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To suspend temporarily the duty on 2,3-Quinolinedicarboxylic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-1919
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2,3-Quinolinedicarboxylic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-Chlorophenylglycine.

Bill: 109-hr-1920
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on p-Chlorophenylglycine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3,5-Difluoroaniline.

Bill: 109-hr-1921
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3,5-Difluoroaniline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3-Dibromo-5-dimethyl-hydantoin.

Bill: 109-hr-1922
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1,3-Dibromo-5-dimethyl-hydantoin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on booster and master cyl asy-brake.

Bill: 109-hr-1923
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on master cylinder assembly for braking (master cyl asy-brake) systems, not incorporating a vacuum booster, designed for use in certain hybrid motor vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain transaxles.

Bill: 109-hr-1924
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on transaxles, incorporating an integral electronic controller, designed for use in certain hybrid motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on converter asy.

Bill: 109-hr-1925
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Electronics
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on static converters (rectifiers) capable of converting 300 V direct current to 12 V direct current (converter asy), designed for use in certain hybrid motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on module and bracket asy-power steering.

Bill: 109-hr-1926
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Electronics
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on controllers for electronic power assisted steering systems, rated at 80 amperes at 12 V (module and bracket asy-power steering), designed for use in certain hybrid motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on unit asy-battery hi volt.

Bill: 109-hr-1927
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Automobile parts
Commerce
Electric batteries
Energy
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on nickel-metal hydride storage batteries, exceeding 300 V (unit asy-battery hi volt), designed for use in certain hybrid motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To allow the entry of certain United States-origin defense articles into bonded warehouses and foreign-trade zones.

Bill: 109-hr-1928
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Commerce
Customs administration
Defense industries
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Military assistance
Ordnance
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Prohibits any U.S. department, agency, or instrumentality from denying a request by an eligible applicant for entry of U.S.-origin defense articles into a bonded warehouse or foreign-trade zone if such articles are: (1) being imported from a country or area that is not a proscribed country or area; (2) subject to Department of State retransfer approval and a request for such retransfer has been submitted; and (3) being imported for official Federal, State, or local end use, or subsequent Department-approved export.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to update the optional methods for computing net earnings from self-employment.

Bill: 109-hr-1929
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Earnings
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the optional method of computing the net earnings of self-employed individuals for purposes of determining social security benefit eligibility. Replaces the numerical formula for determining benefit eligibility with an indexed calculation based on a lower limit (the amount required under the Social Security Act for a quarter of coverage) and an upper limit (150 percent of the lower limit).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to reauthorize State mediation programs.

Bill: 109-hr-1930
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Authorization
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Mediation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
 Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 2010 for State mediation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act

Bill: 109-hr-1931
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Criminal courts
Ex-offenders
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms control
International Affairs
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Foreign Felon Gun Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to extend prohibitions against the sale, disposition, shipment, possession, transfer, or receipt of a firearm or ammunition by convicted felons to felons convicted in a foreign court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3749)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to standardize the grade specified by law for the senior dental officer of the Air Force with that of the senior dental officer of the Army.

Bill: 109-hr-1932
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Dentists
Health
Military medicine
Military pay
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Standardizes the grade specified by law (major general) for the senior dental officer of the Air Force with that of the senior dental officer of the Army.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments

Bill: 109-hr-1933
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Building construction
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Ethnic relations
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Indian education
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Names
Racial discrimination
Racism
School buildings
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Native Act to Transform Imagery in Various Environments - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make: (1) grants to schools that have made formal decisions to discontinue use of a derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction as a team name, mascot, or nickname, to assist them in replacing uniforms or other materials and in altering facilities, including walls, floors, and signs; and (2) school construction or renovation grants to Indian schools and to schools that received discontinuation grants.
 
Establishes within the Department of Education a Committee on Indian Relations. Includes among Committee duties providing cultural proficiency training at schools receiving discontinuation grants to effect positive and long-term change regarding any derogatory or discriminatory name or depiction.
Declares a name or depiction to be derogatory or discriminatory if: (1) the name is Indians, Redskins, Braves, or Chiefs; or (2) the Committee determines, after notice and comment, that the name or depiction is derogatory or discriminatory on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or Indian or Native Alaskan tribal affiliation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers.

Bill: 109-hr-1934
Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Environmental Protection
Polymers
Tariff
Vinyl chloride

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Clomazone.

Bill: 109-hr-1935
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-(2-Chlorophenyl)methyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone (Clomazone).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Flonicamid.

Bill: 109-hr-1936
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on N-(Cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide (Flonicamid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Bifenthrin.

Bill: 109-hr-1937
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on (2-Methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (Bifenthrin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Chloropivaloyl Chloride.

Bill: 109-hr-1938
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3-Chloropivaloyl chloride.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, any international financial institution, or the North American Development Bank from being used for loans to any country until the country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.

Bill: 109-hr-1939
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Capital punishment
Crime and Law Enforcement
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Export finance
Extradition
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Fugitives from justice
Life imprisonment
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit to any government until that government has honored all U.S. requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.
 
Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to prohibit appropriated funds from being made available to an international financial institution unless that institution has made a binding commitment to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide no loans or extend any credit to any government until that government has honored all such U.S. extradition requests.
 
Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act to prohibit appropriated funds from being made available to the North American Development Bank until the Bank has made such a binding commitment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act

Bill: 109-hr-1940
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Case management
Clinical trials
Continuum of care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Health education
Higher education
Home care services
Hospital care
Maternal and infant welfare
Maternal health services
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mental depression
Mental health services
Mental illness
Mothers
Pharmaceutical research
Quality of care
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify research and related activities on postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. Requires the Director of NIMH to conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, such conditions.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to establish, operate, and coordinate effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such conditions and their families. Allows the Secretary to provide technical assistance to grant recipients.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8989)
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on triethylene glycol bis[3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propionate].

Bill: 109-hr-1941
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to impose a duty on triethylene glycol bis[3-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propionate] through December 31, 2008 (thus repealing duty-free treatment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
527 Transparency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1942
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Excise tax
Gift tax
Government paperwork
Income tax
Political action committees
Presidential elections
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
527 Transparency Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise disclosure requirements for tax-exempt political organizations (527 organizations) to require quarterly (instead of semiannual) reporting of contributions and expenditures in non-election years. Imposes a penalty tax on political organizations that fail to meet disclosure requirements. Denies a gift tax exclusion for donations to political organizations that fail to meet disclosure requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in House