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Currency Rate Adjustment and Trade Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-hr-2414
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Balance of payments
China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Currency devaluation
Dispute settlement
East Asia
Export subsidies
Exports
Foreign exchange
Governmental investigations
Imports
International Affairs
International agencies
International competitiveness
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Currency Rate Adjustment and Trade Enforcement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to analyze the exchange rate policies of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to determine whether the PRC maintains the rate of exchange between its currency and the U.S. dollar in a manner that interferes with effective balance of payments adjustments or confers a competitive advantage in international trade that would not exist if the currency value were set by market forces. Directs the Secretary, if such determination is affirmative, to compute the rate of undervaluation against the dollar in the form of a percentage.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine the PRC global balance of trade by comparing China's import and export data by country, as reported by the Chinese Government, with its export and import data, as reported by the government of each country that is a trading partner of China, taking into account reexports to and from China through Hong Kong.
 
Requires the President, in any case in which a report of the Secretary to specified congressional committees includes a rate of undervalution, to seek authorization in the World Trade Organization (WTO) through dispute settlement to: (1) offset the subsidy inherent in the undervalued currency by the application of across-the-board equivalent tariffs, on the basis of the rate of such undervaluation, on the importation into the United States of all PRC products; and (2) take measures to offset the disadvantage resulting from such undervaluation to exports to the PRC of U.S. goods and services.
 
Requires annual modifications of such measure, consistent with U.S. and WTO obligations, to the extent necessary to comply with the Secretary's most recent report.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to modify any imposed measures or modifications 30 days after notifying Congress of a substantial change in the PRC's degree of currency undervaluation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty provided for the sexual abuse of a minor or ward.

Bill: 109-hr-2415
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Guardian and ward
Prisoners
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to increase the penalty for sexual abuse of a ward. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Veterans Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2416
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Military pay
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Fairness in Veterans Education Act of 2005 - Eliminates reductions in basic pay applicable to eligibility for basic educational assistance for veterans under the Montgomery GI Bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-17
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: 2005-05-17
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: 2005-05-17
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: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Community Drinking Water Assistance Act

Bill: 109-hr-2417
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arizona
Arsenic
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Law
Minorities
Nevada
New Mexico
Potable water
Revolving funds
Small towns
Standards
Texas
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Community Drinking Water Assistance Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program of grants for small public water systems (those serving populations of not more than 200,000 or located in specified communities) in disadvantaged communities, or in those that may become disadvantaged as a result of compliance with drinking water standards, for use in carrying out projects and activities to comply with such standards. Requires the Administrator to: (1) give priority in awarding grants based on, first, the financial need of the community and, second, the per capita cost of the community's compliance; and (2) ensure that not less than 20 percent of grant funds are used for activities in communities with populations of less than 50,000. 
Sets forth the process for applications. Limits the Federal share of costs for grant-funded activities to 90 percent of the total.
 
Provides temporary relief from enforcement of drinking water standards for eligible entities during and after the grant application process. 
 
Delays implementation or enforcement by the Administrator of an arsenic standard in any State until the earlier of January 1, 2006, or the date on which the Administrator certifies that the program has been implemented in that State and the State has made substantial progress in drinking water standards compliance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2418
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Computer software
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Legislation
Liability (Law)
Planning
Telecommunication rates
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations on providers of IP-enabled voice service (Internet protocol-enabled service for real-time two-way or multidirectional voice communications) to ensure that 911 (emergency) services and E-911 services (services that automatically delivers a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point) are available to customers of IP-enabled voice service. Requires: (1) nondiscriminatory IP provider access to 911 and E-911 services; (2) IP providers to provide to customers a clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of 911 and E-911 services; and (3) IP provider and user immunity in the provision and use of 911 and E-911 services to the same extent as local exchange companies and other persons, respectively.
 
Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated emergency communications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Space Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2420
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control negotiations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
International Affairs
International agencies
Military research
Peace
Research and development
Space activities
Space warfare
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Space Preservation Act of 2005 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes. 
Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and the use of U.S. weapons to destroy or damage objects in orbit in space; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of all U.S. space-based weapons; and (3) direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations to work toward negotiating, adopting, and implementing an international treaty banning space-based weapons and the use of weapons to destroy or damage objects in space.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3586)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Combating Autism Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2421
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Authorization
Autism
Birth defects
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child development
Child health
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health information systems
Health surveys
Hereditary diseases
Higher education
Law
Medical education
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical tests
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Parent and child
Policy sciences
Quality of care
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Special education
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Combating Autism Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) a program to provide information and education on autism and its risk factors to health professionals and the general public; and (2) the Autism Coordinating Committee to coordinate autism related activities within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants or cooperative agreements to develop statewide autism screening, diagnosis, and intervention programs and systems.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants or cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to state agencies to conduct applied autism research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To allow media coverage of court proceedings.

Bill: 109-hr-2422
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil procedure
Conduct of court proceedings
Court reporting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal procedure
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Mass media
Photography
Radio broadcasting
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Supreme Court
Television broadcasting
Video tape recording
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides. 
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of his or her right to make such request. 
Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 11-Aminoundecanoic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-2424
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 11-Aminoundecanoic acid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-2425
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Land transfers
Land use
Nevada
Noise
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified Federal land in Henderson (the Transition Area). 
 
Permits the City, after conveyance, to sell any part or parts of the Transition Area for nonresidential development purposes, or to elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area for public recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 
Requires the City to: (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in accordance with Federal law and regulations relating to airport noise compatibility planning; and (2) agree that if any land in the Transition area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the City, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a limitation to require uses compatible with that airport noise compatibility planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
SCHOOL Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2426
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Auditing
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee selection
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Parent-school relationships
Private schools
Scholarships
School choice
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Surety and fidelity
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Supportive Communities Helping Offer Opportunities for Learning Act of 2005 - SCHOOL ACT of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish the Supportive Communities Helping Offer Opportunities for Learning (SCHOOL) Program. 
 
Allows educational scholarships under the SCHOOL Program to be grants to eligible low-income elementary or secondary school students to cover all or part of: (1) private or religious school tuition and fees; (2) the cost of transportation to a public school; or (3) any other school or educational program expenses as the Secretary may determine.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to certify scholarship granting organizations participating in the SCHOOL Program if they meet specified requirements.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit for individuals and corporations for their contributions to qualified scholarship granting organizations certified as SCHOOL Program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To postpone the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.

Bill: 109-hr-2427
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Marine safety
Middle East and North Africa
Military base closures
Military bases
Military civic action
Military operations
Naval operations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to postpone the 2005 round of defense base closures and realignments, as currently required under such Act, until the last of the following occurs: (1) the complete analysis, consideration, and implementation by the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) of the recommendations of the Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States; (2) the return from deployment in Iraq of substantially all major U.S. combat units and assets; (3) the receipt by the congressional defense committees of the report on the quadrennial defense review to be submitted by the Secretary in 2006; (4) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the National Maritime Security Strategy; (5) the complete development and implementation by the Secretary of the Homeland Defense and Civil Support directive; and (6) the receipt by the defense committees of a report from the Secretary assessing military installation needs.
 
States that, effective May 13, 2005, the list of recommendations for 2005 base closures and realignments submitted by the Secretary pursuant to such Act shall have no further force and effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in House