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Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1632
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Colon cancer
Finance and Financial Sector
Hospital care
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the use of and reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening tests covered under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA).
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) increase Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening and diagnostic tests; (2) cover an outpatient office visit or consultation for the purpose of beneficiary education before a colorectal cancer screening test consisting of a colonoscopy, or in conjunction with the beneficiary's decision to obtain such a screening, regardless of whether the screening is medically indicated with respect to the beneficiary; and (3) waive the deductible for such tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Every Health Center Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1633
Sponsor: Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Community health services
Government liability
Law
Medical malpractice

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Protecting Every Health Center Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem all federally-qualified health centers and their officers, employees, and contractors to be employees of the Public Health Service for whom any remedy for any civil action that may arise for services provided shall be exclusively against the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
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: 2005-04-14
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: 2005-04-14
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: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1634
Sponsor: Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Employee health benefits
Fees
Fringe benefits
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Physical education and training
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Workforce Health Improvement Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of employees: (1) the value of any on-premises employer-provided athletic facility; and (2) fees or membership expenses paid to an athletic or fitness facility by an employer for its employees.
 
Allows employers a tax deduction for fees or dues paid to an athletic or fitness facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
VETS Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1635
Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Disabled
Employment of the disabled
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Veterans' employment
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2005 or the VETS Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a general business tax credit for hiring veterans who served in a combat zone or a hazardous duty area and were honorably discharged from active duty. Sets the amount of such credit at 40 percent of the first-year wages of such veterans and increases the percentage of such credit for disabled veterans based upon their disability ratings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Intermodal Transportation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1637
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Building construction
Commuting
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
Maintenance and repair
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Parking facilities
Passenger ships
Railroad commuting traffic
Railroad passenger traffic
Road construction
Roads and highways
Taxicabs
Terminals (Transportation)
Transportation engineering

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Intermodal Transportation Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to award grants to public or private entities for capital projects for: (1) acquiring, constructing, improving, or renovating a publicly or privately owned or operated intermodal passenger facility related to intercity bus service; and (2) establishing or enhancing coordination between such service and other specified transportation through a publicly or privately owned or operated integrated system of public transportation information. Sets the Federal share of project costs at 80 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Commodities Exchange Improvements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1638
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity exchanges
Conflict of interests
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy prices
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Futures trading
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Natural gas
Price regulation
Restrictive trade practices
Swaps (Finance)
Trade regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Commodities Exchange Improvements Act of 2005 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to include natural gas as an agricultural commodity within the purview of the Act, including hybrid instruments based upon natural gas.
 
States that an agreement, contract, or transaction involving natural gas may not be exempted from the regulatory requirements of the Act.
 
Prohibits a board of trade that is a designated contract market from changing, without prior Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval, a rule, regulation, or contract specification that applies to any agreement, contract, or transactions involving natural gas.
 
Requires back-up reporting of large positions as prescribed by the CFTC in order to deter manipulation of the price of contracts of sale of natural gas for future delivery.
 
Directs the CFTC to prescribe rules requiring any board of trade to implement rules that provide for any contract of sale for future delivery of natural gas to be settled in cash in lieu of making delivery of the natural gas in circumstances in which the CFTC has determined that market conditions suggest possible manipulation.
 
Subjects commodity price manipulation to a civil penalty. 
 
Prohibits, for one year, CFTC members from working for any organization subject to Commission regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Commodity Futures Trading Com.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commodity Futures Trading Com.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1639
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Clinics
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Health information systems
Iraq compilation
Language and languages
Medical tests
Mental health
Mental health services
Military and naval offenses
Military discharges
Military medicine
Military operations
National Guard
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Science, Technology, Communications
Stress (Psychology)
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a requirement that members of the Armed Forces: (1) deploying to a combat theater receive a pre-deployment mental health evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional; and (2) returning from service of more than 30 days in a combat theater, or injured in a combat theater, receive a post-deployment combat stress evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement a program designed to: (1) raise awareness about mental health issues that members may encounter during and after deployment; and (2) reduce the stigma associated with mental health care.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a program to improve awareness of the availability of mental health services for, and warning signs about mental health problems in, dependents of members who served or will serve in a combat theater during the previous or next 60 days. Requires such program to include a toll-free number and informational website.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve the transition of mental health-related cases from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) to create an information clearinghouse to improve the availability of information about mental health professionals who treat combat stress; and (3) to provide for the availability (for a two-year period) of mental health services under the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) for reserve personnel who performed certain active duty (and their family members).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E671-672)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Competitiveness Enhancement and Opportunity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1641
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Auditing
Chief executive officers
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Corporate finance
Corporate management
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Securities and Exchange Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Competitiveness Enhancement and Opportunity Act of 2005 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to inclusion in the annual financial report of a securities issuer of an assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controls and procedures. Makes such inclusion voluntary rather than mandatory by changing the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to prescribe rules for the annual report to make inclusion of an internal control report something permitted instead of (as currently) required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Obligation of Funds Transparency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1642
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional voting
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
House rules and procedure
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Obligation of Funds Transparency Act of 2005 - Prohibits a Federal agency from obligating funds made available in an appropriation Act to implement an earmark that is included in a congressional report accompanying such Act, unless the earmark is also included in that Act.
 
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit waiver of the germaneness requirement for conference reports by a report by the Committee on Rules, unless approved by a vote of three-fifths of the Members voting, with a quorum being present. Limits debate on such a question to 20 minutes equally divided by a proponent and an opponent. States that the above also applies in the case of a special rule that waives all (or specified) points of order. Prohibits the Committee on Rules from reporting a rule or order waiving the above amendment to the rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-1644
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Aquifers
Biological diversity
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Fishes
Forest conservation
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Land transfers
National forests
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Puerto Rico
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Surplus government property
Tropical forests
User charges
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants, enter contracts, and exercise specified authorities to acquire, protect, and manage land and forest resources in and adjacent to the Karst Region of Puerto Rico for the purpose of protecting and conserving the water quality and aquifers and the geological, ecological, fish and wildlife, and other natural values of the Region.
 
 Establishes the Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Fund which shall be available to the Secretary for purposes of this Act.
 
Makes all lands in the Region eligible for inclusion in the Forest Legacy Program.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1645
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Diplomats
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Inventors
Leadership
Monuments and memorials
Museums
Pennsylvania
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant to the Franklin Institute to: (1) rehabilitate the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial (including the Franklin statue) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and (2) develop an interpretive exhibit relating to Benjamin Franklin, to be displayed at a museum adjacent to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.
 
Declares that the Secretary shall require the Franklin Institute to match any amounts provided to the Franklin Institute under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
HERO Act

Bill: 109-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act or HERO Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from granting any extension beyond December 31, 2006, for the reassignment of the frequencies assigned for public safety services. Directs the FCC to complete assignment of the electromagnetic spectrum between 764 and 776 megahertz and between 794 and 806 megahertz for public safety services and to permit operations by public safety services on those frequencies no later than January 1, 2007.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E665)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Election Weekend Act

Bill: 109-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election Day
Labor and Employment
Leave of absence
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Election Weekend Act - Amends Federal law to change the date for the election of: (1) President and of Vice President to the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November in every fourth year succeeding every presidential election; and (2) Members of Congress to the first consecutive Saturday and Sunday in November in every even numbered year.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that private employers in the United States should give their employees a day off on either of such days starting in November 2006 to enable them to cast votes in the Federal and other elections held on that day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E650)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation.

Bill: 109-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health information systems
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Mentally disabled
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid plans to require staff working with developmentally disabled persons or persons with traumatic brain injury to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6434)
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House