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Federal Emergency Management Agency Restoration Act

Bill: 109-hr-4493
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Presidential appointments
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Federal Emergency Management Agency Restoration Act - Establishes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a cabinet-level independent establishment in the executive branch that is responsible for emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation for all hazards, including major disasters, acts of terrorism, and other emergencies.
 
Requires the FEMA Director to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among persons who have extensive experience in emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation for all hazards, including major disasters, acts of terrorism, and other emergencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2005-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-12-08
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: 2005-12-08
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: 2005-12-08
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: 2005-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2492)
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Bill: 109-hr-4494
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4495
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arsenic
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Potable water
Public utilities
Standards
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Rural Communities Water Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to extend until January 23, 2008, the date by which small public water systems must comply with the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for certain transportation and subsistence in cases where district courts are holding special sessions as a result of emergency conditions.

Bill: 109-hr-4496
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District courts
Emergency Management
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Amends the Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of 2005 to require a district court holding special sessions due to emergency conditions to provide for certain prisoner transportation and subsistence allowances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
BOND Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4497
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Aliens
Arrest
Bail
Commerce
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Law
Liability (Law)
Parole
Surety and fidelity
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Bringing Overstay Numbers Down Act of 2005 or the BOND Act of 2005 - Sets forth terms and conditions for immigration delivery bonds (a written suretyship for the surrender of an individual against whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an order to show cause or a notice to appear, the performance of which is guaranteed by an acceptable surety on federal bonds).
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) with respect to the release of an alien detained pending a removal decision to: (1) permit corporate surety employees to visit the alien; (2) permit release of the alien on a delivery bond of at least $10,000; (3) permit release of such alien on his or her own recognizance only if an immigration judge expressly states in a signed release order that the alien is not a flight risk and is not a threat to the United States; and (4) eliminate parole release authority.
 
Increases the amounts of recovered breached cash and surety bonds to be deposited into the Breached Bond/Detention Fund from amounts in excess of $8 million to amounts in excess of $80 million.
 
States that: (1) DHS shall take into custody any alien subject to a final order of removal, and cancel any bond previously posted for the alien, if the alien is produced within the prescribed time limit by the bond obligor whether or not DHS accepts custody of the alien; and (2) the bond obligor shall be deemed to have performed all bond conditions and shall be released from liability if the alien is produced within such time limit.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a case-by-case waiver of certain naturalization requirements for children of members of the Armed Forces who are adopted outside the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-4498
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Adoption
Allegiance
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Custody of children
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Military personnel
Naturalization
Oaths
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the case-by-case waiver of certain naturalization requirements for a child adopted outside the United States by a member of the Armed Forces who at the time of adoption was stationed outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Juanita Jimenez.

Bill: 109-hr-4499
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Federal employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 
Relieves Juanita Jimenez of Vancouver, Washington, of liability to the United States concerning duplicate payments certified by Juanita Jimenez, as certifying officer for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in 2001.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Juanita Jimenez an amount equal to the aggregate of any amounts paid by her to, or withheld from any sums otherwise due her by, the United States with respect to such liability to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate certain buildings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Bill: 109-hr-4500
Sponsor: Rep. Northup, Anne M. [R-KY-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Catholic Church
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal office buildings
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Missionaries
Names
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Designates the Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center building (Building 21) and the Global Communications Center building (Building 19) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located at 1600 Clifton Road in Atlanta, Georgia, as the &quot;Rosa Parks Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center Building&quot; and the &quot;Mother Teresa Global Communications Center Building,&quot; respectively.

action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center building (Building 21) and the Global Communications Center building (Building 19) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) located at 1600 Clifton Road in Atlanta, Georgia, as the &quot;Rosa Parks Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center Building&quot; and the &quot;Mother Teresa Global Communications Center Building,&quot; respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11459-11460)
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11459-11460)
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4500.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11459-11462)
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Mr. Boozman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm and Agricultural Definitions Restoration Act

Bill: 109-hr-4502
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Car pools
Commerce
Employee rights
Employment agencies
Family enterprises
Family farms
Industrial relations
Seasonal labor
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Family Farm and Agricultural Definitions Restoration Act - Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to provide exemptions for: (1) year-round employment; and (2) certain carpool arrangements. Revises requirements relating to an exemption for family businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Worker Protection and Workplace Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-4503
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Employee rights
Industrial arbitration
Industrial relations
Law
Mediation
Migrant labor

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Agricultural Worker Protection and Workplace Improvement Act - Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to provide for mandatory mediation of grievances under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Agriculture Access to Justice Act

Bill: 109-hr-4504
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Employee rights
Evidence (Law)
Industrial relations
Legal aid
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Migrant labor

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Agriculture Access to Justice Act - Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to: (1) revise requirements for the award of statutory damages in an action for intentional violation of the Act; (2) provide for recovery of attorneys fees by a prevailing defendant in certain circumstances; and (3) set a statute of limitations of two years after a specified request date for any claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Incentive Act

Bill: 109-hr-4505
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Labor
Employee health benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Medical savings accounts
Minimum wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Health Care Incentive Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to allow any employer in interstate commerce that is required by federal or state law to pay a minimum wage rate higher than the current federal rate under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to count the value of creditable health care benefits in determining the required wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Natural Catastrophe Insurance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4507
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building laws
Business insurance
Casualty insurance
Claims
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Treasury
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government insurance
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Liability (Law)
Losses
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Risk
Standards
State laws
Storms
Sunset legislation
Tsunamis
Volcanoes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Natural Catastrophe Insurance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a program to make reinsurance coverage available for purchase only by eligible State programs.
 
Requires a reinsurance contract to cover residential and business property losses insured or reinsured by the eligible State program and proximately caused by windstorm, earthquake, winter catastrophe, fire, tsunami, flood, volcanic eruption, or hail.
 
Establishes within the Treasury the Disaster Reinsurance Fund to pay for the administrative expenses of the reinsurance program.
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress annually on the cost and availability of insurance for losses resulting from catastrophic disasters covered by the reinsurance program under this Act.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the need for a federal program to provide reinsurance for insured losses resulting from any catastrophe event that may threaten the solvency of any segment of the catastrophe insurance industry; and (2) the appropriateness of such a program to stabilize financial and insurance markets, and ensure the availability and affordability of insurance in the United States for losses from such events. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1271 North King Street in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as the "Hiram L. Fong Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-hr-4509
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Names
Postal facilities
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1271 North King Street in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as the "Hiram L. Fong Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2516)
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Flex Health Savings Accounts Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4511
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medical savings accounts
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Flex Health Savings Accounts Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individuals covered under a flexible spending arrangement or health reimbursement arrangement to qualify for the tax deduction for contributions to health savings accounts; and (2) increase the monthly limitation on contributions to health savings accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for the immediate prescreening of passengers on flights in foreign air transportation.

Bill: 109-hr-4512
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Aviation safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer matching
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Electronic data interchange
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Law
Passports
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to initiate a pilot program to evaluate the use of automated systems for the immediate prescreening of passengers on flights in foreign air transportation bound for the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Introduced in House