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Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act

Bill: 109-hr-3592
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Civics education
Commemorations
Computer literacy
Computer software
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Internet
Mathematics
Reading
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social sciences
Students
Teacher education
Web sites
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Education for the 21st Century (E-21) Act - Establishes assistance programs for: (1) middle school computer literacy; and (2) high-quality educational software for all schools.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states (especially those with a priority on training middle school teachers) that integrate into the state curriculum the goal of making all middle school graduates in the state technologically literate. Requires use of such grants for teacher training in technology, emphasizing programs preparing teachers in elementary, middle, and secondary schools to become technology leaders and then serve as experts and train other teachers. 
Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants for students at secondary schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to work with IHE faculty, software developers, and experts in educational technology in developing high-quality educational software and Internet websites. Directs the Secretary to recognize outstanding software and websites developed with such assistance that focus on core curriculum areas, especially: (1) for the first year of awards, mathematics, science, and reading; and (2) for the second and third years of awards, again mathematics, science, and reading, but also social studies, the humanities, and the arts. Requires: (1) such recognized educational software to be made available to local educational agencies for free downloading from the Department of Education's website; and (2) such recognized websites to be accessible to any Web user.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop Kids From Smoking Act

Bill: 109-hr-3593
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Cigarettes
Commerce
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Local laws
Minors
Retail trade
Smokeless tobacco
Smoking and youth
State laws
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Vending machines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Stop Kids From Smoking Act - Allows the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products only in an area or establishment to which individuals under the minimum age are denied access. Defines the minimum age as 18, unless a state or municipality has established a higher age. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the minimum age. 
 
Declares that this Act does not preempt existing or bar future state or municipal laws banning all tobacco vending machines. Establishes a civil monetary penalty for violations of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-3594
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Continuing education
Court records
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Evidence (Law)
Families
Family courts
Family violence
Federal aid to law enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Judges
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal education
Local employees
Local laws
Police questioning
Recruiting of employees
Searches and seizures
Stalking
State employees
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Domestic Violence Victim Protection Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) include among the eligibility criteria for certain federal grants state laws authorizing gun confiscation by law enforcement officers in certain domestic violence cases; and (2) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to protection orders.
 
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to: (1) authorize grants for training programs to establish integrated domestic violence courts; (2) include among the eligibility criteria of the National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction grant program state certification that its laws relating to the elements of a stalking offense require only that the defendant has on more than one occasion harassed or threatened the victim (thereby excluding any requirement for a specific intent to cause fear); and (3) authorize grants for state hire of additional personnel for entering information relating to stalking and domestic violence data.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the Matching Grant Program for School Security.

Bill: 109-hr-3595
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Authorization
Crime prevention
Department of Justice
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
School buildings
School security
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Matching Grant Program for School Security through FY2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act

Bill: 109-hr-3596
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bridges
Citizen participation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Law
Local laws
New Jersey
Noise
Public meetings
Quality of life
Railroad engineering
Railroad mergers
Railroad safety
Railroad terminals
Railroads
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Local Participation in Railroad Operations Act - Amends federal transportation law to prohibit rail carriers from constructing, developing, or expanding railroad maintenance facilities, intermodal rail transfer facilities, railroad sidings, railroad bridges, railroad yards, or other railroad facilities unless the Surface Transportation Board determines that the carrier has: (1) provided affected local communities with notice and an opportunity to be heard with respect to such activities; and (2) conducted an assessment of negative environmental impacts and appropriate mitigation actions pursuant to state or local law.
 
Prohibits a rail carrier from constructing an at-grade crossing over a public road without first obtaining approval from the local governmental entity with jurisdiction over the location of the proposed grade crossing. 
Prohibits the Board from approving the consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control of a rail carrier by one or more rail carriers unless it has received assurances that the rail carriers have addressed adequately and will continue to address adequately problems identified with respect to the quality of life and safety of persons who live, work, or are for any other reason near railroad tracks. 
Repeals a section of the Noise Control Act of 1972 regarding railroad noise emission standards upon the issuance of the final regulations under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the calculation of the reserve allowance for medical benefits of plans sponsored by bona fide associations.

