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Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1765
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Generating Opportunity by Forgiving Educational Debt for Service Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of Federal employees student loan repayments by the Federal Government on behalf of such employees. Exempts such repayments from social security taxes.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to include in the annual report to Congress on student loan repayment benefits information identifying Federal agencies that have not provided such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the determination and deduction of interest on qualified education loans.

Bill: 109-hr-1766
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Income tax
Interest
Student loan funds
Tax deductions
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat education loan origination fees as tax deductible interest; (2) allow for accrual of interest on education loans; and (3) provide for the allocation of student loan payments to interest, fees, and principal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
ASPIRE Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1767
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Auditing
Collection of accounts
College costs
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education savings accounts
Executive reorganization
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Individual retirement accounts
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Payroll deductions
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Student aid
Survivors' benefits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Trusts and trustees
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
America Saving for Personal Investment, Retirement, and Education Act of 2005, or the ASPIRE Act of 2005 - Establishes a KIDS Account Fund in the Treasury.
 
Establishes within the Fund a Kids Investment and Development Savings Account (KIDS Account). Makes eligible to contribute to such account, and to receive a matching Federal contribution, any U.S. citizen born after December 31, 2006, and under 18 years of age, whose modified adjusted gross income is below the applicable national median adjusted gross income amount.
 
Creates the KIDS Account Fund Board to establish a default investment program under which, in a manner similar to a lifecycle investment program, sums in each KIDS Account are allocated to investment funds in the KIDS Account Fund based on the amount of time before the account holder attains the age of 18.
 
States that, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, each KIDS Account shall be treated in the same manner as a Roth IRA. 
 
Subjects the Board to the same statutory composition requirements, duties, and responsibilities as the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, to develop programs to promote the financial literacy of account holders of KIDS Accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the provision of law establishing the Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medals of Valor to make certain technical corrections to carry out the intent of the provision.

Bill: 109-hr-1768
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Awards, medals, prizes
Coins and coinage
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law enforcement officers
Paramedical personnel
Police
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends federal law establishing the Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medals of Valor to: (1) instruct the Attorney General to make the necessary arrangements for striking such Medals (current law includes the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury in such directive); and (2) revoke the status of such Medals as national medals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Act

Bill: 109-hr-1769
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Landfills
Monuments and memorials
Names
National parks
New York City
Office buildings
Public Lands and Natural Resources
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Act - Establishes a national memorial at the Staten Island, New York, recovery site to honor the final resting place of those lost at the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001.
 
Creates the September 11th Heroes Memorial Park Advisory Commission to: (1) submit to the Secretary of the Interior and Congress a report with recommendations for the planning, design, construction, and management of a permanent memorial at the site; (2) advise the Secretary on memorial site boundaries; (3) advise the Secretary in the development of a management plan for the memorial; (4) consult and coordinate with specified entities; (5) address Federal funding for operation and maintenance of the memorial; (6) provide significant opportunities for public participation in the planning and design of the memorial; and (7) officially name the memorial.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) assist the Commission with specified tasks and staffing; (2) participate in the planning, design, and construction of the memorial; (3) acquire land for the memorial site from willing sellers; and (4) administer the memorial as a unit of the National Park Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To require employers at critical infrastructure sites to participate in the pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1770
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Airports
Alien labor
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Employee selection
Energy
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labor and Employment
Law
Military and naval supplies
Military bases
Nuclear facilities
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require employers at critical infrastructure sites to participate in the basic pilot (employment eligibility verification) program. Defines such employers as those employing individuals in a location that: (1) is a Federal, State, or local government building, a military base, a nuclear energy site, a weapon site, or an airport; or (2) contains critical infrastructure as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Makes it unlawful for such employers to: (1) authorize an alien employee's access to critical infrastructure after receiving a notification of nonconfirmation from the commissioner of Social Security; or (2) fail to notify any other person or entity that has or may issue documentation authorizing the alien's access of such notification.
 
