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Flexibility for Champion Schools Act

Bill: 109-hr-1821
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Civics education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
History
Illiteracy
Mathematics
Reading
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Special education
Standards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Flexibility for Champion Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA), to direct the Secretary of Education to grant to any State a waiver of all ESEA provisions related to adequate yearly progress (AYP) if that State: (1) establishes academic content standards and tests in specified subjects at specified grades; (2) makes available to the public all such testing results, in the aggregate and disaggregated by certain groups of students, for each local educational agency (LEA) and school; (3) sets pass-rate goals for each LEA and school; (4) determines conditions under which students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students take State tests or alternative assessments, provided this complies with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); (5) holds LEAs and schools accountable for meeting pass-rate goals, including determining consequences for schools and LEAs that fail to meet such goals, and addresses achievement gaps on State tests affecting certain groups of students; and (6) determines goals for secondary school graduation rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E767)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1822
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Cloning
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cytology
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Human embryology
Human experimentation in medicine
In vitro fertilization
Informed consent (Medical law)
International Affairs
International cooperation
Law
Medical ethics
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Research ethics
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Human Cloning Ban and Stem Cell Research Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit: (1) conducting or attempting to conduct human cloning; (2) shipping the product of nuclear transplantation in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of human cloning in the United States or elsewhere; or (3) exporting to a foreign country an unfertilized blastocyst if such country does not prohibit human cloning. Sets forth criminal and civil penalties for violations.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the relevant congressional committees on: (1) actions taken to enforce such prohibitions; (2) coordination of Federal, State, and local enforcement; and (3) international laws relating to human cloning. 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require research involving nuclear transplantation to be conducted in accordance with applicable Federal regulations regarding the protection of human subjects and Institutional Review Boards. Prohibits: (1) a somatic cell nucleus from being transplanted into a human oocyte (egg) that has undergone or will undergo fertilization; (2) an unfertilized blastocyst from being maintained after more than 14 days from its first cell division, not counting storage times at temperatures less than zero degrees centigrade; (3) an oocyte from being used in nuclear transplantation research unless donated voluntarily with the donor's informed consent; (4) a human oocyte or unfertilized blastocyst from being acquired, received, or transferred for valuable consideration in interstate commerce; and (5) nuclear transplantation in a laboratory in which human oocytes are subject to assisted reproductive technology treatments or procedures. Sets forth civil penalties for violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the provisions governing nonimmigrant status for spouses and children of permanent resident aliens awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1823
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Families
Immigrants
Married people
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to V nonimmigrants (spouses or minor children of lawful permanent residents who are awaiting family-based immigrant visas) to: (1) extend the required filing deadline for family-based petitions from the date of enactment of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act to January 1, 2011; and (2) reduce the required waiting period for family-based immigrant visas from three years to six months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Portland, Oregon.

Bill: 109-hr-1824
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Czech Republic
Europe
Oregon
Railroad equipment
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) provide the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Portland, Oregon; and (2) reliquidate any entry whose liquidation becomes final before enactment of this Act, and refund the appropriate duty paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E763)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Tobacco Farmer Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1825
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Farmers
Income tax
Tax exclusion
Tobacco

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Small Tobacco Farmer Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income up to $5,000 annually of contract payments to tobacco quota holders and producers of quota tobacco provided by the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004. Terminates such tax exclusion for taxable years beginning after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Chlorobenzyl chloride.

Bill: 109-hr-1826
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 2-Chlorobenzyl chloride.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on (Z)-(1RS,3RS)-3-(2-Chloro-3,3,3-trifluro-1-propenyl)-2,2- imethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid.

Bill: 109-hr-1827
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on (Z)-(1RS,3RS)-3-(2-Chloro-3,3,3-trifluro-1-propenyl)-2,2- imethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on (S)-Alpha-Hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzeneacetonitrile.

Bill: 109-hr-1828
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on (S)-Alpha-Hydroxy-3-phenoxybenzeneacetonitrile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Butanedioic acid, dimethyl ester, polymer with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-1-piperidineethanol.

Bill: 109-hr-1829
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Plastics
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on Butanedioic acid, dimethyl ester, polymer with 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethyl-1-piperidineethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the duty suspension on 3-amino-2'-(sulfato-ethyl sulfonyl) ethyl benzamide.

Bill: 109-hr-1830
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on 3-amino-2-(sulfato-ethyl sulfonyl) ethyl benzamide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the duty suspension on MUB 738 INT.

