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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days to one year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under that Act.

Bill: 109-hr-2644
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Housing and Community Development
Loan defaults
Military discharges
Mortgages
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 1940 to extend from three to 12 months the period following release from active duty during which a member of the Armed Forces shall be protected from mortgage foreclosure.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Web's Construction Company, Incorporated.

Bill: 109-hr-2645
Sponsor: Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Web's Construction Company, Incorporated, a specified sum plus interest for construction work performed for the Army Corps of Engineers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Right to Fly Act

Bill: 109-hr-2646
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Commerce
Infrastructure
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Right to Fly Act - Amends the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to repeal the restriction to certain charter, commuter, and flights to contiguous states of air transportation for compensation or hire between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points outside the State of Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2647
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Affiliated corporations
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee ownership
Engineering
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Partnerships
Service industries
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the criteria for determining whether a corporation is a qualified personal service corporation. Includes within the definition of qualified personal service corporation a qualifying corporation substantially all of whose stock is held by certain former employees (thus permitting such corporation to use the cash method of accounting).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders.

Bill: 109-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Sex
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid drug utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
U.S.S. Oklahoma Memorial Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2652
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Hawaii
History
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Warships
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
U.S.S. Oklahoma Memorial Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) identify an appropriate site on Ford Island, Hawaii, for the location of a memorial to the U.S.S. Oklahoma, which was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; (2) after such site has been identified, establish and administer a memorial to the U.S.S. Oklahoma as part of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, a unit of the National Park System; and (3) submit to Congress a memorialization plan for the part of Pearl Harbor where U.S. naval vessels were attacked on December 7, 1941.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Landlord Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2653
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building laws
Collection of accounts
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home repair and improvement
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Landlord and tenant
Law
Leases
Low-income housing
Public housing
Rental housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Landlord Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the section 8 rental housing voucher program to consider a unit to be in noncompliance with housing quality standards if: (1) the public housing agency (PHA) or authorized inspector determines the unit to be in noncompliance and notifies the owner in writing; and (2) the owner fails to make necessary repairs within 90 days of notice. 
 
Directs a PHA to withhold owner assistance until the repairs are completed. Authorizes a PHA to make such repairs and subtract the costs from the amount subsequently released to the owner. 
 
Prohibits an owner from terminating a tenant lease because of any such withholding.
 
States that if amounts are withheld, the owner fails to correct the noncompliance, and the lease is not renewed, the PHA shall pay such amount to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-2654
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Housing subsidies
Low-income housing
Rent
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to revise the (rental) reimbursement levels for expiring project-based section 8 contracts. (Eliminates the existing reimbursement based upon the lesser of adjusted existing, fair market, or market rents for expiring moderate rehabilitation project contracts.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Section 8 Voucher Residential Screening Committees Act

Bill: 109-hr-2655
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building laws
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ex-offenders
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Landlord and tenant
Law
Low-income housing
Neighborhood government
Police records
Public housing
Rental housing
Right of privacy
Social Welfare
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Section 8 Voucher Residential Screening Committees Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to the section 8 rental assistance voucher program to require each public housing agency to establish and maintain a neighborhood review committee which shall: (1) be made up of between three and six agency-area residents, of whom at least three must not be receiving housing assistance other than mortgage assistance; and (2) obtain and review references and certain enforcement-related information respecting assisted families and landlords. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Rural Housing Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2656
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Consumer credit
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Housing finance
Law
Low-income housing
Moderate income housing
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Rural housing
Settlement costs
Single family housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Rural Housing Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Doug Bereuter Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee Act of the Housing Act of 1949 with respect to the single family rural housing loan guarantee program to: (1) eliminate low and moderate income eligibility requirements; (2) reduce maximum guarantee fees paid by lenders; and (3) require any regulation limiting borrower eligibility based upon the borrower's debt-income ratio to provide for a higher income-to-debt ratio for newly-constructed property loans.
 
Revises refinancing loan guarantee provisions to: (1) authorize a specified lender guarantee fee; (2) permit a guarantee to acquire or construct an eligible single-family residence; (3) amend closing cost provisions; (4) eliminate income requirements; (5) prohibit that an appraisal credit report be required in connection with the loan, or that the residence be in a rural area for an existing loan; and (6) require that the borrower is not delinquent with respect to existing loan payments, and that monthly refinance payments be at least $50 less than existing monthly payments.
 
Requires agricultural housing loans to be recorded as Department of Agriculture, rather than conventional, loans.
 
