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Congratulating ASME on their 125th anniversary, celebrating the achievements of ASME members, and expressing the gratitude of the American people for ASME's contributions.

Bill: 109-hconres-46
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Engineering
Engineers
Industrial standards
Infrastructure
Professional associations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Congratulates the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) on its 125th anniversary, and recognizes the achievements of all ASME members.
 
Expresses gratitude for ASME's contributions to the health, safety, and economic well-being of U.S. citizenry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Commending the establishment in College Point, NewYork, of the first free, public kindergarten in the United States.

Bill: 109-hconres-47
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Commends the Poppenhusen Institute and the community of College Point, New York, for establishing the first free kindergarten in the United States.
 
Supports the strong beginnings kindergartens across the United States provide for the Nation's children.

action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
Commends the Poppenhusen Institute and the community of College Point, New York, for establishing the first free, public kindergarten in the United States.
 
Supports the strong beginnings kindergartens across the United States provide for the Nation's children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4362-4363)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4362-4363)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 47.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4362-4364)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Mr. Kline moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Calling for the removal of all restrictions from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of the Nation's fallen heroes, the members of the Armed Forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.

Bill: 109-hconres-48
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Families
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military bases
Military dependents
Military operations
Right of privacy
South Asia
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Resolves that all restrictions should be removed from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of members of the U.S. armed forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the importance of Western civilization.

Bill: 109-hconres-49
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civics education
Civilization
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Europe
History
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Recognizes that teaching young people to have an appreciation of Western civilization is important to the development and maintenance of a vibrant, united, and enduring U.S. polity, culture, and society. 
 
Encourages local school boards, State education officials, and educators to ensure that all young people gain an understanding and appreciation of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of Western civilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Expressing disapproval by the Congress of the totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico signed by the Commissioner of Social Security and the Director General of the Mexican Social Security Institute on June 29, 2004.

Bill: 109-hconres-50
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Negotiations
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should immediately disapprove the totalization agreement signed by the Commissioner of Social Security and the Director General of the Mexican Social Security Institute on June 29, 2004, and refrain from transmitting such agreement to the Congress; and (2) the Commissioner of Social Security should withdraw from any further negotiations with Mexico relating to totalization agreements between the United States and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the primary author and the official home of "Yankee Doodle".

Bill: 109-hconres-51
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Congress
Congressional tributes
Historic sites
History
Military bases
Military history
Music
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Dr. Richard Shuckburgh should be recognized and honored as the primary author of &quot;Yankee Doodle&quot;; and (2) Fort Crailo, in the city of Rensselaer, New York, should be recognized as the &quot;Home of Yankee Doodle.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress supporting vigorous enforcement of the Federal obscenity laws.

Bill: 109-hconres-52
Sponsor: Rep. Sullivan, John [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Calls for vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Bill: 109-hconres-53
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Automobile industry
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patents
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 

 

 
 Commemorates issuance of the 500,000th design patent to the DaimlerChrysler Corporation and recognizes the contributions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to the Nation&#146;s economy.

action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Commemorates issuance of the 500,000th design patent to the DaimlerChrysler Corporation and recognizes the contributions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to the Nation&#146;s economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2113-2114)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2113-2114)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 53.
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2113-2114)
action_date: 2005-04-19
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 15.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-22.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-22.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E224)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that comprehensive fiduciary standards should be included in any legislation providing for individual accounts as part of, or supplemental to, Social Security.

Bill: 109-hconres-54
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Congress
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Liability (Law)
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any legislation establishing individual accounts as part of, or supplemental to, Social Security which is favorably considered by the Congress should: (1) specify fiduciary responsibilities for the account managers and other fiduciaries in connection with such accounts; and (2) provide for liability and penalties for failure to meet such responsibilities. 
 
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any legislation specifying such fiscal responsibilities, and providing for such liability and penalties, should be at least as comprehensive in relation to such individual accounts as are requirements of certain Federal civil service law in relation to accounts maintained for Members of Congress and Federal employees under the Thrift Savings Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the flight crew members lost during the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.

Bill: 109-hconres-55
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Flight crews
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Monuments and memorials
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Honors the flight crew members lost during the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that an appropriate memorial should be established to honor their memory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Bill: 109-hconres-56
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
International agencies
Law of the sea
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Ocean mining
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sovereignty
Territorial waters
Treaties
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E211-212)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should grant a pardon to Marcus Mosiah Garvey to clear his name and affirm his innocence of crimes for which he was unjustly prosecuted and convicted.

Bill: 109-hconres-57
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
International Affairs
Minorities
Pardons
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Declares that Marcus Garvey (founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association): (1) was innocent of the charges brought against him by the U.S. Government; and (2) should be recognized internationally as a leader and thinker in the struggle for human rights and dignity.
 
Calls upon the President to endeavor to restore Marcus Garvey's honor and good name by granting a full posthumous pardon that proclaims his conviction to have been unjust and affirms his innocence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1582)
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Bill: 109-hconres-58
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Election candidates
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Minorities
Minorities in government
New York State
Postage stamps
Presidential elections
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of former Representative Shirley Chisholm; and (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Bill: 109-hconres-60
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Access to health care
Blacks
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Community development
Congress
Congressional tributes
Developing countries
Due process of law
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Environmental Protection
Equality before the law
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Human rights
International agencies
Latin America
Law
Minority education
Minority health
Nongovernmental organizations
Policy sciences
Poverty
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Quality of care
Racial discrimination
Social Welfare
Sustainable development
Technical assistance
Trade agreements
Treaties
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Recognizes: (1) African descendants for their contributions to the economic, social, and cultural fabric of the countries in the Americas, particularly in Latin American and Caribbean societies; and (2) that as a result of their skin color and ancestry such descendants have experienced economic, social, and political injustices. 
 
Urges the President to encourage the remembrance of the achievements of African descendants in the Americas and a resolution of such injustices.
 
Urges the United States and the international community to work to ensure that poverty is eradicated, universal education is achieved, quality healthcare is made available, environmental resources are provided, and equal access to justice is granted in Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1464-1465)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued honoring the Nation's coal miners.

Bill: 109-hconres-61
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Coal
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Miners
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Calls upon the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the U.S. Postal Service to issue a postage stamp honoring the nation's coal miners.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Introduced in House