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Montgomery GI Bill Flexibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2365
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Montgomery GI Bill Flexibility Act of 2005 - Extends the period of entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to 14 (currently, ten) years after the date of an individual's last discharge or release from active duty.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Troops Phone Home Free Extension Act

Bill: 109-hr-2366
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Health
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military medicine
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pay
Patients' rights
Science, Technology, Communications
South Asia
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Troops Phone Home Free Extension Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, as amended by the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, respecting the Department of Defense (DOD) telecommunications benefit program to: (1) expand coverage from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to any contingency operation (including Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom); (2) revise the deadline from September 30, 2006, through the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense determines that a contingency operation has ended; and (3) include members of the Armed Forces who are hospitalized as a result of wounds or other injuries incurred while serving in direct support of a contingency operation.
 
Defines &quot;contingency operation.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E986)
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2367
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Child health
Commemorations
Driver licenses
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Exhibitions
Families
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Identification devices
Latin America
Mexicans
Mexico
Parents
Passports
Secondary education
Student activities
Transportation and Public Works
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Visitors Interested in Strengthening America (VISA) Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a Department of Homeland Security official to waive certain entry documentary requirements for a nonimmigrant child (unmarried and under the age of 16) who is a citizen or national of Mexico and accompanying parent or adult chaperone in instances of: (1) medical visits; (2) student groups; or (3) special community events. 
Sets forth additional requirements for such entries.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E985-986)
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Immediate and Full Repeal of the Disabled Veterans Tax Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Immediate and Full Repeal of the Disabled Veterans Tax Act of 2005 - Amends federal military retired pay provisions to: (1) repeal a required a phase-in, during the period beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2013, of the full concurrent receipt by qualified individuals of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation; and (2) include as a qualifying disability, for purposes of eligibility for such concurrent payments, a service-connected disability (or combination of service-connected disabilities) rated at not less than ten (currently 50) percent by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E984-985)
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act

Bill: 109-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Prisoners of war
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Honor Our Fallen Prisoners of War Act - Requires the Secretary concerned to award the Purple Heart to members of the Armed Forces who die in captivity under circumstances not otherwise establishing eligibility for the Purple Heart. 
 
Makes this Act effective as to members of the Armed Forces who die on or after December 7, 1941, including those who die prior to enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E983-984)
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
In Memory Medal For Forgotten Veterans Act

Bill: 109-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Chemical warfare
Commemorations
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Ionizing radiation
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Persian Gulf War
Radiation victims
Vietnam veterans
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
In Memory Medal For Forgotten Veterans Act - Establishes the &quot;Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal&quot; to be issued by the Secretary of Defense to a qualifying veteran who: (1) died after serving in the Vietnam War but whose death is determined to be a direct result of such service; (2) was exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Republic of Vietnam and is eligible for health care; (3) was exposed to ionizing radiation and is eligible for health care; or (4) served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf War and is entitled (or was at the time of death entitled) to disability benefits for illnesses associated with Gulf War service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E983-984)
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI).

Bill: 109-hr-2371
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2010, of the duty on bitolylene diisocyanate (TODI). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzylsulfonamide.

Bill: 109-hr-2372
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)benzylsulfonamide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-chlorobenzenesulfonamide.

Bill: 109-hr-2373
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-chlorobenzenesulfonamide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on ESPI.

Bill: 109-hr-2374
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)-benzoic acid, ethyl ester (ESPI).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on CMBSI.

Bill: 109-hr-2375
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-(isocyanatosulfonyl)-benzoic acid, methyl ester (CMBSI).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain automotive catalytic converter mats.

Bill: 109-hr-2377
Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain automotive catalytic converter mats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit interest on Federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt.

Bill: 109-hr-2378
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Tax-exempt securities
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from tax interest on federally-guaranteed bonds for the financing of water, wastewater, and essential community facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Vets Rx Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2379
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drugs
Health
Physicians
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Vets RX Act of 2005 - Requires Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacies to dispense medications to eligible veterans on prescriptions written by private practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on gemifloxacin, gemifloxacin mesylate, and gemifloxacin mesylate sesquihydrate.

Bill: 109-hr-2380
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Antibiotics
Drugs
Health
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on gemifloxacin, gemifloxacin mesylate, and gemifloxacin mesylate sesquihydrate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on PHBA.

Bill: 109-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on PHBA (p-hydroxybenzoic acid), of a kind used in the production of liquefied crystal polymer (LPC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Butralin.

Bill: 109-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on N-sec-butyl-4-tert-butyl-2,6-dinitroaniline (Butralin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2384
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Maps
New York State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: 
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005 - Adjusts the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in the State of New York to include approximately 261 acres of land identified as the &quot;Proposed Park Additions&quot; as depicted on the &quot;Boundary Map, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site&quot;, dated January 2005 (the map). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire: (1) approximately 70 acres of land and interests outside the boundary of the Site identified as &quot;53-1-17.2&quot; and &quot;53-1-19.111&quot;, as depicted on the map; and (2) in order to preserve the Site's resources and scenic values, land or interests outside the Site's boundary necessary for administrative, maintenance, curatorial, or other park purposes. Revises the Site's boundary to include any such acquired land. 
 
Allows the Secretary to acquire the lands and interests in this Act from a willing seller. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Introduced in House
College 529 Invest in Education Savings for Tomorrow Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2386
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College costs
Colleges
Congress
Education savings accounts
Families
Higher education
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
College 529 Invest in Education Savings for Tomorrow Act of 2005 - Makes permanent the provisions relating to qualified tuition programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Privacy Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2387
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Bank records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Confidential communications
Financial institutions
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Law
Local laws
Professional ethics
Right of privacy
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Privacy Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;financial institution&quot; (thus exempting from the requirements of the Act) any provider of financial services, or any of its affiliates, that is subject to regulation of client confidentiality in the form of state or territorial statute, regulation, or judicial decision prohibiting unauthorized disclosure of confidential client information without client consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2388
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Capital punishment
Child sexual abuse
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Families
Firearms
Habeas corpus
Imprisonment
Jurisdiction
Kidnapping
Law
Limitation of actions
Mandatory sentences
Murder
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Victims of crimes
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2005 - Rewrites provisions of the federal criminal code regarding penalties for crimes against children to require a person convicted of a federal crime of violence against an individual under age 18 to be sentenced to: (1) death or life imprisonment if the crime results in the death of a person under age 18; (2) life or at least 30 years imprisonment if the crime is a kidnaping, sexual assault, or maiming, or results in serious bodily injury; (3) life or at least 20 years imprisonment if the crime results in bodily injury; (4) life or at least 15 years imprisonment if a dangerous weapon was used during and in relation to the crime; and (5) life or at least ten years imprisonment in any other case.
 
Denies a court, justice, or judge jurisdiction to consider claims relating to the judgment or sentence in an application for writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court for a crime that involved the killing of a person under age 18. Sets timetables for proceedings. Extends certain rights associated with habeas corpus proceedings to victims of the State offense at issue. Makes this Act applicable to pending cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in House