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Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-774
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Colorado
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Land transfers
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept an offer to convey specified Federal land near MacGregor Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado, in exchange for specified non-Federal land located near the Ranch.
 
Instructs the Secretary to: (1) reserve an easement to the Federal land for the purposes of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the conservation values of that land; and (2) adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, to reflect the acquisition of the non-Federal land and manage such land as part of the Park. 

action_date: 2005-06-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to accept an offer to convey specified Federal land near MacGregor Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado, in exchange for specified non-Federal land located near the Ranch.
 
Instructs the Secretary to: (1) reserve an easement to the Federal land for the purposes of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the conservation values of that land; and (2) adjust the boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, to reflect the acquisition of the non-Federal land and manage such land as part of the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 60.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-108.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-108.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-775
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Families
Family farms
Farm income
Farm lands
Income tax
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Farmland Capital Gains Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of qualified farm property. Defines &quot;qualified farm property&quot; as U.S. property used by a taxpayer or a member of his family as a farm for farming purposes for at least three years. Requires such taxpayer or family member to materially participate in the operation of the farm.
 
 Limits the amount of such exclusion to $500,000 ($250,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return), reduced by the aggregate amount of gain excluded for all preceding taxable years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Sanctity of Life Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-776
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Congress
District courts
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Humans
Jurisdiction
Law
Legislation
Local laws
State laws
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Sanctity of Life Act of 2005 - Declares that: (1) human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, without regard to race, sex, age, health, defect, or condition of dependency; and (2) the term &quot;person&quot; shall include all such human life. Recognizes that each State has authority to protect the lives of unborn children residing in the jurisdiction of that State.
 
Amends the Federal judicial code to remove Supreme Court and district court jurisdiction to review cases arising out of any statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or practice, or any act interpreting such a measure, on the grounds that such measure: (1) protects the rights of human persons between conception and birth; or (2) prohibits, limits, or regulates the performance of abortions or the provision of public funds, facilities, personnel, or other assistance for abortions.
 
Makes this Act applicable to any case pending on the date of enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-777
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Family planning and birth control
Federal aid programs
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Taxpayers' Freedom of Conscience Act of 2005 - Prohibits a Federal official from expending Federal funds for any foreign or domestic population control or population planning program or family planning activity (including any abortion procedure).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E214)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Head Start Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-778
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Auditing
Child development
Child health
Community and school
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Parent-school relationships
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School boards
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Head Start Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the Head Start Act to require additional accountability measures for Head Start agencies, including: (1) agency designation period limits; (2) redesignation priorities; (3) local oversight boards; (4) administrative and financial management standards; (5) delegate agency evaluations and corrective actions; (6) shorter deadlines for agency corrective actions; (7) revised notice and hearing procedures for assistance suspensions, terminations, or reductions; and (8) annual audits. Prohibits recipients from using Head Start assistance to appeal any decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Federal Hydropower Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-779
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Emergency Management
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Fishing
Flood control
Governmental investigations
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Minorities
Native Americans
Navigation
Outdoor recreation
Reservoirs
Riparian ecology
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Federal Hydropower Enhancement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Army to study and report to Congress on the potential for increasing electric power production capability at federally owned or operated facilities for water regulation, storage, and conveyance.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 5202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to provide for assured funding for more Border Patrol agents.

Bill: 109-hr-780
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border patrols
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, to make available to the Secretary of Homeland Security necessary funding to ensure a 20 percent increase in each such fiscal year in the number of border patrol agents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E221)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Geary County, Kansas, Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-hr-781
Sponsor: Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Emergency Management
Fire departments
Kansas
Land transfers
Military bases

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Geary County, Kansas, Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Geary County Fire Department certain land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary in Geary County, Kansas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Senior Nutrition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-782
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Dairy products
Food relief
Food stamps
Milk
Nutrition
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Senior Nutrition Act of 2005 - Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to make a person who is at least 60 years old eligible for the commodity supplemental food program if such person: (1) is eligible for the food stamp program; or (2) has a household income that is not more than 185 percent of Federal poverty income guidelines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E222)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55.

Bill: 109-hr-783
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.

Bill: 109-hr-784
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advertising
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Marketing
Quality of products
Service industries
Signs and symbols
Trade associations
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide registered service marks, collective marks, and certification marks with the same protections, rights, and privileges as registered trademarks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Cargo Theft Prevention Act

Bill: 109-hr-785
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air cargo
Arrest
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Justice
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Freedom of information
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
Larceny
Law
Merchant ships
Prosecution
Sentencing guidelines
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Cargo Theft Prevention Act - Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations to: (1) permit the reporting of cargo theft to the Attorney General by a carrier, facility, or cargo owner promptly after its discovery, to include information on the shipment's origin and destination, the commodities stolen, and the time and location of the theft; (2) create a database to contain the reports and integrate them with non-criminal justice and intelligence data; (3) prescribe procedures for database access by government agencies and privacy protection; and (4) share the results and analysis with appropriate agencies.
 
Requires Federal agencies with significant regulatory or law enforcement responsibilities over cargo theft, as designated by the Attorney General, to modify their databases to ensure the collection and retrievability of data relating to crime and terrorism and related activities affecting cargo transportation.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish an outreach program to work with State and local law enforcement officials to harmonize the reporting of data on cargo theft; and (2) disseminate cargo theft information to appropriate law enforcement officials. Limits disclosure of reports and data under the Freedom of Information Act.
 
Expands the scope of prohibitions against: (1) interstate or foreign shipments by carrier to include trailers and air cargo containers; and (2) the transportation and sale of stolen vehicles to include vessels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1854)
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-786
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Crime and Law Enforcement
Education
Executive orders
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Military pay
Military personnel
National Guard
Payroll deductions
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
G.I. Bill Enhancement Act of 2005 - Exempts members of the Armed Forces and Selected Reserve on active duty between November 16, 2001, and the termination date of Executive Order 13235 from the mandatory payroll deductions ($100 for the first 12 months of active duty pay) under the veterans' basic educational assistance program. Provides for reimbursement of payroll deductions taken prior to the enactment of this Act. Allows such members to withdraw an election not to receive basic educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act

Bill: 109-hr-788
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Authorization
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Payments in lieu of taxes
Revenue sharing
Taxation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: PILT and Refuge Revenue Sharing Permanent Funding Act - Provides permanent funding for the following programs: (1) Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT); and (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's refuge revenue sharing program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E245)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 109-hr-789
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Makes Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House