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Localism in Broadcasting Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1665
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Families
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Licenses
Public broadcasting
Radio stations
Standards
Television and children
Television programs
Television stations
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Localism in Broadcasting Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to reduce from eight to three years the term for radio or television broadcasting licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Requires full FCC review of at least five percent of the applications filed each year.
 
Requires every broadcaster to file electronically with the FCC a copy of its public interest issues and programs list and its children's programming reports within ten days after the end of each quarter. Allows a waiver of such requirement for good cause shown. Requires such list and reports to be made available on publicly accessible websites of such stations.
 
Requires the standards for a station's license renewal to include review of the licensee's other stations (if any).
 
Requires the FCC, within nine months after the enactment of this Act, to complete action on two specified proceedings concerning disclosure requirements and public interest obligations of television broadcast licensees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E663)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary five-year increase in the minimum end-strength levels for active-duty personnel for the Armed Forces, to increase the number of Special Operations Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1666
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Army
Labor and Employment
Marines
Military posture
Military training
Navy
Recruiting and enlistment
Special forces (Military science)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Increases during FY 2006 through 2010 the minimum active-duty end strength levels for the Armed Forces.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to manage the selection, training, and retention of Special Operations Forces so that the total number of such personnel is increased by 2,000 at the end of each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, thus equaling a total increase of 10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Military Families Leave Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1667
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Iraq compilation
Leave of absence
Military dependents
Military operations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Military Families Leave Act of 2005 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and Federal law relating to the Armed Forces, to entitle eligible employees to certain leave because of any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that their spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces who is serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation or has been notified of an impending call or order to such active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E665-666)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1669
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Drug industry
Drug utilization
Drugs
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Medical statistics
Patients' rights
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2005 - Prohibits any pharmaceutical drug manufacturer from having a controlling interest in an entity that is a pharmacy benefit manager. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue civil penalties for violations as necessary.
 
Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from making drug interchanges: (1) to a drug with a greater cost; (2) without disclosure to the individual of the savings associated with the interchange; or (3) from a drug with generic equivalents to a drug without generic equivalents, unless the latter is lower in cost than each of the generic equivalents of the drug from which the prescription would be changed. 
 
Requires pharmacy benefit managers to annually disclose all compensation received from drug manufacturers to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and to the client plans of such manager.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Egyptian Counterterrorism and Political Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-1670
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic assistance
Egypt
Government Operations and Politics
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
President and foreign policy
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Egyptian Counterterrorism and Political Reform Act - Prohibits military assistance to Egypt beginning in FY 2006 unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national security interests to provide assistance for a given fiscal year. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) funds that would have been provided for military assistance should be given in the form of economic support fund assistance and not used by the armed forces of Egypt; (2) the President should certify the establishment of procedures to ensure access by the Comptroller General to appropriate financial information in order to review the use of these funds; and (3) the agreement among the United States, Egypt, and Israel to decrease the overall amount of U.S. foreign assistance for both countries should continue. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1671
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Antitrust law
Commerce
Contracts
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Labor and Employment
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2005 - Provides that antitrust laws shall apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Rights for Abducted Children Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1672
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child welfare
Child witnesses
Compensation for victims of crime
Custody of children
Families
Kidnapping
Law
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Rights for Abducted Children Act of 2005 - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to define: (1) &quot;victim&quot; to include a child victim of a family abduction; and (2) &quot;family abduction&quot; to mean the taking, keeping, or concealing of a child or children by a parent, other family member, or person acting on behalf of the parent or family member that prevents another individual from exercising lawful custody or visitation rights (thus making such children eligible for victim compensation and assistance).
 
Amends the federal criminal code to include such definition of &quot;family abduction,&quot; to modify the definition of &quot;child abuse&quot; to include family abduction, and to revise the definition of &quot;child&quot; to cover a person under age 18 who is or is alleged to be a victim of family abduction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Laura Maldonado Caetani.

Bill: 109-hr-1673
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Declares Laura Maldonado Caetani to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Together-Immediately Defeating Erosion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1675
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
Restoration ecology
Shore protection
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: 
Together-Immediately Defeating Erosion Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use appropriated funds to participate in environmental restoration and resource protection programs and projects in the Louisiana coastal area and to enter into an agreements with other federal agencies to to carry out interagency projects.
 
Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, to use authorized funds to: (1) give technical and financial assistance to local organizations in planning and carrying out watershed projects for flood protection and other purposes consistent with the comprehensive Louisiana coastal conservation, protection, and restoration program; (2) enter into a project agreements with other federal agencies; and (3) implement projects to protect or restore watersheds and the ecosystem in coastal Louisiana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
ID Theft Loophole Closure Act

Bill: 109-hr-1676
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Income tax
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Tax evasion
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: 
ID Theft Loophole Closure Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to a State or local law enforcement agency (upon the written request of the head of such agency) the name, tax identification number, and mailing address of any individual who is reasonably believed to have violated a State law by claiming a tax benefit using another person's social security number. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kuan He Wu.

Bill: 109-hr-1677
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: 
Makes Kuan He Wu eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for increased expensing for small business.

Bill: 109-hr-1678
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital investments
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two additional years (taxable years beginning before 2010) provisions allowing the increased expensing of small business assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2005 to ensure the inclusion of commonly used pesticides in State source water assessment programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1679
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Pesticide pollution
Pesticide residues
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Revolving funds
Soil pollution
Supplemental appropriations
Water Resources Development
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2005 to the Environmental Protection Agency for State and Tribal Assistance Grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for State expenses of formulating source water assessment programs.
 
Requires source water assessment programs to include the assessment of: (1) the pesticides chlorothalonil, pendimethalin, paraquat, cyanazine, bensulide, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, metalaxyl, and mecoprop; (2) surface water sources; (3) residential drinking wells; and (4) contaminated soil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Brownfield Cleanup Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1680
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bonds
Brownfields
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government securities
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Local finance
Property tax
Refuse and refuse disposal
State finance
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Brownfield Cleanup Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified brownfields cleanup bonds. Defines &quot;qualified brownfields cleanup bonds&quot; as 15-year State or local government bonds 95 percent of the proceeds of which are used for the abatement or control of hazardous substances at a site designated as contaminated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Limits the amount of such credit to 25 percent of the annual credit determined for such bonds (i.e., applicable credit rate times the outstanding face amount of such bonds).
 
Establishes national limits on the amount of qualified brownfields cleanup bonds that may be issued in 2006 and 2007. Terminates the authority for issuance of such bonds after 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
SSI Modernization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1682
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Blind
Cost of living adjustments
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Earnings
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Income
Secondary education
Students
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
SSI Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to eligibility and income determination requirements, to increase the excluded amount (adjusted for cost-of-living changes) of: (1) income per year other than income paid on the basis of the eligible individual's need; and (2) earned income per year for an individual (or the individual's spouse) who is blind and has not attained age 65.
 
Increases resource limits under SSA title XVI part A (Determination of Benefits) provisions concerned with the eligibility for and amount of benefits for each aged, blind, or disabled individual who does not have an eligible spouse.
 
Provides for disability redeterminations for secondary school students who turn age 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E688)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require a minimum basic pay level of $2,000 per month for members of the Armed Forces serving in a combat zone.

Bill: 109-hr-1683
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Military operations
Military pay

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: 
Requires that, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces who serves on active duty for more than 10 days during any month in an area for which special combat zone pay is authorized, the rate of basic pay for the member for that month shall not be less than $2,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Introduced in House