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Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3702
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural surpluses
Animals
Aquaculture
Cotton
Crop insurance
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Farm produce
Farm production quotas
Finance and Financial Sector
Fisheries
Fruit
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Law
Livestock
Losses
Marketing of farm produce
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Seeds
Sugar
Trees
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers on a farm eligible for 2005 direct payments for a covered commodity if: (1) the farm is located in a disaster county; or (2) the producers on the farm have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to damaging weather or related conditions.
 
Requires as a condition for such assistance that producers of: (1) a covered commodity and other insurable commodities for each of the next two crop years obtain at least federal crop catastrophic risk protection, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received; and (2) eligible noninsurable commodities for each of the next two crop or calendar years file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the state filing deadline, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) make emergency financial assistance to producers (crop, timber, fisheries, and livestock producers) who have incurred losses in a disaster-designated county; (2) use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program for livestock producers in a disaster county, and for catfish producers; (3) transfer CCC funds for emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities; (4) use CCC funds for assistance to fruit and vegetable producers, and for producers and first handlers of the 2005 cottonseed crop; and (5) make CCC commodity or payment assistance to certain loan-eligible first processors in a disaster-designated state to partially compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses related to such natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America Together Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3704
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Border patrols
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Employee health benefits
Executive reorganization
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government travel
Government vehicles
Health
Illegal aliens
Incorporation
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Volunteer workers
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Protecting America Together Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Border Patrol Auxiliary. 
 
States that: (1) it is the intent of Congress that the Auxiliary be used to notify the Border Patrol if members see illegal aliens attempting to cross the U.S. border; (2) each Auxiliary organization shall be deemed to be a U.S. instrumentality when operating within the scope of its authority and exempt from federal tort claims and noncontractual civil liability; and (3) Auxiliary members shall not be considered to be federal employees except as provided for by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Protection Against Gouging Activities Act

Bill: 109-hr-3705
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Disasters
Emergency Management
Fines (Penalties)
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Prices
Profit

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Protection Against Gouging Activities Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit price gouging during a period of national emergency. Defines: (1) &quot;price gouging&quot; as selling or renting any product, service, dwelling, or facility at a price that grossly exceeds the average price at which it was obtainable in the same area during the 30-day period immediately proceeding the national emergency, where the increase is not attributable to any reasonable attendant business risk resulting from the emergency or is not consistent with market trends; and (2) &quot;period of national emergency&quot; as the 90 days immediately following the declaration of an emergency or major disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
To establish a National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response.

Bill: 109-hr-3706
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Emergency communication systems
Energy
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Executive orders
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Flood control
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government regulation
Governmental investigations
Health
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Law
Legislation
Louisiana
Marine transportation
Mississippi
Planning
Public health
Public utilities
Rescue work
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Establishes the bipartisan National Independent Inquiry Commission on Disaster Preparedness and Response to examine and report on the readiness of federal, state, and local governments and agencies to respond to the dramatic effects of Hurricane Katrina, meet power and utility infrastructure and telecommunications needs immediately following Katrina's landfall and all future disasters, and prepare for, and respond to disasters of all kinds, sizes, and scopes, including natural or man-made.
 
Requires the Commission also to: (1) report on the availability of adequate resources to meet the needs of displaced individuals and families, and the effectiveness of rescue and other life-saving techniques and operations and coordination between the Armed Forces and federal, state, and local governments; (2) determine if the federal response to Hurricane Katrina was and remains coordinated, adequate, and appropriate in size and scope; and (3) investigate and report to the President and Congress on the Federal Government's failure to prepare adequately for and respond to Hurricane Katrina.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7751, CR E1807)
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Temporary Energy Price Freeze Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3707
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Fines (Penalties)
Floods
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Injunctions
Law
Petroleum
Presidential powers
Price regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Emergency Temporary Energy Price Freeze Act of 2005 - Authorizes the President to: (1) issue orders and regulations to freeze temporarily wholesale and retail prices of gasoline and other petroleum products at or below the levels prevailing on August 27, 2005; and (2) delegate the performance of any function under this Act to federal officers, departments, and agencies as he considers appropriate.
 
 Declares that anyone who willfully violates any such order or regulation shall be fined an amount up to three times the amount of the gain from such violation.
 
Authorizes the President, or any delegatee, to seek a temporary or permanent injunction to prevent or halt violations of orders or regulations issued under this Act.
 
