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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Commemorative Coin Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1047
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air piracy
Armed Forces and National Security
Bombings
Coins and coinage
Commercial aircraft
Construction costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Military personnel
Monuments and memorials
September 11, 2001
Silver
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Victims of terrorism
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Commemorative Coin Act of 2005 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue the following coins emblematic of the spirit and bravery of the civilians, servicemen, and women that work at the Pentagon and were aboard Flight 77 on September 11, 2001: (1) $50 gold coins; 2) $1 silver coins; and (3) half dollar clad coins.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue a $50 coin for presentation free of charge to the next of kin or personal representative of each individual identified.
 
States that the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of such gold coins.
 
Provides for surcharges of: (1) $100 per coin for the $50 gold coins; (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and (3) $5 per coin for the half dollar coin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Direct Deposit Savings Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1048
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Checks
Crime and Law Enforcement
Electronic funds transfers
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Direct Deposit Savings Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to direct that any overpayment of taxes be: (1) refunded in part by check, draft, or similar paper instrument; (2) allocated in part among not more than four accounts; and (3) deposited by electronic fund transfer in the accounts to which allocated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain truck tractors from the Federal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail.

Bill: 109-hr-1049
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Excise tax
Retail trade
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt certain truck tractors weighing 26,000 pounds or less from the excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers sold at retail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of the supplemental security income program to American Samoa.

Bill: 109-hr-1051
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative procedure
American Samoa
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Social Security Administration
Supplemental security income program

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Commissioner of Social Security to extend the SSI program to American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of incontinence undergarments.

Bill: 109-hr-1052
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clothing
Medicaid
Medicare
Social Welfare
Urology

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of incontinence undergarments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Tools for Community Initiatives Act

Bill: 109-hr-1054
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Church and social problems
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Community organization
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Families
Freedom of speech
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government regulation
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Labor and Employment
Names
Nonprofit organizations
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Rehabilitation of criminals
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols
Volunteer workers
Welfare work participation
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Tools for Community Initiatives Act - Establishes the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (the Office) in the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Director of the Office to encourage faith-based and community initiatives and work to eliminate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based and community entities to compete for Federal funding to the fullest opportunity permitted by law, including by: (1) developing, leading, and coordinating policies with respect to such initiatives; (2) coordinating public education activities designed to mobilize public support for such initiatives; (3) advising the President on options and ideas to assist, strengthen, and replicate successful initiatives; (4) developing and implementing strategic initiatives in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, communities, and the institutions of civil society; and (5) working to eliminate unnecessary legislative and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of such initiatives to solve social problems.
 
Requires the heads of the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, and Veteran Affairs, the Agency for International Development, and the Small Business Administration to designate a liaison to coordinate the activities of the department or agency with the Office. Lists designated department or agency liaison responsibilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1058
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Contractors
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Employee benefit plans
Employee leasing
Employee rights
Injunctions
Labor contracts
Law
Legal fees
Part-time employment
Pension funds
Temporary employment
Wage restitution

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit employers from disqualifying employees from benefits under their pension and welfare plans by misclassifying or reclassifying employee status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1059
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coast guard
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Discrimination in employment
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Homosexuality
Law
Military and naval offenses
Military dependents
Military discharges
Military personnel
Nondiscrimination provisions
Sexual orientation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2005 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct.
 
Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct of members of the Armed Forces are written and enforced without regard to sexual orientation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1060
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive funds for 21st Century Community Learning Center activities also to use them for educational activities for children four years of age or younger, if the LEA agrees to phase in, where possible, a prekindergarten program taught by teachers with qualifications equivalent or similar to those teaching other grades in the school involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E330-331)
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
American Property Claims Against Ethiopia Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1061
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
American investments
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Ethiopia
Export finance
Expropriation
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Investment guaranty insurance
Law
Malaria
Military assistance
President and foreign policy
Sanctions (International law)
Technical assistance
Tuberculosis
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
American Property Claims Against Ethiopia Act of 2005 - Prohibits U.S. assistance (other than humanitarian and disaster assistance) to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia until the President certifies that the Government of Ethiopia has taken appropriate steps to return or provide equitable compensation to U.S. citizens and certain entities for property that has been nationalized or otherwise seized by the Ethiopian Government in contravention of international law. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. executive directors to international financial institutions to oppose financial or technical assistance to Ethiopia until such certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H924)
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space.

Bill: 109-hr-1062
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital investments
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Retail trade
Shopping centers
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified retail improvement property a 15-year recovery period for purposes of the tax deduction for depreciation. Defines such property as any improvement to an interior portion of a building which is nonresidential real property, if: (1) such portion is open to the general public and is used in the trade or business of selling tangible personal property or services to the general public; and (2) such improvement is placed in service more than three years after the date the building was first placed in service. Excludes specified improvements, including the enlargement of a building, any elevator or escalator, or the internal structural framework of a building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1063
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Boats and boating
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the transfer of all motor fuel excise taxes attributable to motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To remove the authority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to sit en banc with fewer than all circuit judges in regular active service.

Bill: 109-hr-1064
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Arizona
California
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Removes the authority of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to perform its en banc functions with fewer than all circuit judges in regular active service pursuant to court rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Toan Duc Le.

Bill: 109-hr-1066
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Makes Toan Duc Le eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of John Castellano.

Bill: 109-hr-1067
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant posthumous citizenship at the time of death to John Castellano, who died July 7, 1937, upon a request for such status by the next-of-kin or another representative of Castellano.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Introduced in House
To maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program.

Bill: 109-hr-1068
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Import restrictions
Imports
Iron
Iron and steel industry
Law
Licenses
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Steel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Declares that the steel import licensing and monitoring program established by the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce shall remain in effect and be established by the Secretary of Commerce as a permanent program.
 
Requires the Secretaries to expand the program to include all iron and steel, and all articles of iron and steel, specified in this Act. 
 
Requires release of the import and licensing data made available to the public as part of this program, based upon classifications at the tenth digit level of the Harmonized Schedule of the United States.
 
Grants the Secretaries authority to maintain the program and to expand it as necessary and appropriate in accordance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Constitution Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1070
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Church and state
Constitutional law
District courts
Extraterritoriality
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Impeachments
International Affairs
International agencies
Judicial ethics
Jurisdiction
Local employees
Religion
State courts
State employees
Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal district courts from exercising jurisdiction over any matter in which relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government or an officer or agent of such government concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.
 
Prohibits a court of the United States from relying upon any law, policy, or other action of a foreign state or international organization in interpreting and applying the Constitution, other than English constitutional and common law up to the time of adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
 
Provides that any Federal court decision relating to an issue removed from Federal jurisdiction by this Act is not binding precedent on State courts. 
 
Provides that any Supreme Court justice or Federal court judge who exceeds the jurisdictional limitations of this Act shall be deemed to have committed an offense for which the justice or judge may be removed, and to have violated the standard of good behavior required of Article III judges by the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in House