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Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-121
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patents
Plant breeding
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Trees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2005 - Amends Federal patent law to declare that no plant patent application shall be denied, nor shall any issued plant patent be invalidated, on the grounds that the invention was sold or otherwise disposed of.
 
Provides for an exception if such invention was sold or disposed of, by or with the consent of the inventor or discoverer for purposes of exploitation of the invention: (1) to other persons in the United States more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent; (2) to other persons in a foreign country more than four years prior to such date; or (3) in the case of a tree or vine, to other persons in a foreign country more than six years prior to such date.
 
Declares that the plant patent applies equally to any plant that is not clearly distinguishable from a protected plant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-123
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water districts
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2005 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, California, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities needed to establish recycled water distribution and wastewater treatment and reclamation facilities that will be used to treat wastewater and provide recycled water in the District. Limits the Federal share of the total cost of each project to 25 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Cleveland National Forest Responsible Electricity Transmission Act

Bill: 109-hr-124
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
California
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Easements
Electric power transmission
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
National forests
Right-of-way
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Cleveland National Forest Responsible Electricity Transmission Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (the "Secretaries") to issue the necessary grants, easements, permits, plan amendments, and other approvals to allow for the siting and construction of a high-voltage electricity transmission line in part of the Cleveland National Forest in California and adjacent lands (except any identified wilderness area) under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.
Instructs the Secretaries to give a preference to any application or preapplication proposal for a transmission line right-of-way submitted before December 31, 2002, over all other applications and proposals for the same or similar right-of-way submitted on or after that date.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide loan forgiveness to social workers who work for child protective agencies.

Bill: 109-hr-127
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child safety
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Interest
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Social work
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for child welfare workers employed by child protection agencies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
College Fire Prevention Act

Bill: 109-hr-128
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Black colleges
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational statistics
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Federal aid to education
Fire prevention
Fraternal organizations
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Housing and Community Development
Indian education
Law
Minorities
Minority education
Student housing
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to private or public colleges or universities, fraternities, or sororities for up to half the cost of installing fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in student housing and dormitories owned or controlled by such entities.
 
Requires grant priority to be given eligible entities that demonstrate the greatest financial need. 
Reserves the following portions of grant funds made available for each fiscal year: (1) at least ten percent for eligible entities that are historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribally controlled colleges and universities; and (2) at least ten percent for eligible entities that are social fraternities and sororities. 
Provides that any application for assistance under this Act, any negative determination on the part of the Secretary with respect to such application, or any statement of reasons for the determination, shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity (except a proceeding to enforce an agreement entered into between the Secretary and an eligible entity under this Act).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To allow a waiver or exemption of certain requirements for restricted airspace if security is not reduced.

Bill: 109-hr-129
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air routes
Aircraft
Airspace (Law)
Arts, Culture, Religion
Aviation safety
Department of Transportation
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108 - 199, div. F) to direct the Secretary of Transportation to maintain in full force and effect certain restrictions imposed under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notices to Airmen FDC 3/2122, FDC 3/2123, and FDC 2/0199 (relating to restricted airspace). Prohibits the Secretary from granting any waivers or exemptions from such restrictions, except, among other things, to allow the operation of an aircraft participating in an air show in restricted airspace if the Administrator of the FAA, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, determines that the safety of an event is not compromised.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify the definition of a student regarding family educational and privacy rights.

Bill: 109-hr-130
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Home schooling
Parent-school relationships
Right of privacy
Secondary education
Student records
Students' rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to extend to families of home-schooled children certain educational and privacy rights currently available to families of public school students.
 
Revises the definition of student for purposes of coverage regarding such family educational and privacy rights (under GEPA provisions which are also known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974).
Includes under such coverage any person educated at a home school (whether or not State law treats a home school as a home school or a private school), if an educational agency or institution maintains education records or personally identifiable information on such person (whether or not the home-schooled person is in attendance at the agency or institution). (Current law excludes all those who are not in attendance at the agency or institution.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to reform funding for the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-131
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Economics and Public Finance
Farm produce
Food relief
Marketing of farm produce
Nutrition
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 with respect to the senior farmers' market nutrition program to: (1) increase program funding; (2) expand the program to include locally produced farm products as deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture; (3) permit up to ten percent of program funds to be used for administrative costs; and (4) permit carryover of unused funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders Act

Bill: 109-hr-132
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil commitment
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex offenders
Student loan funds
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
No Financial Aid for Sex Offenders Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the award of Pell grants and student loans to individuals subject to an involuntary civil commitment upon completion of a period of incarceration for a sexual offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Increase Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-133
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Pell Grant Increase Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $6,000 for academic years 2005-2006 through 2010-2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H369)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Loan Abuse Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-134
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Emergency Loan Abuse Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce certain special allowance payments to holders of student loans.
 
Appropriates, for each fiscal year after enactment of this Act, an additional amount to increase the maximum Pell grant for that fiscal year. Makes such amount equal to the amount by which expenditures for such special allowances are reduced by this Act for that fiscal year, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-136
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional veto
Economics and Public Finance
English language
Executive orders
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Language and languages
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Declares Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," to be null and void.
Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.

Bill: 109-hr-137
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2005, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Health Improvement and Professionals Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-139
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Alien labor
Health
Immigrants
Labor and Employment
Medical personnel
Nurses
Skilled labor
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Health Improvement and Professionals Act of 2005 - Requires the number of employment-based visas available in a fiscal year, beginning with FY 2005, to be increased by the number of unused visas in the four prior fiscal years. Makes such recaptured visas available to certain classes of skilled immigrants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E24)
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve environmental quality.

Bill: 109-hr-140
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural wastes
Alternative energy sources
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Refuse as fuel
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses to promote the use of anaerobic digesters to produce renewable energy.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the establishment of anaerobic digesters in the list of structural practices recognized under the environmental quality incentives program for agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a permanent extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind.

Bill: 109-hr-141
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Income tax
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for producing electricity from wind facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-142
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Families
Family farms
Farmers
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Minimum tax
Partnerships
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who materially participate in a farming business and certain farmer-owned entities a business tax credit up to $30,000 for investment in qualified value-added agricultural property. Defines &quot;qualified value-added agricultural property&quot; as depreciable property which is used to add value to a good or product, suitable for food or nonfood use, derived in whole or in part from organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, and domesticated animal wastes. Terminates the credit after 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 109-hr-145
Sponsor: Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2005-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Economic research
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants in support of cluster-based economic development efforts in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-04
text: Introduced in House