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Infertility Coverage for Federal Employees, Military Personnel, and their Families Act

Bill: 109-hr-1418
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Medical care)
Armed Forces and National Security
Artificial insemination
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
In vitro fertilization
Medical economics
Medical laboratories
Military medicine
Obstetrics
Physicians
Religion
Religious liberty
Reproduction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Infertility Coverage for Federal Employees, Military Personnel, and their Families Act - Requires any health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program or TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) that provides obstetrical benefits to also provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including nonexperimental assisted reproductive technology procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Risk-Based Homeland Security Funding Act

Bill: 109-hr-1419
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
International Affairs
Revenue sharing
Risk
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Risk-Based Homeland Security Funding Act - Requires all homeland security grants related to terrorism prevention and preparedness to be awarded based strictly on an assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerabilities as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Prohibits such grant funds from being used for general revenue sharing.
 
Excludes specified grant programs from coverage under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Families for ED Advertising Decency Act

Bill: 109-hr-1420
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Drug advertising
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Radio broadcasting
Sex
Television advertising
Television broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Families for ED Advertising Decency Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise the FCC's interpretations of, and enforcement policies concerning, FCC regulations on indecent material to treat as indecent for purposes of broadcasting during specified hours any advertisement for medications treating erectile dysfunction. Excludes from this prohibition the mere mention of the trademarked or generic name of such medication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E498-499)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1421
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electric appliances
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Gas appliances
Income tax
Manufacturing industries
Refrigeration
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for the production of certain household appliances (clothes washers, dishwashers, and refrigerators) with a specified energy efficiency rating. Imposes an aggregate limitation of $75 million on such credit for all taxable years ($35 million for certain other appliances), and an annual limitation based on taxpayer gross receipts (two percent of taxpayer average annual gross receipts for the three previous taxable years).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Student Athlete Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-1422
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
College sports
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Gambling
Higher education
Injunctions
Law
Licenses
Lotteries
Olympic games
Secondary education
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Student Athlete Protection Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to include as unlawful sports gambling a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme based, directly or indirectly, on one or more: (1) competitive games in which high school or college athletes participate; (2) performances of high school or college athletes in competitive games; or (3) competitive games at the Summer or Winter Olympics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1438)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Childproof Handgun Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1423
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Identification devices
Retail trade
Safety measures
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Childproof Handgun Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person who is not a licensed collector from manufacturing, selling, delivering, or transferring a handgun that cannot be personalized, with exceptions for individuals acting under the authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision. Defines &quot;personalized&quot; to mean a handgun that incorporates a device or feature that: (1) allows the handgun to be fired only by a particular individual; (2) is not capable of being readily deactivated; and (3) may allow the handgun to be personalized to one or more additional individuals.
 
Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to determine whether the technology involved in personalizing firearms will be commercially feasible within five years considering criteria including the reliability of the technology and the difference in price for personalized firearms and equivalent firearms that are not personalized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Student Aid Reward Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1425
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College administration
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Student Aid Reward Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) title IV (Student Assistance) to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a Student Aid Reward (SAR) Program of payments to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to encourage them to participate in the student loan program under title IV that is most cost-effective for taxpayers.
 
Requires that a SAR payment to an IHE equal at least 50 percent of the savings to the Federal Government generated by the IHE's participation in the most cost-effective student loan program, rather than one not cost-effective for taxpayers.
 
Requires IHEs receiving SAR payments to: (1) provide student loans under that most cost-effective program for five years after the payment date; and (2) use payment funds, where appropriate, to supplement students Pell Grants. Allows such funds to be used also to award need-based grants to lower and middle income graduate students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act

Bill: 109-hr-1426
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Administrative procedure
Chiropractic and chiropractors
Dentists
Department of Health and Human Services
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical personnel
Osteopathy and osteopaths
Physicians
Quality of care
Radiotherapy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
State laws
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit certain payments to States for expenditures for medical imaging procedures or radiation therapy procedures, unless the State meets specified requirements for State medical radiation licenses, including minimum licensing standards the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E508-509)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate the 10-year limitation on the collection of nontax debt.

Bill: 109-hr-1427
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Claims
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Limitation of actions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Amends Federal law regarding collection by administrative offset of claims of the U.S. Government to apply its requirements to a non-tax money claim or debt owed to the United States regardless of the period it has been outstanding. (Present law excludes from collection by administrative offset any claims outstanding for more than ten years).
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E501-502)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.

Bill: 109-hr-1429
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Buildings
District of Columbia
History
Land transfers
Museums
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey, without consideration, to a non-profit, nonpartisan educational institution for the purpose of establishing a women's history museum all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of Federal real property known as the &quot;Pavilion Annex&quot; that is adjacent to the Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. Prohibits the use of such property for commercial purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
National Parks Institute Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-1430
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
Developing countries
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Higher education
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Land use
National parks
Nature conservation
Policy sciences
Public-private partnerships
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Technical assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a National Parks Institute in Central California to promote management and stewardship excellence for the National Park System and to help developing nations manage their natural and cultural resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., $1 Coin Act

Bill: 109-hr-1432
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
History
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., $1 Coin Act - Amends Federal law governing coins and currency to require the obverse side of the dollar coin to have the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the reverse side of the dollar to have a design emblematic of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-hr-1433
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Coins and coinage
Copper
Finance and Financial Sector
History
Law
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Silver
Social Welfare
Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Thurgood Marshall Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 Silver Coins emblematic of the tenure of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court of the United States.
 
Requires the Secretary to select the design for the coins after consultation with the Supreme Court Historical Society, Marshall's family, and the Commission of Fine Arts.
 
All sales of coins issued under this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
 
Requires prompt payment of all surcharges to the Historical Preservation Committee of the Supreme Court Historical Society for the purpose of collecting and preserving the physical history of the Supreme Court.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2056)
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Federal building to be constructed at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building".

Bill: 109-hr-1434
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Commerce
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York City
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Designates the Federal building which is to be constructed at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as the &quot;Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the foreign tax credit and the benefits of deferral to companies doing business directly or through subsidiaries in Sudan until the Government of Sudan takes demonstrable steps to end genocide in Sudan.

Bill: 109-hr-1435
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil-military relations
Foreign tax credit
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Human rights
Income tax
International Affairs
International agencies
International relief
Militia movements
Sudan
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny U.S. companies doing business in Sudan the foreign tax credit and other tax benefits until the Secretary of State certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury that the Government of Sudan has ceased to support and taken steps to end acts of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, including: (1) ensuring that the military is not attacking civilians or obstructing human rights monitors or humanitarian assistance; (2) disarming Government supported militias; (3) allowing access for providing humanitarian assistance to all regions; and (4) cooperating with international missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To remove certain use restrictions on property located in Navajo County, Arizona.

Bill: 109-hr-1436
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers
Land use
Outdoor recreation
Parks
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Allows the use or disposal of the Winslow Hospitality Park located in the city of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, for purposes other than public recreation.

action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 

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

 
Allows the use or disposal of the Winslow Hospitality Park located in the city of Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, for purposes other than public recreation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 157.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-287.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-287.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Afghan Poppy Eradication and Prosperity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1437
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Agricultural assistance
Agriculture and Food
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economic assistance
Opium
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Afghan Poppy Eradication and Prosperity Act of 2005 - Directs the U.S. Government and its agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in cooperation with the Government of Afghanistan, to seek to eradicate the poppy plant in Afghanistan. 
 
Directs USAID to carry out a two-year Afghan Poppy Eradication and Prosperity Program, which shall include a ten dollar daily payment for each participating Afghan laborer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House