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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove the cap on disproportionate share adjustment percentages for certain rural hospitals.

Bill: 109-hr-4585
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Hospital rates
Housing and Community Development
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Rural health
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the 12% cap on disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment percentages a rural hospital with at least 100 beds or classified as a rural referral center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4586
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Authors and authorship
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diplomats
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
History
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Inventors
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act of 2005 - Extends the authorization of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission through FY2009. 

action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act of 2005 - Amends the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act to extend the deadline under which the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission shall submit its final report to January 16, 2009, (currently, the deadline for such report is January 16, 2007), thus extending the life of that Commission.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6809)
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6809)
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4586.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6809-6810)
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Ms. Foxx moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Colorado Wilderness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4587
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Flight training
Grazing
Labor and Employment
Maps
Military training
National Guard
National forests
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water rights
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
 Colorado Wilderness Act of 2005 - Designates specified lands in Colorado, administered by the Bureau of Land Management or the U.S. Forest Service, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides for the reservation and protection of U.S. water rights for such areas.
 
Continues to allow the Colorado Army National Guard, through the High Altitude ARNG Aviation Training Site, to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over and upon the lands designated as wilderness and potential wilderness by this Act.
 
Designates specified lands (proposed as Deep Creek Wilderness and Pisgah Mountain Wilderness) as potential wilderness areas. Requires such lands to be designated as wilderness upon publication of a notice that all nonconforming uses of those lands have ceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Unemployment Tax Repeal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4589
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Unemployment Tax Repeal Act of 2005 - Repeals the Internal Revenue Code provision requiring the inclusion of unemployment compensation in gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Employee Retirement Preservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-4590
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Debtor and creditor
Employee rights
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Securities
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Employee Retirement Preservation Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law to redefine &quot;claim&quot; to include a right or interest in equity securities of the debtor (or its affiliate) held in a pension plan for the benefit of an individual who is not an officer or director of the debtor, if such securities were attributable to: (1) employer contributions by the debtor (or an affiliate) other than elective deferrals; and (2) elective deferrals (and any earnings on them) that are required to be invested in such securities under the terms of the plan or at the direction of a person other than the individual or any beneficiary.
 
Makes this requirement inapplicable, however, to any such securities during a period when the individual or any beneficiary has the right to direct the plan to divest such securities and to reinvest an equivalent amount in other investment options of the plan.
 
Modifies the priority scheme for expenses and claims to place in fifth order of priority allowed unsecured claims concerning rights or interests in equity securities of the debtor held in a pension plan measured by the market value of the stock at the time of its contribution or purchased by the plan.
 
Increases from $10,000 to $13,500 the maximum amount of allowed unsecured claims for contributions to an employee benefit plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Educational Immunity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4592
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Law
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
School personnel
Secondary education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Educational Immunity Act of 2005 - Absolves from civil liability in federal court any educator or school administrator in a public or private pre-K-12 school for any act or omission in the course and scope of employment, except for liability under a contract or for criminal conduct. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To advance the deadline for energy use metering in Federal buildings, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4593
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Energy
Energy conservation
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require, by October 1, 2012, all federal buildings, for the purposes of efficient use of energy and reduction in the cost of energy (currently, electricity) used in such buildings, to be metered. Requires agencies to use, to the maximum extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering devices for electricity, primary fuels, including natural gas and petroleum-based fuels, steam, and chilled water (currently, electricity, primary fuels, including natural gas and petroleum-based fuels, steam, and chilled water are not specified), that provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly consumption of electricity in the federal buildings of the agency.
 
Requires that, by October 1, 2008, metering meeting the above requirements shall apply to: (1) buildings on which construction commenced after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) existing buildings with more than 100,000 square feet of enclosed space; and (3) existing buildings that use large amounts of energy per square foot such as process energy facilities, health care facilities, and data centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2580-2581)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To require certain reports with respect to the energy efficiency design performance of new Federal buildings.

Bill: 109-hr-4594
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Economics and Public Finance
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Federal office buildings
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require federal agencies to include in annual budget requests and certain annual federal energy management reports submitted to the Secretary of Energy: (1) 18 months after completion of a new federal building, a report outlining the building's performance in achieving energy efficiency design goals, describing the reasons for any failure to meet such goals as well as corrective actions to be taken, and stating how performance was measured and an estimate of additional energy costs to be incurred by not meeting the design requirements; and (2) if a building fails to achieve design goals, a second report to Congress assessing the building's performance after corrective actions have been taken, which shall also state any reasons for failure to continue to meet the performance requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2580-2581)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To clarify that buildings administered by the Architect of the Capitol are covered by certain Federal building energy management requirements and energy efficiency standards.

Bill: 109-hr-4595
Sponsor: Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Architect of the Capitol
Arts, Culture, Religion
Botanical gardens
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees
Congressional office buildings
Courthouses
Electric power production
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Federal libraries
Law
Library of Congress
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Standards
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Conservation and Production Act to subject buildings administered by the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to the energy management requirements and energy efficiency standards of such Acts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2580-2581)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Code Talkers Recognition Act

Bill: 109-hr-4597
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cryptography
Government Operations and Politics
History
Language and languages
Military history
Minorities
Native Americans
World War I
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Code Talkers Recognition Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the presentation of a congressional gold medal: (1) to persons, including specified individuals, who served as Sioux or Comanche Code Talkers during World War II; (2) honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of World War I; and (3) to any other Native American member of the armed forces, identified by the Secretary of Defense, who served as a Code Talker in any foreign conflict in which the United States was involved during the 20th Century.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act and to deposit the proceeds in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to pay for the costs of the medals awarded under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Paget's Cancer Awareness Act

Bill: 109-hr-4598
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Demography
Health education
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Paget's Cancer Awareness Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program to provide information and education to health professionals and the public on the symptoms of and treatment for Paget's disease of the breast. Requires the Secretary to study aspects of the disease concerning the range of symptoms, time lapse between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis and treatment, and demographic distribution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4599
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Breast cancer
Checkoff
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Medical research
Prostate cancer
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Taxpayers' Cancer Research Funding Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a $5 contribution to the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund ($10 for joint returns). 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund to award grants for breast or prostate cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4600
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Authorization
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional agencies
Congressional information resources
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Poverty
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2005 - Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider a public bill or joint resolution authorizing an appropriation of $10 million or more, unless: (1) the accompanying committee report includes a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Poverty Impact Division impact statement; or (2) the chairman of the committee reporting the legislation submits such statement for publication in the Congressional Record before consideration of the measure.
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish the CBO Poverty Impact Division to prepare and submit poverty impact statements to the chairmen of House committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-4601
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: County politics and government
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Nuclear power plants
Planning
Public health
Radiation safety
Radioactive pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Nuclear Accountability Act - Prohibits operation of a nuclear utilization facility unless the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) finds that the state in which the facility is located, as well as each affected county or county-equivalent located within a 10-mile radius of such facility, has certified within the last year a radiological emergency response plan which provides reasonable assurance that public health and safety is not endangered by the facility's operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House