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Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-1344
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
Governmental investigations
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

action_date: 2006-09-25
text: 
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook in Connecticut for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6937)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6937)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1344.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6937-6938)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Renzi moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1345
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Barber and beauty shops
Commerce
Contractors
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Leases
Self-employed
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax returns
Tipping

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax credit for social security taxes paid for employee cash tips to employers of cosmetologists. 
Requires employers of cosmetologists to report income and tips of their cosmetologist employees and to provide income and tip information to self-employed cosmetologists to whom they pay more than $600 in the taxable year. Imposes similar reporting requirements upon individuals who rent chairs to cosmetologists. Requires such employers to provide their cosmetologist employees and self-employed cosmetologists with information on the tax and tip reporting obligations of employees and self-employed individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act

Bill: 109-hr-1346
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Electronic funds transfers
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospital rates
Law
Medical fees
Performance measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Smart cards
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs by a Department primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans.
Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures.
Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring Department medical care administration a standard of assessing improvements in appointment waiting times.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
End D.C. Regional Traffic Gridlock Act

Bill: 109-hr-1347
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Highway planning
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Land use
Maryland
Mass rapid transit
Metropolitan areas
Pedestrians
Planning
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Telecommuting
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Traffic engineering
Trails
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
End D.C. Regional Traffic Gridlock Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board of the the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to carry out certain transportation projects to reduce traffic congestion and improve travel options in the metropolitan Washington region. Sets the Federal share of project costs at 75 percent. Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E470-471)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1348
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Arms control
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Conversion of industries
Diplomacy
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Nuclear weapons
Occupational retraining
Peace
President and foreign policy
Secondary education
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2005 - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for world peace and security; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human and infrastructure needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration. 
Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E472-473)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1350
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Drugs
Health
Methamphetamine
Packaging
Retail trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Methamphetamine Blister Pack Loophole Elimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the exemption as a &quot;regulated transaction&quot; for any sale of ordinary over-the-counter pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine products (including blister packs) by retail distributors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-16
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: 2005-03-16
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: 2005-03-16
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: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1351
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Birds
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Federal aid to Indians
Fishing
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Hunting
Indian lands
Minorities
Outdoor recreation
Private forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which States and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access under State- and tribally-administered plans. 
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Employment and Respect Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1352
Sponsor: Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Income tax
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military occupation
Military operations
South Asia
Tax credits
Terrorism
Veterans' employment
War
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Veterans Employment and Respect Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a work opportunity tax credit for hiring certain: (1) veterans of military service in Afghanistan or Iraq; and (2) dependents of deceased members of the Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Prenatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act

Bill: 109-hr-1353
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption
Birth defects
Child development
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Directories
Down's syndrome
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Epidemiology
Families
Family services
Fetus
Genetic counseling
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Health education
Health information systems
Health surveys
Hereditary diseases
Imaging systems in medicine
Internet
Life expectancy
Maternal health services
Medical records
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Patients' rights
Quality of life
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Vital statistics
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Prenatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through either the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to authorize and oversee certain activities relating to Down syndrome or other prenatally diagnosed conditions, including the awarding of grants, contracts or cooperative agreements to: (1) collect, synthesize, and disseminate current scientific information; and (2) coordinate the provision of, and access to, supportive services for patients affected, which shall include a telephone hotline, an information clearinghouse, peer-support programs, and registries of families willing to adopt children affected by such conditions.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to provide assistance to State and local heath departments to integrate the results of prenatal testing into State-based vital statistics and birth defects surveillance programs.
 
Requires a health care provider to provide certain information to a patient who receives a positive test result from a prenatal test for such a condition, including: (1) up-to-date scientific information concerning the life expectancy, clinical course, and intellectual and functional development and treatment options for a fetus diagnosed with, or a child born with, such conditions; and (2) referrals to supportive service providers.
 
 Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report to Congress concerning the effectiveness of current health care and family support programs serving as resources for the families of children with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1354
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Conflict of interests
Department of the Interior
Federal employees
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Government publicity
Law
Lawyers
Legal ethics
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Requires an Indian tribe to meet all the criteria listed in specified Federal regulations as of January 1, 2004, before Federal acknowledgement or recognition is granted.
 
Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to repeal the revolving door exemption that allows, under certain conditions, current and former Federal employees and officers assigned to or employed by an Indian tribe to act as agents or attorneys for or appear on behalf of such tribe in connection with matters pending before any department, agency, court, or commission, including matters in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Child Predator Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1355
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Conspiracy
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Education
Educational facilities
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Ex-offenders
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing authorities
Internet
Local laws
Mass media
Photography
Public housing
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex offenders
State laws
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Child Predator Act of 2005 - Amends the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to: (1) expand the definition of &quot;criminal offense against a victim who is a minor&quot; to include every offense, whether Federal, State, local, tribal, foreign, or otherwise, that involves one or more of specified characteristics (such as kidnapping or sexual conduct), when committed against a minor; and (2) define &quot;child predator&quot; as a person who is convicted of such an offense that is sexual in nature, where the minor is age 13 or younger.
 
Directs that State procedures require a child predator to: (1) report a change of residence within ten days; and (2) notify appropriate entities within that person's community, including schools, public housing, at least two media outlets, and law enforcement. Sets penalties of up to two years' imprisonment, a fine, or both, for violations.
 
Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to disclose to the public, on a free-access Internet site, all information collected regarding each child predator, including a recent photograph. Requires the site to: (1) include a feature under which a member of the public can specify an address and be provided with registration information of all such predators within a radius of that address, as well as other searching and sorting capabilities; and (2) display the information in a manner that clearly indicates that the person is a child predator, along with the statutory definition of that term.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5901-5905)
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1606)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1356
Sponsor: Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional law
International Affairs
Lakes
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Rivers
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House