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Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1175
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Authorization
Cervical cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical personnel
Medical screening
Medical technology
Medical tests
Paramedical personnel
Public service advertising
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Students
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a scholarship and loan repayment program to alleviate the shortage of medical laboratory personnel. 
 
Requires the Secretary: (1) when awarding grants and contracts under programs designed to increase the number of allied health professionals, to give preference to assisting entities in expanding or establishing programs to increase the number of individuals trained as medical laboratory personne; and (2) to issue public service announcements that promote medical laboratory personnel careers. 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) and in collaboration with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants for training to increase the number of cytotechnologists available for cervical cancer screening. 
 Provides for giving emphasis in the training of allied heath professionals, for which Federal payments may be provided under a cooperative agreement or grant from the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to the training of medical laboratory personnel in disciplines in which more personnel are needed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Education Flexibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1177
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Distance education
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Educational research
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employment tests
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Illiteracy
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Rating of teachers
Right of privacy
Rural education
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
State laws
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
State and Local Education Flexibility Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to revise accountability requirements of title I part A assistance for basic programs operated by local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve the academic achievement of the disadvantaged (ESEA I-A).
 
Provides for State and local flexibility, under specified conditions, to: (1) exclude from adequate yearly progress and academic assessments the performance of certain limited English proficient students; (2) modify academic content and achievement standards in the individual education plans of students with disabilities; (3) develop assessments locally and use multiple assessments; and (4) have alternative qualification requirements for special education teachers and rural teachers.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the amounts LEAs and schools receive from ESEA I-A, and the costs to them in complying with it. Directs the Secretary of Education to arrange with an educational research entity to assess feasibility of measuring individual academic achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
To create 4 new permanent judgeships for the eastern district of California.

Bill: 109-hr-1178
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
California
Congress
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Requires the President to appoint four additional district judges for the Eastern District of California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Obain Attouoman.

Bill: 109-hr-1179
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Declares Obain Attouoman to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 109-hr-1180
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Directs the Attorney General to adjust the status of 31 specified persons (who were aboard the Golden Venture) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Executive Comment Requested from Immigration and Customs Enforcement by the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in House
Mineral Leasing Act Amendments of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1181
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Rent

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Mineral Leasing Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 regarding reinstatement of cancelled leases to require certain lessees to file a petition for reinstatement (together with the required back rental and royalty accruing after the date of termination): (1) within 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) on or before 60 days after receipt of the notice of termination sent by the Secretary by certified mail to all lessees of record.
 
States that these requirements do not apply to any lessee who received a notice of termination less than 13 months after termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act

Bill: 109-hr-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Student aid
Student employment
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Removing Impediments to Students Education Act - RISE Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal provisions which make persons convicted of drug offenses ineligible to receive student financial assistance for a certain period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1186
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Minimum tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the alternative minimum tax for individual and corporate taxpayers .

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of the supplemental security income program to American Samoa.

Bill: 109-hr-1187
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative procedure
American Samoa
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Social Security Administration
Supplemental security income program

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Commissioner of Social Security to extend the SSI program to American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Right to Commissaries and Space Available Travel Act

Bill: 109-hr-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Families
Military dependents
Military transportation
Post exchanges
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Disabled Veterans Right to Commissaries and Space Available Travel Act - Requires veterans with disabilities rated at 30 percent or more (and their dependents) to be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as members of the Armed Forces eligible for retired or retainer pay.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide transportation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for any veteran with a service-connected disability rated at 50 percent or more (and their dependents) on the same basis as members entitled to retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1150)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer crimes
Fines (Penalties)
Internet
Pornography
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Personal Pictures Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit placing photographs of a person's sexually explicit conduct on a computer so that they are accessible on the Internet, with the intent to embarrass or cause such person emotional distress and without such person's permission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
National Marine Scholarship Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Graduate education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine biology
Minorities
Minorities in government
Minority education
Oceanography
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Scientific education
Social Welfare
Temporary employment
Women
Women in government
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
National Marine Scholarship Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a National Marine Scholarship Program for graduate students in the fields of marine science. 
 
Requires scholarship recipients to agree to serve, for a certain period after their masters or doctoral program, as a full-time employee of NOAA or another Federal agency with programs related to the marine environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-1192
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Commerce
Courthouses
Cultural property
Education
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governors
Higher education
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Land use
Landowners
Law
Lincoln Administration
Monuments and memorials
Museums
Nature conservation
Office buildings
Planning
Poetry
Presidential debates
Presidential libraries
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Recreation
Right of property
School buildings
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Supreme Court justices
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area in Illinois.
 
Designates the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition as the management entity for the Area.
 
Allows the Coalition, using funds made available under this Act, to prepare a management plan for the Area and reports, studies, interpretive exhibits and programs, historic preservation projects, and other activities recommended in the plan.
 
Prohibits the Coalition from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property.
 
Directs the Coalition to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a management plan reviewed by participating units of government within the Area's boundaries which shall, among other things: (1) contain a comprehensive program for conservation, interpretation, funding, management, and development and historical, cultural, and natural resources and recreational and educational opportunities of the Area; and (2) include a business plan detailing the functions of the local coordinating entity and of activities included in recommendations contained in the plan. Requires the Secretary to approve or disapprove the proposed plan not later than 90 days after receiving it. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Coalition for the development and implementation of the management plan.
 
Requires the Coalition to provide assistance and encouragement to State and local governments, private organizations, and persons to protect and promote the Area's resources and values.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1193
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crimes against women
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hate crimes
Prejudice
Sex discrimination
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1869-1870)
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E393-394)
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To increase public safety and reduce the threat to domestic security by including persons who may be prevented from boarding an aircraft in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1195
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Aviation safety
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit: (1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person is an individual required to be prevented from boarding an aircraft; and (2) the shipment, transport, possession, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition by such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1836)
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5616)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2128-2129)
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

Bill: 109-hr-1197
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Missouri River development
Nebraska
Rivers
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska, for four years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Carbon Tetrachloride Benefits Act

Bill: 109-hr-1198
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Carcinogens
Chemicals
Disabled
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Eye diseases
Health
Hearing disorders
Law
Lung diseases
Nervous system diseases
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Veterans Carbon Tetrachloride Benefits Act - Provides that any of certain listed diseases or disabilities becoming manifest in any veteran who served 90 days or more of active military duty during which such veteran was exposed to carbon tetrachloride shall be considered to be service-connected, and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation, notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such disease during such service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in House