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Highway Claims Resolution Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3447
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alaska
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Department of the Interior
Eminent domain
Evidence (Law)
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Judicial review
Landowners
Law
Limitation of actions
Maps
Military bases
Minorities
Native Americans
Public meetings
Public records
Right of property
Right-of-way
Roads and highways
Surveying
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: 
Highway Claims Resolution Act of 2005 - Permits, for a four-year period following the enactment of this Act, the filing of claims asserting the existence and validity of right-of-ways, pursuant to a repealed section of the Revised Statutes (R.S. 2477), to build highways across public land not reserved for public uses. Deems a failure to make and prove such claim a relinquishment of all right-of-way rights. Requires claimants to submit evidence in support of a claim within six years of the claim filing.
 
Declares that claimants shall have the burden of proof that the grant of a right-of-way was validly accepted.
 
Directs an authorized officer (designated by the Secretary of the Interior) to review evidence submitted and determine whether the claim is presumptively valid. Subjects to judicial review the administrative record of the final decision of an authorized officer.
 
Prohibits charging a state, county, or local government a fee for the filing of a claim.
 
Allows the United States to retain exclusive possession or control of federal conservation, tribal, or defense lands traversed by a valid right-of-way, upon payment to the claimant of an amount set by the relevant district court.
 
Requires the recording of recognized claims.
 
Recognizes the prior adjudication of claimed rights-of-way by courts of competent jurisdiction. States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter provisions of the: (1) Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 regarding rights-of-way with respect to public lands and National Forest System lands; or (2) Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act regarding Alaska's transportation and utility network.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1622-1624)
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Oak Park Medical Center Property Acquisition

Bill: 109-hr-3448
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinics
Colorado
Department of Commerce
Eminent domain
Federal installations
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Laboratories
Land transfers
Real estate appraisal
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: 
Oak Park Medical Center Property Acquisition - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Commerce to acquire the Oak Park Medical Center, which is contiguous to the northeast boundary of the Department of Commerce's Boulder research campus in Boulder, Colorado. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1624)
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act

Bill: 109-hr-3449
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Bank loans
Checks
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Deceptive advertising
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Fees
Finance charges
Governmental investigations
Law
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to set forth restrictions on: (1) overdraft protection programs or services for consumers; and (2) representations or statements with respect to such a program or service in any advertisement or promotion.
 
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Expedited Funds Availability Act to set forth restrictions on overdraft protection programs or services for consumers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3450
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Africans
Alien labor
Aliens
Department of Justice
Deportation
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Injunctions
Labor and Employment
Law
Liberia
Married people
Refugees
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Liberian Refugee Immigration Protection Act of 2005 - Provides for the permanent resident status adjustment of certain Liberian nationals who were granted, or are eligible to apply for, temporary protected status on or after March 27, 1991.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the use of redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation.

Bill: 109-hr-3451
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Commerce
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health surveys
Income tax
Interest
Refuse and refuse disposal
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the use of tax-exempt redevelopment bonds for the costs of environmental remediation. Defines &quot;environmental remediation&quot; as: (1) abatement or control of hazardous substances; (2) demolition of existing contaminated structures, permit fees necessary for remediation, and environmental audits; (3) health assessments or health effects studies related to a contaminated site; and (4) remediation of off-site contamination caused by activity on a contaminated site. Denies an income tax deduction for interest paid on redevelopment bonds for environmental remediation if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that a remediation plan financed with redevelopment bonds was not satisfactorily completed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat regional income tax collection agencies as States for purposes of confidentiality and disclosure requirements relating to tax returns and return information.

Bill: 109-hr-3452
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Confidential communications
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Local taxation
Tax administration
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat certain public entities jointly formed and operated by two or more municipalities for the purpose of collecting income tax as states for purposes of applying confidentiality and disclosure requirements relating to tax returns and return information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of disabled children, and individuals who became disabled as children, without regard to income or assets.

