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Trust and Verify Cargo Shippers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4374
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Common carriers
Customs administration
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Imports
Public-private partnerships
Security measures
Terrorism
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Trust and Verify Cargo Shippers Act of 2005 - Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) verify on-site biannually the security measures of each individual and entity participating in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and the Free And Secure Trade (FAST) program; and (2) establish policies for non-compliance with C-TPAT program requirements, including probation or expulsion, as appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Mohawk River Hydroelectric Projects Licensing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4375
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hydroelectric power
Law
Licenses
New York State
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Mohawk River Hydroelectric Projects Licensing Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from issuing a new license for a hydroelectric project on the Mohawk River in New York if the project has been operating under annual licenses for 10 or more years, unless FERC: (1) issues a public notice that it will accept other valid license applications to develop the project works or water resource; and (2) approves a license application, according to the requirements of this Act, if other valid license applications are submitted.
 
Sets forth processing and approval procedures.
 
Requires any new power license issued for such project to include the same license conditions relating to the use of affected waters as provided in the license for a specified Potomac Light & Power Company Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Defend the American Dream Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4378
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Civil actions and liability
Colleges
Commerce
Contracts
Damages
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Graduate education
Grievance procedures
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Leases
Minimum wages
Recruiting of employees
Skilled labor
Surveys
Tax returns
Taxation
Temporary employment
Transfer of employees
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Defend the American Dream Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require employers of H-1B (specialty occupations) nonimmigrants to use one of three specified methods (whichever results in the highest wages) to determine wages for purposes of required wage attestations. Requires such employers who previously employed one or more H-1B nonimmigrants to submit with their labor condition application (LCA) a copy of the W-2 Wage and Tax Statement filed with respect to those nonimmigrants. 
 
Extends to 180 days the period during which certain H-1B employers must show nondisplacement of U.S. workers. Requires such employers to actively engage in recruitment efforts. Prohibits such employers from outsourcing or otherwise contracting for the placement of an H-1B nonimmigrant with another employer, regardless of whether the other employer is H-1B dependent employer. 
 
Sets forth prior notice requirements.
 
Reduces the period of H-1B authorized admission to three years.
 
Eliminates the exemption from H-1B numerical admission limitations for certain aliens with a U.S. master's or higher degree.
 
Revises the H-1B definition of &quot;specialty occupation.&quot;
 
Triples the H-1B petitioner fee.
 
Requires the Secretary of Labor to be responsible for investigations of wage complaints and allegations of fraud in the filing of LCAs. 
 
 Creates a private right of action for persons harmed by an employer's violation of labor condition requirements. 
 
Applies the nondisplacement requirement to all H-1B employers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
We the People Act

Bill: 109-hr-4379
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appropriations
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Constitutional law
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Equality before the law
Federal mandates
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Homosexuality
Impeachments
Judicial ethics
Judicial tenure
Jurisdiction
Local laws
Religion
Religious liberty
Reproduction
Right of privacy
Same-sex marriage
Sex
Sexual orientation
State courts
State laws
States' rights
Supreme Court
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
We the People Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and each federal court from adjudicating any claim or relying on judicial decisions involving: (1) state or local laws, regulations, or policies concerning the free exercise or establishment of religion; (2) the right of privacy, including issues of sexual practices, orientation, or reproduction; or (3) the right to marry without regard to sex or sexual orientation where based upon equal protection of the laws.
 
Allows the Supreme Court and the federal courts to determine the constitutionality of federal statutes, administrative rules, or procedures in considering cases arising under the Constitution. Prohibits the Supreme Court and the federal courts from issuing any ruling that appropriates or expends money, imposes taxes, or otherwise interferes with the legislative functions or administrative discretion of the states.
 
Authorizes any party or intervener in matters before any federal court, including the Supreme Court, to challenge the jurisdiction of the court under this Act.
 
Provides that the violation of this Act by any justice or judge is an impeachable offense and a material breach of good behavior subject to removal.
 
