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National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-955
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Automobile industry
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Corporate reorganizations
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fluorocarbons
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forest conservation
Fossil fuels
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Imports
Internet
Labeling
Law
Lumber trade
Methane
Nitrogen oxides
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Sulphur
Transportation and Public Works
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish and administer: (1) a national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions information system to collect annual lists required to be submitted under this Act of an entity's GHG emissions; and (2) a national GHG registry (included in such system) to collect voluntarily reported information on emissions reductions. 
 
Directs the Administrator to submit a draft design of the system to Congress and to publish all information in the system through the EPA's website unless national security concerns are present.
 
Establishes mandatory reporting of GHG emissions for entities that meet specified threshold requirements. Sets forth factors for the adjustment of emissions records by a reporting entity. 
 
Requires the Administrator and the Secretaries of Commerce, Agriculture, and Energy jointly to work with the States, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations to develop: (1) protocols for quantification and verification of GHG emissions; (2) electronic methods for quantification and reporting of such emissions; and (3) GHG accounting and reporting standards. Requires such protocols and methods to conform to best practices to the extent practicable.
 
Directs the Administrator to publish, annually, a national GHG emissions inventory and to include in the inventory's analysis a comparison of the indirect emissions of manufactured products reported and the indirect emissions of comparable products carrying the Energy Star label.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-956
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Historic sites
History
Land use
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area encompassing 36 communities in Massachusetts and six communities in New Hampshire that have made important and distinctive contributions to the national character of America.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-957
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Commemorations
Concessions
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Maintenance and repair
National parks
National recreation areas
Rent
Restaurants
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Modifies the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the management of such properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-958
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Presidential elections
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a $200 tax credit ($400 for joint returns) for contributions to a candidate for Federal elective public office or to the national committee of a national political party; and (2) a tax deduction (available to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for such political contributions up to $600 ($1,200 for joint returns). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E292)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-959
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2005 - Permits the Secretary of Transportation to make mass transportation formula grants for an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 if the transit system operates fewer than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-960
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil service retirement
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
National parks
Police
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Salaries
Secret service

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Law Enforcement Pay Equity Act of 2000 to apply a prohibition against treatment as an increase in salary, for purposes of increased annuitant pension benefits, of the conversion of positions and members of the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division to a new salary schedule, and the associated initial adjustments in basic pay rates, with respect to any payment made prior to January 1, 2005. (Thus permits cost-of-living adjustments in pension benefits for annuitants of the U.S. Park Police and the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division for payments made in 2005 and in subsequent years.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-961
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Death
Families
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the usual benefit amount; and (2) provide for an increase in lump-sum death payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to recognize the services of respiratory therapists under the plan of care for home health services.

Bill: 109-hr-964
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Home care services
Medical fees
Medical personnel
Medicare
Respiratory diseases
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare recognition of the services of respiratory therapists that are furnished as part-time or intermittent nursing care or physical therapy services under a plan of care for home health services. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on the impact of paying for the services of respiratory therapists as a separate benefit under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare, and as an explicit component of the several benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To hold accountable Members of Congress who advocate on behalf of a foreign person or commercial entity for the purpose of influencing or seeking a change in a law or regulation of the United States that would ease any restriction on a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-965
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional ethics
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign agents
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Sanctions (International law)
Senate rules and procedure
State-sponsored terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to consider as an &quot;agent of a foreign principal&quot; a Member of Congress who advocates on behalf of a foreign person or commercial entity in order to influence or change any U.S. law or regulation that would ease restrictions on a state sponsor of terrorism.
 
Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to state that any agreement or action for by a U.S. person, including a Member of Congress, on behalf of a foreign person in order to influence or change any U.S. law or regulation that would ease restrictions on a state sponsor of terrorism, or provide a financial benefit to the foreign person or business concern shall be deemed to be prohibited U.S. export assistance. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that any Member of Congress who enters into any such agreement or takes any action on behalf of a foreign person should be sanctioned under the appropriate rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to consider certain criteria in relicensing nuclear facilities, and to provide for an independent assessment of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station by the National Academy of Sciences prior to any relicensing of that facility.

Bill: 109-hr-966
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
New Jersey
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Performance measurement
Population
Public health
Radioactive wastes
Risk
Safety measures
Storage
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding relicensing criteria for nuclear facilities to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to evaluate a facility for health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident.
 
Prohibits relicensing of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station until after the NRC has: (1) arranged with the National Academy of Sciences to provide an independent assessment of safety performance and recommendations for relicensing; (2) transmitted those recommendations to Congress; and (3) given appropriate consideration to those recommendations.
 
Directs the Academy to provide an independent assessment of: (1) conformance of the Station to its design and licensing bases; (2) operational safety performance and risk factors; (3) health risks, vulnerability to terrorist attack, evacuation plans, population increases, ability to store nuclear waste, safety and security record, and the impact of a nuclear accident; (4) the effectiveness of licensee self-assessments, corrective actions, and improvement plans; and (5) the cause of safety problems and overall performance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide that normal trade relations treatment may not be extended to the products of any country the government of which engages in certain violations of human rights.

Bill: 109-hr-967
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arrest
Capital punishment
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Due process of law
Europe
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International Affairs
Law
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Opposition (Political science)
Political parties
Religion
Religious liberty
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Prohibits nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) from being extended to the products of a country if the most recent annual report of the Secretary of State to Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 states that: (1) the human rights record of the government of that country is or remains poor; (2) such government executed persons for criminal offenses after closed trials in which it is impossible to assess whether legal protections were applied; (3) such government arrested and detained persons without following the explicit legal guidelines set forth by the country's laws; (4) such government continues to restrict freedom of the press; (5) such government prohibits the establishment of opposition political parties or any type of opposition group; or (6) such government does not provide legal protection for freedom of religion, and that such freedom does not exist in practice.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to change the effective date for paid-up coverage under the military Survivor Benefit Plan from October 1, 2008, to October 1, 2005.

Bill: 109-hr-968
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Amends Federal provisions relating to the military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) to change from October 1, 2008, to October 1, 2005, the effective date on or after which no reduction may be made in the retired pay of an SBP participant for any month after the later of: (1) the 360th month for which such pay was so reduced; and (2) the month during which the participant attains 70 years of age.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 109-hr-969
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debtor and creditor
Earned income tax credit
Electronic benefits transfers
Electronic data interchange
Finance and Financial Sector
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Income tax
Law
Loans
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that advance payments of the earned income tax credit are not transferable or assignable or subject to the claims of any creditors, except outstanding claims of the Federal Government.
 
Prohibits: (1) the collection of a debt from a debtor's Federal tax refund by means of a refund anticipation loan; and (2) mandatory arbitration as a condition of providing a refund anticipation loan.
 
Terminates the Department of Treasury Debt Indicator Program. 
 
Excludes tax returns that have been filed subject to a refund anticipation loan from any determination of whether goals for electronic filing of tax returns have been met.
 
Allows earned income tax credit benefits to be paid through electronic transfer accounts. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) develop and implement a program to encourage the greater use of the advance earned income tax credit; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with federally insured depository institutions to provide low- and moderate-income taxpayers with the option of establishing low-cost direct deposit accounts using appropriate tax forms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House