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TEACH Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4059
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education
Autism
Child development
Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Medical tests
Preschool education
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Secondary education
Special education
Standards
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
 Teacher Education for Autistic Children Act of 2005, or TEACH Act of 2005 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to require assisted local educational agencies to report on autism early intervention activities and personnel training.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Education, in making certain IDEA grants or contracts, shall give special consideration to: (1) the increased incidence of autism spectrum disorders among children; and (2) the increased demands placed on educational systems due to the complexity and symptoms of autism.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out an expanded student loan forgiveness program for teachers of autistic children; and (2) establish a Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
 
Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with a specified Department of Health and Human Services official, to: (1) award grants or contracts to develop an outreach plan for populations and individuals underserved by early screening and diagnosis for neurodevelopmental delays; and (2) report on services provided to individuals with ASD in accordance with IDEA and the Head Start Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Business Travel Incentives Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4060
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Costs
Expense accounts
Income tax
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Business Travel Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 50% limitation on the tax deduction for meals and entertainment expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4063
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Allergies
Child health
Communication in medicine
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Drugs
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Families
Food service
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Law
Medical records
Parent-school relationships
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Self-care
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a voluntary policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide the school with information regarding a student's food allergy and anaphylaxis; (2) communication strategies between schools and emergency medical services; (3) strategies to reduce the risk of exposure in classrooms and common areas; (4) food allergy management training of school personnel; (5) authorization of school personnel to administer epinephrine when the school nurse is not immediately available; and (6) creation of an individual health care plan tailored to each child's risk for anaphylaxis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-10-17
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: 2005-10-17
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: 2005-10-17
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: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the inclusion of Department of Defense property on Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Island, Florida, in the Gulf Islands National Seashore if the property is ever excess to the needs of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 109-hr-4064
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Florida
Islands
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military bases
National seashores
Surplus government property

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Amends federal law establishing the Gulf Islands National Seashore to provide that if any of the federal land on Santa Rosa or Okaloosa Island, Florida, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense is ever excess to the needs of the Armed Forces, then the Secretary of Defense shall transfer such land to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Seashore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Temporary Worker Registration and Visa Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4065
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Confidential communications
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Law
Married people
Residence requirements
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Temporary Worker Registration and Visa Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for issuance of a temporary (initial three-year period with three-year extensions) worker visa (W-visa) for qualifying aliens who have been continuously unlawfully present and working full-time in the United States from January 1, 2005 through the application date provided for under this Act.
 
Conditions such admission on the alien worker's continuous employment.
 
Limits family member follow-to-join admissions to situations where the family member meets registration or W-visa requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3975-3976)
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4066
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Evacuation of civilians
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Losses
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to elect either a tax credit or tax deduction for up to $5,000 of their voluntary or mandatory evacuation expenses due to a disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2099)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act

Bill: 109-hr-4067
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Aliens
Bilingualism
Cash welfare block grants
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Immigration
Translating and interpreting
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) repeal the five year limit on TANF benefits; (2) require a state to which a TANF grant is made to use appropriate bilingual personnel and printed material in the administration of the state program in those portions of the state in which a substantial number of TANF recipients speak a language other than English; and (3) provide for inflation adjustment of the TANF block grant.
 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to exempt TANF benefits from the ban on federal means-tested public benefits for qualified aliens for the first five years after lawful entry into the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Lease Act

Bill: 109-hr-4068
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Exhibitions
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Indiana
Leases
National lakeshores
Tourism
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Lease Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint partnership with the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission and, after entering into such a memorandum, lease space in the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
 
Allows the Secretary to: (1) plan, design, construct, and install exhibits in the leased space related to the use and management of the resources at the Lakeshore, at a cost under $1.2 million; and (2) utilize park staff from the Lakeshore in the leased space to provide visitor information and education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
Mutual Fund Shareholder Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4069
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Losses
Mutual funds
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Mutual Fund Shareholder Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from eight to 10 years the capital loss carryover period for regulated investment companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in House
To permit each of the territories of the United States to provide and furnish a statue honoring a citizen of the territory to be placed in Statuary Hall in the same manner as statues honoring citizens of the States are placed in Statuary Hall.

Bill: 109-hr-4070
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: American Samoa
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Caribbean area
Commemorations
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Sculpture
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Permits statues honoring deceased citizens of U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to be placed in Statuary Hall. Limits such statues to one per jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2120)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Accountability and Flexibility Associated With Spending on Transportation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4071
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Appalachia
Boundaries
Bridges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government spending reductions
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Highway planning
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Intermodal transportation
Interstate highway system
Mass rapid transit
Metropolitan areas
Motor buses
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Railroad engineering
Railroad safety
Rescission of appropriated funds
Road construction
Sports and Recreation
Terminals (Transportation)
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Trails
Transportation engineering
Transportation planning
Transportation safety
Urban affairs
Urban planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Accountability and Flexibility Associated With Spending on Transportation Act of 2005 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to allow a state to use its specified transportation improvement program (TIP) project allocation for any other eligible transportation project the state may designate.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that state departments of transportation should take project descriptions in certain set-aside bridge program projects and specified TIP projects under SAFETEA-LU into consideration if such projects involve improving transportation safety.
 
Rescinds for FY2006 a specified amount of state unobligated balances of funds for the Interstate maintenance, national highway system, bridge, congestion mitigation and air quality improvement, surface transportation (other than the STP set-aside programs), metropolitan planning, minimum guarantee, Appalachian development highway system, recreational trails, safe routes to school, freight intermodal connectors, coordinated border infrastructure, high risk rural road, high priority projects, and TIPs and each of the STP set-aside programs. Rescinds 10% of amounts appropriated for FY2007-FY2009 by SAFETEA-LU (including the equity bonus program), but excluding amounts appropriated for the highway safety improvement program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the national do-not-call registry.

Bill: 109-hr-4072
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Directories
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Political action committees
Political advertising
Political parties
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit, as an abusive telemarketing act or practice, telephone calls from any political organization to persons on the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry more than 30 days before a primary or general election.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Pakistani Temporary Protected Status Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4073
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Earthquakes
Emergency Management
International Affairs
Pakistan
Refugees
Residence requirements
Right to travel
South Asia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Pakistani Temporary Protected Status Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the extraordinary and temporary conditions caused by the earthquake in Pakistan qualifies Pakistan for designation under the Immigration and Nationality Act pursuant to which its nationals would be eligible for temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States (for an initial 12-month period).
 
Sets forth related TPS eligibility requirements, including continuous U.S. presence since October 8, 2005. 
 
Requires the Secretary to give prior consent to such aliens for temporary trips abroad in emergency and extenuating circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-10-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9106)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane First Responder Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-4074
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Armed Forces and National Security
Collection of accounts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fire fighters
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Health
Higher education
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law enforcement officers
Louisiana
Married people
Medical personnel
Military civic action
Military personnel
Mississippi
Paramedical personnel
Parents
Police
Rescue work
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Survivors' benefits
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Hurricane First Responder Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses and parents of victims who were Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Recovery Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4076
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Government securities
Government trust funds
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Labor and Employment
Payroll deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Disaster Recovery Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Disaster Recovery Bonds for disaster relief and recovery efforts. Establishes in the Treasury a Disaster Recovery Trust Fund to hold all revenue derived from the sale and issuance of Disaster Recovery Bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-10-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2120)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in House