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Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-790
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Authorization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drugs and youth
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Housing subsidies
Juvenile delinquency
Low-income housing
Public housing
Residential rehabilitation
School-age child care
Security measures
Social Welfare
Violence
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for the assisted housing drug elimination program. 
Limits activities for programs designed to reduce drug use in and around assisted low-income housing to: (1) providing drug abuse treatment through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; (2) providing education about the dangers and consequences of drug use or violent crime; (3) identifying drug users, and assisting drug use discontinuance through education or treatment programs; (4) providing after school youth activities; and (5) providing capital improvements and security services to discourage or eliminate drug use or violent crime.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-791
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Electronic government information
Employee rights
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Hours of labor
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Medical ethics
Medicare
Mental health services
Military hospitals
Nurses
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, prohibit retaliation against them in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and establish civil money penalties for violations of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of patients.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies for overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the requirements added by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-14
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: 2005-02-14
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: 2005-02-14
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: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E212-213)
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act

Bill: 109-hr-793
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Law
Seasonal labor
Temporary employment
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit an alien counted toward the numerical limitation applicable to H-2B nonimmigrants (temporary nonagricultural workers) during any of the three fiscal years prior to submission of an H-2B petition from being counted toward the limitation in the year of petition approval. Makes this provision effective as if enacted on October 1, 2004. Provides for its expiration on October 1, 2006.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to impose a fraud prevention and detection fee on employers filing H-2B petitions. Mandates the deposit of such fees into the Fraud Prevention and Detection Account.
 
Authorizes additional penalties for a substantial failure to meet any condition of an H-2B petition or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact in such a petition.
 
Requires the allocation of the numerical limitation on the issuance of H-2B visas (currently, 66,000) such that the total number of H-2B nonimmigrants entering the United States during the first six months of a fiscal year is not more than 33,000.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with information on: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis. Requires the Secretary of State to provide information relevant to such reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to work with the State of New York to ensure that a segment of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, is designated as the "Amo Houghton Bypass".

Bill: 109-hr-795
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
House of Representatives
Interstate highway system
Names
New York State
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Designates the segment of Interstate Route 86 between its interchange with New York State Route 15 in the vicinity of Painted Post, New York, and its interchange with New York State Route 352 in the vicinity of Corning, New York, as the &quot;Amo Houghton Bypass.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-796
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intergovernmental relations
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Medical supplies
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Risk
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county government. 
 
Specifies that each grant shall be made for one of the following categories: (1) equipment and training; or (2) improving interoperability between members of a consortium of municipal and county governments.
 
Sets limitations on the Federal share of the costs of activities carried out with such grants.
 
Mandates that an applicant be a unit of municipal or county government or a consortium of such units in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act.
 
States that the Secretary may not make a grant under this Act unless the applicant conducts an assessment of the applicant's risk and vulnerability to possible acts of terrorism, including conventional, biological, nuclear, and chemical attacks.
 
Provides that grant amounts: (1) shall be used only for the category of use for which the grant is made; (2) may be used only for new domestic preparedness initiatives; (3) shall not be used to sustain or supplement an existing program; and (4) may be distributed to fire departments, police departments, emergency services, and public health agencies of the grantee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-799
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automated clearing houses
Automated teller machines
Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Checks
Commerce
Consumer protection
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Reserve System
Federal preemption
Fees
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Indexing (Economic policy)
Law
State laws
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Consumer Checking Account Fairness Act - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to prescribe regulations to: (1) reduce the expedited funds availability time periods to take into account the time within which any receiving institution can reasonably expect to learn of the nonpayment of most items for each category of checks under the Checking Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21 Act) or its implementing regulations; and (2) eliminate distinctions between the time period schedules if the Board finds that they no longer have any significance for any category of checks under such Act or regulations.
 
Extends the next business day availability requirement to funds deposited at a proprietary ATM.
 
Sets a limit upon certain overdraft fees imposed during a check hold period.
 
Requires a depository institution to credit all deposits to a consumer checking account before debiting any check drawn on the account and presented for payment.
 
Requires that Saturday be treated as a business day in the calculation of any period within which funds deposited in an account are required to be made available if the depository institution debits accounts on Saturdays for checks received.
 
Reduces from four business days to two business days the mandatory check hold period on funds deposited by nonlocal checks.
 
Prohibits a depository institution from imposing a fee for paying any check drawn on an account which lacks sufficient funds (bounce protection) unless the accountholder has requested check protection service.
 
Amends the Check 21 Act to provide that if a bank that holds the account of a consumer imposes any fee for producing a copy of a substitute check, the expedited recredit process shall be available for all charges initiated by check against the account regardless of whether a substitute check was involved or provided to the consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
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: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E232-233)
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-801
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Eye care
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical technology
Medical tests
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemedicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include remote assessment of diabetic retinopathy (a diagnostic examination that is provided no more than annually to an individual who has been diagnosed with diabetes, that meets technical standards set forth by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that is furnished via a telecommunications system to an eligible patient, and that is conducted under the supervision of a board-certified ophthalmologist with retinal fellowship training).
 
Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the costs incurred by health care providers to provide such assessment.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) establish the Mobile Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Pilot Program to make five grants to eligible entities to establish mobile diabetic retinopathy screening programs; (2) give priority to entities with relevant experience who propose to serve rural, impoverished, unserved, minority, and remote populations; and (3) convene an advisory committee to evaluate the Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-25
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
Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative

Bill: 109-hr-802
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water districts
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior: (1) in cooperation with the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Inland Empire regional water recycling project; and (2) in cooperation with the Cucamonga Valley Water District, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Cucamonga Valley Water District satellite recycling plants in Rancho Cucamonga, California, to reclaim and recycle approximately two million gallons per day of domestic wastewater. Limits the Federal share of the cost of each project to 25 percent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3282)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E242)
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Meningococcal Vaccination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-803
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Communicable diseases
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical records
School health programs
Student housing
Students
Vaccination

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Meningococcal Vaccination Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require entering students who will reside in on-campus housing at postsecondary institutions to have received meningococcal vaccinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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
Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-805
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
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: Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2005 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. 
Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances based on increases in Social Security benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
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
Congressional Pay for Performance Act

Bill: 109-hr-806
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional salaries
Economics and Public Finance
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Congressional Pay for Performance Act - Provides that, if the Congress has not passed all general appropriation bills before the beginning of a fiscal year, then the permanent appropriation for the compensation of Members of Congress shall not be effective for such fiscal year.
 
Makes it out of order for either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider the legislative branch appropriation bill for any fiscal year until all other general appropriation bills for such fiscal year have been presented to the President.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.

Bill: 109-hr-807
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bicycles
Commuting
Fringe benefits
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a bicycle commuting allowance as a qualified transportation fringe benefit, excludable from gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1424-1425)
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E234)
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House