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To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain children's products.

Bill: 109-hr-2287
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Optical instruments
Tariff
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on certain children's products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cases for toys.

Bill: 109-hr-2288
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Packaging
Plastics
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain cases for toys.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cases for toys.

Bill: 109-hr-2289
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Families
Packaging
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain cases for toys.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2291
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Clinics
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Hospitals
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Liability insurance
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing homes
Physicians
Social Welfare
Sunset legislation
Surgeons
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Medical Malpractice Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for taxable years beginning in 2005 or 2006 for expenditures for medical professional malpractice insurance. Allows a credit for: (1) 30 percent of the malpractice insurance expenditures of a physician who practices in any surgical specialty or subspecialty, emergency medicine, obstetrics, or anesthesiology or who does intervention work that is reflected in medical malpractice insurance expenditures; and (2) 20 percent of such expenditures of a physician who practices in general medicine, allergy, dermatology, pathology, or other specialty and of any hospital, clinic, or long-term care provider. Limits the amount of expenditures that may be taken into account to twice the average of costs of medical malpractice insurance for similarly situated health care providers.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to certain nonprofit hospitals, clinics, and long-term care providers to assist such entities in defraying their medical malpractice insurance expenditures. Limits the amount of such grants to 15 percent of the medical malpractice insurance expenditures incurred by such entities in any year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-05-11
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: 2005-05-11
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: 2005-05-11
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: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Carnegie Public Libraries Act

Bill: 109-hr-2292
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Architecture and the disabled
Building construction
Collection of accounts
Construction costs
Construction industries
Construction workers
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational technology
Energy
Energy conservation
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to libraries
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Historic sites
History
Information technology
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Libraries
Minimum wages
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Video tape recording
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Andrew Carnegie Public Libraries Act - Amends the Library Services and Technology Act to authorize the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to make grants for the construction or modernization of public libraries. 
 
Sets forth application requirements for persons or entities desiring to receive such grants. Allows the non-federal share of project costs to be provided from state, local, or private sources, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Provides for recovery of funds if a grant recipient or successor ceases or fails to be a public or nonprofit institution, or if the facility ceases to be used as a library.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide special immigrant status for aliens serving as translators with the United States Armed Forces.

Bill: 109-hr-2293
Sponsor: Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Afghanistan
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Immigrants
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
South Asia
Translating and interpreting
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide special immigrant status to otherwise eligible and admissible nationals of Iraq or Afghanistan who: (1) worked directly as translators with the U.S. Armed Forces for at least 12 months; (2) obtained a favorable recommendation from the first General or Flag officer in the the unit they supported; and (3) cleared a background check and screening. Provides derivative status for spouses and children accompanying or following to join such aliens.
 
Limits to 50 the total number of principal aliens who may be provided status under this Act.

action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide special immigrant status to otherwise eligible and admissible nationals of Iraq or Afghanistan who: (1) worked directly as translators with the U.S. Armed Forces for at least 12 months; (2) obtained a favorable recommendation from the first General or Flag officer in the the unit they supported; and (3) cleared a background check and screening. Provides derivative status for spouses and children accompanying or following to join such aliens.
 
Limits to 50 the total number of principal aliens who may be provided status under this Act during any fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 53.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-99.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-99.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Robocaller Identification Act

Bill: 109-hr-2294
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Automation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Lobbying
Political advertising
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Robocaller Identification Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of autodialers for political purposes unless the identities and certain other information of the persons or entities responsible for initiating and funding the call are provided.
 
Defines &quot;political purpose.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Parental Empowerment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2295
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Citizen participation
Congressional reporting requirements
Decision making
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Parent-school relationships
Reference books
School districts
School libraries
State laws
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Parental Empowerment Act of 2005 - Prohibits any state from receiving federal education funds unless the state has policies and procedures that require: (1) each local educational agency to maintain a parent review and empowerment council to provide input and recommendations regarding purchase or acquisition of library and classroom-based reference, instructional, and other print materials for use in elementary schools; or (2) the state educational agency to maintain such a council, if the state purchases most of such materials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Guard and Reserve Financial Stability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2296
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Employee rights
Employee selection
Income tax
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Recruiting and enlistment
Replacement workers
Small business
Tax credits
Veterans' employment
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Guard and Reserve Financial Stability Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small employers (employers with 50 or fewer employees) a business tax credit for 50 percent of the lesser of: (1) actual compensation paid to each Ready Reserve-National Guard employee while on active duty or hospitalized incident to such duty; or (2) $30,000. Terminates such credit after 2006.
 