Negates as binding precedent on the state courts any federal court decision that relates to an issue removed from federal jurisdiction by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2402-2403)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Bill: 109-hr-4380
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Supreme Court
Television broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to permit access to databases maintained by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for purposes of complying with sex offender registry and notification laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4381
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Evacuation of civilians
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Government paperwork
Law
Liability (Law)
Nongovernmental organizations
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to authorize the disclosure to government agencies of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) records on assistance provided to individuals in connection with a major disaster or emergency for purposes of complying with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law. 
 
Conditions receipt of federal funds by non-governmental organizations under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on the organization providing assurances satisfactory to the President that it will disclose its records for the purpose of permitting a requesting jurisdiction to comply with a federal or state sex offender registry or notification law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10508)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act

Bill: 109-hr-4382
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Land transfers
Military bases
National Guard
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act - Permits Clark County, Nevada, to convey between 35 and 50 acres of land in Clark County to the Nevada Division of State Lands for use by the Nevada National Guard. 

action_date: 2006-09-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act - Permits Clark County, Nevada, to convey, without consideration, between 35 and 50 acres of land in Clark County to the Nevada Division of State Lands for use by the Nevada National Guard. 

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 

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

 

 
Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act - Permits Clark County, Nevada, to convey, without consideration, between 35 and 50 acres of land in Clark County to the Nevada Division of State Lands for use by the Nevada National Guard. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6939)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6939)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4382.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6938-6939)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-629.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-629.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2397)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-4383
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Commemorations
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Hispanic Americans
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Maps
Minorities
Mountains
National forests
National parks
Native Americans
Natural areas
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Recreation areas
Right of property
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State parks
West (U.S.)
Wilderness areas
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in Colorado. Designates the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area Board of Directors as the management entity for the Heritage Area. Requires the Board to prepare and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2392)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that employees of certain companies seeking bankruptcy protection are eligible for the health coverage tax credit, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4385
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Coinsurance
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Married people
Medical economics
Medicare
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for health insurance costs to: (1) extend such credit to employees of companies in bankruptcy reorganization; (2) decrease from 55 to 50 the age at which Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pension recipients are eligible for such credit; (3) repeal the three-month existing coverage requirement; and (4) extend the credit to spouses of certain individuals eligible for such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the "Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility".

Bill: 109-hr-4386
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Health
Michigan
Names
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Support American Volunteer Efforts Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4387
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Support American Volunteer Efforts Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a tax credit for charitable contributions of services, up to $2,000 per year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exempt news stories, commentaries, and editorials distributed through the Internet from treatment as expenditures or electioneering communications under such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4389
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Internet
Presidential elections
Reporters and reporting
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) exempt Internet commentary from treatment as an expenditure or as an electioneering communication; and (2) exempt the value of services in organizing meetings through the Internet from treatment as a contribution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Crackdown on Deadbeat Dealers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Ammunition
Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Commerce
Department of Justice
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Employee training
Ex-offenders
Families
Family violence
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mental illness
Mentally disabled
Military discharges
Recruiting of employees
Retail trade
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Crackdown on Deadbeat Dealers Act of 2005 - Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to increase the number of allowed inspections for compliance with record-keeping requirements by firearms dealers to not more than three times (currently, once) during any 12-month period.
 
Increases penalties for: (1) knowingly making false statements or furnishing false or misrepresented identification regarding any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other disposition of such firearm or ammunition; or (2) making false entries in, or failing to properly maintain, required firearms records.
Authorizes the Attorney General to suspend a firearms dealer's license and to assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for firearms violations, including failure to have secure gun storage or safety devices (current penalties are limited to license revocation).
Permits any licensed firearms dealer who is indicted for a felony to continue to operate until the date of conviction (currently, until the conviction becomes final).
Authorizes appropriations for the hiring and training of 500 additional inspectors for the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to provide disaster assistance for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a privately-owned power transmission facility damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.

Bill: 109-hr-4391
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Electric power distribution
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Emergency Management
Floods
Gas companies
Gas pipelines
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Mississippi
Texas
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Authorizes the President to make contributions under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to the owner or operator of a power transmission facility for the costs of repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of those portions of the facility damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, including associated incurred expenses.
 
Sets forth eligibility and limitations criteria.
 
Defines such facility as a privately-owned electric transmission or distribution facility (including a leased facility) obligated under state law to provide electricity service to retail customers and a privately-owned natural gas transmission or distribution facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House