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Justice for Peace Officers Act

Bill: 109-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Capital punishment
Extradition
Federal law enforcement officers
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Mandatory sentences
Mexico
Murder
Negotiations
Police
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Justice for Peace Officers Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prescribe penalties to be imposed on anyone who: (1) murders a federal, state, or local peace officer engaged in, or on account of the performance of, official duties and moves or travels in foreign commerce with intent to avoid prosecution or confinement after conviction of that crime; or (2) is an accessory after the fact to such a crime.
 
Authorizes the prosecution of such violations only after formal approval in writing, upon consultation with the appropriate state or local prosecutor, by the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, or Assistant Attorney General.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to notify the Mexican government of the desire of the United States to enter into formal discussions regarding the Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed in Mexico City on May 4, 1978, and available actions that the Mexican government may take to persuade the Mexican Supreme Court to reconsider its October 2001 ruling, so that the possibility of a sentence of life imprisonment will not have an effect on the timely extradition of a criminal suspect from Mexico to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
International U.S. Seniors Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Medicare
Medigap
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
International U.S. Seniors Act of 2005 - Provides for a Medicare part B (Supplementary Medicare Insurance) special enrollment period, waiver of the late enrollment penalty, and a Medigap special open enrollment period for certain individuals 65 years or older who live abroad.
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should enter into an international convention with respect to individuals 65 or older who live abroad under which the nation of which the individual is a citizen agrees to reimburse another nation in which the individual lawfully resides for the costs of health care furnished to the individual while residing in that nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-27
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: 2005-09-27
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: 2005-09-27
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: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Chamois Truthful Labeling Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Deceptive advertising
Injunctions
Labeling
Law
Leather industry
Legal fees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Chamois Truthful Labeling Act of 2005 - Declares it is unlawful to describe a product in commerce as consisting of &quot;chamois,&quot; &quot;shammy,&quot; &quot;genuine chamois,&quot; or an equivalent, or label or identify a drying or polishing product as &quot;chamois,&quot; &quot;shammy,&quot; &quot;genuine chamois,&quot; or an equivalent, unless such product consists of the inner split of a sheepskin which has been tanned in 100% fish oil. 
 
Authorizes a person aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring an action to enjoin such violation, or to seek other appropriate equitable relief, including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006.

Bill: 109-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Rescission of appropriated funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9448)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8856)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8393)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006.

Bill: 109-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Rescission of appropriated funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Makes 2% across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9448)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8856)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8393)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate income tax overpayments to support relief efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-hr-3905
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Charitable contributions
Checkoff
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Floods
Foundations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Social Welfare
Tax refunds
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to designate income tax overpayments to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund of the Greater Houston Community Foundation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006.

Bill: 109-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Rescission of appropriated funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Makes 5% across-the-board recissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9448)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8856)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8393)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Helpers Job Opportunity Act

Bill: 109-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Government contractors
Labor and Employment
Minimum wages
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Helpers Job Opportunity Act - Provides for the creation of an additional category of laborers or mechanics known as helpers under the Davis-Bacon Act.

Requires a helper of a laborer or mechanic to be paid the prevailing wage of helpers of laborers or mechanics employed on similar projects in the same subdivision of the state.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Verifying the Outcome of Tomorrow's Elections Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Ballots
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Driver licenses
Election administration
Electronic data interchange
Fines (Penalties)
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Photography
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Voter registration
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Verifying the Outcome of Tomorrow's Elections Act of 2005 - Amends the Help Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit the appropriate state or local election official from providing a ballot for an election for federal office to an individual who desires to vote in person, unless the individual presents to the official a current, valid, state-issued photo identification. Imposes similar requirements with respect to individuals voting by mail. 
 
Requires each state to conduct regular tests of the equipment used to tabulate votes in voting systems to ensure that a system meets specified error rate standards, and that the equipment works correctly.
 
Prohibits a state from permitting any individual to tabulate votes cast on a voting system, or to certify the tabulation of votes, unless that individual has satisfactorily undergone a criminal history background check using the national criminal history background check system and the state criminal history repositories of all states in which the individual has resided.
 
Requires a state to permit a representative of each political party with a candidate on the ballot used at a precinct during an election to observe the tabulation of the votes cast on the voting system, and the certification of such tabulation.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to pay any other person for distributing voter registration applications in federal elections, or for collecting completed or partially completed applications, if the amount of the payment is determined on the basis of the number of applications distributed or collected.
 
