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For the relief of Michael Dvorkin.

Bill: 109-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Declares that Michael Dvorkin may not be removed from or denied entry into the United States by reason of any criminal offense that is reflected on the date of the enactment of this Act in the records of the Department of Homeland Security or the Visa Office of the Department of State. States that any such offense shall not be taken into account in determining whether Michael Dvorkin is eligible to receive a visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Zdenko Lisak.

Bill: 109-hr-992
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Prohibits Zdenko Lisak from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any act of his which is grounds for such removal or denial that is reflected in the records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service or the Visa Office.
 
Directs the Attorney General to rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation or any finding of deportability that has been entered against Zdenko Lisak by reason of any such act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Van Lien Tran, Xuan Mai T. Che, Lien Mai Binh Tran, Kim Hoan Thi Nguyen, and Nam V. Nguyen.

Bill: 109-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Makes Van Lien Tran, Xuan Mai T. Che, Lien Mai Binh Tran, Kim Hoan Thi Nguyen, and Nam V. Nguyen each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-995
Sponsor: Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Disabled
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Combat Military Medically Retired Veteran's Fairness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the payment of special compensation to members of the Armed Forces retired due to disability with less than 20 years of active service who were awarded the Purple Heart. States that such payments shall be made without regard to special rules applicable to other disability retirees which require offsetting reductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E473)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-998
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Broadcast journalism
Commerce
Competition
Direct broadcast satellites
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Radio stations
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees shall not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers.
 
Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether DARSS licensees should be permitted to provide locally oriented services on nationally distributed channels, taking into account, among other things, the ability of such licensees to afford listeners the same emergency and other information as is afforded listeners of local broadcast stations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act

Bill: 109-hr-999
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chiropractic and chiropractors
Defense contracts
Families
Government contractors
Health
Health insurance
Health planning
Managed care
Military dependents
Military medicine
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, no later than August 31, 2005, to complete development of a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits, as a permanent part of the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed health care program), for covered beneficiaries. Requires plan implementation by January 31, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act

Bill: 109-hr-1002
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Families
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Labor and Employment
Mandatory retirement
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Tax administration
Tax evasion
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act - Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) Federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) such employees of the Internal Revenue Service whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.
Requires that such service which is performed by an incumbent law enforcement officer be treated: (1) on or after the enactment date of this Act, for all purposes, as service performed as a law enforcement officer, irrespective of how such service is treated under the following; and (2) before, on, or after such date, for purposes of CSRS and FERS, as service performed as such an officer, but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management five years after such date or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier.
Provides that nothing under current law respecting mandatory separation from Government service under CSRS or FERS shall cause the involuntary separation of an officer before the end of the three-year period beginning on such date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Financial Services for All Act

Bill: 109-hr-1003
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Credit unions
Electronic funds transfers
Federal Reserve System
Financial services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Financial Services for All Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to empower a Federal Credit Union to sell or provide electronic fund transfers, as well as receive them, for a fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Nonresident Income Tax Freedom Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Interstate compacts
Local taxation
Residence requirements
State taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Nonresident Income Tax Freedom Act of 2005 - Prohibits a State from imposing a tax on income earned within such State by a nonresident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Gifts
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Prosthesis
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Veterans Medical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit a taxpayer to designate all or part of an income tax overpayment for Department of Veterans Affairs medical research. States that any such amount shall be treated as: (1) a refund to the taxpayer; and (2) a contribution to the United States. 
Establishes in the Treasury the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research Gift Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Post Office Community Partnership Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1006
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Building construction
Building laws
Citizen participation
Commemorations
Commerce
Community development
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Historic sites
History
Infrastructure
Land use
Law
Local laws
Newspapers
Postal facilities
Postal service
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Relocation
United States Postal Service
Urban affairs
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Post Office Community Partnership Act of 2005 - Modifies Federal postal law to revise requirements for the closing or consolidation of a post office and apply them, as well, to its proposed closing, consolidation, relocation, or construction. Requires a 60-day notice, under certain conditions, to persons (including local government officials) who are (or would be) served by the post office involved to allow such individuals an opportunity to present their views before such proposed action. Requires the notice: (1) by the deadline, to be hand delivered or delivered by mail and published once a week for at least four weeks in one or more newspapers regularly issued and of general circulation within the zip code areas which are (or would be) served by the post office involved; and (2) to include a description of the proposed action, a summary of the reasons for it, and the date on which the action is to be taken (or, in the case of the construction of a post office, the proposed timetable). 
 
