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Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landowners
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of property

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state or political subdivision from using economic development as a reason for exercising its power of eminent domain if federal funds would contribute in any way to: (1) the project for which eminent domain is exercised; or (2) the exercise and enforcement of eminent domain over the project. Renders a state or political subdivision that violations this prohibition ineligible for any such federal funds and directs the federal agency involved to withhold those funds.
 
Prohibits the federal government from using economic development as a reason for exercising eminent domain.
 
Defines &quot;economic development&quot; to mean any activity other than making private property available in substantial part for use by the general public or by an entity that makes the property available for use by the general public, or as a public facility, or to remove harmful effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Subcommittee on the Constitution Discharged.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for veterans medical services.

Bill: 109-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Health
Iraq compilation
Off-budget expenditures
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Supplemental appropriations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY2005 for veterans' medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To award posthumously a Congressional gold medal to Constantino Brumidi.

Bill: 109-hr-3138
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Art
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional gold medals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in recognition of Constantino Brumidi's contributions to the Nation as a designer and decorator of the U.S. Capitol.
 
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to arrange for the gold medal to be displayed in the Capitol Visitor Center as part of an exhibit honoring Constantino Brumidi.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3139
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ambulatory care
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Law
Medical records
Medical statistics
Prescription pricing
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center to: (1) report data to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the frequency of performing certain services and administering certain drugs and the charge by the hospital or center for such services or drugs; and (2) prominently post such information at each admission site. Requires the Secretary to: (1) publicly post such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and centers; and (2) select which services or drugs are to be reported based on how frequently each service is performed or each drug is administered.
 
Allows the Secretary to impose a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3140
Sponsor: Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer security measures
Confidential communications
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of the Treasury
Driver licenses
Electronic data interchange
Encryption
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Financial institutions
Financial statements
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Information services
Law
National Credit Union Administration
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Standards
Telephone
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to cover communication of personally identifiable information by certain unregulated information brokers who, for compensation, regularly assemble or evaluate personally identifiable information for the purpose of furnishing reports to third parties (thereby bringing them within the scope of FCRA coverage).
 
Imposes an affirmative, continuing obligation upon each consumer reporting agency to respect the privacy of consumers and to protect the security and confidentiality of their nonpublic personal information.
 
Instructs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate safeguards for the protection of nonpublic consumer information.
 
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to direct federal oversight agencies to include certain data security notification requirements within the regulations governing financial institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
To direct the President to terminate the designation of Brazil as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974.

Bill: 109-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Brazil
Developing countries
Latin America
Tariff preferences

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Directs the President to terminate Brazil's designation as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to generalized system of preferences).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1452)
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Sovereignty Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3142
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Democracy
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military bases
Military occupation
Military personnel
Sovereignty

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Iraq Sovereignty Promotion Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States supports: (1) the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, the people of Iraq, and the leaders of Iraq's elected government; and (2) the Iraqi people's desire to rebuild Iraq as a fully sovereign, stable, and peaceful democratic country.
 
States as U.S. policy not to maintain a long-term or permanent military presence in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3143
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government regulation
Law
Planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 2005 - Amends Federal civil service law to require each Federal agency to publish in the Federal Register a plan, which may be amended at any time by publishing a revision, for the periodic review of all the major rules issued by the agency. Requires that the plan provide for review within five years after publication as a final rule, with a five year extension permitted.
 
Directs the agency, in reviewing major rules, to consider: (1) the continued need for the rule; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the rule; (3) the complexity of the rule; (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal rules, and with State and local governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the rule.
 
Requires that: (1) the review include a cost-benefit analysis of the rule, including an identification and consideration of a range of less costly regulatory alternatives; and (2) each year each agency publish a list of the major rules which are to be reviewed and which are to be included in the accounting statement and associated report submitted to Congress by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
 
Makes conforming changes to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Respect for Life Pluripotent Stem Cell Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3144
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animals
Cloning
Cytology
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Human embryology
Laboratory animals
Medical ethics
Medical research
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Respect for Life Pluripotent Stem Cell Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide for the conduct and support of basic and applied research in isolating, deriving, and using pluripotent stems cells without creating or harming human embryos. Provides that such research may include: (1) research in animals to develop and test techniques for deriving cells from embryos without doing harm to embryos; (2) research to develop and test techniques for producing human pluripotent stems cells without creating or making use of embryos; and (3) research to isolate, develop, and test pluripotent stem cells from postnatal tissues, umbilical cord blood, and placenta.
 
