highway 5 in Norfolk, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) consider management alternatives for the Wolf House.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act

Bill: 109-hr-1876
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: California
Charities
Child abuse
Child welfare
Commerce
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Delaware
Dropouts
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health
Juvenile delinquency
Massachusetts
Mental illness
Mentoring
New York City
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Performance measurement
Poor children
Public-private partnerships
Social Welfare
Teenage pregnancy
Washington State
Women
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national demonstration project regarding early and sustained intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth, through a project grant to Friends of the Children, National Office, which shall make subgrants to its local chapters in specified cities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2554, E798)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on hydraulic control units.

Bill: 109-hr-1877
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on hydraulic control units designed for braking systems of specified hybrid motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on shield asy-steering gear.

Bill: 109-hr-1878
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on shield asy-steering gear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the unrelated business taxable income rules.

Bill: 109-hr-1879
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Tax-exempt organizations
Unrelated business income tax

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify unrelated business taxable income rules relating to certain excess payments received or accrued by a tax-exempt organization which controls another tax-exempt organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2,4-Dichloroaniline.

Bill: 109-hr-1880
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2,4-Dichloroaniline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Acetylbutyrolactone.

Bill: 109-hr-1881
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-Acetylbutyrolactone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Alkylketone.

Bill: 109-hr-1882
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Alkylketone (1 - (4-chlorophenyl)-4, 4-dimethyl-3-pentanone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on Cyfluthrin (Baythroid).

Bill: 109-hr-1883
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Cyano-(4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2- dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (Cyfluthrin (Baythroid)). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Beta-cyfluthrin.

Bill: 109-hr-1884
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on (RS)-a-cyano-4-fluoro-3-phenoxybenzyl (1RS,3RS;1RS,3SR)-3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (Beta-cyfluthrin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Deltamethrin.

Bill: 109-hr-1885
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on (1R,3R)-cis-3-(2,2-dibromovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid, (S)-a-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl ester (Deltamethrin). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ester.

Bill: 109-hr-1886
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ester.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House