Allows employers a work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of temporary employees to replace Ready Reserve-National Guard employees for the period such employees are on active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-2297
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Conservation of natural resources
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Georgia
Historic sites
History
Land use
Landowners
Mountains
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Right of property
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia and provides for a management plan.
 
Prohibits using Federal funds made available under this Act to acquire real property or an interest in real property.
 
Requires the management plan to provide for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of the natural, cultural, historical, scenic, and recreational resources of the Area. Requires the plan to be based on the preferred concept in the document entitled &quot;Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Feasibility Study&quot; (February 28, 2001). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to the Area to develop and implement the plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2298
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alien labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Contractors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Directories
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee benefit plans
Employee rights
Employee training
Employers' liability
Employment of the disabled
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Immigration
Industrial relations
Injunctions
Labor disputes
Law
Lockouts
Minorities
Minority employment
Racial discrimination
Recidivists
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religious liberty
Sex discrimination
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Wages
Whistle blowing
Witnesses
Women
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Indentured Servitude Abolition Act of 2005 - Requires foreign labor contractors (recruiters) and employers to inform foreign workers accurately of specified terms and conditions of their employment at the time they are recruited. Requires such information to be provided in written form in English or, as necessary and reasonable, in the language of the worker being recruited. 
 
Prohibits charging fees to workers for recruitment.
 
Requires employers to pay such a worker's transportation costs, including subsistence costs during the period of travel: (1) from the place of recruitment to the place of employment; and (2) from the place of employment to the worker's place of permanent residence.
 
Prohibits discrimination in employment by an employer or a recruiter against an individual because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, age, or disability.
 
 Requires employers to notify the Secretary of Labor of the identity of: (1) any recruiter involved in any foreign labor contractor activity for or on behalf of the employer; and (2) any such recruiter whose activities do not comply with this Act. Subjects employers to the civil remedies of this Act for violations committed by such recruiters to the same extent as if the employers had committed the violations.
 
Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E942)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2299
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Communication in medicine
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Federal preemption
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Law
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Generic Drugs Access Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in an approval of an abbreviated application for a new drug a finding about whether the approved drug is the therapeutic equivalent of the previously approved or listed drug involved. Sets forth criteria for a drug to be established as therapeutically equivalent.
 
Prohibits a state or its political subdivision from establishing or continuing any requirement that does not conform to the therapeutic equivalence requirement of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who served during certain periods of time in specified locations.

Bill: 109-hr-2300
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Caribbean area
East Asia
Grenada
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Panama
South Korea
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the definition of &quot;period of war&quot; to extend eligibility for veterans' pension benefits to those veterans who served during specified time periods in the Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Granada, or Panama.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E943)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of military service other than a period of war.

Bill: 109-hr-2301
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military operations
Veterans' pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Redefines the term &quot;period of war&quot; for purposes of eligibility for veterans' pension benefits to include any period of active military, naval, or air service not specifically referenced for which a veteran received an expeditionary medal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E943)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on certain 12-volt batteries.

Bill: 109-hr-2302
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Electric batteries
Energy
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2010, of the duty on certain 12V lead-acid storage batteries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on certain light absorbing photo dyes.

Bill: 109-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2010, of the duty on certain light absorbing photo dyes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the payment of certain annuities under section 376 of title 28, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial compensation
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Survivors' benefits
Widows

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Makes a provision of the Federal judicial code that terminates payment of annuities to widows or widowers who die or remarry before age 55 inapplicable to an individual who: (1) became a widow on July 18, 1987; (2) remarried on October 20, 1990; and (3) again became a widow on February 11, 2004.
 
Makes this Act effective as of October 20, 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House