Revises the definition of &quot;rural area.&quot;
 
Increases direct loan income limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2658
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Army Corps of Engineers
Commerce
Department of Defense
Dredging
Environmental Protection Agency
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
International Affairs
Interstate commerce
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
Waste disposal in the ocean
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Waterways
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that waters of the United States, including the territorial seas, are subject to the jurisdiction of the permitting program for the discharge of dredged or fill material (permitting program) if such waters are: (1) navigable; (2) connected to navigable waters through a continuous, naturally occurring surface water connection; or (3) wetlands adjacent to such navigable or connected waters.
 
States that waters are considered connected to navigable waters for purposes of this Act if connected by perennial or intermittent streams that contribute flow to navigable waters. Excludes from the definition those waters connected by: (1) sheet flow (non-channelized water flowing over upland); (2) ephemeral waters, ground water, manmade ditches, or pipelines; or (3) a municipal separate storm sewer system or any other regulated point source.
 
Excludes fastlands (areas located behind legally constituted manmade structures) from the jurisdiction of the permitting program.
 
Grants sole authority to the Secretary of the Army to determine the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the permitting program.
 
Sets forth procedures whereby property owners, or those with written authorization from such owners, may: (1) request that the Secretary determine jurisdiction under this Act and thereafter seek judicial review or injunctive relief; or (2) proceed under the administrative appeals process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Safe Children Safe Communities Act

Bill: 109-hr-2659
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Data banks
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Safe Children Safe Communities Act - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to states (based on population) to implement better and more comprehensive sex offender registries and tracking systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Fair Choice and Competition in Real Estate Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2660
Sponsor: Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank holding companies
Commerce
Housing and Community Development
Real estate business
Subsidiary corporations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Fair Choice and Competition in Real Estate Act of 2005 - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, restricting banking interests in nonbanking organizations, to declare that a bank holding company engaged in real estate brokerage and management transactions shall be considered to be engaged in activities that are financial in nature (therefore permissible).
 
Details real estate brokerage and management conduct permissible for bank holding companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to clarify the Permanent University Fund arbitrage exception and to increase from 20 percent to 30 percent the amount of securities and obligations benefitting from the exception.

Bill: 109-hr-2661
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Dividends
Earnings
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Securities regulation
State laws
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to modify the special arbitrage rule pertaining to specified securities or obligations held in a fund which cannot be used under state law restrictions continuously in effect since October 9, 1969, to pay debt service on the bond issue or to finance the facilities that are to be financed with the proceeds of the bonds. Changes the effective date of such state law restrictions from October 9, 1969, to March 1, 1985, and requires that they be continuously in effect only through the bond issue's date of issue.
 
 Extends such rule, as an alternative, to specified securities or obligations held in a fund whose annual distributions cannot exceed 7% of the average fair market value of the assets held in the fund, except to the extent distributions are necessary to pay debt service on the bond issue.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2662
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arson
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation
Criminal statistics
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Explosives
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-state relations
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hate crimes
Housing and Community Development
Indian law enforcement
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Minorities
Murder
Police training
Prejudice
Prosecution
Racial discrimination
Rape
Religion
Religious liberty
Rural crime
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex discrimination
Sexual orientation
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Victims of crimes
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any crime that: (1) constitutes a crime of violence under federal law or a felony under state or Indian tribal law; and (2) is motivated by prejudice based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim or is a violation of the hate crime laws of the state or tribe. Directs the Attorney General to give priority for assistance to crimes committed by offenders who have committed crimes in more than one state and to rural jurisdictions that have difficulty covering the extraordinary investigation or prosecution expenses. 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to assist state, local, and Indian law enforcement officials with such extraordinary expenses. Directs the Office of Justice Programs to: (1) work closely with funded jurisdictions to ensure that the concerns and needs of all affected parties are addressed; and (2) award grants to state and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles. 
Prohibits specified offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. 
Amends the Hate Crimes Statistics Act to require the crime data to be collected and published by the Attorney General to include data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender and gender identity.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1118)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

Bill: 109-hr-2663
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act - Amends the the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to Teachers Professional Development Institutes (TPDIs) to encourage the establishment and operation of TPDIs; and (2) provide technical assistance, either directly or through existing TPDIs, to assist local educational agencies and institutions of higher education in preparing to establish and in operating TPDIs.
 
 Sets forth selection criteria, including consideration of the extent to which the proposed TPDI will serve a community with a significant low-income population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in House