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Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1684
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Internet
Local laws
Local taxation
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on State taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1685
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Internet
Local laws
Local taxation
Sales tax
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Tax exemption
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on State taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce. 
 
Repeals provisions permitting States with Internet tax laws enacted prior to the ban on Internet taxes to continue enforcing such laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To require United States assistance for the repair, maintenance, or construction of the transportation infrastructure of Iraq to be provided in the form of loans subject to repayment in full to the United States Government.

Bill: 109-hr-1686
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Infrastructure
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Maintenance and repair
Middle East and North Africa
Road construction
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Requires U.S. assistance for repair, maintenance, or construction of the transportation infrastructure of Iraq to be provided in the form of loans subject to repayment in full to the U.S. Government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1688
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animals
Environmental Protection
Exotic animals
Fines (Penalties)
Hunting
Protection of animals
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sports and Recreation
Wild animal trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transferring, transporting, or possessing a confined exotic animal for purposes of allowing the killing or injuring of that animal for entertainment or the collection of a trophy. 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E702)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

Bill: 109-hr-1689
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Evidence (Law)
Expropriation
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Right of property
Trademark agreements
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (currently, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Windfall Elimination Provision Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1690
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Windfall Elimination Provision Relief Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination requirement to individuals whose combined monthly income from the primary OASDI insurance amount and the portion of the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds the cost-of-living adjusted amount of $2,500; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such requirement on amounts above such threshold by applying applicable percentages determined according to a specified formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Savings for Personal Education Continuation Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1692
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Colleges
Congress
Education
Education savings accounts
Higher education
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Savings for Personal Education Continuation Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Declares that the general terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (i.e., December 10, 2010) shall not apply to provisions permitting certain educational institutions to maintain tax-qualified tuition programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Investment in Quality School Leadership Act

Bill: 109-hr-1693
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Leadership
Poor children
Professional education
Recruiting of employees
School administration
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Investment in Quality School Leadership Act - Establishes a program of grants to consortia for professional development of superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to award such competitive grants to consortia to establish programs that serve a State or region and provide superintendents, principals, and prospective superintendents and principals, particularly those serving, or intending to serve, in high-poverty, low-performing school districts and schools, with ongoing, intensive professional development opportunities to improve their capacity to serve as effective leaders and successfully implement standards-based reforms. 
Requires a consortium, to be eligible to apply for such a grant, to include at least: (1) one local educational agency (LEA) serving a high concentration of children living in poverty; (2) one institution of higher education; and (3) one organization that does not usually provide educational services, but has the necessary expertise to provide professional development to school administrators. Allows such consortia also to include: (1) one or more additional LEAs; (2) State educational agencies; (3) for-profit organizations with expertise; and (4) public or private nonprofit organizations with expertise. 
Gives priority for awards to those consortia in which the participating LEA serves the highest concentration of children living in poverty. 
Sets forth required program activities and additional uses of grant funds. Requires grantees to provide 50 percent of the project's annual costs, in cash or in kind. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) waive such matching requirement for applicants that serve low-income areas; and (2) reserve certain funds for technical assistance, evaluation, dissemination of information on effective programs, activities to encourage the spread and adoption of successful leadership development centers, and other national activities that support the programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-1694
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Citizen participation
Community development
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Open space lands
Parks
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Social Welfare
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Revitalizing Cities Through Parks Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to qualified community organizations to develop as open space municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E701)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Employee Free Choice Act

Bill: 109-hr-1696
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial arbitration
Injunctions
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Law
Mediation
National Labor Relations Board
Unfair labor practices
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Employee Free Choice Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
 
Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition.
 
Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives. Provides, under injunction provisions, for priority to be given to preliminary investigation of charges of violations by employers or other entities. Adds to remedies for such violations: (1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and (2) additional civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E705)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Fair Pay Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1697
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Expert witnesses
Federal employees
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hours of labor
Labor statistics
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Minimum wages
Pay equity
Position classification
Punitive damages
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Salaries
Sex discrimination
Small business
Wage restitution
Wage surveys
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Fair Pay Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (Allows payment of different wages under seniority systems, merit systems, systems that measure earnings by quantity or quality of production, or differentials based on bona fide factors that the employer demonstrates are job-related or further legitimate business interests.)
 
Prohibits the discharge of or any other discrimination against an individual for opposing any act or practice made unlawful by this Act, or for assisting in an investigation or proceeding under it.
Directs courts, in any action brought under this Act for violation of such prohibition, to allow expert fees as part of the costs awarded to prevailing plaintiffs. Allows any such action to be maintained as a class action.
Directs the EEOC to: (1) undertake studies and provide information and technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and the general public concerning effective means available to implement this Act; and (2) carry on a continuing program of research, education, and technical assistance with specified components related to the purposes of this Act.
Makes conforming amendments relating to congressional and executive branch employees to the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 and the Presidential and Executive Office Accountability Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E686)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-1698
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act

Bill: 109-hr-1699
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-1700
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Spices
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain capers preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at 0.5% or greater.

Bill: 109-hr-1701
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at .5 percent or greater. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than 0.5%.

Bill: 109-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Tariff
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations less than .5 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1703
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arts, Culture, Religion
Business records
Commerce
Criminal justice information
Cultural policy
Data banks
Exhibitions
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Import restrictions
Imports
Lease and rental services
Licenses
Residence requirements
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2005 - Repeals the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and the Federal Firearms License Reform Act of 1993. Restores and revives any provisions amended or repealed by such Acts as if such Acts had not been enacted. Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal criminal code distinguishing firearms used or suitable for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes from firearms used generally.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House