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KATRINA Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3769
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Emergency Management
Floods
Florida
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Identification devices
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Low-income housing
Mississippi
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Wages
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Katrina Assistance Tax Relief Incentives for Necessities Act of 2005 or the KATRINA Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) designate Hurricane Katrina disaster victims as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit; (2) allow a tax credit, up to $1,000 annually, for individuals who house Hurricane Katrina disaster victims free of charge; (3) allow a tax credit, up to $5,000, for Hurricane Katrina disaster victims who purchase a principal residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area; and (4) increase the per capita housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit for Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi for 2006 and 2007 (from $1.75 to $3.70 multiplied by the state's population) and to waive certain requirements for such credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8805)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To allow certain coal exporters to directly claim a refund of the excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported by such exporters.

Bill: 109-hr-3771
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Energy
Excise tax
Exports
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Interest
Sales tax
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to refund a portion of the excise tax paid by certain coal exporters on coal exported to a foreign country or shipped to a U.S. possession between 1992 and 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3773
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Employee benefit plans
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Volunteer workers
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2005 or the AID for America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3774
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal-state relations
Floods
Florida
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
State laws
Unemployment insurance
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2005 - Provides for increased regular unemployment compensation payments or emergency extended unemployment compensation for certain individuals who held employment or resided in an area declared a disaster as a result of Hurricane Katrina in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3775
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Commemorations
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Landscape protection
Massachusetts
National parks
Outdoor recreation
Recreation
Regional economic development
Rhode Island
Rivers
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Requires the John. H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission to update the Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor.
 
Terminates the Commission ten years after this Act's enactment.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and associated landscape features within the boundaries of the Corridor that contribute to the understanding of the Corridor as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the United States, and evaluate the possibility of: (1) designating one or more site or landscape feature as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) coordinating and complementing actions by the Commission, local governments, and state and federal agencies in the preservation and interpretation of significant resources within the Corridor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act

Bill: 109-hr-3777
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Disabled Veterans' Caregiver Compensation Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay monthly compensation of $234 to a veteran if and while totally disabled and in need of regular aid and attendance and while unpaid aid and attendance is provided by an adult family member who is dependent upon such veteran for support.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
National Women's Rights History Project Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Maps
National parks
New York State
Planning
Roads and highways
Signs and signboards
Signs and symbols
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Women
Women's rights
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
National Women's Rights History Project Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate a vehicular tour route, to be known as the Votes for Women History Trail Route, to link properties in New York State that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage in the United States. Requires the National Park Service to administer the Trail through the Women's Rights National Historical Park (established under prior law).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make annual grants to state historic preservation offices for up to five years for assistance in surveying, evaluating, and nominating women's rights history properties to the National Register of Historic Places; and (2) make matching grants and technical assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental entities providing interpretive and educational program development of national women's rights history, including historic preservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act

Bill: 109-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Energy
Energy prices
Federal Trade Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Price discrimination
Rebates
Restrictive trade practices
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Wholesale Motor Fuel Fairness and Competition Restoration Act - Declares that it shall be unlawful for an owner or operator to sell motor fuel from its terminal facility to any person in excess of the price it charges any other person, including a distributor or retailer which it owns or with which it is affiliated. Exempts from such prohibition certain franchises or sales contracts entered into before enactment of this Act.
Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Instructs the Federal Trade Commission to: (1) issue regulations requiring full disclosure by refiners and distributors of their wholesale motor fuel pricing policies, with a separate listing of each component contributing to prices, including the cost of crude oil, refining, marketing, transportation, equipment, overhead, and profit, along with a description of any rebates, incentives, and market enhancement allowances; and (2) ensure that all information acquired pursuant to such regulations is disseminated to the public.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Gasoline Price-Gouging Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer protection
Diesel motor
Disasters
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Petroleum
Prices
Profit
Restrictive trade practices
Service stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Gasoline Price-Gouging Act of 2005 - States that it is unlawful for a commercial vendor to sell either gasoline or diesel fuel at a price that is a 10% or greater increase from the average price prevailing in an area prior to its having been declared or designated as a major disaster area.
 
Excepts from such prohibition a fuel price that is: (1) attributable to a reasonable additional cost incurred attendant to a major disaster; or (2) consistent with national or international market trends.
 
Makes such prohibition applicable for 90 days after a declaration or designation is made.
 
Grants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement powers to treat violation of this prohibition as an unfair or deceptive act or practice.
 
Requires the FTC, within five days following a declaration of a major disaster, to post on its Internet website the average price of gasoline and diesel fuel in such area for the 30-day period preceding the declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Abraham Jaars, Delicia Jaars, and Grant Jaars.

Bill: 109-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Prohibits Abraham Jaars, Delicia Jaars, and Grant Jaars from being removed from, or denied admission to, the United States by reason of any act that is a ground for removal or denial and that is reflected in the records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice or the Visa Office of the Department of State.
 
Directs the Attorney General to rescind any outstanding order of removal or deportation, or any finding of deportability, that has been entered against Abraham Jaars, Delicia Jaars, and Grant Jaars by reason of any such act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from personal use rules the use of vacation property as a residence for persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Costs
Displaced persons
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Floods
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rental housing
Second homes
Tax deductions
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the personal use tax rules for dwellings that are used to provide free housing to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To modify requirements under the emergency relief program under title 23, United States Code, with respect to projects for repair or reconstruction in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Construction costs
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to transportation
Floods
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Louisiana
Mississippi
Road construction
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Effectively, modifies the $100 million limit that may be obligated from such program in any fiscal year for such projects). Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%. Authorizes appropriations in the amount of $2.9 billion for the emergency relief program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Antibullying Campaign Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Demography
Disabled
Discrimination against the disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Governmental investigations
Minorities
Public schools
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Sexual harassment
Students
Students' rights
Women
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Antibullying Campaign Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to applicant states for antiharassment programs that prohibit harassment in public schools and on public school grounds based on any distinguishing characteristic of an individual.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on harassment in public schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Loan Hurricane Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Higher education
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Mississippi
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Unemployment
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Teacher Loan Hurricane Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive the consecutive service requirements of the student loan forgiveness program, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, for teachers whose employment is interrupted in schools in major disaster areas caused by Hurricane Katrina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide, in the case of an employee welfare benefit plan providing benefits in the event of disability, an exemption from preemption under such title for State tort actions to recover damages arising from the failure of the plan to timely provide such benefits.

Bill: 109-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Damages
Disability insurance
Disabled
Employee benefit plans
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Law
State laws
Torts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt from ERISA preemption state tort actions to recover damages arising from an employee welfare benefit plan's failure to provide in a timely manner the disability benefits it offers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate income tax overpayments to support relief efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Charitable contributions
Checkoff
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Floods
Government trust funds
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tax refunds
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund; and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate any amount of an income tax overpayment to be paid over to such Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in House