Prohibits research under this Act that: (1) involves the use of human embryos; (2) involves the use of stem cells not otherwise eligible for NIH funds; (3) involves the use of any stem cell to create or to attempt to create a human embryo; or (4) poses a significant risk of creating a human embryo by any means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H426-427, H427, H428-432)
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text of measure as introduced: CR 7/12/2005 H5730)
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory IDEA Full Funding Compromise Act

Bill: 109-hr-3145
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Mandatory IDEA Full Funding Compromise Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize part B programs of education of all children with disabilities. 
 
Authorizes appropriations in specified amounts for part B for FY2006-FY2012 and thereafter, according to a certain formula. (Provides phased-in increases of such authorized funding designed to reach a promised 40% federal share by FY2011.) 
Makes appropriations in specified amounts (which are less than the amounts this Act authorizes to be appropriated) for part B for FY2006-FY2012 and thereafter. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Video Choice Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3146
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cable television
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Common carriers
Competition
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Customer service
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational television
Elementary and secondary education
Federal Communications Commission
Federal preemption
Fees
Franchises (Retail trade)
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Independent regulatory commissions
Interactive media
Law
Local laws
Nondiscrimination provisions
Public broadcasting
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Right-of-way
State laws
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates
Television broadcasting
Television programs
Television relay systems
Television stations
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Video Choice Act of 2005 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a competitive video services provider (CVSP) from being required to obtain a franchise in order to provide any video programming, interactive on-demand services, other programming services, or any other video services in an area in which the CVSP has any right or authority to establish lines in or across public rights-of-way and such right or authority does not rely on, and is independent of, any cable franchise obtained by the CVSP. Allows the CVSP to be subject to the payment of fees (with limits) to a local franchising authority based on the gross revenue of the CVSP in that area.
 
Provides for the regulatory treatment of CVSPs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6940)
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Road to Health Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3147
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Disabled
Health
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Veterans Road to Health Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the travel expenses of a veteran whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a non-service-connected disability at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility if the treatment or care: (1) is provided upon the recommendation of Department medical personnel; and (2) is not available at the Department medical center or clinic at which the recommendation is made. 
Requires the Secretary, in calculating travel expenses under the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program, to utilize the current Federal mileage reimbursement rates for the use on official business of privately owned vehicles.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
JACP Act

Bill: 109-hr-3148
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congressional joint committees
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Congressional-executive relations
Expedited congressional procedure
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Law
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Act of 2005 or JACP Act - Establishes a Joint Administrative Procedures Committee in the Congress to: (1) selectively review existing major rules of any federal agency; and (2) recommend to the congressional committees of jurisdiction that they take appropriate legislative action to amend or repeal laws within their jurisdictions sufficient to effectuate its recommendations and to such federal agency that it amend or repeal all or any part of such major rules. 
 
Requires the Joint Administrative Committee to periodically review the regulatory plan of each federal agency of its most important significant regulatory actions that the agency reasonably expects to issue in proposed or final form to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Los Padres National Forest Conservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-3149
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Energy
Geothermal resources
Mining claims
Mining leases
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Los Padres National Forest Conservation Act - Withdraws the Los Padres National Forest in California from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; and (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Criminal Alien Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-3150
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Illegal aliens
Mandatory sentences
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Criminal Alien Accountability Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish minimum imprisonment terms for specified categories of aliens subject to criminal fines, imprisonment, or both, for reenrty as removed aliens. (Such provision does not apply to aliens removed for security or terrorist grounds.)
 
Subjects an individual who knowingly aids or conspires to allow, procure, or permit any such alien to reenter the United States to criminal penalty, the same imprisonment term as applies to the alien so aided, or both.
 
 . 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House