Bill: 109-hr-3454
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Disabled
Families
Income
Medicaid
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicaid coverage of disabled children, and individuals who became disabled as children, without regard to income or assets. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners' Escrow Payments Assurance Act

Bill: 109-hr-3455
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts
Commerce
Consumer protection
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fines (Penalties)
Grants-in-aid
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Insurance premiums
Law
Legal services
Liability (Law)
Low-income housing
Mortgage banks
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Property insurance
Property tax
Punitive damages
Social Welfare
Taxation
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Homeowners' Escrow Payments Assurance Act - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to make mortgage escrow servicers liable for treble damages in individual borrower or class actions for failure to make timely payments from an escrow account for taxes, insurance premiums, and other charges as they become due. Establishes, in addition, a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of insurance coverage lapse that results from such a failure. 
Earmarks the fines thus collected for assistance to: (1) low-income families for the acquisition of a principal residence; and (2) nonprofit organizations that engage in legal advocacy relating to consumer rights' protection.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for individuals serving as Federal jurors to continue to receive their normal average wage or salary during such service.

Bill: 109-hr-3456
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Grand jury
Juries
Labor and Employment
Salaries
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to require the public or private employer of a federal grand or petit juror to pay to that juror his or her regular pay (or average daily wage) for each day such individual performs jury duty, less the aggregate amount of any fees and allowances paid. 
 
Allows a person summoned for jury service to be excused upon a showing by his or her employer that payment during such service would result in significant hardship to the employer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for World War II veterans to be in the same priority category for health care services from the Department of Veterans Affairs as World War I veterans.

Bill: 109-hr-3457
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health
History
Veterans' medical care
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hospital care and medical services, and authorizes the Secretary to furnish nursing home care, to any veteran of World War II. (Currently, the Secretary is required or authorized to provide such services only to veterans of the Mexican border period or World War I.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debtor and creditor
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Mortgages
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts attributable to the discharge of certain residential mortgage obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies.

Bill: 109-hr-3459
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Death
Families
Labor and Employment
Married people
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month. Disregards monthly benefits received for the month in which the individual dies for purposes of the maximum benefit cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow married individuals who are legally separated and living apart to exclude from gross income the income from United States savings bonds used to pay higher education tuition and fees.

Bill: 109-hr-3460
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Higher education
Income tax
Law
Married people
Savings bonds
Separation (Law)
Tax exclusion
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain married individuals who are legally separated and living apart and who file separate tax returns to exclude from gross income the income from U.S. savings bonds used for higher education tuition and fees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Seniors' Family Business Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-3461
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Close corporations
Commerce
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Seniors' Family Business Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant an individual a one-time exclusion from gross income of the gain from the sale or exchange of a qualified interest in a closely held business if: (1) the individual has attained the age of 62 before the date of the sale or exchange; (2) the adjusted gross income of the individual for the tax year in which such sale or exchange occurs does not exceed $1 million (determined without regard to such sale or exchange); and (3) the individual so elects.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3463
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Hawaii
Idaho
Impact aid
Land transfers
Mines and mineral resources
Mining claims
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
State finance
Utah
Washington State
West (U.S.)
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2005 - Makes grants of land to the following states in lieu of receiving, for the support of the common schools, five percent of the proceeds of the sales of federally land owned within such states which have not been sold by the United States as of July 1, 2005: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
 
Makes the amount of land granted to each state five percent of the number of acres of federally owned land within that state as of July 1, 2005. Requires land selected to be held in trust to be sold or leased and the proceeds to be used only for the support of public education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8951-8952)
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3464
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Hawaii
Idaho
Impact aid
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Utah
Washington State
West (U.S.)
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Action Plan for Public Lands and Education Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make annual payments for education improvement to state educational agencies of the following eligible states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. 
 
Bases each such state's portion of the total amount of such payments on its portion of the total number of acres of federally owned property in all of the eligible states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8951-8952)
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Capitol Airspace Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-hr-3465
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air routes
Aircraft
Aircraft pilots
Airspace (Law)
Commerce
District of Columbia
Fines (Penalties)
Flight training
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Law
Lease and rental services
Licenses
Metropolitan areas
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 
Capitol Airspace Enforcement Act - Amends federal transportation law to increase civil penalties for pilots who violate flight restrictions established by the District of Columbia metropolitan area Flight Restricted Zone (DC FRZ) and the District of Columbia metropolitan area Air Defense Identification Zone (DC ADIZ) for the national capital region airspace.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require specialized pilot instruction on proper airspace use and compliance with flight restrictions in and around special flight rules areas established by the FAA, including pilot testing on such rules and restricted airspace and timely notices to airmen (NOTAMs) regarding national capital region airspace.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Introduced in House