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Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-251
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
College costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Justice
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Higher education
Illegal aliens
Immigrant education
Immigrants
Law
Licenses
Parent and child
Public schools
Residence requirements
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Preserving Educational Opportunities for Immigrant Children Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to define "transplanted child" as an alien who has been granted cancellation of removal or who has such an application pending. 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of 1996 to eliminate the provision prohibiting postsecondary education benefits based on State residency for an illegal alien unless a U.S. citizen or national is eligible for similar benefits without regard to such residency. 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to add transplanted children to the definition of &quot;qualified alien&quot; (thus making them eligible for public benefits). 
Amends the INA to authorize the Attorney General to cancel the removal of, and adjust to permanent resident status, certain aliens who are under the age of 18, or who are 18 and older, with qualifying years of continuous U.S. residency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-252
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Hospitals
Identification devices
Infants
Kidnapping
Law
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Missing children
Photography
Security measures
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, which also provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect.
 
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-253
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Age
Aliens
Arrest
Boundaries
Canada
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Detention of persons
Discrimination
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Immigration
Latin America
Law
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Minorities
Races
Racial discrimination
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
Smuggling
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic surveys
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a nationwide study of stops for traffic violations by law enforcement officers; (2) perform an initial analysis of existing data, including complaints alleging and information concerning traffic stops motivated by race and other bias; and (3) gather specified data from a nationwide sample of jurisdictions, including the traffic infraction alleged to have been committed that led to the stop, identifying characteristics of the driver stopped, whether immigration status was questioned, and whether any warning or citation was issued as a result of the stop. 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to law enforcement agencies to collect and submit data collected under this Act to the appropriate agency as designated by the Attorney General. Prohibits information released from revealing the identity of any individual who is stopped or any officer involved.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-254
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Abandonment of family
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Demography
Drug abuse
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Infants
Parents
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
CASE Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-255
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Arrest
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Informers
Prosecution
Smuggling
Visas
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Commercial Alien Smuggling Elimination Act of 2005 or the CASE Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish within the S visa nonimmigrant classification (criminal or terrorist law enforcement assistance) a category for an alien: (1) who has reliable information about a commercial alien smuggling enterprise; (2) who is willing to supply or has supplied such information to a Federal or State court; and (3) whose presence in the United States is essential to such investigation. Authorizes: (1) up to 400 annual entrants; and (2) status adjustment to permanent resident.
 
Authorizes measures as necessary to protect such individuals and their families.
 
Authorizes increased criminal penalties for a person illegally bringing in and harboring aliens into the United States if: (1) part of a commercial enterprise; and (2) the aliens were transported in groups of ten or more, and in a manner that endangered their lives or presented a U.S. health risk. Establishes in the Department of Homeland Security a rewards program to help eliminate such enterprises. (States that Federal, State, local, or foreign officers or employees performing their official duties shall be ineligible for such rewards.) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement a related public outreach program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-256
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Parole
Prison violence
Prisoners
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time policy, to release a prisoner who has served one half or more of his or her term of imprisonment if that prisoner: (1) has attained age 45; (2) has never been convicted of a crime of violence; and (3) has not engaged in any violation, involving violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 109-hr-258
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Space activities
Space shuttles

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Authorizes the President to award a gold medal to each of the seven crew members who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia: Rick D. Husband; Michael P. Anderson; Laurel Clark; David M. Brown; William C. McCool; Kapana Chawla; and Ilan Ramon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H205)
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-259
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arson
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights enforcement
Crime prevention
Crimes against women
Department of Justice
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Explosives
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Hate crimes
Juvenile delinquency
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Law
Life imprisonment
Minorities
Murder
Racial violence
Rape
Recruiting of employees
Religion
Religious liberty
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Sex crimes
Sex discrimination
Sexual orientation
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Voting rights
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for willfully causing bodily injury to any person or, through the use of fire, a firearm, or an explosive device, attempting to cause such injury, whether or not acting under color of law, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person, where the offense is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce. 
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to study the issue of adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes and, if appropriate, to amend the Federal sentencing guidelines to provide sentencing enhancements for such an offense.
Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury and to DOJ to increase the number of personnel to prevent and respond to alleged violations of provisions regarding interference with specified federally protected activities, such as voting.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Father's Equity Act

Bill: 109-hr-260
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Citizenship
Death
Families
Fathers
Government Operations and Politics
Mothers
Parents
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Father's Equity Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock to a U.S.-citizen father to: (1) eliminate the requirement that the father agree in writing to provide financial support until the child reaches 18 years old; and (2) require that the child, at any time (currently, while under age 18), must have been legitimated or had paternity acknowledged or adjudicated.
 
States that nothing in the provision respecting acquisition of citizenship for a child born abroad and out of wedlock shall be construed to preclude establishment of citizenship after the parent or parents' death.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification filings.

Bill: 109-hr-261
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Families
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Married people
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend to April 30, 2002, the deadline by which certain immigrant petitions or applications for labor certifications must be filed in order to allow beneficiaries of such petitions or applications to apply for adjustment of status.
 
Makes this Act retroactively applicable as if enacted as part of the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (signed into law on December 21, 2000).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-262
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dyslexia
Educational research
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Health
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Early Detection of Dyslexia in Children Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to Congress on methods for identifying and treating children with dyslexia in kindergarten through third grade. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a tax credit for hiring displaced homemakers.

Bill: 109-hr-263
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Displaced homemakers
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Welfare recipients
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify employment of displaced homemakers for the targeted jobs income tax credit. Defines "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) has not worked in the labor force for the five-year period ending on the hiring date but has, during such period, worked in the home providing unpaid services for family members; and (2) has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income or is receiving public assistance on account of dependent children in the home.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Resources Utilized in Developing Investments for Tuition Expenditures Act of 2003

Bill: 109-hr-264
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Education savings accounts
Excise tax
Higher education
Income tax
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Enhancing Resources Utilized in Developing Investments for Tuition Expenditures Act of 2003 [sic] - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new lump sum contribution amount for Coverdell education savings accounts whenever the contribution limit for such accounts is increased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exclusion from gross income for student loan payments made by an employer on behalf of an employee.

Bill: 109-hr-265
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Discrimination in employment
Education
Employee benefit plans
Excise tax
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Part-time employment
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income of student loan payments made for an employee by an employer. Imposes upon such an employer a tax for failure to make comparable payments on certain education loans of employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-266
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congress
Congressional voting
Cost of living adjustments
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Social Security Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that: (1) reduces or has the effect of reducing any current benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) programs under title II of the Social Security Act; or (2) provides for or has the effect of providing for cost-of-living increases of benefits under OASDI that are less than what would be provided under it as of the day of consideration of the applicable measure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House