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Winter Readiness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3983
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy development
Energy facilities
Equipment and supplies
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas in submerged lands
Gas industry
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Losses
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural gas
Offshore structures
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum in submerged lands
Petroleum industry
Prospecting
Submarine oil well drilling
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Winter Readiness Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to expense (i.e., deduct in the current taxable year) all costs for qualified oil and gas production property placed in service before January 1, 2009, and for repairs to such property for hurricane-related damage. Defines &quot;qualified oil and gas production property&quot; to include assets used in offshore drilling for oil and gas, and for exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas deposits. 
 
Allows a 10-year carryback of net operating losses incurred in 2005 for hurricane-damaged oil and gas facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3984
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Commerce
Department of Energy
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Government Operations and Politics
Heating
Income tax
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 50 percent of the cost of a qualifying idling reduction device, up to $3,500. Defines &quot;qualifying idling reduction device&quot; as any device that is: (1) installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicle to provide services that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the vehicle is temporarily parked or stationary; and (2) certified by the Secretary of Energy to reduce long-duration idling. Directs the Secretary to publish standards for certifying such devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Interrogation Procedures Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3985
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Human rights
International Affairs
Police brutality
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' rights
Punishment
Standards
Torture
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Interrogation Procedures Act of 2005 - Prohibits any individual in the custody or control of the U.S. government, regardless of nationality or physical location, from being subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
 
Prohibits any person in the custody or control of the Department of Defense (DOD), or under detention in a DOD facility, from being subject to any treatment or technique of interrogation not authorized by and listed in the U.S. Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2041)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Savings, Smarter Travel, and Efficient Roadways Act

Bill: 109-hr-3986
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Car pools
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Energy conservation
Finance and Financial Sector
Freight
Fuel consumption
Governmental investigations
Information services
Internet
Parking facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Traffic engineering
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Fuel Savings, Smarter Travel, and Efficiency Roadways Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2041)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Katrina Economic Opportunity Act

Bill: 109-hr-3987
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Investments
Louisiana
Mississippi
Partnerships
Small business
Stocks
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Katrina Economic Opportunity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of a Gulf Opportunity Zone asset (business stock, partnership interest, or property in a Hurricane Katrina disaster area) held for more than five years; (2) waive small business asset expensing limits for Gulf Opportunity Zone assets; and (3) qualify Gulf Opportunity Zone investments for the new markets tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Gulf Coast Small Business Recovery Act

Bill: 109-hr-3988
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Floods
Government contractors
Government procurement
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Relocation
Residence requirements
Small business
Subcontractors
Texas
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Gulf Coast Small Business Recovery Act - Requires, for any contract for the procurement of goods or services related to any damage caused as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita, or any reconstruction related to such damage, a federal agency to give priority to a business that as of August 28, 2005, had a significant presence in a Gulf hurricane disaster-affected area. Requires an agency to award not less than 30 percent of amounts expended for prime contracts, and not less than 40 percent of amounts expended for subcontracts, on procurements to small businesses that, as of such date, had such a presence. Requires an agency to provide the maximum practicable opportunity for small business participation in all such contracts and subcontracts.
 
Requires a Gulf hurricane disaster-affected small business to be treated as if it were located in a HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) for purposes of favorable loan status under the Small Business Act.
 
Prohibits, until two years after the enactment of this Act, any federal government facility from being permanently relocated from a location in a Gulf hurricane disaster-affected area to a location outside that area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 219.

Bill: 109-hr-3990
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Pigment Yellow 219.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Blue 80.

Bill: 109-hr-3991
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Pigment Blue 80.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Solvent Blue 104.

Bill: 109-hr-3992
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Solvent Blue 104.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 180.

Bill: 109-hr-3993
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Pigment Yellow 180.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Pigment Red 187.

Bill: 109-hr-3994
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Pigment Red 187.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4-amino-2,5-dimethoxy-N-phenylbenzene sulfonamide.

Bill: 109-hr-3995
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 4-amino-2,5-dimethoxy-N-phenylbenzene sulfonamide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Yellow 214.

Bill: 109-hr-3996
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Pigment Yellow 214.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of Department of Agriculture farm credit programs and other agriculture programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3998
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Claims
Collection of accounts
Compensation (Law)
Damages
Debt
Evidence (Law)
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government liability
Law
Minorities
Racial discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Forgives all indebtedness, in connection with all farm operating loan program debt agreements entered into with the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and requires payment of the minimum relief raised in the combined cases Pigford et al. v. Glickman and Brewington et al v. Glickman, with respect to each African-American farmer who: (1) was an &quot;actual farmer&quot; during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and extending through December 30, 1996; and (2) applied for, but failed to receive, farm credit program debt relief pursuant to specified federal law or through the Black Farmer Settlement as authorized by the previously mentioned cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
National Emergency Family Locator Act

Bill: 109-hr-3999
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Families
Family services
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Missing persons
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
National Emergency Family Locator Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department the National Family Locator System to enable: (1) individuals displaced by an emergency to provide to the Department their names and locations and any other relevant information using the telephone, the Internet, and other appropriate means; and (2) the Department to compile such information and provide it to the family members of such individuals and law enforcement officials.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a public outreach program through public school districts to educate families on how to create a family preparedness plan for actions to take in the event of a disaster in which family members are separated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-10-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2225)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
To temporarily waive the restriction on highway use in applying the tax exemption for diesel fuel used on a farm for farming purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4001
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Diesel motor
Energy
Excise tax
Gasoline
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Waives until December 31, 2005, the restriction on highway use of diesel fuel applicable to the tax exemption for such fuel when used on a farm for farming purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4002
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Health
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Nursing homes
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the President to provide reimbursement to private for-profit nursing homes for damages and expenses from a major disaster or declared emergency. Requires that such nursing homes: (1) be located within 30 miles of the disaster or emergency; and (2) have acted during the disaster or emergency in accordance with any relevant requirements applicable to private nonprofit nursing homes seeking reimbursement. Limits the amount of reimbursement to not greater than the amount available under such Act to a public or private nonprofit nursing home for similar damages or expenses after a disaster or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2033)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
National Police Athletic League (PAL) Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4005
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Civics education
Conferences
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Ethics
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Leadership
Names
Police-community relations
Sports and Recreation
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
National Police Athletic League (PAL) Youth Enrichment Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the National Police Athletic League Youth Enrichment Act of 2000 to: (1) rename the Police Athletic League the Police Athletic/Activities League (PAL); (2) reauthorize grants under the Act through 2010; (3) decrease the number of programs that PAL chapters receiving grant funds are required to create or expand from four to two; and (4) allow PAL chapters to use grants funds for programs to provide character development and leadership training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4006
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Income tax
Losses
Partnerships
Profit
Small business
Tax administration
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Small Business Tax Flexibility Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain small start-up businesses to elect a taxable year, other than the required taxable year, which ends on the last day of any of the months of April through November (or at the end of an equivalent annual period).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in House