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Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Louisiana
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Sustainable development
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area in Louisiana. 
 
Designates the Atchafalaya Trace Commission as the local coordinating entity of the Heritage Area. 
 
Prohibits the use of Federal funds authorized under this Act to acquire real property. 
 
Requires the Commission to develop and implement a management plan, subject to the Secretary of the Interior's approval, that incorporates an integrated and cooperative approach to conserve, interpret, and enhance the resources of the Heritage Area. 
 
Establishes a procedure for the voluntary inclusion of private property in the Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E156)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Water Conservation Incentive Act

Bill: 109-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Cooperative housing
Costs
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Landscape architecture
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Small business
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Water Resources Development
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Water Conservation Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in a principal residence and which has a useful life of at least five years. Defines &quot;qualified water conservation property&quot; to include smart dual or multi program irrigation clocks, low-flow shower heads, ultra low-flush toilets, and high-efficiency clothes washing machines. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for a taxable year.
 
Allows certain small business employers (100 or fewer employees) a business tax credit for ten percent of the cost of qualified water conservation property installed in or in connection with such employer's principal place of business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Audrey Nerenberg Act

Bill: 109-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Disabled
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government statistics
Mentally disabled
Missing persons
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Audrey Nerenberg Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to include within the definition of child under such Act an individual whose mental capacity is less than 18 years of age as determined by an appropriate medical authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
ROLE Model Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Respecting Our Leaders in Education Model Act of 2005 - ROLE Model Act of 2005 - Authorizes States, in the event of inadequate Federal funding under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to waive certain requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
State Veterans Cemetery Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
State Veterans Cemetery Fairness Act of 2005 - Makes the burial plot allowance for a veteran who dies in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or a facility providing Department-contracted care $300 (current law) or the lesser of the actual costs or $750 in the case of a State in which ground burial in a national cemetery is not available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Contracts
Law
Licenses
Music
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2005 - Provides that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement between or among playwrights for the express purpose of developing a standard form contract containing minimum terms of artistic protection and levels of compensation for playwrights or any joint or collective voluntary actions for the limited purposes of developing a standard form contract by playwrights or their representatives; and (2) any joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the express purpose of reaching a collective agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form contract as the sole and exclusive means by which participating playwrights shall license their plays to producers. 
Makes a standard form of contract developed and implemented under this Act subject to amendment by individual playwrights and producers consistent with its terms.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the "Cesar E. Chavez Post Office".

Bill: 109-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility (the Southeastern Post Office) located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the &quot;Cesar E. Chavez Post Office.&quot;

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E159)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Military Families Financial Security Act

Bill: 109-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Housing and Community Development
Military dependents
Military housing
Military pay
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Military Families Financial Security Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act, with respect to income eligibility for SSI, to provide for the treatment of cash military compensation other than basic pay as earned income, and of certain housing payments as in-kind support and maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E154)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
National Fisheries Mitigation Coordination Act

Bill: 109-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Fish culture
Fishery management
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
National Fisheries Mitigation Coordination Act - Directs a sponsor agency (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority) to pay to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mitigation fishery costs associated with carrying out the fishery mitigation plan for a water development project developed between the Service and one or more sponsor agencies.
 
Defines mitigation fishery costs as the expenditures necessary to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate facilities to conduct mitigation fishery activities, including the rearing and stocking of native and nonnative fish to replace or maintain harvest levels lost as a result of Federal water resource development projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
ASU/MCCCD Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air force
Arizona
Armed Forces and National Security
Colleges
Community colleges
Education
Educational facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Land transfers
Military bases
School boards
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
ASU/MCCCD Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to release, without consideration, the reversionary interests retained by the United States and all other terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions imposed, in connection with the conveyance of portions of former Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, to Arizona State University and Maricopa County Community College District under the authority of the February 1995 Record of Decision for the disposal of excess Federal property at that installation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-hr-542
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: College administration
Colleges
Community colleges
Higher education
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Dandini Research Park Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada all right, title, and interest of the United States in specified land located in Washoe County, Nevada, patented to the University of Nevada under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 Requires the Board of Regents to pay the net proceeds of any sale of such land to the Secretary for use by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Charitable Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-543
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Corporate philanthropy
Corporation directors
Executives
Families
Income tax
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Married people
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Taxation
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Corporate Charitable Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to require disclosure of: (1) corporate charitable contributions whose value exceeds what the issuer made during the previous year to any nonprofit organization of which a director, officer, or controlling person of the issuer (or a spouse) was a director or trustee (insider affiliated charity); (2) the name of such nonprofit organization and the value of the contribution; (3) the total value of contributions made by the issuer to nonprofit organizations during its previous fiscal year; and (4) the organization name and the value of contributions if the value to any one organization exceeds the amount designated by Securities and Exchange Commission rule.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Municipal Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Deposit insurance
Government Operations and Politics
Local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Municipal Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to set $2 million as the maximum amount of insurance for in-State municipal depositor accounts held by an insured depository institution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To improve computer access for members of the United States Armed Forces serving in combat zones designated in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom so that such members can use electronic mail to communicate with family members and other persons.

Bill: 109-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Competitive bidding
Computers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Electronic mail systems
Families
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military occupation
Military operations
Morale
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to increase the number of computers located in combat zones designated in connection with Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom so that the total number of such computers available for members of the Armed Forces to send and receive personal electronic mail is at least double that available as of December 31, 2004. Provides authorized funding sources to achieve such increase. Authorizes the Secretary to accept gifts and donations to defray computer acquisition, installation, and maintenance costs.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action under this Act that would compromise the military objectives or mission of the Department of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Wind Cave National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Boundaries
Caves
Grazing
Land transfers
Law
Leases
Licenses
National parks
South Dakota

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Wind Cave National Park Boundary Revision Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land or interests for addition to the Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. Requires the Park's boundaries to be adjusted to reflect the acquisition of land. 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) administer acquired land as part of the Park; and (2) transfer administrative jurisdiction over the land from the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to the Director of the National Park Service.
 
Allows the continuation of livestock grazing on such land at the level existing on the date on which it is acquired. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E148)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Graduation for All Act

Bill: 109-hr-547
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Compensatory education
Computer software
Continuing education
Curricula
Disabled
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational counseling
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Homeless
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Migrant education
Minorities
Minority education
Paraprofessional school personnel
Parent-school relationships
Performance measurement
Reading
Recruiting of employees
School administration
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
 Graduation for All Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish a program that will provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish reading and writing programs to improve overall reading and writing performance among middle and high school students.
 
Limits eligibility for subgrants to LEAs in a State that are among those that have the lowest graduation rates for public secondary school students. Includes among required uses of LEA subgrant funds: (1) hiring and inservice training of literacy coaches; (2) counseling for at-risk students; and (3) professional development for educators that addresses literacy needs of certain student groups.
 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include public secondary school graduation rates for all students under requirements for: (1) accountability for adequate yearly progress; and (2) annual State report cards.
 
Amends the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act to require annual reports on the number participants who are 16, 17, or 18 years of age in certain programs and services, disaggregated by certain attributes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House