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First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-228
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 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
Fire fighters
Grants-in-aid
Health
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to require: (1) that each State be allocated in each fiscal year not less than .5 percent (currently, .75 percent) of the total amount appropriated for domestic preparedness grants; (2) such grants to be awarded based on a quantitative risk assessment for threat, vulnerability, and consequences; and (3) the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support of the Office of Justice Programs, by March 1 of each year, to submit that assessment to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security (Select).
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Jane's Law

Bill: 109-hr-229
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alimony
Collection of accounts
Evidence (Law)
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Married people
Recidivists

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Jane's Law - Amends Federal criminal law to provide penalties for failure to pay certain obligations to spouses and ex-spouses that are similar to the penalties imposed for failure to pay child support obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the parcel of land containing the facility of the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the "Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site".

Bill: 109-hr-231
Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
Congress
Congressional tributes
Horticulture
Laboratories
Members of Congress
Mississippi
Names
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Designates the parcel of land containing the facility of the Agriculture Research Service of the Department of Agriculture located at State Highway 26 West in Poplarville, Mississippi, as the Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory Site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Nebraska.

Bill: 109-hr-232
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Nebraska
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Nebraska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

Bill: 109-hr-234
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability evaluation
Disabled
Federal employees
Health
Job stress
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Social work
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Amends Federal civil service law concerning Federal workers' compensation to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-235
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Campaign funds
Church and state
Churches
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Political advertising
Political participation
Religion
Religion and politics
Religious liberty
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to protect churches from losing their tax-exempt status because of the content, preparation, or presentation of any homily, sermon, teaching, dialectic, or other presentation made during religious services or gatherings. 
 Permits church leaders to express personal views on political matters or elections during regular religious services without violating campaign finance laws, as long as such views are not disseminated beyond the members and guests assembled at such services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban toys which in size, shape, or overall appearance resemble real handguns.

Bill: 109-hr-236
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Environmental Protection
Families
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule declaring any toy which resembles a real handgun in size, shape, or overall appearance to be a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the exemption from income tax for social clubs found to be practicing prohibited discrimination.

Bill: 109-hr-237
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Associations, institutions, etc.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Judicial opinions
Law
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Racial discrimination
Recreation
Religion
Religious liberty
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Tax exemption
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the denial of tax-exempt status for social clubs that have a formal policy of discrimination based upon race, color, or religion to include social clubs that have been determined by an appropriate agency or court, by final order, to have a pattern or practice of prohibited discrimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Educational Empowerment Act

Bill: 109-hr-238
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Class size
Commerce
Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate philanthropy
Cost effectiveness
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax credits
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teenage pregnancy
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Educational Empowerment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for the creation of up to 30 tax-qualified educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas. Allows a tax credit for contributions to such educational empowerment zones for hiring new teachers, increasing teacher salaries, and training teachers. 
Establishes a teacher loan forgiveness program for certain certified elementary, middle, or secondary school teachers (e.g., writing, mathematics, and science teachers) in educational empowerment zones.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-239
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault
Commerce
Conspiracy
Extortion
Interstate commerce
Labor and Employment
Labor disputes
Larceny
Picketing
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Transportation and Public Works
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2005 - Amends the Hobbs Act to authorize imposition of a fine of up to $100,000, 20 years imprisonment, or both for: (1) obstructing, delaying, or affecting commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by robbery or extortion (or attempting or conspiring to do so); and (2) threatening physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to interfere with commerce by threats or violence. 
Makes provisions regarding any such interference inapplicable to conduct that: (1) is incidental to otherwise peaceful picketing during the course of a labor dispute; (2) consists solely of minor bodily injury, or minor damage to property, or threat or fear of such minor injury or damage; and (3) is not part of a pattern of violent conduct or of coordinated violent activity. Subjects such conduct to prosecution only by the appropriate State and local authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-244
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child abuse
Child sexual abuse
Criminal justice information
DNA
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Mandatory sentences
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against Children DNA Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database solely for collecting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) information with respect to violent predators against children. Authorizes Federal, State, and local agencies and other entities to submit DNA information for the database and to compare DNA information within the database. 
Directs the Attorney General to make grants to States to improve programs to decrease recidivism of such predators.
Requires the maximum sentence to be imposed for a crime of violence, including a sex crime, against an individual under age 18 that would, in and of itself, establish the offender as such a predator, without regard to any mitigating circumstance that would otherwise apply.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Date of Registry and Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-245
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Department of Justice
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Date of Registry and Legal Amnesty Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to update the statutory eligibility date for the registry program.
 
Authorizes aliens who have lived continuously in the United States since 1986 and are able to demonstrate good moral character to apply for permanent resident status. 
 
Establishes a rolling registry system to automatically update the statutory eligibility date for registry each year, beginning in 2006 and ending in 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-246
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative remedies
Ammunition
Assault weapons
Child safety
Commerce
Criminal negligence
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Exhibitions
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Firearms injuries
Juvenile delinquency
Law
Licenses
Parent-school relationships
Parents
Product safety
Recidivists
Safety measures
Secondary education
Sports and Recreation
Storage
Students
Trade fairs
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to: (1) raise the age of handgun eligibility to 21 (currently, 18); and (2) prohibit persons under age 21 from possessing semiautomatic assault weapons or large capacity ammunition feeding devices, with exceptions. 
Increases penalties for: (1) a second or subsequent violation by a juvenile of Brady Act provisions or for a first violation committed after an adjudication of delinquency or after a State or Federal conviction for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a serious violent felony; and (2) transferring a handgun, ammunition, semiautomatic assault weapon, or large capacity ammunition feeding device to a person who is under age 21, knowing or having reasonable cause to know that such person intended to use it in the commission of a crime of violence.
Prohibits any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer from transferring a firearm to any person (other than a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer) unless the transferee is provided with a secure gun storage or safety device. Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend or revoke any firearms license, or to subject the licensee to a civil penalty of up to $10,000, if the licensee has knowingly violated this prohibition.
Prohibits keeping a loaded firearm or an unloaded firearm and ammunition within any premises knowing or recklessly disregarding the risk that a child: (1) is capable of gaining access to it; and (2) will use the firearm to cause death or serious bodily injury.
Requires the parent or legal guardian of a child to ensure that a child attending a gun show is accompanied by an adult.
Authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to enable local law enforcement agencies to develop and sponsor gun safety classes for parents and children.
Expresses the sense of Congress that each school district should provide or participate in a firearms safety program for students.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-247
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Immigrants
Refugees
Right of asylum

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the annual limitation on the number of asylees who may adjust to permanent legal resident status.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-248
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Canada
Clinics
Congregate housing
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational tests
Employee rights
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Home care services
Hospital personnel
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the aged
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing homes
Residence requirements
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise admission requirements for H-1C nonimmigrant nurses by, among other things: (1) allowing aliens who received a nursing education in Canada to claim licensure equivalency; (2) requiring aliens who twice fail to pass a State licensure examination to depart the United States; (3) substantially increasing the total number of available H-1C visas; and (4) increasing the type of qualifying employer-facilities.
 
Increases the number of annual two-year foreign residency requirement waivers available to interested State agencies for aliens receiving graduate medical education or training in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, were conveyed by Public Law 102-562.

Bill: 109-hr-249
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Energy
Land transfers
Louisiana
Mineral reserves
Mines and mineral resources
Mining claims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Repeals the reservation of mineral rights made by the United States when certain lands in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, were conveyed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House