Terminates the authority under this Act upon a finding by the President that the domestic supply of petroleum products meets or exceeds the level of domestic supply as of August 27, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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 Mental Health Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3708
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alabama
Ambulatory care
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster relief
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law enforcement officers
Louisiana
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Mental health services
Mississippi
Paramedical personnel
Police
Poor children
Prescription pricing
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Rescue work
Social Welfare
Stress (Psychology)
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 

 
Hurricane Katrina Mental Health Relief Act of 2005 - Requires 10% of all disaster relief funds provided in any Act enacted on or after September 8, 2005, in response to Hurricane Katrina be available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for reimbursements of mental health professionals for the outpatient treatment of victims and first responders for stress, trauma, and other mental health conditions arising out of, or complicated by, Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
 
Makes such reimbursements available: (1) for services furnished during the two-year period beginning on August 29, 2005; and (2) to States to cover costs of such treatment provided to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7823)
action_date: 2005-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7719)
To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the Peace Corps as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program.

Bill: 109-hr-3709
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Military pay
Military personnel
National service
Peace Corps
Recruiting and enlistment
Social Welfare
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Removes the Peace Corps as an option for service under the National Call to Service military recruitment program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act

Bill: 109-hr-3711
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Alabama
Child welfare
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Floods
Florida
Foster home care
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Water Resources Development
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act - Entitles each state which makes foster care maintenance payments on behalf of foster children in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, for a 12-month period beginning with September 2005, to payments equal to its total expenditures for: (1) such children in foster family homes or child care institutions; and (2) provision of child placement services, plan administration, or services to improve the children's well-being (as the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds necessary).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7913-7914)
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Gas Stamps Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3712
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Energy assistance for the poor
Excess profits tax
Food stamps
Gasoline
Natural gas
Petroleum
Social Welfare
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Gas Stamps Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a program for the equitable allocation among the states of gas stamps for distribution to individuals eligible to receive food stamps who can demonstrate a need for gasoline; and (2) provide for the distribution of gas stamps in conjunction with the distribution of food stamps, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture. 
 
Sets a $330 million limit for such national distribution in each of the first three months after enactment of this Act.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax upon the sale in the United States of any crude oil, natural gas, and any fuel which is a product of crude oil or natural gas, equal to the windfall profit on such sale.
 
Defines &quot;windfall profit&quot; as so much of the profit on such sale as exceeds a 15 percent pretax rate of return.
 
Imposes liability for the windfall profits tax upon the seller.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.

Bill: 109-hr-3713
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional-executive relations
Expedited congressional procedure
Foreign trade policy
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Legislation
Nontariff trade barriers
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Repeals the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Emergency Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3714
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health
Hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Hospital Emergency Assistance Act of 2005 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide reimbursement to a for-profit hospital for damages to it, or an expense incurred by it, during a major disaster or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3715
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apartment houses
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Residential rehabilitation
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of certain multifamily housing property to a housing credit agency or related organization (preservation entity) that agrees to maintain certain affordability and use restrictions for such property. Limits the excludable amount of such gain to the depreciation adjustments for such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the mortgage subsidy bond benefits for residences located in disaster areas.

Bill: 109-hr-3716
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disasters
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Home ownership
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Income tax
Mortgages
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise mortgage revenue bond rules for the financing of home improvement loans for residences in disaster areas. Increases the limitation on such loans from $15,000 to $150,000. Waives certain income requirements for such loans and the three-year replacement requirement for residences destroyed in a disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Introduced in House
Good Samaritan Protection for Construction Volunteers Act

Bill: 109-hr-3717
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Federal preemption
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Labor and Employment
Liability (Law)
Social Welfare
State laws
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 

Good Samaritan Protection for Construction Volunteers Act - Grants construction companies and their employees immunity from liability for negligence, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct, when providing emergency construction assistance on a voluntary basis in response to a declared emergency or disaster, in good faith, and without expectation of compensation.


Legislative actions:
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
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Federal Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report on gasoline prices by November 8, 2005.

Bill: 109-hr-3718
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Gasoline
Governmental investigations
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Price fixing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make November 8, 2005, the deadline for the Federal Trade Commission's report to Congress on its investigation into whether the price of gasoline is being artificially manipulated by reduction in refinery capacity or by any other form of market manipulation or price gouging practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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