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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4265
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Access to health care
Adoption
College administration
College teachers
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Day care
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Families
Fathers
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health counseling
Health insurance
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Infants
Marriage
Married people
Maternal health services
Mothers
Parent and child
Parents
Performance measurement
Pregnant women
School health programs
School personnel
Student housing
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) pregnant college students should not have to make a choice between keeping their baby and staying in school; (2) the pilot program under this Act will help institutions of higher education to establish offices that will operate independent of federal funding within five years after enactment of this Act; and (3) amounts appropriated to carry out other federal programs should be reduced to offset the costs of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to provide grants to encourage eligible institutions of higher education to establish and operate pregnant and parenting student services offices for pregnant students, parenting students, prospective parenting students anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who are placing or have placed a child for adoption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Housing Opportunities and Mitigating Emergencies Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4266
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Alabama
Building construction
Building laws
Construction costs
Disaster insurance
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Home repair and improvement
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Land transfers
Louisiana
Mississippi
Mortgages
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Relocation
Residential rehabilitation
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Housing Opportunities and Mitigating Emergencies Act of 2005 - Amernds the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide temporary emergency assistance for primary residences damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
 
Increases from 75% to 90% the amount the President may contribute toward the cost of cost-effective hazard mitigation measures which substantially reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster. Doubles from 7.5% to 15% of the estimated aggregate federal disaster relief grants to an area the limit on the total amount of such presidential contributions.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the coordination and use of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium by the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4267
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Colleges
Colorado
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Education
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Explosives
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Local employees
Louisiana
Medical research
Military research
Nevada
New Mexico
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Railroad safety
Research and development facilities
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
State employees
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation research
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, consisting of: (1) the Center for Domestic Preparedness; (2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; (3) the National Center for Bio-Medical Research and Training, Louisiana State University; (4) the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University; (5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada test site; and (6) the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
 
Requires the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, to the fullest extent possible, to use the Consortium to support cooperative programs to achieve cost-effective delivery of equipment, technical assistance, training, and situational exercises.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4268
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Cytology
Decision making
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Medical laboratories
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting laboratory proficiency testing of individuals involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations for one year. Requires the Secretary to revise such proficiency testing before resuming it in order to: (1) reflect the collaborative clinical decision-making of laboratory personnel involved; (2) revise grading or scoring criteria to reflect current practice guidelines; (3) provide for such testing to be conducted no more than every two years; and (4) make such other revisions as necessary to reflect changes in laboratory operations and practices since the standards were promulgated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Critical Access Hospital Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4269
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulances
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Hospitals
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Critical Access Hospital Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory payment by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under part B (supplementary medical insurance) benefits, of the reasonable costs of furnishing ambulance services incurred by an entity owned and operated by a critical access hospital. 
 
Extends such payment to services provided by such an entity under an arrangement with the hospital.
 
Repeals the requirement that the critical access hospital or entity be the only provider or supplier of ambulance services within a 35-mile drive of the critical access hospital.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-09
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: 2005-11-09
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: 2005-11-09
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: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project

Bill: 109-hr-4270
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Arid regions
Arizona
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Habitat conservation
Irrigation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Pima County, Arizona, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of water recycling facilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley west of the metropolitan Pima County area. Limits the federal share to 25% of the cost of the project. Prohibits the use of federal funds for project operation or maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Modifications to the Pima County Wastewater Management Regional Treatment System for Improved Reclaimed Water Production Act

Bill: 109-hr-4271
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arizona
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Irrigation
Waste water treatment
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Modifications to the Pima County Wastewater Management Regional Treatment System for Improved Reclaimed Water Production Act - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with Pima County, Arizona, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of modifications to water recycling facilities and to provide advanced treatment for production of reclaimed water for use in environmental restoration, recharge and reclaimed water projects for the towns, cities, and unincorporated areas of Pima County. Limits the federal share to 25% of the cost of the project. Prohibits the use of federal funds for project operation or maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act

Bill: 109-hr-4272
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Criminal liability
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Evidence (Law)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Marijuana
Medicinal plants
Physicians
Prosecution
Searches and seizures
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish as an affirmative defense for any person facing prosecution or a proceeding for any marijuana-related offense that the marijuana-related activities in question were in compliance with state law regarding the medical use of marijuana. Allows a finder of fact to find a defendant guilty of a lesser offense if the defendant's marijuana-related activity was found to be primarily, but not exclusively, for medical purposes. Provides for the return of any property with respect to which an individual successfully makes a defense under this Act.
 
Amends provisions concerning the seizure and custody of marijuana to limit seizure authority of marijuana authorized for medical use and provide for the retention of seized plants pending resolution of a case involving an affirmative defense for the medical use of marijuana.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Community Partners Next Door Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4273
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Health
Home ownership
Housing subsidies
Law enforcement officers
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Paramedical personnel
Police
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Community Partners Next Door Act of 2005 - Amends the National Housing Act to provide: (1) a 50% discount for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and public safety officers purchasing (FY2006-FY2010) certain eligible asset properties for use as their primary residence; and (2) a $100 downpayment on any related insured mortgage.
 
Authorizes such sales directly to a qualifying individual or to a unit of local government or a nonprofit organization for resale to such individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Preservation of Defined Benefit Plans Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4274
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Annuities
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Defined benefit pension plans
Employee rights
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Interest
Interest rates
Retirement
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Preservation of Defined Benefit Plans Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to require all defined benefit pension plans, including hybrid plans such as a cash balance plan, to comply with certain rules, in cases of reduction in accrued benefits because of attainment of any age, in order to be deemed nondiscriminatory as to age.

Provides certain wear-away protections with respect to the accrued benefits of participants in defined benefit pension plans during conversions to cash balance plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-4275
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Extends through October 24, 2015, the authority of the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish in the District of Columbia or its environs a memorial to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces.

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Extends through October 24, 2015, the authority of the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish in the District of Columbia or its environs a memorial to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6946-6947)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6946-6947)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4275.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6946-6948)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 308.
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-548.
action_date: 2006-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-548.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act

Bill: 109-hr-4277
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Health facilities
Hospital care
Preventive medicine
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act - Allows a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs annual patient enrollment system to elect to receive covered health services through a non-Department facility. (Currently, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may contract for such services when Department facilities are not capable of furnishing economic hospital care or medical services because of geographical inaccessibility or are not capable of furnishing the care or services required.) Directs the Secretary to authorize such services pursuant to a contract with such facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House