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Anti-Price Gouging Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3681
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disasters
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Law
Profit

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Anti-Price Gouging Act of 2005 - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful, during any time of national disaster, for a person to sell, lease, or license, or offer to sell, lease, or license, any necessary good or service in the United States at an unconscionable price.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1779)
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Gas Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3683
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Excise tax
Federal preemption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
State laws
State taxation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Gas Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the excise tax on highway motor fuels, other than aviation fuels, for a period of 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Provides for adjustments to such excise tax for floor stocks of highway motor fuels held by dealers prior to, or after, the suspension period provided by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Cleanup and Reconstruction Enhancement Act (CARE Act)

Bill: 109-hr-3684
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Construction industries
Construction workers
Disasters
Emergency Management
Government contractors
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Cleanup and Reconstruction Enhancement Act (CARE Act) - Suspends Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements for federal contracts in areas declared national disasters, for a one-year period after such declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Federal Disaster Response Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3685
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Federal Disaster Response Improvement Act of 2005 - Reestablishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an independent establishment in the executive branch. Transfers to the Director of FEMA the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Department of Homeland Security relating to FEMA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Growing Smarter Through Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3686
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Highway planning
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental relations
Land use
Mass rapid transit
Metropolitan areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State-local relations
Transportation planning
Urban affairs
Urban planning
Urban transportation
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Growing Smarter Through Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2005 - Amends federal highway and transportation law to instruct the pertinent metropolitan planning organizations to coordinate development of long-range highway and transit plans with affected units of general purpose local government in order to ensure consistency with local land use plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To authorize appropriations for grants for specialized technical assistance and training to improve the quality of criminal investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases.

Bill: 109-hr-3687
Sponsor: Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Child abuse
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal education
Prosecution
Public prosecutors

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2006-FY2010 under the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 for grants to the American Prosecutors Research Institute for technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in state or federal courts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the consolidation of the refiners, importers, producers, and wholesalers of gasoline with the sellers of such gasoline at retail.

Bill: 109-hr-3688
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Economic concentration
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Gasoline
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Service stations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
 Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to Congress on the consolidation of the refiners, importers, producers, and wholesalers of gasoline with retail sellers of such gasoline.
 
Requires the study to analyze the impact of such consolidation upon: (1) the retail price of gasoline; (2) small business ownership; (3) other corollary effects on the market economy of fuel distribution; (4) local communities, and (5) other market impacts of such consolidation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
High-Quality Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3689
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Class size
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
English language
Federal aid to education
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
History
Labor and Employment
Language arts
Mathematics
Political science
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reading
Recruiting of employees
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social sciences
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
High-Quality Education Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to reduce the size of core curriculum classes in public elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Katrina College Student Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-3690
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Government lending
Higher education
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Katrina College Student Relief Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to waive certain requirements for repayment of federal student grant assistance by students if: (1) they were residing in, employed in, or attending an institution of higher education located in a major disaster area; (2) their attendance was interrupted because of the disaster's impact on them or the institution; and (3) their withdrawal ended within the academic year during which the major disaster designation occurred or during the next succeeding academic year.

Provides such students with deferments for certain student loan obligations for up to six months.

Directs the Secretary to recalculate the expected family contribution for such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Secure the Outside Perimeter (STOP) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3693
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Animals
Border patrols
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Illegal aliens
International Affairs
Performance measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Secure the Outside Perimeter (STOP) Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to prevent all illegal border crossings into the United States by January 1, 2007. 
 
Waives the provisions of all U.S. laws, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to prevent such border crossings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11041)
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9701)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8820)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Services Outreach Act

Bill: 109-hr-3694
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Case management
County politics and government
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Law
Licenses
Local employees
Recruiting of employees
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Rural Veterans Services Outreach Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for financial assistance to eligible counties to assist in the employment of county veterans service officers. Limits grant amounts to $12,000 for a 12-month period.
 
Defines as an eligible county a county: (1) in which not less than 1,000 veterans reside; (2) in which no more than one veterans service organization provides advice and casework services for veterans' benefits; and (3) which consists entirely outside of territory classified as an urban area.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that appropriate officials in counties with one or more county veterans service officers should encourage and facilitate such officer(s) in obtaining certification with respect to professional qualifications to perform such functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Daniel Acevedo.