Requires production of a permanent, individually verifiable paper record of each vote cast.
 
Requires voluntary voting system guidelines to ensure the security of any data transmitted or received electronically by voting systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt members of the Armed Forces from naturalization requirements relating to English language, knowledge of government, good moral character, and period of service.

Bill: 109-hr-3911
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Civics education
English language
Ethics
Government Operations and Politics
History
Military personnel
Naturalization

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt members of the armed forces from naturalization requirements respecting English language and government knowledge, good moral character, and period of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Flexible Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Long-term care insurance
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Flexible Retirement Security for Life Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to 50 percent of certain guaranteed lifetime annuity payments. Phases in the allowable dollar amount of such exclusion, beginning at $1,000 in 2006 and increasing to $20,000 in 2015 or thereafter. Provides for an inflation adjustment of the $20,000 exclusion amount beginning in 2016.
 
Allows a tax exclusion for payments from an annuity or life insurance contract used to obtain coverage under a qualified long-term care insurance contract that is part of such annuity or life insurance contract.
 
Provides for tax-free exchanges of life insurance, endowment, and annuity contracts for long-term care contracts. Allows tax-exempt annuity and life insurance contracts to include qualified long-term care insurance contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2 Benzylthio-nicotinic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 

 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 2 Benzylthio-nicotinic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt Restructuring Act

Bill: 109-hr-3915
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Black lung
Coal
Energy
Excise tax
Government trust funds
Health
Labor and Employment
Miners
Tax rates
Taxation
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt Restructuring Act - Requires the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, on a certain refinancing date, to pay the market value of the outstanding repayable advances, plus accrued interest, by transferring into the general fund of the Treasury specified amounts derived from proceeds from obligations issued to the Secretary of the Treasury and from an appropriation to the Trust Fund under this Act. 
 
Authorizes the Trust Fund to issue additional obligations to the Secretary if it is unable to: (1) repay those obligations issued in such initial repayment; or (2) make benefit payments and other authorized expenditures.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend provisions for a temporary increase in excise tax levels related to the Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Millennium Challenge Environmental Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-3916
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Developing countries
Economic assistance
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sustainable development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Millennium Challenge Environmental Accountability Act - Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (the Act) to apply the environmental procedures applicable to programs, projects, and activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the provision of economic growth and poverty reduction assistance authorized under the Act. Requires each Millennium Challenge Compact (a compact required to be entered into by each participating country) to include a plan to promote environmental sustainability, including prevention, minimization, mitigation, or compensation for the potential adverse impact on natural resources in the implementation of programs and activities funded under the Compact. Provides for the input of non-governmental organizations concerning Compact creation.
 
Requires the inclusion, in an annual report under the Act, of information on progress made toward implementing the country's plan for environmental sustainability. Directs that each report be published in the Federal Register and made available on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Large Employer Medicaid and SCHIP Responsibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3917
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Employers' liability
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Law
Married people
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Large Employer Medicaid and SCHIP Responsibility Act of 2005 - Makes any large employer that employs one or more employees enrolled (or any of whose spouses or dependent children are enrolled) under Medicaid or SCHIP (titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act) for a month in a year liable to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for payment of a per capita penalty with respect to each such employee, spouse, or dependent.
 
Prescribes a formula for determination of such penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
Outer Continental Shelf Energy Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-3918
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Revenue sharing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Outer Continental Shelf Energy Relief Act - Declares that all provisions of existing federal law prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds to conduct natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf have no force or effect.
 
Revokes all existing withdrawals made by the President under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). 
 
States such withdrawals are no longer in effect with respect to natural gas leasing, exploration, development or production.
 
Amends the OCSLA leasing program to instruct the Secretary, in each five-year program, to include lease sales that when viewed as a whole propose to offer for gas leasing at least 75% of the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area.
 
Prescribes guidelines for sharing with certain coastal states bonus bid and royalty revenues received from existing and future federal gas leases on lands located within state seaward boundaries.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to issue leases for development and production only of natural gas and associated condensate (natural gas-only leasing).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10017-10022)
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9948-9950, H9951, H9952, H9953-9954)
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in House