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To suspend temporarily the duty on 3 Chloro-4-Methylanine.

Bill: 109-hr-2884
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzamine, 3 Chloro 2 Methyl (3 Chloro-4-Methylanine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acetoacet-o-Chloro Anilide.

Bill: 109-hr-2885
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Butanamide, N (2 Chloro Phenyl) 3 Oxo (Acetoacet-o-Chloro Anilide).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Acetoacet-p-Anisidine.

Bill: 109-hr-2886
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Butanmide, N (4 Methoxyphenyl) 3 Oxo (Acetoacet-p-Anisidine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Alpha Oxy Naphthoic Acid.

Bill: 109-hr-2887
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2 Naphthylenecarboxylic Acid, 1 Hydroxy (Alpha Oxy Naphthoic Acid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pigment Green 7 Crude, not ready for use as a pigment.

Bill: 109-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dyes and dyeing
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Copper Phthalocyanine Green 7 Crude (Pigment Green 7 Crude, not ready for use as a pigment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3 Diamino Isoindoline.

Bill: 109-hr-2889
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1H- Isoindole, 3 Amino (1,3 Diamino Isoindoline).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,8 Naphthalamide.

Bill: 109-hr-2890
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 1H Benz(de) isoquinoline 1,3 (2H) Dione (1,8 Naphthalamide).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
SEARCH Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2891
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black history
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal aid to education
Genealogy
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
History
Minorities
Science, Technology, Communications
Slavery

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research ClearingHouse Act of 2005 or the SEARCH Act of 2005 - Directs the Archivist of the United States to establish, as part of the National Archives, a national database consisting of historic records of servitude and emancipation in the United States to assist African Americans in researching their genealogy. Requires the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to maintain the database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1227)
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act

Bill: 109-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Home equity conversion
Housing for the aged
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the aggregate and insurance benefit limitations on the number of home equity conversion (reverse) mortgages for elderly homeowners that may be insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). 

action_date: 2005-12-14
text: 

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

 
Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the aggregate and insurance benefit limitations on the number of home equity conversion (reverse) mortgages for elderly homeowners that may be insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 351.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H11586)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H11586)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2892.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H11586-11588)
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Mr. Fitzpatrick (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5082-5083)
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Gas Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2893
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy prices
Gasoline
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Working Families Gas Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for gasoline, diesel fuel, or kerosene used in highway vehicles for nonbusiness purposes. Limits the amount of such credit to $250 annually ($500 for joint returns). Reduces the allowable credit amount for taxpayers with modified adjusted gross incomes over $25,000 ($50,000 for joint returns). 
 
Allows the credit only in taxable years when the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the percentage change in the price of a gallon of gasoline is at least 200 percent of the change in the inflation rate for such year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1227)
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Quiet Communities Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2895
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Noise
Railroad terminals
Roads and highways
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Quiet Communities Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reestablish an Office of Noise Abatement and Control in EPA. 
Requires the Administrator, using funds made available to the Office, to carry out a study of airport noise.
Amends the Noise Control Act of 1972 to include the establishment of training programs on the use of noise abatement equipment and the implementation of noise abatement plans in the list of purposes for which grants under the Quiet Communities Program are provided.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove the 100 percent tariff imposed on roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes.

Bill: 109-hr-2896
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Beverages
Herbs
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate the 100 % tariff imposed on roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the proper display of the flag over a one-way street.

Bill: 109-hr-2897
Sponsor: Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Flags
Streets
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Provides that a U.S. flag that is displayed over the middle of a one-way street should be suspended vertically with the union to the left of an observer moving in the direction of traffic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Vending Machine Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2898
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Signs and signboards
Standards
Vending machines
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Vending Machine Safety Act of 2005 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a consumer product safety standard for the manufacture and installation of vending machines, particularly those using a lever or crane apparatus to dispense a product. 
 
States that such standard may include a requirement for warning labels or signs relating to the use of such machines to prevent injuries to individuals, including children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4556)
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source.

Bill: 109-hr-2899
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Coal
Commerce
Energy
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Landfills
Methane
Natural gas
Oil shales
Oil well drilling
Petroleum
Synthetic fuel
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until January 1, 2009, the tax credit for fuel produced from certain nonconventional sources, including coalbed methane, tight sands gas, and gas produced from Devonian shale, and for fuel produced from landfill gas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To enable the residents of the Bayshore Manor assisted living facility in Key West, Florida, to continue to receive supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act.

Bill: 109-hr-2900
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congregate housing
Florida
Housing and Community Development
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Provides that, for purposes of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, the Bayshore Manor assisted living facility in Key West, Florida, shall not be considered to be a public institution under the SSI program for so long as the facility serves 40 or fewer residents. (Thus enables the residents of the Bayshore Manor facility to continue to receive SSI benefits.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Detainee Treatment Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-2901
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Confidential communications
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Detention of persons
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Human rights
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Military operations
Prisoners of war
Prisoners' rights
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Detainee Treatment Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to transmit a copy of any confidential or exclusive report provided to the Department of Defense (DOD) by an entity outside the U.S. government concerning treatment of DOD detainees held at any location in connection with an armed conflict, including the war on terror, within 15 days of receipt to: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Diana Gecaj Engstrom.

Bill: 109-hr-2902
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Declares Diana Gecaj Engstrom to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features in the Louisiana coastal area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-2903
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Aquatic ecology
Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Dredging
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Land subsidence
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Mississippi River
Navigation
Planning
Restoration ecology
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Shore protection
Soil erosion
Storms
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress: (1) a report recommending modifications to the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to address navigation, salt water intrusion, channel bank erosion, mitigation, and threats to life and property; (2) a report recommending a plan to restore the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary, Louisiana; (3) a report recommending near-term ecosystem restoration measures for the Chenier Plain, Louisiana; (4) a recommended framework for developing a long-term program for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features that protect critical resources, habitat, and infrastructure in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem from the impacts of coastal storms, hurricanes, erosion, and subsidence; and (5) a feasibility study recommending a comprehensive, long-term plan for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.
 
Establishes the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force.
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out, in accordance with the Plan of the Chief of Engineers for ecosystem restoration for the Louisiana Coastal Area dated January 31, 2005, a coastal Louisiana ecosystem program to identify uncertainties about, and to improve state knowledge of, the physical, chemical, geological, biological, and cultural baseline conditions in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Cultural Radio Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2904
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bank accounts
Charitable contributions
Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Law
Licenses
Nonprofit organizations
Performing arts
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surety and fidelity
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: 
Cultural Radio Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 125 percent of the fair market value of a radio broadcasting commercial license and 100 percent of the fair market value of radio station assets donated to a tax-exempt organization which agrees to operate the station on a for-profit basis and to donate operational profits to support nonprofit fine arts and performing arts organizations in its service area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Introduced in House