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To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the "Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-hr-4530
Sponsor: Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Federal office buildings
Kentucky
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Designates the federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2984)
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2984)
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4530.
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2984-2985)
action_date: 2006-05-22
text: Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to deem certain small business concerns qualified HUBZone small business concerns.

Bill: 109-hr-4531
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Residence requirements
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to deem a small business a qualified HUBZone (heavily underutilized business zone) small business if such small business has certified to the Administrator that: (1) it is not currently a HUBZone small business; (2) its principal office is located in a census tract adjacent to a HUBZone; (3) at least 35% of the employees reside in a HUBZone; and (4) it meets current SBA requirements applicable to qualified HUBZone small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Technology Education Incentive Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4532
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business and social problems
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Governmental investigations
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Volunteer workers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Technology Education Incentive Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 20% of the wages paid to employees who volunteer services at certain K-12 schools related to science, mathematics, or engineering education. Imposes a maximum credit amount of $1,000 per employee.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury to conduct a joint study on the effects of such tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4533
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Executive reorganization
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Military personnel
Naturalization
Recruiting and enlistment
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the fingerprints provided by an individual at the time of military enlistment to satisfy any fingerprint requirements as part of an application for naturalization if the individual: (1) may be naturalized under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) was fingerprinted in accordance with requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD) at the time of enlistment; and (3) submits an application for naturalization within 12 months after the date of enlistment.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish the position of Citizenship Advocate at each military entry processing station to provide information to members of the Armed Forces on the naturalization process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2006-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2537-2538)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the charitable contribution deduction rules on contributions of certain easements on buildings in registered historic districts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4534
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative fees
Buildings
Charitable contributions
Commemorations
Conservation easements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Historic sites
History
Income tax
Law
Real estate appraisal
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Tax returns
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify requirements for the tax deduction for charitable contributions of easements on buildings in registered historic districts to require such easements to preserve the entire exterior of the building and to prohibit any change in the exterior of the buildings which is inconsistent with the historic character of such exterior. Imposes additional reporting, appraisal, and filing fee requirements.
 
Revises criteria for determining substantial and gross overstatements of valuations of charitable deduction property. Eliminates the reasonable cause exception for waiving penalties for such overstatements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4535
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bribery
Campaign funds
Civil service retirement
Conflict of interests
Congressional ethics
Congressional pensions
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Election fraud
Embezzlement
Extortion
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign agents
Forfeiture
Fraud
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Income tax
Interest
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Law
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Obstruction of justice
Organized crime
Perjury
Practice of law
Public corruption
Tax evasion
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Congressional Integrity and Pension Forfeiture Act of 2005 - Requires the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations that prohibit eligibility in the governmental retirement system for a Member convicted of certain offenses that are: (1) committed by the individual while a Member, (2) related to the individual's service as a Member, and (3) after enactment of this Act. Refunds annuity contributions and deposits, excluding interest earned, to a convicted individual. Authorizes the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System to prescribe necessary regulations with respect to the Thrift Saving Plan and which include provisions requiring the return of all vested amounts attributable to periods of service rendered by the individual as a Member.
 
Defines &quot;Member&quot; as &quot;the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11511)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4536
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Computer networks
Computer software
Consumer protection
Copying processes
Copyright
Electronic data interchange
Encryption
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Licenses
Literature
Motion pictures
Music
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2005 - Amends federal copyright law to: (1) include analog or digital transmissions of a copyrighted work within fair use protections; (2) provide that it is not a copyright infringement for a person who lawfully obtains or receives a transmission of a digital work to reproduce, store, adapt, or access it for archival purposes or to transfer it to a preferred digital media device in order to effect a non-public performance or display; (3) allow the owner of a particular copy of a digital work to sell or otherwise dispose of the work by means of a transmission to a single recipient, provided the owner does not retain his or her copy in a retrievable form and the work is sold or otherwise disposed of in its original format; and (4) permit circumvention of copyright encryption technology if it is necessary to enable a noninfringing use and the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means for circumvention without additional cost or burden to a person who has lawfully obtained or received a copy, phonorecord, or transmission of it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4537
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cooperative housing
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Mortgages
Single family housing
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the use of veterans' housing loan benefits to purchase stock or membership in a development, project, or structure (structure) of a cooperative housing corporation as long as such structure: (1) complies with criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and (2) is a one-family residential unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2528)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4538
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building construction
Department of Energy
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Government property
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear power plants
Radioactive wastes
Security measures
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Spent Nuclear Fuel On-Site Storage Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to prescribe guidelines for the transfer of spent nuclear fuel, within six years after enactment of this Act, from spent nuclear fuel pools into spent nuclear fuel dry casks at an independent spent fuel storage facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and located at the power reactor site.
 

 
Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) make grants to compensate a contractor for expenses incurred in carrying out such transfer; and (2) accept the conveyance of title to a spent nuclear fuel dry cask (including its contents) from the contractor following certification of compliance by the NRC.
 
Confers upon the Secretary full responsibility (including financial responsibility) for the possession, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all spent nuclear fuel transferred to the Secretary.
 
Requires the Secretary to accept the conveyance of title to all spent nuclear fuel with respect to which, before enactment of this Act, the NRC has certified that certain contractors have completed transfer to spent nuclear fuel dry casks in compliance with applicable regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2536-2537)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical Amendments Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4539
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Boundaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Commemorations
Cultural property
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Landscape protection
Nature conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Right of property
Rivers
Social Welfare
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area Technical Amendments Act of 2005 - Amends the Cache La Poudre River Corridor Act to redesignate the Cache La Poudre Corridor as the &quot;Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area.&quot; 
 
Designates the Poudre Heritage Alliance as the management entity for the Area. Provides for the immediate removal of private property included within the boundaries of the Area upon request from the owner. 
 
Prohibits the Alliance from using federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. Prohibits the acquisition of any land or interest in land by the Secretary of the Interior or the Alliance under this Act without the owner's consent. 
 
Requires the Alliance to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. 
 
Allows the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with the Alliance for the purpose of carrying out the plan. 
 
Prohibits any privately owned property from being preserved, conserved, or promoted by the plan unless the owner gives the Alliance consent for such preservation, conservation, or promotion after receiving notification from the Alliance of the proposed preservation, conservation, or promotion.
 
Specifies private property protections. 
 
Terminates the authority of the Secretary to provide financial assistance to the Alliance (excluding technical assistance and administrative oversight) under the Act ten years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Mammogram Availability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4540
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Breast cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer discounts
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Federal preemption
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mammography
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Medical screening
Rebates
State laws
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Mammogram Availability Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Applies such requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
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: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4541
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2005-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Drainage
Energy facilities
Gas pipelines
Law
Licenses
Natural gas
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum pipelines
Petroleum refineries
Prospecting
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 
Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, to repeal the definition of &quot;oil and gas exploration, production, processing, or treatment operations or transmission facilities.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Introduced in House