Bill: 109-hr-3599
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Employee health benefits
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a bona fide association (an association which has been actively in existence for at least five years and has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance) to maintain an additional reserve fund for medical benefits plans not to exceed 35 percent of the sum of certain direct costs and changes in claims incurred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Robert Schuller Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-hr-3600
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Clergy
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Dr. Robert Schuller Gold Medal Act - Awards a congressional gold medal to Dr. Robert H. Schuller, pastor of the Crystal Cathedral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer price indexes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2005 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Authorizes appropriations. 
 
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to provide for the use of such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act

Bill: 109-hr-3602
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Prison labor
Rehabilitation of criminals
Secondary education
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year (other than life imprisonment) to receive credit beyond time already served of up to 60 days each year, in addition to any credit received for satisfactory behavior, for earning a certificate of completion in, or for participating in or teaching, a designated program which benefits prisoners or the Bureau of Prisons. Includes specified educational and vocational, treatment, or work and developmental programs.
 
Requires the Director of the Bureau to establish the number of days of credit a prisoner may be awarded considering the difficulty, time required, responsibility expected, and rehabilitative benefits of the program.
 
 Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Attorney General's custody eligible for the credits, including prisoners transferred from foreign countries.
 
Directs the Bureau to assure that a prisoner spends a reasonable part of the last portion (currently, the last ten percent) of the term of imprisonment to be served under conditions that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to prepare for reentry into the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3604
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Clothing
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Local employees
Local officials
Sentencing guidelines
Signs and symbols
State employees
State officials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Badge and Uniform Security and Trustworthiness Act of 2005 - Amends the federal criminal code to apply prohibitions against the use of counterfeit police badges to the use of any official insignia or article of clothing (including a badge, emblem or identification card, that is an indicium of the authority of a public employee). Defines &quot;public employee&quot; to mean any officer or employee of the federal government or of a state or local government. 
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to assure that the sentence imposed on a defendant who is convicted of a federal offense while wearing or displaying such insignia and clothing reflects the gravity of this aggravating factor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Global Poverty Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3605
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt relief
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Hunger
International agencies
International cooperation
Malaria
Malnutrition
Nongovernmental organizations
Potable water
Poverty
Preventive medicine
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Strategic planning
Sustainable development
Tariff preferences
Tuberculosis
Water Resources Development
Water supply
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Global Poverty Act of 2005 - States that a major priority of U.S. foreign policy is to vastly reduce global poverty and to eliminate extreme poverty in developing countries. 
 
Directs the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further such policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

Bill: 109-hr-3606
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Land use
Lighthouses and lightships
Michigan
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan.

action_date: 2006-09-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Modifies a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of the Interior to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Chippewa County, Michigan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7664)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7664)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3606.
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7663-7664)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Mr. Gohmert moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Future of Healthcare--Granting Access to Innovation in America Act (GAIA Act)

Bill: 109-hr-3607
Sponsor: Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Communication in medicine
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Drug interactions
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Identification devices
Medical economics
Medical malpractice
Medical records
Medical tests
Nursing homes
Patient satisfaction
Pharmacies
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
The Future of Healthcare-- Granting Access to Innovation in America Act (GAIA Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to carry out demonstration projects aimed at reducing the rate of medication errors and improving the quality of care by installing or upgrading computerized technology that: (1) provides information on drug-allergy contraindications and drug interactions; (2) ensures that all drug orders are legible; and (3) provides physicians and other clinicians with a menu of medications, complete with default doses and a range of potential doses for each medication.
 
Requires grant applicants to agree to provide for technology including software that assists clinicians who order prescription drugs and tests in making medication-related decisions and that provides for an electronic medication administration record. Authorizes grant expenditures to purchase, install, and update such technology. Sets forth matching requirements.
 
Requires each applicant to agree to submit to the Secretary, acting through the National Health Information Technology Coordinator, a report detailing: (1) quantitative reductions in medication errors; (2) the level of staff compliance; (3) the difference between administrative and clinical workflows before and after implementation of the technology; (4) alterations and improvements regarding the workflow in facilities that have the technology; (5) an analysis of the improvement of the quality of care and patient satisfaction within the hospital or skilled nursing facility involved; and (6) the overall economic savings associated with usage of the technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House