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Regarding consent to assemble outside the seat of government.

Bill: 109-hconres-1
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to assemble at a place outside the District of Columbia whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. 

action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, to notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to assemble at a place outside the District of Columbia whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H32)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H32)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H32)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.

Bill: 109-hconres-3
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Curricula
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
History
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Secondary education
Teaching
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands by including such contributions in the teaching of U.S. history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue commemorative postage stamps honoring Americans who distinguished themselves by their service in the armed forces.

Bill: 109-hconres-4
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Government Operations and Politics
Marines
Military personnel
Navy
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) commemorative postage stamps should be issued by the United States Postal Service honoring Americans who distinguished themselves by their service in the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, respectively; and (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such stamps be issued.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.

Bill: 109-hconres-6
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Boy Scouts
Civil-military relations
Department of Defense
Families
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its long-standing statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts of America, particularly the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. 

action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 

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

 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its long-standing statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts of America, particularly the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 7 (Roll no. 24). (text: CR H419)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 7 (Roll no. 24).(text: CR H419)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H479-480)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 6.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H419-422)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Mr. Hefley moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2005-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a Free Enterprise Education Week to encourage schools and businesses to educate students about the free enterprise system.

Bill: 109-hconres-7
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Business education
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Free enterprise
Secondary education
Special weeks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that a Free Enterprise Education Week should be established to encourage schools and businesses in the United States to educate students about the free enterprise system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Family Caregiver Support Program should be fully funded continue efforts to provide relief and necessary services to individuals who perform informal or unpaid care for the elderly and care for children under 18 years of age.

Bill: 109-hconres-8
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caregivers
Counseling
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Grandparents
Grants-in-aid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the National Family Caregiver Support Program should be fully funded to continue efforts to provide relief and necessary services to individuals who perform informal or unpaid care for the elderly and care for children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
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
Entitled the "English Plus Resolution".

Bill: 109-hconres-9
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bilingualism
Education
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Hawaiians
Indian education
Indigenous peoples
Information technology
Language and languages
Minorities
Native Americans
Pluralism (Social sciences)
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Declares that the U.S. Government should pursue English-plus policies that: (1) encourage all residents of this country to become fully proficient in English by expanding educational opportunities and access to information technologies; (2) conserve and develop the Nation's linguistic resources by encouraging all residents of this country to learn or maintain skills in languages other than English; (3) assist Native Americans, Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiians, and other peoples indigenous to the United States in their efforts to prevent the extinction of their languages and cultures; (4) continue to provide services in languages other than English as needed to facilitate access to essential functions of government, promote public health and safety, ensure due process, promote equal educational opportunity, and protect fundamental rights; and (5) recognize the importance of multilingualism to vital American interests and individual rights, and oppose English-only measures and other restrictionist language measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
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
Supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month.

Bill: 109-hconres-10
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Chronically ill
Health
Lung diseases
Special months

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E18)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in the Hall of the House of Representatives and the Chamber of the Senate.

Bill: 109-hconres-11
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bible
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Ethics
Government Operations and Politics
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Requires the Ten Commandments to be prominently displayed in the Hall of the House of Representatives and the Chamber of the Senate. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in the United States Capitol.

Bill: 109-hconres-12
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bible
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Ethics
Government Operations and Politics
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Declares that the Ten Commandments are a declaration of fundamental principles and are the cornerstones of a fair and just society. Requires a copy of them to be prominently displayed in the U.S. Capitol at such place and in such manner as the Architect of the Capitol shall designate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension for her service as a nurse and scout in the United States Army during the Civil War.

Bill: 109-hconres-13
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil War
Civil rights workers
Health
History
Labor and Employment
Military history
Military pensions
Military personnel
Minorities
Nurses
Women
Women soldiers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that Harriet Tubman should have been paid a pension at the rate of $25 each month for her service as a nurse and scout in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the late George Thomas "Mickey" Leland.

Bill: 109-hconres-14
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Congress
Ex-Members of Congress
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Hunger
International Affairs
International relief
Postage stamps
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of George Thomas &quot;Mickey&quot; Leland; and (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war.

Bill: 109-hconres-15
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional powers
Congressional-executive relations
Constitutional law
Declaration of war
Government Operations and Politics
Law
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that, under the Constitution, Congress has the sole and exclusive power to declare war.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an expert panel to recommend the best practices and measures to use in data collection relating to foster care and to research and develop methods for streamlining the application and approval process for moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence.

Bill: 109-hconres-17
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption
Federal advisory bodies
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Policy sciences
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an expert panel to: (1) recommend the best practices and measures to use in data collection relating to foster care; and (2) research and develop methods for streamlining the application and approval process for moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should observe the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp during World War II, and honor all the victims of the Holocaust, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hconres-19
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Anniversaries
Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Concentration camps
Crime and Law Enforcement
Europe
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
History
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Military history
Nazism
Poland
Victims of crimes
War crimes
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-20
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the people of the United States should observe the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp during World War II, and honor all of the victims of the Holocaust; (2) the American people should express their gratitude to the Allied soldiers whose service and sacrifice helped to defeat Adolf Hitler and destroy the genocidal Nazi regime; and (3) U.S. teachers should educate their students about what happened at Auschwitz and stress the importance of the collective responsibility of humanity to ensure that what happened at Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps is never allowed to happen again.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
action_date: 2005-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

Bill: 109-hconres-20
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential messages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Provides for a joint session of Congress on February 2, 2005, to receive a message from the President.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 

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

 
Provides for a joint session of Congress on February 2, 2005, to receive a message from the President. 

action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 

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

 
Provides for a joint session of Congress on February 2, 2005, to receive a message from the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S677)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S677)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H170)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H170)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H170)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to prevent the closure or consolidation of post offices.

Bill: 109-hconres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Postal facilities
Postal service
Small towns
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service: (1) should provide a maximum degree of effective and regular postal services to all communities, including rural areas and small towns where post offices may not be self-sustaining; and (2) should take all necessary steps to ensure that post offices are not closed or consolidated.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Urging increased Federal funding for juvenile (Type 1) diabetes research.

Bill: 109-hconres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to research
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Declares that Federal funding for diabetes research should be increased in accordance with the recommendations of the Diabetes Research Working Group so that a cure for juvenile diabetes can be found. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.

Bill: 109-hconres-24
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Athletes
Blacks
Boxing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Minorities
Pardons
Racial discrimination
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson, the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House