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To suspend temporarily the duty on certain work footwear.

Bill: 109-hr-3488
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Shoe industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain work footwear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain athletic footwear.

Bill: 109-hr-3489
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Shoe industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain athletic footwear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain rubber or plastic footwear.

Bill: 109-hr-3490
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Shoe industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain rubber or plastic footwear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain leather footwear.

Bill: 109-hr-3491
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Shoe industry
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain leather footwear.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Credit Card Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3492
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Credit cards
Fees
Interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Consumer Credit Card Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from using adverse information concerning a consumer as the basis for increasing any annual percentage rate of interest applicable to a credit card account of the consumer under an open end consumer credit plan, or to remove or increase any introductory annual percentage rate of interest applicable to such account, for reasons other than actions or omissions of the consumer that are directly related to such account (universal default).
 
Expands mandatory disclosures governing an open end consumer credit plan to include clear and conspicuous minimum payment terms with respect to the outstanding balance on the account, including prescribed details expressed in tabular format and in close proximity. 
 
Requires a creditor to furnish advance notice as a prerequisite to increasing rates or imposing fees on a consumer credit card account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Battle of Camden Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-3493
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: American Revolution
Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Military history
Military parks
National parks
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Battle of Camden Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to evaluate the national significance of the site of the Battle of Camden, South Carolina and the site of Historic Camden, South Carolina, and to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating such sites as a unit or as separate units of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Veronica Mitina Haskins.

Bill: 109-hr-3494
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Makes Veronica Mitina Haskins 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: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Thomas W. Sikes and Wellington Trade, Inc., doing business as Containerhouse.

Bill: 109-hr-3495
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Thomas W. Sikes and Wellington Trade, Inc., doing business as Containerhouse, in full satisfaction of claims against the United States for damages sustained in connection with a 1991 government contract for the purchase and delivery of certain ocean freight containers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Loser Pays Legal Fee Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-3497
Sponsor: Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Legal fees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Loser Pays Legal Fee Fairness Act - States that whenever federal law provides a basis on which a court may award attorney's fees to one prevailing party, the court may award such fees to any prevailing party on that basis, except where the law permits the award of such fees only to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

Bill: 109-hr-3498
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Child support
Collection of accounts
Department of the Treasury
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Law
Local taxation
State taxation
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to reduce the federal tax refund of any taxpayer who owes a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation to a local government by the amount of such obligation. Requires notice to the taxpayer of the refund reduction. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of taxpayer information to agencies of states requesting refund offsets for tax debts owed to local governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Local Control of Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3499
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Constitutional law
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Federal mandates
Government Operations and Politics
Law
State laws
States' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Local Control of Education Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from providing any funds to a state for any program under the Elementary and Secondary Education act of 1965 (ESEA), and prohibits such program from operating in that state, unless the state legislature has by law expressly and specifically authorized operation of the program and, in doing so, has waived the state's rights and authorities to act inconsistently with any requirement that might be imposed as a condition of receiving federal funds under the program. Requires such state authorization of the program's operation before any federal officer, employee, or authority may enforce any requirement of the program against a state authority, and before any state authority may be obliged to obey any such requirement.

Prohibits the Secretary from providing any funds under an ESEA program to a local governmental entity unless the state's chief law enforcement officer certifies that participation by the entity in the program is consistent with any applicable requirements under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Prekindergarten Access Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3500
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Child development
Class size
Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Language arts
Preschool education
Reading
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Teaching materials
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Prekindergarten Access Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish prekindergarten programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to applicant states to establish or expand prekindergarten early learning programs by eligible prekindergarten providers and local educational agencies in partnership with early childhood programs, organizations, or agencies that serve three-, four-, and five-year old children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
E-Mail Privacy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3503
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Electronic mail systems
Electronic surveillance
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
E-Mail Privacy Act of 2005 - Amends wiretap provisions of the Federal criminal code to revise the definition of &quot;intercept&quot; to mean the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication contemporaneous with transit, or on an ongoing basis during transit, through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device or process, notwithstanding that the communication may simultaneously be in electronic storage (thus covering e-mail communications).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Life Insurance Anti-Discrimination in Travel Act

Bill: 109-hr-3504
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Discrimination in insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Life insurance
Restrictive trade practices
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Life Insurance Anti-Discrimination in Travel Act - Declares that it is unlawful to deny any person life insurance coverage, or to discriminate in the issuance, cancellation, terms (including premium rates), or conditions of life insurance coverage, based upon the past lawful travel experiences of such person.
 
Exempts property and casualty insurance, certain health insurance, and workers compensation insurance from such proscription.
 
States that a violation of this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act

Bill: 109-hr-3506
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Criminal investigation
Department of Justice
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Housing discrimination
Kidnapping
Murder
Prosecution
Prostitution
Sex crimes
Sex-oriented businesses
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act - Establishes an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Requires the Chief of the Section to be responsible for investigating and prosecuting violations of criminal civil rights statutes in which the complaint alleges that such a violation occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death.
 
Requires the Chief to consult with state or local officials regarding the appropriate venue for a case where there has been a violation of a criminal civil rights statute that is also a violation of a state or local law.
 
Directs the Chief to refer cases to the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division if the Chief determines that the subject of the complaint has violated a criminal civil rights statute but the violation does not meet the requirements for the Unsolved Crimes Section.
 
Requires the Chief, annually, to determine the cases under his or her jurisdiction for which there is sufficient evidence to prosecute violations of criminal civil rights statutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1679)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3507
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005 - Transfers certain land in Riverside and San Diego counties, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. 

action_date: 2005-11-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2005 - Transfers certain land in Riverside and San Diego counties, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians.
 
Allows the transferred land to be used only for the protection, preservation, and maintenance of archaeological, cultural, and wildlife resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10170)
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10170)
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3507.
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10169-10171)
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Mrs. Musgrave moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid State Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3511
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Cost of living adjustments
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance agents
Labor and Employment
Long-term care insurance
Medicaid
Social Welfare
State laws
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Medicaid State Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) with respect to the requirement that a state seek adjustment or recovery of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of an individual under the state plan in the case of an individual who has received (or is entitled to receive) benefits under a long-term care insurance policy in connection with which assets or resources are disregarded in specified manner.
 
Converts to a discretionary option the current requirement that the state seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate on account of medical assistance paid on the individual's behalf for nursing facility and other long-term care services. Exempts from application of such authority the case of an individual who received medical assistance under a state plan of a state which has a state plan amendment that provides for a qualified state long-term care insurance partnership. 
 
Defines &quot;qualified state long-term care insurance partnership&quot; to mean a state plan amendment under title XIX that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefit payments that are made under a long-term care insurance policy, regardless of whether the policy was issued before the effective date of such plan amendment, if specified requirements are met. 

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promote the education of consumers regarding qualified state long-term care insurance partnerships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House