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To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that military reservists who are retained in active status after qualifying for reserve retired pay shall be given credit toward computation of such retired pay for service performed after so qualifying.

Bill: 109-hr-716
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Provides that for purposes of computing retired pay for non-regular military service, a person's days of active service shall include days served in active status after qualifying for retired pay, which shall be credited when the person leaves active status. Makes such provision effective with respect to any person qualifying for retired pay after January 1, 1988.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of programs of education for which accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-717
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Driver education
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Government lending
Higher education
Income
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Permits accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to an individual enrolled in an approved program of education that leads to employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle.
 
Excludes benefits payable under under the Montgomery GI Bill from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility for education grants or loans under any other provision of Federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Controlled Data Collection and Monitoring Act

Bill: 109-hr-718
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Great Lakes
Information networks
Pollution measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Great Lakes Controlled Data Collection and Monitoring Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with Canada and appropriate Federal agencies, to develop and implement a set of science-based indicators of water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes, including measures of accumulated toxic pollutants. 
Directs the Administrator to establish a Federal network for regular monitoring and data collection with respect to such indicators. 
 
Requires biennial reporting of results and identification of any emerging problems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
September 11th Tax Correction Act

Bill: 109-hr-720
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Block grants
Commerce
Community development
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Limitation of actions
New York City
September 11, 2001
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax refunds
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Urban economic development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
September 11th Tax Correction Act - Excludes from gross income, and exempts from the prohibition against tax deductions for expenses and interest relating to tax-exempt income, retention grants paid from Federal community development block grant funds for assistance for properties or businesses damaged by, or for economic revitalization related to, the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City. 
 
Exempts such retention grants from information reporting requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer farmers supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-721
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Crop insurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to require offering farmers supplemental crop insurance based on an area yield and loss plan of insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a highway in California connecting State Route 130 in Santa Clara County with Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County, and to determine the feasibility of constructing a fixed guideway system along the right-of-way of the highway.

Bill: 109-hr-723
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Car pools
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Limited access highways
Railroad engineering
Railroads
Road construction
Subways
Toll roads
Traffic engineering

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study the feasibility of constructing a highway in California, connecting State Route 130 in Santa Clara County with Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County, and a fixed guideway system along the highway's right-of-way.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 2500 Tulare Street in Fresno, California, as the "Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-hr-724
Sponsor: Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse at 2500 Tulare Street in Fresno, California as the &quot;Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse.&quot; Makes this Act effective on the date that Senior Judge Robert E. Coyle relinquishes or otherwise ceases to hold a position as an Article III judge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-725
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Apples
Broadband
Commerce
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of Transportation
Disaster relief
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Government and business
Government paperwork
Government regulation
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Law
Legislation
Marketing of farm produce
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regulatory impact statements
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review information collection conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to identify actions IRS can take to reduce the information collection burden imposed on small business concerns, and to include the results of such review in a specified annual report.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal specified exemptions from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements and certain other rulemaking requirements.
 
Amends the Truth in Regulating Act of 2000 to make permanent the authority of a chairman or ranking member of a congressional committee to request the Comptroller General to perform a regulatory analysis of an economically significant rule upon agency publication.
 
Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 to instruct the Director of OMB to require each agency annually to submit an estimate of the total annual costs and benefits of Federal rules and paperwork for the agency and each agency program.
 
Requires the Director to designate at least three agencies to participate in a study on regulatory budgeting for FY 2006 and 2007. Includes the regulatory budgets of the designated agencies as an alternative budget presentation. Requires a report on the study to be submitted to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Erroneous Tax Refund Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-726
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Interest
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Erroneous Tax Refund Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to abate interest on erroneous refund checks without regard to the amount of the refund check (current law provides for no abatement for refund checks exceeding $50,000 or for erroneous refunds caused by the taxpayer or a related third party). Authorizes the Secretary to deny abatement if the taxpayer received notice of the erroneous refund before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) made demand for repayment and did not attempt to resolve the issue within 30 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E198-199)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Self-Employed Health Equity Adjustment to Lower Tax Hindrance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-727
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Self-Employed Health Equity Adjustment to Lower Tax Hindrance Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow self-employed taxpayers to deduct health insurance costs in computing their net earnings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E198)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 109-hr-728
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
East Asia
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H497)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Drug Cost Credibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-729
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Cost accounting
Cost control
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Medicare Drug Cost Credibility Act of 2005 - Provides that, if the net mandatory outlays for the Medicare prescription drug benefit for a fiscal year exceed the original Congressional Budget Office estimate of such benefit for that fiscal year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall utilize negotiating authority in order to reduce the acquisition cost for prescription drugs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-09
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: 2005-02-09
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: 2005-02-09
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: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the Army, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-730
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air force
Army
Marines
Military posture

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Increases, during FY 2005 through 2009, the minimum end strength levels for active-duty personnel of the : (1) Army from 502,400 to 522,400; (2) Marine Corps from 178,000 to 190,000; and (3) Air Force from 359,700 to 388,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-731
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animals
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Fishing
Hunting
Licenses
Minorities
Native Americans
Residence requirements
Sports and Recreation
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005 - Expresses the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest for each State to continue regulating the taking for any purpose of fish and wildlife. Prohibits congressional silence from being construed as imposing a commerce clause barrier to such regulation by a State or Indian tribe. 
 
Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) limit the applicability or effect of any Federal law related to the protection or management of fish or wildlife or to the regulation of commerce; (2) limit the authority of the United States to prohibit hunting or fishing on U.S. lands; or (3) abrogate, abridge, affect, modify, supersede, or alter any treaty-reserved or other right of any Indian tribe as recognized by any other means.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202-203)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-732
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land use
Minorities
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, which shall include the counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Taos, in New Mexico. 
Designates Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Area's management entity which: (1) shall develop, submit, and implement a management plan that includes recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; (2) may provide assistance to tribal and local governments and other entities to carry out the plan; and (3) may not use Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to develop and implement the management plan.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E332)
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E189-190)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Subway Cell Access Act

Bill: 109-hr-733
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Antennas
Commerce
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Law
Subways
Telecommunication industry
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs
Wireless communication
Zoning and zoning law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Subway Cell Access Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to require that each commercial mobile (wireless) service provider provide service for the universal emergency telephone number (911) within each subway boarding station in any geographic area in which such provider provides service at ground level.
Requires such providers to: (1) make available to other wireless providers appropriate infrastructure, technology, and facilities to provide such service; and (2) facilitate the sharing of such infrastructure, technology, and facilities.
Includes such emergency number service within Federal provisions limiting State regulation of the placement of wireless facilities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House