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End the War in Iraq Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4232
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Defense budgets
Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International cooperation
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
NATO countries

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
End the War in Iraq Act of 2005 - Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law from being obligated or expended to deploy, or continue to deploy, U.S. Armed Forces to the Republic of Iraq.
 
 Excepts from such prohibition funds used to: (1) provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq; or (2) ensure the security of Iraq and its transition to democratic rule by carrying out consultations with the Government of Iraq and other foreign governments and international organizations or by providing financial assistance or equipment to Iraqi security forces and international forces in Iraq.
 
 Permits the use of funds to carry out social and economic reconstruction activities in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Enforcement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4233
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child support
Debt
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax auditing
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Child Support Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a custodial parent (a parent entitled to receive child support) a refundable tax credit for unpaid child support; and (2) include in the gross income of any taxpayer who is delinquent in the payment of child support the amount of such unpaid child support.
 
Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from selecting a tax return for audit based upon any discrepancy between the tax returns of a custodial parent and a taxpayer delinquent in the payment of child support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4234
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative fees
Alabama
Bank loans
Bonds
Building construction
Business education
Chambers of commerce
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Counseling
Data banks
Depressed areas
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Dislocated workers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Entrepreneurs
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government travel
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Interest
Interest rates
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Law
Louisiana
Manufacturing industries
Marketing
Mentoring
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Mississippi
Office buildings
Office equipment and supplies
Recruiting of employees
Regional economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Subcontractors
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Small Business Gulf Coast Revitalization Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) make grants of up to $100,000 to Hurricane Katrina-affected small businesses (such businesses); (2) refinance existing SBA debts and suspend payments on SBA disaster loans with respect to such businesses; (3) enter into agreements with SBA preferred lenders to participate on a deferred basis in loans made to such businesses; and (4) guarantee non-SBA bank loans made to such businesses.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) select a Gulf Region New Markets Venture Capital Company; and (2) make grants to such businesses under the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program.
 
Requires not less than 30 percent of all prime contracts awarded by federal agencies for recovery or reconstruction activities related to Hurricane Katrina to be awarded to small businesses located in Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana. Authorizes restricted competition in federal prime contracts and other preferences for such businesses. Provides increased small business access to federal subcontracts for hurricane relief and recovery.
 
Authorizes small business development centers to send counselors to centers located in Katrina-affected areas.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to make five-year grants to eligible organizations to establish and operate small business incubator programs in Katrina-affected areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Browns Canyon Wilderness Act

Bill: 109-hr-4235
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Maps
National forests
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Browns Canyon Wilderness Act - Designates certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and certain lands in the Royal Gorge Resource Area of the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System to be known as Browns Canyon Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Bill: 109-hr-4236
Sponsor: Rep. Chocola, Chris [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five-year depreciation recovery period for certain farming business machinery or equipment placed in service before January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Preservation of Local Government Act

Bill: 109-hr-4237
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Preservation of Local Government Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide an eligible local government with financial assistance to enable it to pay all or part of the expenses necessary to pay its local public employees. Allows the Director to provide such assistance for up to six months, or longer if the local government is unable to generate enough revenue to pay such expenses.
 
Requires a local government, to be eligible to receive assistance under this Act, to be located in an emergency or major disaster area, and certify to the Director that it is unable to generate enough revenue to pay its local public employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Border Security Enforcement and Detention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4238
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Border patrols
Correctional institutions
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Identification of criminals
Illegal aliens
Prison alternatives
Prisons
Recruiting of employees
Repatriation
Surety and fidelity
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Border Security Enforcement and Detention Act of 2005 - Requires the mandatory detention of illegal aliens apprehended at a U.S. port of entry or along the U.S. land or maritime borders. Permits release with notice to appear only if the alien: (1) is not a security risk; and (2) provides a bond of at least $5,000.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) utilize all available DHS detention facilities; (2) conduct a analysis of all options to increase detention capacities, including the use of state and local correctional facilities, temporary detention facilities, private space, and detention alternatives; (3) expand the use of temporary detention facilities; and (4) report annually on repatriation costs.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny admission to the nationals of a country that refuses or delays acceptance of its nationals ordered removed from the United States.
 