Revises the factors to be considered in deciding whether or not to take such proposed actions.
Requires the Postal Service to follow a community's public participation procedures to address the relocation, closing, consolidation, or construction of buildings in the community if such procedures are more stringent than those provided in this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E322-323)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of Natural Resources Conservation Service property in Riverside, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1007
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Nature conservation
Research natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District, without consideration, specified Federal land administered by the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service in Riverside, California, contingent on the District's agreeing to: (1) use the property for land conservation and related research and to make the property available to other public agencies engaged in similar activities; and (2) permit the Natural Resources Conservation Service to continue to occupy and use that part of the property known as Building B.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design and construction of the Riverside-Corona Feeder in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District of Riverside, California.

Bill: 109-hr-1008
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Pipelines
Saline waters
Transportation and Public Works
Water conservation
Water districts
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Watersheds
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Western Municipal Water District, to participate in a project to plan, design, and construct the Riverside-Corona Feeder, which includes 20 groundwater wells and 28 miles of pipeline in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California. Limits the Federal share of the cost to: (1) plan, design, and construct the project to the lesser of 35 percent of the project's total cost or $50 million; and (2) complete the necessary planning study associated with the project to 50 percent of the total study cost. Directs that in-kind services performed by the District be considered a part of the local cost share to complete the project. 
 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary to participate in the design, planning, and construction of: (1) projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal within the Santa Ana Watershed, in cooperation with the Yucaipa Valley Water District; and (2) a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater, including degraded groundwaters, within and outside of the service area of the City of Corona Water Utility, in cooperation with the City of Corona Water Utility. Limits the Federal share of each of the project costs to 25 percent.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from using or providing funds under this Act for project operation or maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To designate the western breakwater for the project for navigation, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, as the "Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater".

Bill: 109-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Connecticut
Entrepreneurs
Labor and Employment
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Merchant seamen
Names
Offshore structures
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Designates the western breakwater for the navigation project, New Haven Harbor, Connecticut, as the Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain modifications to be made to qualified mortgages held by a REMIC or a grantor trust.

Bill: 109-hr-1010
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Law
Loan defaults
Mortgages
Secondary mortgage market
Tax penalties
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain amendments, waivers, or other modifications to mortgages held by a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) or a Grantor Trust without disqualifying such mortgages as REMIC or Grantor Trust mortgages. Permits amendments, waivers, or modifications that do not: (1) extend the final maturity date of a mortgage; (2) increase the outstanding balance of the mortgage; (3) result in the release of an interest in real property securing the mortgage; or (4) result in an instrument or property right which is not debt for Federal income tax purposes. Exempts such amendments, waivers, or modifications from the penalty for prohibited transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Women, Children, and Infant Tsunami Victim Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1011
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-03-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Child abuse
Child health
Childbirth
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against women
Disaster relief
Drugs
East Asia
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Indonesia
International relief
Maldives
Maternal health services
Obstetrics
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Psychotherapy
Rape
Social Welfare
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Tsunamis
United Nations
United Nations finances
Victims of crimes
Violence
Women
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: 
Women, Children, and Infant Tsunami Victim Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of State to make funding available to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for tsunami victims in Indonesia, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. 
 
States that such assistance shall be used to: (1) ensure safe childbirth and emergency obstetric care and to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission; (2) reestablish maternal health services; (3) prevent and treat cases of violence against women and youth; (4) offer psychological support and counseling to women and youth; and (5) promote access of unaccompanied women and other vulnerable people to vital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E325-326)
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-01
text: Introduced in House