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Community Partners Next Door Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4278
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Government publicity
Health
Home ownership
Housing subsidies
Law enforcement officers
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Paramedical personnel
Police
Public service advertising
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Community Partners Next Door Act of 2005 - Amends the National Housing Act to provide: (1) a 50% discount for teachers, teacher assistants, administrators, and public safety officers purchasing certain eligible asset properties for use as their primary residence; (2) a $100 downpayment on any related insured mortgage; and (3) a higher Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan limit for such purchases in high-cost areas.
 
Authorizes such sales directly to a qualifying individual or to a unit of local government or a nonprofit organization for resale to such individual.
 
Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a program to inform teachers and public safety officers about such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Frank F. Church Federal Building".

Bill: 109-hr-4279
Sponsor: Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Redesignates the federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia, commonly known as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building, as the Frank F. Church Federal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Revenue Ultimatum Enforcement ID Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4280
Sponsor: Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Imprisonment
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Transportation Revenue Ultimatum Enforcement ID Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state from accepting as proof of personal identification or legal residence an individual's taxpayer identification number for purposes of issuing such individual a state-issued driver's license or personal identification card.
 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) withhold 100% of a state's apportionment for the National Highway System (NHS), the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, and the surface transportation program (STP) if the state fails to comply with such prohibition; and (2) transfer the equivalent amounts to the state's apportionment for incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program under the Immigration and National Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to importation of tobacco products.

Bill: 109-hr-4281
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advertising
Business records
Cigarettes
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Drug abuse
Electronic commerce
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Injunctions
Law
Mail-order business
Minorities
Native Americans
Packaging
Science, Technology, Communications
Smokeless tobacco
Telephone
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to define &quot;delivery sale&quot; of a tobacco product as any sale of cigarettes or a smokeless tobacco product to a consumer if: (1) the consumer submits the purchase order by means of a telephone or other method of voice transmission, the mail, or the Internet or other online service, or the seller is otherwise not in the buyer's physical presence when the purchase request or order is made; or (2) the cigarettes or smokeless tobacco product is delivered by use of a common carrier, private delivery service, or the mail, or the seller is not in the buyer's physical presence when the buyer obtains personal possession of the delivered cigarettes or smokeless tobacco product.
 

 
Makes the personal use exemption from tobacco import requirements inapplicable to cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products sold in connection with a delivery sale.
 
Allows states access to copies of Customs Service certifications required for cigarette imports.
 
Permits any tobacco product, cigarette papers, or tube found in violation of the Act to be forfeited for destruction to any state in which it is found.
 
Authorizes persons who hold permits under the Internal Revenue Code concerning tobacco products, cigarette papers, and tubes to bring an action in the U.S. district courts against any person, other than a state, local, or tribal government, to prevent and restrain violations of the Act.
 
Authorizes state and local governments to bring civil actions for prevention or restraint against persons who violate the Act.
 
Subjects smokeless tobacco products to the same entry requirements and enforcement mechanisms as apply to certain cigarettes under the Act.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose civil penalties against persons for relanding, except for personal use, tobacco products sold in a delivery sale.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Health Freedom Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-4282
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Arthritis
Bone fractures
Calcium
Cardiovascular diseases
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Conflict of interests
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Dietary supplements
Drug advertising
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Governmental investigations
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Nutrition
Oils and fats
Periodicals
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Health Freedom Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide that a food or dietary supplement is not a drug solely because the label or labeling contains a claim to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease.
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) restricting the reprinting and distribution or sale of any U.S. government publication or any accurate quotations of such a publication, including content concerning nutrients and disease treatment or prevention; or (2) construing the distribution or sale of, or accurate quotation from, such a publication in connection with the sale of a food or dietary supplement as evidence of an intent to sell that food or dietary supplement as a drug.
 
Requires the Secretary to allow claims on food or nutrient labeling that characterize the relationship of a nutrient to the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of a disease (with no more than a three-sentence disclaimer) unless the Secretary proves by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) there is no scientific evidence that supports the claim; and (2) the claim is inherently misleading and incapable of being rendered nonmisleading through the addition of a disclaimer.
 
