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Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1312
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Assault weapons
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms control
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Import restrictions
Mandatory sentences
Retail trade
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sunset legislation
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005 - Reinstates for ten years repealed criminal provisions regarding assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (the assault weapons ban).
 
Revises the definition of &quot;semiautomatic assault weapon&quot; to include conversion kits (for converting a firearm to such a weapon) and any semiautomatic rifle or pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and that has specified characteristics, including a telescoping stock.
 
Prohibits the transfer of such a weapon except through a licensed dealer or a State or local law enforcement agency, subject to specified requirements. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a record of the make, model, and date of manufacture of any such weapon which the Attorney General is made aware has been used in relation to a crime, and of the nature and circumstances of the crime involved; and (2) annually submit the record to Congress and make it available to the public.
 
Prohibits: (1) the transfer of any assault weapon with a large capacity ammunition feeding device; and (2) a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer who transfers such a device that was manufactured on or before this Act's enactment from failing to certify to the Attorney General, within 60 days of the transfer date, that the device was manufactured on or before that date. Sets penalties for violations.
 
Prohibits: (1) the transfer of such a weapon or device to a juvenile; and (2) the importation of such a device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1951)
action_date: 2005-04-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1870)
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1313
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Claims
Clinics
Community health services
Government liability
Law
Liability (Law)
Medical malpractice
Physicians
Psychologists
Public health personnel
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners at health centers as employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing services to patients at such health centers.
 
Defines &quot;volunteer practitioner&quot; as a licensed physician who: (1) at the request of the entity, provides services to patients of a public or nonprofit entity receiving Federal funds for serving medically underserved areas; (2) provides such service at a site at which the entity operates or at a site designated by the entity; and (3) does not receive any compensation for the provision of services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1678)
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require the 2005 base closure and realignment process to adhere to certain requirements regarding the preservation of military depot capabilities.

Bill: 109-hr-1314
Sponsor: Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Logistics
Maintenance and repair
Military and naval supplies
Military base closures
Privatization

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to require 2005 base closure and realignment actions to strictly adhere to requirements for the maintenance of Government-owned and operated depot-level maintenance, repair, and logistics capabilities within the Department of Defense. Prohibits waivers from such adherence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1315
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Arsenic
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Potable water
Public utilities
Radon
Social Welfare
Standards
Uranium
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Small Community Options for Regulatory Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require States exercising primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to exempt any nonprofit small public water system (serving 10,000 or fewer persons) that so requests in accordance with this Act from the requirements of any national primary drinking water regulation for naturally occurring contaminants, including arsenic, radon, radium, uranium, and specified disinfection byproducts.
 
Requires exemption requests to include a finding that the system's compliance with applicable national primary drinking water regulations is not economically feasible. Precludes judicial or administrative review of such findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E452)
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To allow the refurbishment and operation of a small hydroelectric facility in central Montana by adjusting the amount of charges to be paid to the United States under the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1318
Sponsor: Rep. Rehberg, Dennis R. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hydroelectric power
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Licenses
Montana
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rent
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
 Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) extend the preliminary permit for a specified small hydroelectric facility in central Montana for a period of three years from its current expiration; and (2) reinstate the preliminary permit for a period of three years at the permittee's request if such permit has expired.
 
Declares that any political subdivision of the State of Montana which holds a Federal Power Act license in Granite and Deer Lodge Counties, Montana, shall be required to pay the lesser of $25,000 or such annual charge for the use of its lands as any Federal department or agency may assess, as long as such political subdivision continues to hold the project license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To make funds available to pay the United States prisoners of war that brought suit against the Government of Iraq in the case of Acree v. Republic of Iraq.

Bill: 109-hr-1321
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-prisoners of war
Government liability (International law)
History
International claims
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Judicial opinions
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Persian Gulf War
Punitive damages
Supplemental appropriations
Torture

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay $1 million to each of the 17 plaintiffs in the case of Acree v. Republic of Iraq who were held captive by Iraq during the first Gulf War. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1322
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Bank loans
Coinsurance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Law
Medical economics
Patients' rights
Retiree health benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide emergency protections for retiree health benefits.
 
Prohibits group health plans from making post-retirement reductions of retiree health benefits.
Requires group health plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.
Requires group health plans to restore benefits reduced after retirement. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary such requirements, if a plan sponsor applies for such exemption, upon finding that compliance would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to the sponsor.
Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program and its Board. Authorizes the Program, through its Board, to guarantee loans provided by private banking and investment institutions to eligible plan sponsors to assist them in meeting obligations under this Act to restore benefits reduced after retirement.
Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act

Bill: 109-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Health
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Medical personnel
Nonprofit organizations
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police communication systems
Radio spectrum allocation
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Television frequency allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish in the Treasury the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund, to be funded through authorizations of appropriations and proceeds from the sale of certain bands of Government-owned broadcast spectrum.
 
Requires the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to administer the Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to implement interoperability and modernization for the communications needs of public safety, fire, emergency, law enforcement, and crisis management by State and local government agencies and instrumentalities and nonprofit organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8146)
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3275)
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Bill: 109-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Executive reorganization
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Oklahoma

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations field office in Tulsa, Oklahoma within 180 days after enactment of this Act, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal authorities relating to H1-B visas for temporary workers.

Bill: 109-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Labor and Employment
Skilled labor
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal H-1B visa (temporary/specialty worker) and related authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1326
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Sanitary districts
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the planning, design, and construction of water reclamation and reuse projects with eligible entities in the North San Pablo Bay watershed located in Napa, Sonoma, Marin, and Solano Counties, California.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary, in carrying out such reclamation and reuse projects, to build upon the design work and environmental evaluation undertaken by non-Federal entities and by the Corps of Engineers to the greatest degree practicable; and (2) all planning, design, and construction of recycled water projects to be undertaken in accordance with cooperative agreements between the Secretary and eligible entities.
 
Limits the Federal share of projects funded under this Act to 65 percent of the total cost of project planning, environmental evaluation, and construction.
 
Requires the Secretary to make grants and other funds available to eligible entities for the initial development of environmental improvement and enhancement components of the North Bay Water Reuse Program.
 
States that nothing in this Act: (1) invalidates or preempts State water law or interstate compacts governing water; (2) alters the rights of States to appropriated shares of surface or groundwater; (3) preempts or modifies State or Federal laws or interstate compacts governing water quality or disposal; or (4) confers on nonfederal entities the ability to exercise Federal water rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1327
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquifers
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Kansas
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the funding and implementation of the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component of the Integrated Local Water Supply Plan, Wichita, Kansas (referred to as the Equus Beds Division). Requires that construction of the Division be in substantial accordance with the plans and designs. Makes operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Division, including funding for those purposes, the sole responsibility of the City of Wichita.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into or agree to amendments of cooperative or other appropriate agreements; and (2) charge an appropriate share related to administrative costs.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) before obligating funds for design or construction, to work cooperatively with the City to use plans, designs, and engineering and environmental analyses that have already been prepared by the City for the Division; and (2) to assure that such information is used in a manner consistent with applicable Federal laws and regulations, including principles and guidelines used in preparing feasibility level project studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Adela and Darryl Bailor.

Bill: 109-hr-1328
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a sum (determined by the Attorney General) to Adela and Darryl Bailor as full compensation for all claims arising from an incident on May 9, 1991 that is the subject of Case No. 94-2660 in the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit..


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 109-hr-1329
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Primates
Protection of animals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Captive Primate Safety Act - Amends the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human primates to the definition of &quot;prohibited wildlife species&quot; to which such Act's requirements (e.g., prohibition against sale or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce) apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House