Authorizes the use of information obtained pursuant to the basic pilot program for enforcement of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Social Security Act. Allows the Secretary to authorize or require any person or entity responsible for granting access to, protecting, securing, operating, administering, or regulating critical infrastructure to use the basic pilot program for individuals seeking access if doing so will assist in protecting such infrastructure. Establishes enforcement procedures for noncompliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a NADBank guarantee is not considered a Federal guarantee for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of bonds.

Bill: 109-hr-1771
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Development credit institutions
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Income tax
Interest
North America
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a loan guarantee by the North American Development Bank (NADBank) shall not be treated as a Federal guarantee for purposes of the tax exclusion for interest on State and local bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act

Bill: 109-hr-1772
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Income tax
Law
Platinum
Precious metals
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Tax rates
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Fair Treatment for Precious Metals Investors Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat bullion (e.g., gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) as a long-term capital asset (currently, treated as a collectible), eligible for preferential capital gains tax rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Native American Veteran Home Loan Act

Bill: 109-hr-1773
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Indian housing
Married people
Minorities
Mortgages
Native Americans
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Native American Veteran Home Loan Act - Amends Federal veterans law to: (1) convert into a permanent program the pilot program (set to expire after December 31, 2008) under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may make direct housing loans to Native American veterans; (2) limit the amount of any increase in the principal amount of any direct housing loan made to a Native American; and (3) extend the eligibility for such direct loans to a non-Native American veteran who is the spouse of a Native American. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Provisions of This Measure Incorporated in H.R. 3665, Title I, Section 102.
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Provisions of This Measure Incorporated in H.R. 3665, Section 3 and 4.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1774
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arid regions
Commemorations
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Grazing
Islands
Land transfers
Landforms
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mineral reserves
Mines and mineral resources
Mining leases
Mountains
National monuments
Natural monuments
Nature conservation
Roads and highways
Transportation and Public Works
Utah
Water Resources Development
Water rights
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2005 - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin; (2) Zion and Mojave Desert; (3) the Grand Staircase and the Escalante Canyons; (4) Moab-LaSal Canyons; (5) Henry Mountains; (6) Glen Canyon; (7) San Juan-Anasazi; (8) Canyonlands Basin; (9) San Rafael Swell; and (10) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. 
Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) filing by the Secretary of the Interior of a map and a legal description of each designated wilderness area with appropriate congressional committees; (2) the exchange of State-owned lands within such areas; (3) Federal reservation of water rights; (4) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness; (5) authorized livestock grazing; and (6) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Thiacloprid.

Bill: 109-hr-1775
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on [3-[(6-Chloro-3-pyridinyl)- methyl]-2-thiazolidinylidene]- cyanamide (Thiacloprid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pyrimethanil.

Bill: 109-hr-1777
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-Anilino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine (Pyrimethanil).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Foramsulfuron.

Bill: 109-hr-1778
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzamide, 2-(((((4,6-dimethoxy- 2-pyrimidinyl)amino)carbonyl)- amino)sulfonyl)-4-(formylamino)- N,N-dimethyl- (Foramsulfuron).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Fenamidone.

Bill: 109-hr-1779
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 5S)-3,5-Dihydro-5- methyl-2-(methylthio)- 5-phenyl-3-(phenylamino)- 4H-imidazol-4-one (Fenamidone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cyclanilide Technical.

Bill: 109-hr-1780
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl- aminocarbonyl)cyclo- propanecarboxylic acid (Cyclanilide Technical).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on para-Benzoquinone.

Bill: 109-hr-1781
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1,4-Benzoquinone (Para-Benzoquinone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on palmitic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-1782
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on palmitic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Anisidine.

Bill: 109-hr-1783
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on o-Anisidine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Tetrakis.

Bill: 109-hr-1784
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, William L. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Tetrakis (2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl) 4,4'-biphenyldiphosphinate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House