Authorizes the use of specified health claims on the label of all foods and dietary supplements, including claims related to saw palmetto, omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine, and calcium.
 
Allows a statement for a dietary supplement to include words that are recognized as signs or symptoms of disease so long as the statement does not include the name of a specific disease. 
 
Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to exempt from being regulated as advertising: (1) government publications exempted from reprinting or distribution restrictions under FFDCA; or (2) accurate summaries of scientific publications. Places the burden of proof that an advertisement for a dietary supplement or ingredient is false and misleading on the Federal Trade Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2313)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Review to Ensure High Quality Cost-Effective Training for Border Patrol Agents Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4283
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border patrols
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational tests
Government Operations and Politics
Health
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Physical fitness
Police training
Spanish language
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Review to Ensure High Quality Cost-Effective Training for Border Patrol Agents Act of 2005 - Requires the Comptroller General to review and report to Congress on the basic training provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Border Patrol agents to ensure that this training is being conducted as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Secure Border Initiative Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4284
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Boundaries
Cameras
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Department of Homeland Security
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic surveillance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Illegal aliens
Immigration
Inspectors general
International Affairs
Performance measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Smuggling
Terrorism
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Secure Border Initiative Accountability Act of 2005 - Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security to review each contract action related to the Department's Secure Border Initiative having a value greater than $20 million to determine whether such action fully complies with applicable cost requirements, performance objectives, program milestones, and timelines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow electric utility companies to expense the cost of replacing above-ground electric transmission lines with underground electric transmission lines.

Bill: 109-hr-4286
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified public electric utility to elect to expense (i.e., deduct all costs in the current taxable year) the cost of installing an underground electric transmission line to replace an aboveground line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Katrina/Rita Hurricane Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4287
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Charitable contributions
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tax deductions
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Katrina/Rita Hurricane Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income (available to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for cash contributions made between August 28, 2005, and December 31, 2006, to a charitable organization for relief efforts related to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act

Bill: 109-hr-4288
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Climate
Data banks
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Medical records
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' medical care
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Veterans Cold Weather Injury Compensation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a registry of veterans who, while in active military service, were exposed for a significant period of time to sustained periods of extremely cold weather (seven days or more of average temperatures of 32 degrees or lower). Requires such registry to be used to determine the association, if any, between the disabilities of such veterans and the exposure to such weather.
Presumes cold-weather injuries in such veterans to be service-connected and therefore compensable through veterans' disability compensation.
Directs the Secretary, within 90 days, to prescribe initial regulations on injuries determined to have a positive association with sustained exposure to cold weather.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act

Bill: 109-hr-4289
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Labor and Employment
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2310)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Judith Atuh Tanjoh, Serge Mbah Tikum, Marie Noel Tikum, Emmanuel Ngwa Tikum, and Roger Fon Tikum.

Bill: 109-hr-4290
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Makes Judith Atuh Tanjoh, Serge Mbah Tikum, Marie Noel Tikum, Emmanuel Ngwa Tikum, and Roger Fon Tikum each 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: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2311)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Protection Against Executive Compensation Abuse Act

Bill: 109-hr-4291
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Executive compensation
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Labor and Employment
Stockholders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Protection Against Executive Compensation Abuse Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to set forth additional compensation disclosure requirements, including: (1) a comprehensive statement of the issuer's compensation plan for its principal executive officers; (2) any type of compensation (whether present, deferred, or contingent) paid or to be paid to such principal executive officers; (3) an estimate of the present value of any accrued pension of such officers; (4) the estimated market value of any other benefits received by such officers; (5) any agreements or understandings concerning compensation; and (6) the short- and long-term performance measures that the issuer uses for determining the compensation of such principal executive officers, and whether such measures were met by such officers during the preceding year. 
Requires a separate shareholder vote to approve such compensation plan.
 
Requires proxy solicitation material concerning an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or proposed sale or other disposition of substantially all the assets of an issuer to disclose any agreements or understandings with any of its principal executive officers regarding any compensation (whether present, deferred, or contingent) based on or otherwise relating to the acquisition, merger, consolidation, sale, or other disposition (golden parachute compensation).
 
Requires mandatory electronic filings to appear in a clear, simple, and readily accessible format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in House