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To extend the temporary suspension of duty on halofenozide.

Bill: 109-hr-3239
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on halofenozide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on methoxyfenozide.

Bill: 109-hr-3240
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on methoxyfenozide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on myclobutanil.

Bill: 109-hr-3241
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on myclobutanil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on propanil.

Bill: 109-hr-3242
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on propanamide, N-(3, 4-dichloropheny (propanil).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on propiconazole.

Bill: 109-hr-3243
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 1-[[2-(2,4- dichlorophenyl)-4-propyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-yl]-methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole (propiconazole). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on quinoline.

Bill: 109-hr-3244
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Quinoline. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on fluoroxypyr.

Bill: 109-hr-3245
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Fluoroxypyr. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on tebufenozide.

Bill: 109-hr-3246
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on tebufenozide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixed isomers of 1,3-dichloropropene.

Bill: 109-hr-3247
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on mixed isomers of 1,3-dichloropropene.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Disability Determination Simplification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3249
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Security Administration
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Social Security Disability Determination Simplification Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reconsideration step in the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement. Makes opportunity for a hearing with respect to any initial decision or determination available without any requirement for intervening reconsideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Florida Coastline Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3251
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Energy
Florida
Gas in submerged lands
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining leases
Ocean mining
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Florida Coastline Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in: (1) the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area; (2) the Straits of Florida planning area; or (3) the South Atlantic planning area, extending from the Straits of Florida planning area to the border between the States of Florida and Georgia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act

Bill: 109-hr-3252
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption
Families
Foster home care
Higher education
Social Welfare
Student aid

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Fostering Adoption to Further Student Achievement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include, under the definition of independent student for financial need analysis purposes, individuals who were adopted from the foster care system when they were 13 years of age or older.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1472)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Healthy School Bus Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3253
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control
Child health
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental health
Environmental research
Families
Federal aid to air pollution control
Health
Indoor air pollution
Motor vehicle pollution control
School buses
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Healthy School Bus Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study air quality inside school buses and develop strategies for improving such air quality.
 
Authorizes appropriations for activities to improve air quality inside school buses, including expansion of the Clean School Bus USA program. 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that schools should assignschool buses that pollute less to the longest routes and adopt and implement policies to decrease school bus idling.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1460-1461)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
CARE Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3254
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
Caregivers
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Cost of living adjustments
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Excise tax
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Minorities
Native Americans
Respite care
Social Welfare
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Caregiver Assistance and Relief Effort Act of 2005 or the CARE Act of 2005 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for the national family caregiver support program, including caregiver support programs for Native Americans, through FY2006. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow caregivers a tax credit for family members with long-term care needs; (2) allow a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; and (3) apply certain consumer protection provisions to long-term care insurance contracts.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1461-1462)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Fire Protection Improvement and Correction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3255
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Labor
Emergency Management
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Manufacturing industries
Occupational health and safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Fire Protection Improvement and Correction Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to update an Occupational Safety and Health Administration fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard of the National Fire Protection Association for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on biaxially oriented polypropylene dielectric film.

Bill: 109-hr-3257
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Plastics
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on biaxially oriented polypropylene dielectric film.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate dielectric film.

Bill: 109-hr-3258
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Plastics
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate dielectric film.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Books for College Act

Bill: 109-hr-3259
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publications
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Lease and rental services
Recruiting of employees
Retail trade
Storage
Student employment
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Affordable Books for College Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of loans to expand college bookstore services to provide students with the option to rent course materials.

Directs the Secretary of Education to make such loans to a limited number of eligible entities, as well as feasibility study grants prior to loan applications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Income Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3260
Sponsor: Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Earnings
Executive compensation
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Income Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation (more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1469-1470)
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Luis Nava, Yuliana Huicochea, Oscar Corona, and Jaime Damian.

Bill: 109-hr-3261
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Prohibits Luis Nava, Yuliana Huicochea, Oscar Corona, and Jaime Damian from being removed from, denied admission to, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent residence in the United States by reason of any ground for such removal or denial that is reflected in the records of the Department of Homeland Security, the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, or the Visa Office of the Department of State.
 
Directs the the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney General, as appropriate, to rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation or any finding of deportability that has been entered against Luis Nava, Yuliana Huicochea, Oscar Corona, and Jaime Damian by reason of any such ground.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Employee Verification Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-3262
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Aliens
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Illegal aliens
Labor and Employment
Law
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: 
Employee Verification Accountability Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the existing the civil money penalties (based on the number of illegal hiring occurrences) for unlawful employment of an alien with a $10,000 civil penalty for each unauthorized alien hiring.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6653)
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3264
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bridges
Capital investments
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Contractors
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Federal aid to transportation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Maintenance and repair
Minimum wages
Railroad employees
Railroad engineering
Railroad finance
Railroad freight operations
Railroads
Subcontractors
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: 
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends federal rail transportation law to replace the Secretary of Transportation's discretionary program of grants to states for light density rail line pilot projects with a mandatory program of capital grants for railroad track.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a program of capital grants to class II and class III railroads (or, with the concurrence of such a railroad, to a state or local government) to rehabilitate, preserve, or improve railroad track (including roadbed, bridges, and related track structures) used primarily for freight transportation. Requires rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement to a standard ensuring that the track can be operated safely and efficiently and accommodate 286,000 pound rail cars. 
 
 
Sets forth certain employee protection and prevailing wage requirements with respect to grant projects. 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on such projects to determine the public interest benefits associated with the light density railroad networks in the states and their contribution to a multimodal transportation system.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Introduced in House