Authorizes FY2007-FY2010 appropriations for border patrol increases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Bill: 109-hr-4239
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Agricultural industries
Agriculture and Food
Animal breeding
Animals
Aquariums
Arts, Culture, Religion
Assault
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Conspiracy
Destruction of property
Domestic partners
Exhibitions
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Fur trade
Horse racing
Laboratories
Laboratory animals
Livestock
Losses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Married people
Pets
Protection of animals
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sports and Recreation
Terrorism
Vandalism
Zoos

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: 
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Rewrites federal criminal code provisions regarding animal enterprise terrorism to prohibit anyone from traveling in, or using the mail or any facility of, interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of damaging or disrupting an animal enterprise and, in connection with such purpose: (1) intentionally damaging, disrupting, or causing the loss of property used by or owned in connection with such enterprise; (2) intentionally placing a person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to that person or a family member through threats, vandalism, property damage, trespass, harassment, or intimidation; or (3) conspiring or attempting to do so. Prescribes escalating penalties. 
 
Authorizes restitution for: (1) the reasonable cost of repeating any experimentation that was interrupted or invalidated as a result of such offense; (2) the loss of food production or farm income reasonably attributable to such offense; and (3) any other economic damage, including any losses or costs caused by economic disruption, resulting from such offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2276)
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Secure America Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4240
Sponsor: Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2005-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Air force
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Border patrols
Boundaries
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Employers' liability
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Homicide
Illegal aliens
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Mandatory sentences
Military civic action
Sanctions (International law)
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Terrorism
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: 
Secure America Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct that the Secretary of Homeland Security place an alien (other than from Mexico or Canada) who has not been admitted or paroled into expedited removal if apprehended within 100 miles of the border and within 14 days of unauthorized entry. 
 
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate increased alien smuggling sentencing guidelines. Amends the INA to increases criminal penalties for alien smuggling. Amends federal criminal law to provide additional penalties for carrying or using a firearm during alien smuggling activities.
 
Authorizes the use of the Armed Forces to secure the U.S. border.
 
 Amends the INA to: (1) provide mandatory minimum sentences for aliens convicted of reentry after removal; and (2) impose on smugglers the same sentences that the aliens they have smuggled would receive.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to deny admission to any citizen, national, or resident of a country that has denied or delayed accepting an alien from such country who has been ordered removed from the United States.
 
Establishes in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of State to seek the establishment of a conference where Iranian nationals who oppose the policies of the Government of Iran can discuss the future of the Government of Iran.

Bill: 109-hr-4242
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Dissenters
Government Operations and Politics
Iran
Middle East and North Africa
Opposition (Political science)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) take the necessary steps to encourage and support the establishment of a conference at which Iranian nationals who oppose the government of Iran's policies can meet and discuss governmental reforms and their implementation; and (2) report to Congress respecting such steps and which groups of Iranian nationals have expressed interest in such a conference.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Heroes Gift Fairness Act

Bill: 109-hr-4243
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Charities
Gifts
Health
Military medicine
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: 
Wounded Heroes Gift Fairness Act - Allows a member of the Armed Forces who receives treatment at a military treatment facility for an injury or illness sustained while on active duty, and the family members of such member, to accept a gift received from a nonprofit organization, federal department or agency, or element of state or local government, as long as the gift is provided during the period the member receives such treatment or within 30 days thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
Regional ID Theft Task Force Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4244
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Identity theft
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Prosecution
Standards
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: 
Regional ID Theft Task Force Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to make grants to coalitions of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to establish regional task forces to more effectively investigate and prosecute identity theft and other economic crimes.
 
Directs the Attorney General: (1) to consider, in selecting grant recipients and in determining grant amounts, the population of the region to be served, the degree of cooperation between the law enforcement agencies and the financial institutions involved, and the rate of economic crimes in the region; (2) after three fiscal years, to evaluate and report to Congress on the effectiveness of such task forces; and (3) develop and make available a standard form that may be used by a local law enforcement agency in receiving a report that a person is the victim of an economic crime.
 
Prohibits a local law enforcement agency from declining to accept a report of an economic crime from a victim residing in its jurisdiction on the basis that the crime occurred outside such jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
To improve mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools by authorizing the Secretary of Education to make grants for regional workshops designed to permit educators to share successful strategies for such instruction.

Bill: 109-hr-4247
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Conferences
Continuing education
Curricula
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make one-year grants for regional workshops and follow-up training designed to permit sharing of successful strategies for improving mathematics and science instruction in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Makes eligible for such grants partnerships described under the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Includes strategies for carrying out program activities among those to be shared under this Act. Provides for such sharing by educators, administrators responsible for professional or curriculum development, and faculty of teacher training departments of institutions of higher education.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Introduced in House