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Pursuit of International Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3064
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-06-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Cuba
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International education
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Right to travel
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Pursuit of International Education Act of 2005 - Prohibits the use Treasury funds to implement regulations restricting certain educational travel to Cuba.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To extend the aviation war risk insurance program for 3 years.

Bill: 109-hr-3065
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airlines
Aviation insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
International Affairs
Terrorism
War risk insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to extend through December 31, 2008, the Secretary of Transportation's authority to: (1) issue war risk insurance policies to air carriers; and (2) certify that an air carrier is a victim of an act of terrorism and not liable for losses suffered by third parties that exceed $100 million, as well as immunity from punitive damages (with the federal government responsible for any liability above $100 million). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1349)
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate tariff categories for certain tractor body parts.

Bill: 109-hr-3066
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide separate tariff categories for certain tractor body parts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment.

Bill: 109-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Logging
Lumber trade
Motor vehicles
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief with respect to rent and mortgage payments for members of the reserve components who are called to active duty and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit to lessors for payments foregone by reason of such relief.

Bill: 109-hr-3068
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-06-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Interest
Landlord and tenant
Mortgages
Rent
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow a military reservist who is ordered to active duty for a period of more than 90 days: (1) an exemption during the period of active duty from payment of rent on a primary residence occupied by such member or dependents; and (2) a deferral of mortgage payments on a principal residence. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow lessors of military reservists granted an exemption from rent payments under this Act a refundable tax credit for the exempted lease amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-06-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congress
Congressional powers
Congressional voting
Congressional-judicial relations
Constitutional law
House rules and procedure
Senate rules and procedure
Supreme Court decisions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2005 - Authorizes Congress, if two thirds of each House agree, to reverse a judgment of the United States Supreme Court: (1) if that judgment is handed down after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) to the extent that judgment concerns the constitutionality of an Act of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Antitrust law
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medical personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2005 - Exempts health care professionals that are negotiating with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided from federal antitrust laws in connection with such negotiations.
 
Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to such negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1367)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coinsurance
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Medigap
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the tax credit for the health insurance costs of a taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) permit up to $500 of unused health benefits under a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried over to a succeeding plan year or paid directly to an employee as compensation; (3) revise the tax deduction for payments to a health savings account; and (4) repeal the 7.5 percent threshold limitation on the tax deduction of medical and dental expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1361)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Damages
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Law
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Surgery
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for insurance purchased to cover the costs of a negative outcome from surgery, including negative outcomes caused by physician malpractice; and (2) exclude from gross income medical malpractice awards granted in binding arbitration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1365)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Child Health Care Affordability Act

Bill: 109-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Disabled
Families
Health
Hospital care
Households
Income tax
Long-term care
Medical economics
Parents
Siblings
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
Child Health Care Affordability Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the medical expenses of a dependent. Limits the amount of such credit to $500 (adjusted for inflation) per dependent. Increases the amount of the credit to $3,000 (adjusted for inflation) for a dependent who has a terminal disease, cancer, a disability, or any other health condition requiring hospitalization or other forms of specialized care. (Coordinates the credit allowed by this Act with the income tax credit for household and dependent care services and the income tax deduction for medical expenses to prevent a double tax benefit.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1370)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3078
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cancer
Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medical records
Physicians
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Terminally ill

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Cancer and Terminal Illness Patient Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the employee portion of the Social Security tax for any period in which a taxpayer has been certified by a physician as having cancer or a terminal illness or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with cancer or a terminal disease. 
Reduces by 50 percent the rates of tax levied on a self-employed individual for old age, survivors and disability insurance and hospital insurance if a physician has certified that such individual has a terminal disease or cancer throughout the taxable year or is the primary caregiver for a spouse, parent, or child with a terminal disease or cancer. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1368-1369)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Agriculture Education Freedom Act

Bill: 109-hr-3079
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural societies
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Higher education
Income tax
Livestock
Secondary education
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Agriculture Education Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual any gain from the sale of any animal raised and sold by such individual as part of his or her participation in the 4-H program under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture, the Future Farmers of America, any tax-exempt similar organization, or any program of a tax-exempt educational organization.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1363)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computers
Cost of living adjustments
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Fringe benefits
Government trust funds
Home offices
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Telecommuting
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: 
Parents' Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum tax credit for household and dependent care services for dependents under the age of six; (2) increase to $5,000 the amount of the personal tax exemption; (3) eliminate the marriage penalty in all income tax brackets; (4) establish a standard tax deduction for expenses related to business usage of a home; (5) make permanent increases in the child tax credit and adjust the amount of such credit for inflation on an annual basis after 2005; (6) allow employers a tax credit for employees who telecommute; and (7) allow an exclusion from employee gross income for employer-provided computer equipment used to work at home.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to award social security credits to parents who stay at home, instead of working outside the home, to care for children who are either under age six or under age 10 and disabled. Authorizes transfers from the general fund to specified Social Security trust funds to cover the cost of such credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1358-1359)
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Community development
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landowners
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of property
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005 - Declares that the power of eminent domain shall be available only for public use, which shall not be construed to include economic development. Applies such limitation to all exercises of eminent domain by the federal government or by state and local governments through the use of federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5369)
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3086
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Breast cancer
Cardiovascular diseases
Cervical cancer
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Health counseling
Health education
Health surveys
Medical screening
Nutrition
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Physical fitness
Preventive medicine
Sports and Recreation
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) remove the limit on the number of states that may receive preventive heath services grants; (2) require a competitive review process; and (3) include among the uses for such grants health education, counseling, and interventions for behavioral risk factors and diseases. Authorizes appropriations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Community development
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landowners
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of property
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005 - Declares that the power of eminent domain shall be available only for public use, which shall not be construed to include economic development. Applies such limitation to all exercises of eminent domain by the federal government or by state and local governments through the use of federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9454-9455, H9456-9458)
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Homestead Preservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Interest rates
Mortgages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Homestead Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of low-interest loan (residential) mortgage assistance to eligible persons who are separated from their employment.
 
Limits assistance to 12 months, and requires repayment within five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3-bis(4-Aminophenoxy)benzene (RODA).

Bill: 109-hr-3089
Sponsor: Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on 1,3-bis(4-Aminophenoxy)benzene (RODA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pyromellitic Dianhydride (PMDA).

Bill: 109-hr-3090
Sponsor: Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on Pyromellitic Dianhydride (PMDA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House