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Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-827
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Cardiovascular diseases
Coinsurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Law
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently (SAAAVE) Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national education and information campaign to promote awareness among health care practitioners and the general public with respect to the importance of early detection and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Commission on American Jobs Act

Bill: 109-hr-828
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Dislocated workers
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Layoffs
Presidential appointments
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Commission on American Jobs Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Commission on American Jobs. 
 
Requires the Commission to: (1) collect data on the outsourcing of jobs by specified types of companies of interest; (2) study such outsourcing's causes; (3) propose prevention measures; and (4) report to specified congressional committees.
 
Requires such companies to report outsourcing data annually to the Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To make certain companies that have outsourced jobs during the previous five years ineligible for the receipt of Federal grants, Federal contracts, Federal loan guarantees, and other Federal funding, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-829
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Contracts
Corporations
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government paperwork
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Layoffs
Recruiting of employees
Subsidiary corporations
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Prohibits Federal agencies from awarding grants, contracts, loan guarantees, and other funding to companies of interest (as defined under this Act) that have outsourced jobs during the previous five years, except as specified under this Act or for national security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To limit the redistricting that States may do after an apportionment of Representatives.

Bill: 109-hr-830
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Government Operations and Politics
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Amends Federal law to prohibit a State that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the State is ordered by a Federal court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or otherwise enforce the voting rights of the people of the State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the allowance for burial expenses of certain veterans buried in private or State-owned cemeteries.

Bill: 109-hr-831
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Cost of living adjustments
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Increases from $300 to $1,000 the burial plot allowance for a veteran who dies in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or a facility providing Department-contracted care.
Includes such allowance under authorized adjustments tied to increases under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase to $100,000 the amount payable under the Department of Defense death gratuity program and to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase to $400,000 the maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program.

Bill: 109-hr-832
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government life insurance
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Survivors' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Increases from $12,000 to $100,000 the death gratuity payable to survivors of members of the Armed Forces who die: (1) while on active duty or inactive duty training; or (2) within 120 days after discharge or release from such duty or training, if the death resulted from an injury or disease incurred or aggravated during such duty or training.
 
Increases from $250,000 to $400,000 the maximum coverage amount under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. Provides retroactive applicability of such increase with respect to members who died in the performance of duty between the period beginning on August 1, 1990, and ending 120 days after the enactment of this Act and who, on the date of death, were insured for the maximum coverage available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign, at each location where the application may be made, containing the same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in a tabular format on the application.

Bill: 109-hr-833
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit cards
Federal preemption
Finance charges
Government Operations and Politics
Graphs and charts
Interest rates
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require any person selling personal property to consumers on a business premises to display conspicuously, at each location on the premises where a credit or charge card account may be submitted by a consumer, a sign that contains the same information required by the Act to be prominently placed in tabular format on the account application itself.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-834
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Campaign funds
Campaign management
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Federal Election Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Fund raising
Government employees' political activities
Government ethics
Law
Presidential elections
Public corruption
State officials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Federal Election Integrity Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a chief State election administration official from taking an active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any election for Federal office over which such official has supervisory authority. Provides for penalties for enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To recognize the organization known as the National Academies of Practice.

Bill: 109-hr-835
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Federal incorporation
Health
Medical associations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice (a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense to take such actions as are necessary to change the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar as possible to, the reimbursement rates and cost sharing requirements under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employee Health Benefit program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 109-hr-836
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coinsurance
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Medical economics
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to change the reimbursement rules and cost sharing requirements under the TRICARE program to be the same as, or as similar as possible to, the reimbursement rules and cost sharing requirements under the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employee Health Benefit program (FEHBP). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Protection Against Wasteful Energy Credits Act

Bill: 109-hr-837
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coal
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy facilities
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Synthetic fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Taxpayer Protection Against Wasteful Energy Credits Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the inflation adjustment to the phaseout amount for the tax credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source; and (2) the extension of the tax credit for facilities producing synthetic fuels from coal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-840
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Injunctions
Interactive media
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Parties to actions
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Telephone
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Ryan Haight Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any person from dispensing a prescription drug pursuant to a sale if: (1) any part of the transaction is conducted through an Internet site; (2) the person dispenses the drug by mailing or shipping the drug to the purchaser; and (3) such site fails to provide the identities and licensing information of the seller, pharmacists, or medical consultants.
 
Prohibits a person from selling or dispensing a prescription drug if: (1) the purchaser communicated with the person through the Internet; (2) the purchaser did not have a valid prescription when the communication began; (3) the person provided for the involvement of a practitioner; (4) the practitioner issued a prescription for the drug that was purchased; (5) the person knew that no qualifying medical relationship existed (defines &quot;qualifying medical relationship&quot; as requiring an in-person medical evaluation or a medical evaluation as a covering practitioner); and (6) the person received payment. Excludes certain acts involving telemedicine, group practices, and practices that promote the public health.
 
Allows States to bring civil actions against a person for violations of this Act.
 
Prevents Internet providers from being held liable for dispensing or selling prescriptions drugs on account of another person's activities.
 
 Includes the dispensing or selling of a prescription drug in violation of this Act as a prohibited act under FFDCA.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant or contract to the National Clearinghouse on Internet Prescribing to identify and report Internet sites that violate Federal or State laws concerning the dispensing of drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group for 2 years.

Bill: 109-hr-842
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Archives
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
East Asia
Europe
Germany
History
International Affairs
Japan
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Military occupation
Nazism
Security classification (Government documents)
War crimes
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act of 2000 to extend from four to six years the existence of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E263)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-843
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Land transfers
Potable water
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Saline waters
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2005 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of: (1) a project in Kalaeloa, Hawaii, to desalinate and distribute seawater for direct potable use within the service area of the Board of Water Supply, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii; (2) facilities in Kealakehe, Hawaii, for the treatment and distribution of recycled water and for environmental purposes within the County of Hawaii; and (3) facilities in Lahaina, Hawaii, for the distribution of recycled water from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility for non-potable uses within the County of Maui (authorizes the Secretary to acquire land for such facilities). Limits the Federal share to 25 percent of the total cost of any such project. Prohibits the use of funds provided by the Secretary for project operation and maintenance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide for automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs to children of parents who are enlisted members of the Armed Forces on active duty.

Bill: 109-hr-844
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Military dependents
School lunch program
Social Welfare
Sunset legislation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide for automatic eligibility for free school lunch and breakfast programs for children of enlisted members of the Armed Forces or the National Guard on active duty.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-846
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Apartment houses
Auctions
Auditing
Building laws
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative housing
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Restrictive trade practices
State laws
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Homeowners' Insurance Availability Act of 2005 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement a reinsurance coverage program available only through contracts for reinsurance coverage purchased at regional auctions.
 
States that the purpose of the program is to improve: (1) the availability of homeowners' insurance for the purpose of facilitating the pooling, and spreading the risk, of catastrophic financial losses from disasters; and (2) the solvency of the homeowners' insurance markets.
 
Prescribes implementation guidelines that include establishment: (1) in the Treasury of the Disaster Reinsurance Fund; and (2) of a National Commission on Catastrophe Risks and Insurance Loss Costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House