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To suspend temporarily the duty on Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-imethyl-,(2-meth yl(1,1'-biph enyl)-3-yl)methyl ester, (z)-.

Bill: 109-hr-2501
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Insect control
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-imethyl-,(2-meth yl(1,1'-biph enyl)-3-yl)methyl ester, (z)-. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Phosphonic acid (2-chloroethyl) (Ethephon).

Bill: 109-hr-2502
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Phosphonic acid (2-chloroethyl) (Ethephon).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend the duty on Iprodione.

Bill: 109-hr-2503
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty free treatment, through December 31, 2008, for Iprodione. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, and 2-(1-(((3-chloro-2- propenyl)oxy)imino) propyl)-5-(2-(ethylthio) propyl)-3-hydroxy (Clethodim).

Bill: 109-hr-2504
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-Cyclohexen-1-one, and 2-(1-(((3-chloro-2- propenyl)oxy)imino) propyl)-5-(2-(ethylthio) propyl)-3-hydroxy (Clethodim).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzoic acid, o- and ((3-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl)-ureido)sulfonyl)-, methylester (Sulfometuron methyl).

Bill: 109-hr-2505
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzoic acid, o- and ((3-(4,6-dimethyl-2-pyrimidinyl)-ureido)sulfonyl)-, methylester (Sulfometuron methyl). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2,2-Dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-, 3-phenoxybenzyl ester, (+-)-,(cis,trans)-.

Bill: 109-hr-2506
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid, 3-(2,2-Dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethyl-, 3-phenoxybenzyl ester, (+-)-,(cis,trans)-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Benzoic acid, 2-(((((4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino)- carbonyl)amino)sulfonyl)-, methyl ester.

Bill: 109-hr-2507
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzoic acid, 2-(((((4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino)- carbonyl)amino)sulfonyl)-, methyl ester. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
FOSTER Act

Bill: 109-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child welfare
College costs
Compensatory education
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Electronic data interchange
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Guardian and ward
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Mentoring
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Student aid
Student enrollment
Student housing
Student loan funds
Student records
Student-administrator relationships
Students
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Foster Opportunities for Success Through Higher Education Reform - FOSTER Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a program of foster care youth outreach and housing services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide: (1) technical assistance and supportive services to foster care youth who are prospective students to prepare for, enter, and remain in such institutions; and (2) basic housing during the regular academic school year, including interim housing during regular periods of dormitory closing other than summer break, for those foster care youth living in college dormitories. Requires program coordination with: (1) the John H. Chafee foster care independence program under the Social Security Act; and (2) TRIO and GEAR UP programs under HEA.
 
Revises HEA financial need analysis to provide fair treatment for foster care youth. Provides, for foster care youth and other students with special circumstances, a simplified determination of independence and a tailoring of electronic applications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E953)
Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2510
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Authorization
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Drug interactions
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food industry
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Health education
Internet
Labeling
Law
Legislation
Medical records
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Public service advertising
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Dietary Supplement Regulatory Implementation Act of 2005 - Authorizes and makes appropriations to: (1) carry out the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and all applicable regulatory requirements for dietary supplements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) expand research and development of consumer information on dietary supplements by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) use such funds to regulate dietary supplements; and (2) report to Congress on the implementation and enforcement of DSHEA.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the availability of certain botanical sources of ephedrine alkaloids.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out programs to educate health professionals and consumers on the safety and health benefits of dietary supplements; and (2) establish a system for the reporting of serious adverse experiences associated with the use of a dietary supplement received by the manufacturer, packer, or distributor whose name appears on the label of the product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment until the completion of certain specified activities by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Bill: 109-hr-2511
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Marine safety
Middle East and North Africa
Military base closures
Military bases
Military civic action
Military operations
Naval operations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to postpone the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments, as currently required under such Act, until the last of the following occurs: (1) the complete analysis, consideration, and implementation by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) of the recommendations of the Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States; (2) the return from deployment in Iraq of substantially all major U.S. combat units and assets; (3) the receipt by the congressional defense committees of the report on the quadrennial defense review to be submitted by the Secretary in 2006; (4) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Security Strategy; (5) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary of the Homeland Defense and Civil Support directive; and (6) the receipt by the defense committees of a report from the Secretary assessing military installation needs.
 
States that, upon the enactment of this Act, the list of recommendations for 2005 base closures and realignments submitted by the Secretary pursuant to such Act, as well as all other actions carried out under such Act by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission or the President before the date of enactment of this Act, shall have no further force and effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1051)
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Digital Opportunity Investment Trust Act

Bill: 109-hr-2512
Sponsor: Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Archives
Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auctions
Auditing
Colleges
Community centers
Community colleges
Computer literacy
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional witnesses
Cultural centers
Disabled
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational innovations
Educational technology
Educational television
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Fees
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Higher education
History
Information technology
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Libraries
Licenses
Mathematics
Museums
Nonprofit organizations
Public broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Reading
Research and development
Scientific education
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Television stations
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Digital Opportunity Investment Trust Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust, which shall receive 30 percent of the proceeds received by the federal government each fiscal year quarter through FY 2028 from any use of the publicly owned electromagnetic spectrum after September 30, 2007. 
Establishes: (1) a Board to oversee administration of the Trust; and (2) a Director of the Trust. 
Sets forth authorized Trust uses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prescribe the oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Allegiance
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conscientious objectors
Government Operations and Politics
Naturalization
Oaths
Religion
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prescribe the oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a U.S. citizen. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental health courts through fiscal year 2011.

Bill: 109-hr-2515
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administration of justice
Authorization
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal education
Mental health services
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Police training
State courts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for mental health courts from FY2006-2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Professional Sports Integrity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Athletes
Baseball
Basketball
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Drug abuse
Drug testing
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Football
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Health
Hockey
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical tests
Occupational health and safety
Professional associations
Restrictive trade practices
Standards
Statistics
Steroids
Urinalysis

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: 
Professional Sports Integrity Act of 2005 - Prohibits Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, or the National Hockey League from organizing or producing, or any person from competing in, a professional baseball, basketball, football, or hockey game without meeting the testing requirements established by this Act. Requires each such league to implement testing for the use of prohibited substances by professional athletes who compete in that league, including: (1) testing each athlete at least four times a year, twice during both the season and the off-season; (2) additional testing with reasonable cause; and (3) testing for all substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
 
Requires for each athlete who tests positive: (1) a suspension for a minimum of two years for the first positive test result; (2) a permanent ban for any subsequent positive test result; (3) public disclosure of both the athlete's name and the prohibited substance; and (4) an opportunity to appeal.
 
Deems a violation of this Act to be an unfair or deceptive act or practice. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act.
 
Requires biennial reports for each league.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that other professional sports leagues should adopt policies and procedures for the testing of steroids and other illicit substances that are substantially similar to those required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-2517
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional pensions
Ex-Members of Congress
Families
Federal employees
Labor and Employment
Law
Marriage
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Amends Federal civil service law to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities, including survivor annuities, under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS), and for individuals becoming subject to FERS by election.
Terminates for remarriage before age 55 (currently remarriage at any age) a survivor's entitlement to an annuity based on the service of a deferred annuitant who dies before establishing a valid claim for annuity under CSRS (conforms with requirements under FERS).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Introduced in House