Bill: 109-hr-1831
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on MUB 738 INT.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To extend the suspension of duty on 5-amino-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-xylenesulfonamide.

Bill: 109-hr-1832
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on 5-amino-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,3-xylenesulfonamide.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on mixtures of 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine,N,N'''-[1,2-ethane-diyl-bis [ [ [4,6-bis-[butyl (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazine-2 -yl] imino]-3,1-propanediyl] ] bis[N',N''- dibutyl-N',N''-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)- and Butanedioic acid, dimethylester polymer with 4-hyroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperdine ethanol.

Bill: 109-hr-1833
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on mixtures of 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine,N,N'''-[1,2-ethane-diyl-bis [ [ [4,6-bis-[butyl (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)amino]-1,3,5-triazine-2 -yl] imino]-3,1-propanediyl] ] bis[N',N''- dibutyl-N',N''-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidinyl)- and Butanedioic acid, dimethylester polymer with 4-hyroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperdine ethanol. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1835
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election administration
Postal service
Presidential elections
State laws
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a State from imposing additional conditions or requirements on the eligibility of an individual to cast a vote in Federal elections by mail, except to the extent that it imposes a deadline for requesting the ballot and returning it to the appropriate State or local election official.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2533)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To designate the information center at Canaveral National Seashore as the "T.C. Wilder, Jr., Canaveral National Seashore Information Center".

Bill: 109-hr-1836
Sponsor: Rep. Feeney, Tom [R-FL-24]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Names
National seashores
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Designates the information center at Canaveral National Seashore, located approximately nine miles south of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Highway A1A, as the T.C. Wilder, Jr., Canaveral National Seashore Information Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish limitations on the designation of critical habitat, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1837
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animals
Aquatic animals
Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Canals
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered species
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Non-native species
Reservoirs
Water Resources Development
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to prohibit the Secretary (the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce) from designating as critical habitat any habitat located within the high water mark of a water storage reservoir, water diversion structure, canal, or other artificial water delivery facility if such habitat is periodically created and destroyed as the result of water level fluctuations caused by operation of such facility.
 
Requires the Secretary, in determining whether a Federal agency action is likely to result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat, to consider the offsetting effects of habitat conservation measures proposed to be implemented as part of the action including the protection and management of certain alternative habitat.
 
States that the requirement to minimize and mitigate the impact of an incidental taking shall be deemed satisfied if the Secretary finds that proposed minimization and mitigation measures are rationally related to the level of take under the conservation plan.
 
Exempts operators of water storage reservoirs, water diversion structures, canals, or other artificial water delivery facilities from liability under ESA for any take of specified aquatic species that results from predation, competition, or other adverse effects attributable to non-native aquatic species introduced by another person into the river basin where the facility is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3-Cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, 6-[(di-2-propenylamino)carbonyl]-,(1R,6R)-rel-, reaction products with pentafluoroiodoethane-tetrefluoroethylene telomer, ammonium salt.

Bill: 109-hr-1838
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3-Cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, 6-[(di-2-propenylamino)carbonyl]-,(1R,6R)-rel-, reaction products with pentafluoroiodoethane-tetrefluoroethylene telomer, ammonium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Glycine, N,N-Bis[2-hydroxy-3-(2-propenyloxy)propyl]-, monosodium salt, reaction products with ammonium hydroxide and pentafluoroiodoethane-tetrafluoroethylyene telomer.

Bill: 109-hr-1839
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Glycine, N,N-Bis[2-hydroxy-3-(2-propenyloxy)propyl]-, monosodium salt, reaction products with ammonium hydroxide and pentafluoroiodoethane-tetrafluoroethylyene telomer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 5,5-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-2-hydroxy-2-oxo -1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane, ammonium salt and 2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-3-hydroxy proply phosphate, di-ammonium salt and Di-[2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]]-3-hydroxy proply phosphate, ammonium salt and 2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-1,3-di-(dihydro genphosphate)-propane, tetra-ammonium salt.

Bill: 109-hr-1840
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 5,5-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-2-hydroxy-2-oxo -1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane, ammonium salt and 2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-3-hydroxy proply phosphate, di-ammonium salt and Di-[2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]]-3-hydroxy proply phosphate, ammonium salt and 2,2-bis[(y,w-perfluoroC4-20alkylthio)methyl]-1,3-di-(dihydro genphosphate)-propane, tetra-ammonium salt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone, 3,3-bis(2-methyl-1-octyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-.

Bill: 109-hr-1841
Sponsor: Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone, 3,3-bis(2-methyl-1-octyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in House