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To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Asulam sodium salt.

Bill: 109-hr-1724
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Asulam sodium salt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Chloral.

Bill: 109-hr-1725
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Trichloroacetaldhyde (Chloral).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Imidacloprid Technical.

Bill: 109-hr-1726
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1-[(6-Chloro-3-pyrdiyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine (Imidacloprid Technical).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Triadimefon.

Bill: 109-hr-1727
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1-(4-Chlorophenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-y1)-2-butanone (Triadimefon).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1729
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Puerto Rico
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Puerto Rico Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the Medicare inpatient hospital services payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals to: (1) reduce the applicable Puerto Rico percentage from 25 percent to zero; and (2) increase the applicable Federal percentage from 75 percent to 100 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Cable Consumer Rights Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1730
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cable television
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government regulation
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Telecommunication rates
Television industry

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Cable Consumer Rights Act of 2005 - Repeals provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and local cable franchising authorities from regulating the rates for cable television service. Reinstates cable rate regulatory provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 in effect before the enactment of such provisions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Port Security Grants Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1731
Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal aid to transportation
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Harbors
Indexing (Economic policy)
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Planning
Police
Police training
Port authorities
Public-private partnerships
Risk
Salaries
Security measures
State-local relations
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Port Security Grants Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, to establish a grant program to fairly and equitably allocate Federal financial assistance: (1) to help implement Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans; (2) to correct port security vulnerabilities; and (3) for non-Federal projects contributing to the overall security of an individual port or system of ports.
 
Directs the Secretary, in awarding grants under this Act, to: (1) take into account national economic and strategic defense considerations of individual ports; and (2) strongly encourage efforts to promote integration of port-wide security, information and intelligence sharing, and joint efforts.
 
Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of grant funds.
 
Limits the Federal share of funding for eligible projects to 75 percent of the total cost, subject to specified exceptions.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish grant application procedures and requirements, subject to specified minimum standards; and (2) submit reports on security funding and compliance to specified congressional committees.
 
States that amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act (for FY 2007 through 2012) shall originate from duties collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD projection type televisions.

Bill: 109-hr-1732
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device projection type televisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes (CRTs).

Bill: 109-hr-1733
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television
Video display terminals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes (CRT's).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) panel assemblies for use in LCD direct view televisions.

Bill: 109-hr-1734
Sponsor: Rep. Hart, Melissa A. [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device direct view televisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that an officer of the Army or Air Force on the active-duty list may not be promoted to brigadier general unless the officer has had a duty assignment of at least one year involving the administration of the National Guard or Reserves.

Bill: 109-hr-1735
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air force
Armed forces reserves
Army
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Military promotions
National Guard
Officer personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Requires officers on the active-duty list of the Army or Air Force to complete a tour of duty of at least one year in a Guard or Reserve duty assignment (other than a Reserve Officers Training Corps unit) in order to be eligible for promotion to brigadier general.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive this requirement: (1) when necessary for the good of the service; (2) in cases where the proposed promotion is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which Guard or Reserve requirements do not exist; (3) in the case of specified medical, chaplaincy, or judge advocate positions; or (4) if the officer selected for appointment to brigadier general by a promotion board had completed at least 180 days of a Guard or Reserve duty assignment on the date such board was convened.
 
Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act that specifically identify those categories of officers for whom the waiver applicable to scientific and technical qualifications is available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Investment in America Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1736
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Investment in America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) increase the rates of the alternative incremental tax credit for research expenses; and (3) permit a taxpayer election of an alternative simplified tax credit for research expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
HRIFA Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1737
Sponsor: Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Caribbean area
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Families
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Haiti
Haitians
Immigrants
Latin America
Law
Parents
Residence requirements
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
HRIFA Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) include document fraud among the grounds of inadmissibility which shall not preclude an otherwise qualifying Haitian alien from permanent resident status adjustment; and (2) provide that determinations with respect to children shall be made using the age of an individual as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
 
Permits new status adjustment applications to be filed for a limited time period. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for reopening status adjustment applications based upon the amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
FERS Redeposit Act

Bill: 109-hr-1739
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Annuities
Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional pensions
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Interest
Labor and Employment
Survivors' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: FERS Redeposit Act - Allows each Federal employee who has returned to Government service and who has received a refund of retirement contributions under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) (or any other retirement system established for Federal employees covering service for which such employee or Member may be allowed credit under FERS provisions) to deposit (to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund) the amount that was so received, with interest. Allows deposits in one or more installments. 
Disallows the recapture of credit for service covered by the refund until such a deposit is made.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1740
Sponsor: Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Dietary supplements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grocery trade
Health
Herbs
Imports
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Packaging
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2005 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) the labeling of raw ginseng offered for sale as food or a dietary supplement to contain country of harvest information; (2) ginseng importers to disclose country of harvest information at the point of U.S. entry.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose civil monetary penalties for failure to make such disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1741
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Appropriations
Chronically ill
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Health
Housing and Community Development
Law
Rural health
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a FY 2006 through 2008 pilot program to improve health care access for rural veterans. 
 
States that: (1) the program shall be conducted in three geographic service regions (Veterans Integrated Service Networks) of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) medical services shall be provided by non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) providers for acute or chronic symptom management, non-therapeutic medical services, and other medical services as determined by the director of the appropriate geographic service region. 
 
Obligates program funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Automobile Efficiency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1744
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Automobile engines
Automobile industry
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Consumer education
Department of the Treasury
Diesel motor
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy industries
Energy storage
Environmental Protection
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
High technology
Hydrogen
Income tax
Law
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicles
Natural gas vehicles
Retail trade
Sales tax
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Common Sense Automobile Efficiency Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the phaseouts of the tax credit for qualified electric vehicles and of the tax deduction for clean-fuel vehicles.
 
Increases from 30 million to 60 million the productive capacity limit for small ethanol producers for purposes of qualifying for the tax credit for alcohol used as fuel.
 
Denies an export exemption from gasoline excise taxes for fuel delivered into the tank of a motor vehicle which is shipped or driven outside the United States.
 
Allows a tax credit for investment in certain alternative motor vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles, advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, and alternative fuel motor vehicles. Sets forth formulae for determining the amount of such credit based on various factors, including vehicle weight and fuel efficiency ratings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 4/21/2005 E724)
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act

Bill: 109-hr-1746
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of State
Diplomacy
Dispute settlement
Economics and Public Finance
Embassies
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Negotiations
Performance measurement
Planning-programming-budgeting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to submit every four years to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the National Foreign Affairs Panel a quadrennial foreign affairs and Department of State review; and (2) the Panel to submit to the Secretary a report responding to such review. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish every four years a nonpartisan independent National Foreign Affairs Panel, which shall terminate 30 days after submission of its report. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Veronica Mitina Haskins.

Bill: 109-hr-1747
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: 
Makes Veronica Mitina Haskins eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees. Considers Veronica Mitina Haskins to have satisfied the requirements applicable to adopted childrenn.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Union Member Freedom From Strikes Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1748
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor contracts
Labor disputes
Labor unions
Unfair labor practices
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Union Member Freedom From Strikes Act of 2005 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to strike an employer unless the employees of the collective bargaining unit engaged in the strike have voted by secret ballot to reject the last contract offer proposed by such employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House