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Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-847
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Everglades
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Florida
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon, South Florida, at a specified total cost, in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 6, 2004. 
 
Deauthorizes certain projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and the Flood Control Act of 1968. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, Picayune Strand, Collier County, Florida, at a specified total cost, substantially in accordance with the project implementation report for the project, and subject to the conditions recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers, if a favorable report of the Chief is completed not later than December 31, 2005.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the income tax shall not apply for taxable years during which the taxpayer, or either spouse of a married couple, is serving in the war in Iraq.

Bill: 109-hr-848
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Income tax
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Exempts an individual, or either spouse of a married couple, from income tax in a year in which such individual serves for any portion of such year on active Armed Forces service in a combat zone in Iraq.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 95 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a uniform date for the release of payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to eligible candidates for election to the office of President of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-850
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the release of payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to eligible candidates for election to the office of President of the United States on the last Friday before the first Monday in September.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-851
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Columbia River development
Easements
Ecosystem management
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Helicopters
Hydroelectric power
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Metropolitan areas
National forests
Public utilities
Real estate appraisal
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs
Washington State
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2005 - Designates certain lands in the Skykomish River valley, Washington, as the Wild Sky Wilderness, to be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a trail plan. Authorizes the use of helicopter access to construct and maintain a joint Forest Service-Snohomish County telecommunications repeater site to provide improved communication for safety, health, and emergency purposes. 
Allows the continued use of floatplanes on Lake Isabel in the Wild Sky Wilderness, subject to reasonable restrictions. 
Authorizes the Secretary to acquire lands in the Wild Sky Wilderness by purchase, donation, or exchange, with priority to be given to specified Priority Acquisition Lands. Requires the boundaries of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wild Sky Wilderness to be adjusted to encompass any lands so acquired. Directs the Secretary to ensure adequate access to private in-holdings within the Wild Sky Wilderness. States that valuation of private lands shall be determined without reference to any restrictions on access or use which arise out of designation as a wilderness area.
 
Requires the Secretary to accept specified lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, from the Chelan County Public Utility District if the District offers such lands to the Secretary (in title acceptable to the Secretary, and provided there is no hazardous material on the site) in exchange for a permanent easement, including helicopter access, to maintain an existing telemetry site to monitor snow pack on land within the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. 
Provides for extinguishment of the easement and reversion of all conveyed rights to the United States if the District no longer needs to maintain a telemetry site.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act

Bill: 109-hr-852
Sponsor: Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Constitutions
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act - Extends all Federal laws and regulations to the Duwamish Tribe.
 
Declares the Tribe and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the Federal Government to federally recognized tribes without regard to the existence of a reservation for the Tribe or the location of the residence of any member on or near any Indian reservation. Defines the Tribe's service area for purposes of the delivery of Federal services.
 
Requires the Tribe to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a membership roll of all individuals enrolled in the Tribe.
 
Requires the Tribe to conduct an election by secret ballot to adopt a constitution and bylaws for the Tribe. Requires the Tribe to elect a governing body in accordance with the procedures set forth in its constitution and bylaws.
 
Requires the Secretary to take Tribe service area or aboriginal lands into trust for the benefit of the Tribe if the Tribe transfers all right, title, and interest in and to the land to the Secretary within ten years. Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify those lands which shall be considered the aboriginal homelands of the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project.

Bill: 109-hr-855
Sponsor: Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Saline waters
Texas
Waste water treatment
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Brownsville Public Utility Board, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of facilities to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired water in the Brownsville, Texas, area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act

Bill: 109-hr-857
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cyprus
Department of Justice
District courts
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Evidence (Law)
Expropriation
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
International claims
Jurisdiction
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Negotiations
New York State
Rent
Right of property
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act - Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to urge the President to authorize the Secretary of State to begin negotiations with Turkey to allow for certain claims by U.S. nationals respecting real property in the Turkish-held portions of Cyprus.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury a Claims Fund for the payment of unsatisfied claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey. Sets forth payment procedures.
 
Amends Federal law to grant U.S. district court jurisdiction for civil actions against any private person (any natural person or legal entity other than Turkey) by a U.S. national who owns property in the Turkish-held portion of Cyprus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Social Security for Americans Only Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-858
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aliens
Earnings
Immigration
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Self-employed
Social security eligibility
Treaties
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Social Security for Americans Only Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) prohibit the wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or nationals of the United States from being credited for coverage under the OASDI program; and (2) provide the President with authority to enter into agreements with other nations to resolve entitlement and participation questions about their respective social security systems, taking into account such limitation on crediting of wages and self-employment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E255)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments through the end of fiscal year 2007.

Bill: 109-hr-859
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Commerce
Dairy industry
Government Operations and Politics
Milk

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to national dairy market loss payments to extend, by two years, program sign-up and contract periods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District, El Paso County, Texas.

Bill: 109-hr-860
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Land transfers
School districts
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in El Paso County, Texas, upon condition that the Clint Independent School District in El Paso uses any proceeds received from the disposal of such land for public educational purposes. 

action_date: 2006-12-01
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Directs the Secretary of State to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain land in El Paso County, Texas, upon condition that the Clint Independent School District in El Paso uses any proceeds received from the disposal of such land for public educational purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-01
text: Became Public Law No: 109-376.
action_date: 2006-12-01
text: Became Public Law No: 109-376.
action_date: 2006-12-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-12-01
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2006-11-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-11-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10884)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10884)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 860.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-05-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-376
To amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe.

Bill: 109-hr-861
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Minorities
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease from 1/8 to 1/16 the requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian Tribe in Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the "Travis C. Johnson Canal".

Bill: 109-hr-862
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Canals
Congress
Congressional tributes
Names
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Redesignates the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the Travis C. Johnson Canal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and desalinization project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-863
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Construction costs
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Saline waters
Texas
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the El Paso Water Reclamation, Reuse, and Desalinization project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and to treat and reuse impaired and brackish groundwater in the service area of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify that persons may bring private rights of actions against foreign states for certain terrorist acts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-865
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Bombings
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign agents
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Iran
Jurisdiction
Law
Lebanon
Liens
Marines
Middle East and North Africa
Peacekeeping forces
Punitive damages
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
Torts
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) to require that a foreign state designated as a state sponsor of terrorism under specified laws, or an official, employee, or agent of such a foreign state, shall be liable to a U.S. national for the national's personal injury or death caused by acts of that state or official, employee, or agent acting within the scope of his or her duties.
 
Provides that the removal of a foreign state from designation as a state sponsor of terrorism shall not terminate such a cause of action arising during the period of designation.
 
 Authorizes U.S. courts to exercise jurisdiction over such actions for money damages under an FSIA provision concerning acts of torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking, and material support for such acts. Mandates that property interests of foreign states, or agencies or instrumentalities of foreign states, against which judgment is entered pursuant to such provision are subject to attachment execution.
 
Requires foreign states to be held vicariously liable for the actions of their officials, employees, or agents.
 
Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VCA) to modify the definition of &quot;victim&quot; for purposes of compensation under that Act. Requires the transfer of VCA funds to carry out an order appointing Special Masters in the matter of Peterson, et al. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran. 
 
Revives previously dismissed causes of action that would be cognizable under this Act by retroactively tolling the applicable statute of limitations from the date of initial filing to 60 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House