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To enhance the effectiveness of rural business financing programs.

Bill: 109-hr-4342
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Agribusiness
Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy efficiency
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Rural economic development
Subsidies
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide rural business loan guarantees and grants to entities in urbanized areas if rural businesses would benefit from use of the financing.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary to provide renewable energy systems and energy improvement loan guarantees and grants to businesses in urbanized areas if rural businesses would benefit from use of the financing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.

Bill: 109-hr-4343
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Requires the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Student Health Assessment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4344
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health insurance
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Mental health
Parent-school relationships
Physical examinations
Poor children
School health programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Student Health Assessment Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to ten local educational agencies to develop and complete comprehensive health assessments for students. Requires the Secretary to take into consideration school size, socioeconomic status and ethnic composition of students, and location when awarding grants.
 
Requires each grantee to: (1) notify parents of the availability and benefits of such assessments; (2) assist qualified parents to apply for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (3) facilitate or provide such an assessment to each participating student; (4) make available the results of each assessment to the parents of participating children, upon request; and (5) consolidate statistical information, without including individually identifiable information, for the Secretary. 
Directs the Secretary to develop a checklist for physicians or health care workers authorized by the grantee to conduct such assessments. Requires each assessment to be performed by such an authorized physician or health care provider chosen by the student's parents and to include a physical evaluation and a psycho-social evaluation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Ed Fountain Park Expansion Act

Bill: 109-hr-4345
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Nevada
Parks
Recreation areas
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Ed Fountain Park Expansion Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to convey to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a specified administrative site for use by the City as a park or for any other recreation or nonprofit-related purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 South Bill Street in Francesville, Indiana, as the "Malcolm Melville `Mac' Lawrence Post Office".

Bill: 109-hr-4346
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Government Operations and Politics
History
Indiana
Names
Postal facilities
Teachers
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 South Bill Street in Francesville, Indiana, as the "Malcolm Melville `Mac' Lawrence Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H879)
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2372-2373)
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Generators for Electric Needs (E-GEN) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4348
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Electric power production
Emergency Management
Energy
Equipment and supplies
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Emergency Generators for Electric Needs (E-GEN) Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 75% of the cost, subject to certain dollar limitations, of purchasing and installing an emergency generator. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2374)
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
School Building Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-4350
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Building construction
Building laws
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to education
Green products
Maintenance and repair
School buildings
School buses
Student transportation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
School Building Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide grants to: (1) state educational agencies and local educational agencies for providing intensive technical assistance for, and assisting the implementation of, the EnergySmart Schools Program of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Star for K-12 School Districts program of the Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) state educational agencies for use in the development, in partnership with DOE, of state-level school energy efficiency quality plans.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority to projects to provide assistance to school districts with a demonstrated need for energy efficiency improvement.
 
Authorizes appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2372)
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Iraq Contracting Fraud Review Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4351
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense contracts
Ex-offenders
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government ethics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Subcontractors
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Iraq Contracting Fraud Review Act of 2005 - Directs The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, to review of each covered contract to determine if the contract has been the subject of fraud or any other contracting impropriety. Defines a covered contract as a contract or subcontract entered into on or after March 1, 2003, by the Department of Defense (DOD), if the contract or subcontract: (1) relates to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq; and (2) involves any contractor, subcontractor, or federal employee that has been indicted or convicted for fraud with respect to another DOD contract relating to such reconstruction or troop support in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to modify the circumstances under which a person who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4352
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Capital punishment
Cemeteries and funerals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ex-offenders
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Life imprisonment
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Prohibits the interment or memorialization in a national or military cemetery of, or the performance of military funeral honors for, any person convicted of a federal or state capital crime for which a life sentence or the death penalty may be imposed. (Currently, such prohibition extends only to those so convicted who have been sentenced to death or life imprisonment without parole.)
 
Directs the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Defense to prescribe regulations to ensure that a person is not interred in a national or military cemetery or provided funeral honors unless a good faith effort has been made to determine whether such person is ineligible for such interment or honors.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to remove the remains of Russell Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Unscreened Cargo Notification Act

Bill: 109-hr-4353
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Aviation safety
Commerce
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Explosives
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Unscreened Cargo Notification Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to notify all passengers flying on an aircraft carrying uninspected air cargo that the aircraft's cargo has not been screened for explosives and other hazardous materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a separate nonimmigrant classification for fashion models.

Bill: 109-hr-4354
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Clothing
Labor and Employment
Skilled labor
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to replace the current nonimmigrant H-1B visa category for fashion models with a new (O-3) visa category. Limits such entrants to not more than 1,000 per fiscal year.
 
Defines such category as a fashion model who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is seeking to enter the United States temporarily to perform fashion modeling services that involve events or productions which have a distinguished reputation or that are performed for an organization or establishment that has a distinguished reputation for, or a record of, utilizing prominent modeling talent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act

Bill: 109-hr-4355
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Counseling
County politics and government
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: 
Rural Veterans Services Outreach and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program to make competitive grants to provide financial assistance to state departments of veterans affairs for the training of rural county veteran service officers in order to improve outreach and assistance to veterans, as well as their spouses, children, and parents, who may be eligible to receive veterans' or veterans-related benefits and who are residing in rural counties. Limits each grant to $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Introduced in House
10 by 10 Act

Bill: 109-hr-4357
Sponsor: Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Business records
Commerce
Consumer education
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labeling
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Service stations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
10 by 10 Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to make it unlawful after December 31, 2009, for any person to sell, supply, offer for sale or supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into commerce, for use in any motor vehicle, any gasoline with less than 10% renewable fuel by volume.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act

Bill: 109-hr-4358
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Contracts
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Eminent domain
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Influenza
Law
Public health
Rebates
Vaccination
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require influenza vaccine manufacturers to include a provision in any contract for the sale of the vaccine in interstate commerce expressing the policy that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority to take title to necessary quantities of the vaccine if the Secretary declares a public health emergency by reason of an influenza vaccine shortage, and that the manufacturer will reimburse the purchaser for any vaccine not received. Requires the Secretary to pay the manufacturer or distributor the price the manufacturer or distributor would have received for any vaccine taken.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine the extent of compliance with vaccine distribution guidelines and, before using the authority to take the vaccine, to publish notice that such compliance has not been an adequate response to the emergency. Allows the Secretary, in lieu of taking title to a vaccine, to order any vaccine manufacturer or distributor to honor its contracts with states or political subdivisions. Requires the Secretary to provide any influenza vaccine to states, political subdivisions, and such other public or private entities as appropriate as a response to the emergency. Allows the Secretary to make an emergency declaration if the delivery waiting time for states or political subdivisions to receive the vaccine constitutes a significant threat to children, adolescents, or adults. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding challenging academic content standards for physical education.

Bill: 109-hr-4359
Sponsor: Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Physical education and training
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include physical education among the subjects for which states are required to have academic content and achievement standards for all public school students, beginning in school year 2006-2007.

Requires physical education assessment to begin by school year 2008-2009, including measurement of students' proficiency at least one time during: (1) grades 3 through 6; (2) grades 6 through 9; and (3) grades 10 through 12.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House