Bill: 109-hr-3695
Sponsor: Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2005-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: 
Declares Daniel Acevedo to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Medical Advertising Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-3696
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug advertising
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Labeling
Law
Medical supplies
Public service advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Medical Advertising Reform Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require prior approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of consumer-directed advertising for prescription drugs and restricted medical devices.
 
Prohibits drugs advertising for a two-year period after approval of a new prescription drug. Allows the Secretary to extend such period as necessary to protect the public health. Deems prescription drugs to be misbranded for failure to comply with the advertising prohibition during such period.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to report to Congress regarding a proposal to include on the labeling and advertisements for prescription drugs information on the comparative effectiveness and comparative cost-effectiveness of a drug to other drugs in the same class.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the impact of consumer-directed advertising on restricted device utilization and spending.
 
Requires the Secretary to maintain a toll-free number to provide the public with objective information on health conditions and treatments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3697
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Debtor and creditor
Disaster relief
Disasters
District courts
Emergency Management
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Income tax
Law
Small business
Tax returns
Taxation
Victims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing cases commenced as of October 17, 2005 (the effective date of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005).
 
Excludes from the accounting of current monthly incomepayments to victims of a natural disaster on account of their status as victims of a natural disaster.
 
Defines victim of a natural disaster as one: (1) whose financial condition is materially adversely affected by a natural disaster; and (2) whose domicile, residence, or principal place of business (including principal assets) in the United States is located in a natural disaster zone immediately preceding the event that caused the natural disaster.
 
Permits debtor status for a debtor unable to complete credit counseling because of a natural disaster.
 
Retains automatic stay protections for a debtor who is a victim of a natural disaster. 
 
Modifies requirements governing the statutory deadline for completion of debtor's duties. Authorizes the court to extend any such time period if: (1) the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster; and (2) the debtor's status as a victim of a natural disaster necessitates such extension of time.
 
Includes within the permissible monthly expenses of a chapter 7 debtor the actual reasonably necessary expenses incurred as a result of being a victim of a natural disaster.
 
Modifies requirements governing conversion or dismissal of either a Chapter 7 case, a Chapter 11 Reorganization case, or Chapter 13 case if the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster.
 
Authorizes the court to grant an extension of time for filing small business bankruptcy documentation if the debtor is unable to meet the deadline because of a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1803-1804)
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total (RIGHT) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3700
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Agricultural labor
Alien labor
Aliens
Allegiance
Amnesties
Cambodia
Caribbean area
Central Asia
Citizenship
Congress
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Cubans
Department of Homeland Security
East Asia
Ethics
Europe
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Former Soviet states
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti
Haitians
Hungary
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Investors
Labor and Employment
Laos
Latin America
Law
Married people
Nicaragua
Oaths
Parents
Poland
Private Legislation
Refugees
Right of asylum
Russia
Skilled labor
Support of dependents
Vietnam
Visas
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total (RIGHT) Act of 2005 - Reduces U.S. immigration levels (and visa allotments) for: (1) family-sponsored immigrants to zero; (2) diversity immigrants to zero; and (3) employment-based immigrants.
 
Caps fiscal year humanitarian-related entries at 50,000, which shall include: (1) refugees; (2) assylees; (3) Polish, Hungarian, Soviet, and Indochinese parolees; (4) aliens whose removal is canceled and status adjusted; and (5) aliens provided permanent resident status through private legislation.
 
Eliminates specified legalization and amnesty programs, including: (1) agricultural worker amnesty; (2) Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) legalizations; (3) amnesties under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997, and the Haitian Refugee and Immigration Fairness Act of 1998; and (4) Cuban-Haitian adjustments.
 
Requires congressional approval for extension of designation of foreign states for temporary protected status designations.
 
Establishes as nonimmigrant classifications: (1) spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents (currently, a preference immigrant classification); and (2) parents of U.S. adult citizens (currently, an immediate relative classification exempt from numerical immigrant limitations).
 
Prohibits automatic citizenship by birth unless at least one of the individual's parents is, at the time of birth, a U.S. citizen or national or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
 
Makes voting in a foreign election a basis for automatic loss of U.S. citizenship.
 
Sets forth the instances under which illegal U.S. presence by a person shall be considered as not demonstrating good moral character for immigration purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House