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To establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 109-hr-146
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Broadband
Colleges
Economic research
Education
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants supporting the advancement of high-speed telecommunications in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems that have populations of no more than one million.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-147
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) pension offset provisions applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination provisions with respect to computation of the primary insurance amount of an individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
National Minority Media Opportunities Act

Bill: 109-hr-148
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alaska
Asian American ethnic groups
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic concentration
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Hispanic Americans
Independent regulatory commissions
Indigenous peoples
Language and languages
Law
Licenses
Minorities
Native Americans
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Radio stations
Television broadcasting
Television programs
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
National Minority Media Opportunities Act - Amends the Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992 to require Federal Communications Commission (FCC) review of the assignment or transfer of a broadcast license used primarily to serve a language minority (persons of American Indian, Asian American, Alaskan Native, or Spanish heritage).
 
Amends the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to require the FCC, after notice and comment, to report to Congress regarding the ownership and control of broadcast stations (including AM, FM, and television) used to serve language minorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Tribute to Celia Cruz Act

Bill: 109-hr-149
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Cuban Americans
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Congressional Tribute to Celia Cruz Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Celia Cruz (a Cuban-born entertainer who became known as the &quot;Queen of Salsa&quot;) in recognition of her contributions to music, Latino culture, and American society.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E23)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant to the State of New Jersey for the construction of a memorial to the New Jersey victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Bill: 109-hr-150
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Construction costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Monuments and memorials
New Jersey
September 11, 2001
State parks
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide a grant to the State of New Jersey for the construction of a memorial in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the New Jersey victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-152
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Medigap
Metropolitan areas
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Retiree health benefits
Social Welfare
Urban affairs
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow employer contributions on drug costs to count towards the annual out-of-pocket limit; and (2) provide for direct subsidies for certain State pharmaceutical assistance programs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that employer-based plans receive the same subsidization as the Medicare prescription drug plans. 
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to ensure that States can provide supplemental Medicaid prescription drug coverage to complement the Medicare drug benefit for seniors who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. 
 
Repeals the comparative cost adjustment program under Medicare.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII part D to allow the provision of wrap-around prescription drug coverage through Medigap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
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: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E22)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Mother-to-Child Transmission Plus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005

Bill: 109-hr-155
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Appropriations
Asia
Central Asia
Child health
Colleges
Continuum of care
Developing countries
East Asia
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Foundations
Health
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Maternal health services
Medical education
Middle East and North Africa
Mothers
New York City
Social Welfare
South Asia
United Nations
Women
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Mother-to-Child Transmission Plus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Makes additional appropriations for FY 2005 to Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health for its MTCT (mother-to-child transmission)-Plus Initiative, which has committed funds from the cooperation of private foundations and the United Nations (UN) for the first major multi-country, family-centered AIDS treatment program for developing countries in Africa and Asia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act

Bill: 109-hr-156
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Governmental investigations
History
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Vietnam veterans
Vietnamese Conflict
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Fairness to All Vietnam Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to Congress: (1) to identify veterans who died after October 31, 1955, as a result of military operations in southeast Asia whose names are not eligible for inscription on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; and (2) on the feasibility and equitability of revising the eligibility requirements to be more inclusive of such veterans or of creating an alternative means for recognizing them, including alternatives involving an education center at the Memorial.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E27)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Equal Pay Improvement Report Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-157
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Discrimination in employment
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Governmental investigations
Labor statistics
Legislation
Minorities
Pay equity
Racial discrimination
Sex discrimination
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Equal Pay Improvement Report Act of 2005 - Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to report to Congress on how the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 has been used by public and private sector employers to foster or exacerbate pay inequity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7703-7704)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study of the rate at which Native Americans and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-158
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: American Samoa
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Governmental investigations
Guam
Hawaiians
Indian children
Indian education
Minorities
Native Americans
Northern Mariana Islands
Secondary education
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on the rate at which Native Americans (including Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians) and students who reside in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam drop out of secondary schools in the United States. Requires recommendations for increasing the numbers of such students who graduate from secondary school.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress three years after enactment of this Act on the Federal programs funded during such period which were designed to decrease or otherwise address the rate at which students cease attending secondary schools in the United States before they have graduated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Minority Populations Diabetes Prevention and Control Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-159
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Diabetes
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health surveys
Medical research
Minorities
Minority health
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Minority Populations Diabetes Prevention and Control Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to increase the extent of activities regarding diabetes in minorities, including: (1) grants for State-based initiatives; (2) prevention research; (3) cooperation with States to determine the national incidence and prevalence in various minority populations and the reasons therefor; (4) National Diabetes Education Program activities; and (5) projects to provide treatment.
 
Authorizes appropriations to carry out the plan to implement recommendations of the Diabetes Research Working Group of the National Institutes on Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Keep America Healthy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-160
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Virgin Islands
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Keep America Healthy Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make a new optional Medicaid eligibility group for individuals between ages 21 and 65 whose family income does not exceed a State-specified percentage up to 200 percent of the applicable poverty line. Authorizes the State also to require the individual's resources not to exceed whatever level the State may establish, so long as it is not more restrictive than the requirements of SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income). Provides for the application to such new group of the enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage dtermined under SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).
 
Amends SSA title XI to provide for an increase in the Medicaid payment limit for territories to accommodate expanded coverage for residents of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-161
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Blacks
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Child health
Commemorations
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional tributes
Consumer discounts
Department of Health and Human Services
Diet
Dietary supplements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Exercise
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Food industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Latin Americans
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Nutrition
Obesity
Pacific Islanders
Parents
Physical fitness
Public service advertising
School health programs
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Healthy People, Healthy Choices Act of 2005 - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct public outreach campaigns to increase the awareness of African Americans and other minority populations about: (1) nutrition and fitness; (2) access to, and the affordability of, healthy foods and dietary supplements; (3) the need for health promotion; (4) how to prepare inexpensive, healthy meals; and (5) how to incorporate dietary supplements and physical activity into daily life.
 
Allows the Director to make grants to: (1) not-for-profit organizations servicing medically underserved populations to promote healthy eating and regular exercise habits among minority communities; (2) State and local educational agencies and community organizations to conduct training events and demonstration projects for children and their parents in communities with significant minority populations; and (3) community organizations to encourage manufacturers to make their healthy food products available at a discount in communities with significant minority populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Stem Cell Replenishment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-162
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cytology
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Genetic research
Genetics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Human embryology
Law
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Stem Cell Replenishment Act of 2005 - Allows Federal funds to be used for research on human embryonic stem cells irrespective of the date on which the derivation process for such stem cells was initiated or completed. (Current law requires the derivation process to have begun by August 9, 2001.) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to revise human embryonic stem cell research guidelines to the extent necessary to ensure the availability of not less than 60 stem cell lines that are scientifically fit for distribution for research purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House