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Emergency Medicaid Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3735
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Emergency Medicaid Relief Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state for FY2006 from being less than the greater of: (1) the FMAP determined for the state for FY2005; or (2) the FMAP that would have been determined for the state for FY2006 if the per capita incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP for the state for FY2005 were used.
 
Provides that the FMAP applicable to a state for FY2006 after the application of this limitation on reduction shall apply only for purposes of titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as payments under such titles that are based on a certain enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under SSA title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)).
 
Repeals this Act effective October 1, 2006, and declares that it shall not apply to any fiscal year after FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Katrina Volunteer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3736
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alabama
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal preemption
Floods
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Liability (Law)
Louisiana
Medical personnel
Mississippi
Rescue work
Social Welfare
State laws
Volunteer workers
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Katrina Volunteer Protection Act of 2005 - Grants volunteers who provide assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina immunity from liability for injuries resulting from aid provided to such victims, except for injuries caused by willful, wanton, reckless or criminal conduct or conduct that constitutes a violation of a federal or state civil rights law.

action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 

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

 
Katrina Volunteer Protection Act of 2005 - Grants volunteers who provide assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina immunity from liability for injuries resulting from aid provided to such victims, except for injuries caused by willful, wanton, reckless or criminal conduct or conduct that constitutes a violation of a federal or state civil rights law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7883)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7883)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3736.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7883-7887)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to declare Yo-Yo Waterball toys to be a banned hazardous product.

Bill: 109-hr-3738
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Defective products
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule declaring the Yo-Yo Waterball toy a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Drug Courts Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3739
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Community service (Punishment)
Counseling
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Drug courts
Drug testing
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic surveillance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Imprisonment
Law
Prison alternatives
Public meetings
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Drug Courts Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grants for a drug court only if the court has mandatory periodic testing. Directs the Attorney General to specify testing standards, which: (1) shall ensure that each participant is tested for every controlled substance or addictive substance that the participant has been known to abuse and for every other commonly used controlled or addictive substance; (2) shall ensure that the testing is as accurate as practicable; and (3) may specify the regularity of the testing.
 
Allows grant amounts to be used: (1) for a drug court that imposes immediate and dramatic punitive sanctions, therapeutic measures, or both, whenever a participant fails a drug test; and (2) by a drug court to carry out programs under which the court holds hearings in public places such as schools. Lists examples of such sanctions and measures, ranging from incarceration to increased drug screening requirements, increased counseling, electronic monitoring, and public apology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Stamp Act

Bill: 109-hr-3740
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Charitable contributions
Charities
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Postage stamps
Social Welfare
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Stamp Act - Directs the United States Postal Service (USPS), in order to afford the public a convenient means by which to contribute to disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina victims, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal (a postage stamp issued and sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for a cause).
 
Transfers all semipostal amounts from the sale of such semipostal to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund for Hurricane Katrina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Victims' Savings Access Act

Bill: 109-hr-3741
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Tax administration
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Disaster Victims' Savings Access Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from the penalty for premature distributions from a tax-qualified retirement plan a one-time distribution made to an employee living and working in a county enumerated in a presidentially declared disaster or emergency; (2) allow such distribution to be spread evenly in income over a five-year period for income tax purposes; and (3) allow survivors of disasters to make catch-up contributions to retirement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within areas determined by the President to be disaster areas by reason of certain natural disasters.

Bill: 109-hr-3742
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the penalty for premature distributions from an individual retirement plan a distribution to an individual residing in an area declared as a federal disaster area due to hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters occurring in 2004 or thereafter if such distribution is made within six months after the date of the disaster declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that certain members of the United States Armed Forces are not subject to secondary airport security screening.

Bill: 109-hr-3743
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Law
Military personnel
Military transportation
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations to ensure that no secondary airport screening is conducted of a member of the Armed Forces who: (1) is on active duty; (2) is carrying orders that require travel; (3) is in uniform; and (4) has valid military identification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Katrina Aftermath Relief Effort Tax Credit Act

Bill: 109-hr-3744
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Clothing
Costs
Displaced persons
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Equipment and supplies
Floods
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Secondary education
Tax credits
Tax returns
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Katrina Aftermath Relief Effort Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for certain housing support expenses (e.g., food, clothing, and school supplies) paid or incurred between August 29, 2005, and December 31, 2006, to help individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for any taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the tax treatment of members of the Armed Forces who die while serving in, or as a result of serving in, a combat zone to employees of contractors of the Federal Government.

Bill: 109-hr-3745
Sponsor: Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Defense contracts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits
Tax exclusion
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to employees of federal government contractors who die while, or as a result of, serving in a combat zone the same tax exclusions for decedent income and death gratuities allowed to members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Late Term Abortion Restriction Act

Bill: 109-hr-3746
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Fetus
Fines (Penalties)
Law
Physicians

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Late Term Abortion Restriction Act - Prohibits knowingly performing an abortion after the fetus has become viable, unless, in the medical judgment of the attending physician, the abortion is necessary to preserve the woman's life or to avert serious adverse health consequences to her. Subjects a physician who violates this Act to a civil penalty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Recovery Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3747
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to housing
Federal-state relations
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Louisiana
Mississippi
Overhead costs
Residential rehabilitation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Authorizes the President, with respect to individuals and households receiving assistance for damages suffered as a result of Hurricane Katrina, to waive the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act limitations on financial assistance of a maximum $5,000 (increased below to $25,000) per household for repairs, $10,000 per household for replacement of an owner-occupied private residence, and $25,000 per individual or household for a single disaster.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to double from 7.5% to 15% of the estimated aggregate amount of federal disaster relief grants to be made with respect to a major disaster the limit on the total amount of contributions the President may make for cost-effective hazard mitigation measures in the disaster area. 

Increases from $5,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of assistance per household allowable for repairs.

Directs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) administer state management costs in a consistent manner, in accordance with certain federal guidelines; and (2) implement a process under which the Director will approve or disapprove such costs within 30 days after they are submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
Displaced Student Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-3748
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Government publicity
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Mental health services
Mississippi
Paraprofessional school personnel
Recruiting of employees
School buildings
School health programs
School lunch program
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student enrollment
Students
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Water Resources Development
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Displaced Student Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies in FY2005-FY2006 to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success in public elementary and secondary schools of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Limits such grants to a maximum of $8,305 per student. 

Deems such students eligible for free lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7719)
Gulf State Community Renewal Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-3749
Sponsor: Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Mississippi
Presidential commissions
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Rural economic development
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Urban affairs
Urban economic development
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Gulf State Community Renewal Commission Act - Establishes the Gulf State Community Renewal Commission to: (1) examine, evaluate, and report on the rebuilding of both urban and rural communities in areas that were affected by Hurricane Katrina; (2) identify actions necessary for rebuilding such communities and neighborhoods; and (3) create rebuilding models and plans.
 
Requires the models and plans to address: (1) transportation needs; (2) economic development and job creation; (3) the tourism industry; (4) housing needs; (5) agriculture development; (6) environmental concerns; and (7) natural disaster mitigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Agriculture, 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: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House