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For the relief of Geert Botzen.

Bill: 109-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Declares Geert Botzen to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Alcohol Without Liquid Machine Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-613
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Fines (Penalties)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Machinery
Product safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Alcohol Without Liquid Machine Safety Act of 2005 - Prohibits the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of any alcohol without liquid machine without premarket approval by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Requires approval only if the applicant demonstrates that the machine is safe. Defines an &quot;alcohol without liquid machine&quot; as a device designated or marketed for the purpose of mixing alcohol with oxygen or another gas to produce a mist for inhalation for recreational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
NAFTA-Impacted Communities Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-614
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Canada
Commerce
Customs unions
Depreciation and amortization
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Income tax
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Occupational retraining
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Trade adjustment assistance
Trade agreements
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
NAFTA-Impacted Communities Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for the designation of communities as impacted by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) based upon job loss and unemployment resulting from NAFTA; (2) allow employers in such NAFTA-impacted communities a business tax credit for up to 8.5 percent of wages paid to employees; (3) increase depreciation expensing levels for business assets located in NAFTA-impacted communities; and (4) direct the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to States containing NAFTA-impacted communities for education and job training assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Notch Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-615
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Notch Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who reached age 65 after 1979 and before 1989. 
 
Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1989.
 
Provides for an election to receive such payments in a lump sum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Claims
Continuing education
County politics and government
Data banks
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Employee training
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Local employees
Overhead costs
Science, Technology, Communications
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Backlog Reduction Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) identify the current backlog of veterans' claims for benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs and to categorize those claims; and (2) identify claims that need further development and refer them to a geographically appropriate County Veterans Service Office. Allows veterans' claims to be submitted to County Veterans Service Officers (in lieu of the Department) and authorizes the Officers to fully develop such claims. Requires appropriate information sharing between the Department's Benefits Delivery Network and the Offices. 
Requires funding provided by this Act to be allocated to States based on their respective populations of veterans and allocates such funds to the appropriate Office. Prohibits Federal funding from exceeding 50 percent of the costs of Office operations. Allows funding to be used to establish Officer programs in States that do not have one.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNBA).

Bill: 109-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on p-nitrobenzoic acid (PNBA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that the National Driver Registry includes certain information.

Bill: 109-hr-618
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Attorneys general
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Public prosecutors
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends Federal transportation law to require the National Driver Registry to include information that specifies if an individual has been convicted in the previous ten years of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of, or impaired by, alcohol or a controlled substance. Authorizes a State or local prosecutor and district attorney to obtain from the State chief driver licensing official certain Registry information about a driver who is under investigation for a traffic related offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act

Bill: 109-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Housing and Community Development
Land transfers
Leases
Maintenance and repair
Real estate development
Storage

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Denver Federal Center Redevelopment Act - Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to enter into leases of Federal real property, including improvements thereon, with totally nonfederal entities to provide for the construction, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance, or use of all, or portions of, the Denver Federal Center. 
 
Lists terms and conditions for such a lease (master lease), including that it: (1) have as its primary purpose enhancing the value of the Center; (2) be negotiated pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator considers necessary to ensure the integrity of the selection process and to protect U.S. interests; (3) be for a term not to exceed 50 years; and (4) provide that all development risk remain with the nonfederal entity. Directs that a master lease be for fair consideration. 
 
Requires that net proceeds from a master lease be deposited into, administered, and expended, subject to appropriations Acts, as part of the Federal Building Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to retain from the proceeds of a master lease amounts necessary to recover the expenses incurred by the Administrator with respect to such lease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Security Measures Feasibility Act

Bill: 109-hr-620
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Data banks
Driver licenses
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Employee training
Entitlements
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Immigrants
Immigration
Interstate compacts
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Security Measures Feasibility Act - Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study evaluating: (1) the ability of the States to develop and implement specified security measures (including the incorporation of anti-fraud features, the use of uniform machine-readable technology, and implementation of a social security number confirmation system) for the issuance and use of driver's licenses and identification cards; (2) the cost of developing and implementing each such measure for each State; and (3) the amount of time that such development and implementation would require for each State.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the potential adverse consequences of preventing aliens unlawfully present in the United States from obtaining driver's licenses.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report findings of both studies to appropriate congressional committees and to the Secretary of Homeland Security, incorporating any recommendations for administrative or legislative action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Limitation of actions
National Guard
Pension funds
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Guardsmen and Reservists Financial Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the ten percent penalty on early distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans, withdrawals made by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for a period in excess of 179 days or for an indefinite period. Permits reimbursement of such withdrawals within two years after the end of the active duty period. 
Applies the provisions of this Act to individuals ordered or called to active duty after September 11, 2001, and before September 12, 2007, for retirement plan distributions made after September 11, 2001.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Production Incentive Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-622
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Appropriations
Authorization
Biomass energy
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Energy
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Landfills
Methane
Minorities
Native Americans
Natural gas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Solar energy
Subsidies
Sunset legislation
Territories (U.S.)
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Renewable Energy Production Incentive Reform Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to modify renewable energy production incentive payment guidelines to provide that if there are insufficient appropriations to make full payments for electric production from all qualified renewable energy facilities in any given year, the Secretary of Energy shall assign 60 percent of appropriated funds for that year to facilities that use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop (dedicated energy crops) biomass technologies to generate electricity, and assign the remaining 40 percent to other projects.
Redefines a qualified renewable energy facility as one: (1) owned by certain tax-exempt electricity-generating cooperatives, certain public utilities, a State, territorial, or local governments or an Indian tribal government; and (2) which may involve electricity generation by landfill gas. 
Extends through FY 2015 the deadline for first use of a facility eligible for incentive payments.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To allow an operator of a commercial motor vehicle breaks in a daily tour of duty.

Bill: 109-hr-623
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Hours of labor
Labor and Employment
Truck drivers
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends Federal transportation law to allow an operator of a property-carrying commercial motor vehicle to operate the vehicle and perform other work-related activities at the end of the 14th hour of the driver's tour of duty, for the period of time the operator has been off duty during the 14-hour period, not to exceed a total of 16 hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship Credit.

Bill: 109-hr-625
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Equipment and supplies
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Tax returns
Textbooks
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include certain additional expenses, such as fees, books, supplies and equipment, as qualified tuition and related expenses for purposes the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; (2) exclude Federal Pell Grant and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant payments as mandatory reductions to expenses eligible for the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; and (3) exempt the additional expenses allowed by this Act from certain tax reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
VEHICLE Technology Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-626
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Consumer education
Department of the Treasury
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Hydrogen
Income tax
Law
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Methanol
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas vehicles
Science, Technology, Communications
Service stations
Standards
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Volume Enhancing Hardware Incentives for Consumer Lowered Expenses Technology Act of 2005 or the VEHICLE Technology Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the phaseouts of the tax credit for qualified electric vehicles and of the tax deduction for clean-fuel vehicles. 
 
Allows a tax credit for investment in certain alternative motor vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles, advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles, hybrid motor vehicles, alternative fuel motor vehicles, and mixed-fuel vehicles. Sets forth formulae for determining the amount of such credit based on various factors, including vehicle weight and fuel efficiency ratings.
 
Modifies the tax deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and certain refueling property to: (1) extend the terminating date for such deduction through 2009, and through 2012 for hydrogen-related property; (2) increase to $150,000 the cost limitation for such deduction; and (3) extend the deduction to nonbusiness property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
American Samoa Possession Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-629
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: American Samoa Possession Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions to extend the possession tax credit, with respect to American Samoa, until December 31, 2016.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House