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Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-term Successes (ANGELS) Act

Bill: 109-hr-4565
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business ethics
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Directories
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Investments
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Nonprofit organizations
Partnerships
Profit
Science, Technology, Communications
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare
Stocks
Subsidies
Tax credits
Taxation
Veterans' employment
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Angels Nurture Growing Entrepreneurs into Long-Term Successes (ANGELS) Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to establish within the Investment Division of the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Angel Investment, headed by a Director, to provide support for the development of angel investment opportunities for small businesses.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) establish and carry out a program, to be known as the Angel Finance Program, to provide financing to approved angel groups; (2) establish and maintain a searchable database, to be known as the Federal Angel Network, to assist small businesses in identifying angel investors; and (3) establish and carry out a program to make grants for the development of new or existing angel groups and to increase awareness and education about angel investing.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a small business investment tax credit of 20 percent of the amount paid or incurred for qualified small business investment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Anton Goloubev.

Bill: 109-hr-4566
Sponsor: Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Declares Anton Goloubev 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: 2005-12-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in House
Sodium Fluoroacetate Elimination Act

Bill: 109-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Destruction of property
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government property
Law
Pesticides

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Sodium Fluoroacetate Elimination Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, possession, or distribution in commerce of sodium fluoroacetate (known as Compound 1080). 
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide for the collection and destruction of remaining stocks of sodium fluoroacetate; and (2) compensate those (excepting a federal agency) transferring sodium fluoroacetate to the Secretary within 18 months of enactment. 
 
Amends federal criminal law to subject a person to fine or imprisonment for possession of sodium fluoroacetate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4569
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Copying processes
Copyright
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of Commerce
Education
Educational facilities
Electronics
Electronics industry
Elementary and secondary education
Encryption
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Information technology
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Interactive media
Law
Legal fees
Libraries
License agreements
Limitation of actions
Motion pictures
Public broadcasting
Security measures
Telecommunication industry
Television
Television broadcasting
Television programs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Digital Transition Content Security Act of 2005 - Prohibits the manufacture, import, or sale to the public of devices that convert analog video signal to digital video signal unless certain content (such as copying and redistribution rights) security requirements are maintained. Prohibits a person from encoding a program using the rights signaling system unless the encoding meets specified content security requirements. Provides civil remedies and criminal penalties for violations.
 
Authorizes the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office to adopt commercially reasonable improvements to the detection function of the Video Encoded Invisible Light (VEIL) technology portion of the rights signaling system.
 
Outlines compliance standards for video input conversion devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2569-2570)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Motor Rail project, California.

Bill: 109-hr-4571
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: California
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Railroad engineering
Subways
Tunnels
Urban affairs
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 to repeal a provision prohibiting the use of certain funds for any segment of the downtown Los Angeles to San Fernando Valley Metro Rail project unless the Southern California Rapid Transit District notifies the Urban Mass Transportation Administration that no part of the Metro Rail project will tunnel through any zone designated as a potential risk zone or high potential risk zone for methane gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Export Administration Renewal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4572
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms sales
Authorization
Civil actions and liability
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic surveillance
Executive reorganization
Export controls
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Law
Licenses
Limitation of actions
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology transfer
Terrorism
Trade agreements
Undercover operations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Export Administration Renewal Act of 2005 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare it U.S. policy to utilize the analytic product of the U.S. intelligence community for the consideration of any proposed license under the Act.
 
Requires the President to conduct a comprehensive review of the commodity classification process and the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) system.
 
Places the Office of Foreign Availability under the direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security (currently, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration).
 
Increases penalties for violations of the Act.
 
Sets forth a five-year statute of limitations for commencing a proceeding in which a civil penalty or other administrative sanction is sought under the Act.
 
Sets forth U.S. policy on multilateral export control regimes.
 
Modifies enforcement mechanisms under the Act. Subjects tangible items lawfully seized by U.S. designated officers or employees to forfeiture. Specifies the use of funds made available for undercover investigation operations by the Office of Export Enforcement.
 
Authorizes interception of communications (wiretaps).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, without fiscal year limitations, to expend funds transferred to, paid to, received by, or made available to the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce as a reimbursement.
 
Establishes the BIS Export Enforcement Fund in the Treasury.
 
Exempts functions exercised under the Export Administration Regulations as maintained and amended under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act from administrative procedure and judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4574
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asians
East Asia
History
Philippines
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2006 - Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Repeals certain provisions discounting such service as qualifying service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act

Bill: 109-hr-4576
Sponsor: Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Allegiance
Appellate courts
Church and state
Congressional-judicial relations
Constitutional law
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Law
Oaths
Religion
Religious liberty
Signs and symbols
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Safeguarding Our Religious Liberties Act - Amends the federal judicial code to divest federal courts of jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the National Motto.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain real property in the Dixie National Forest in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4577
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
National forests
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Dixie National Forest in Utah to Kirk R. Harrison. Requires proceeds from the conveyance to be used to acquire other real property or interests for inclusion in the Dixie National Forest.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Student Achievement and Successful Schools Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4578
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative remedies
Child health
Compensatory education
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Disabled
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Health
Higher education
Law
Local finance
Minorities
Minority education
Paraprofessional school personnel
Rating of teachers
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
State-local relations
Teacher education
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Student Achievement and Successful Schools Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) full funding should be provided to schools to allow them to satisfy federal mandates required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA), which amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA); and (2) states and school districts should have the necessary flexibility in implementing NCLBA to ensure that all students are successful and achieve all of the goals of the law.
 
Amends ESEA to revise requirements relating to: (1) adequate yearly progress (AYP); (2) student achievement measured through longitudinal growth; (3) supplemental educational services; and (4) extended deadlines and uniform state standards for evaluating teachers as highly qualified.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) allocate federal funds to pay for administrative costs of demonstrating AYP and for paraprofessional training; and (2) make performance bonus grants to eligible states for non-administrative functions by schools that have closed achievement gaps to a certain degree between specified subgroups.
 
Authorizes state and local educational agencies and schools to defer implementation of certain ESEA requirements in any fiscal year when the amount appropriated under ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Act does not equal or exceed a specified authorized amount. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on certain topics concerning how costs of NCLBA mandates may affect adequate funding for ESEA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Loans Offered to illegal Aliens Now (Stop LOAN) Act

Bill: 109-hr-4580
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Identification devices
Illegal aliens
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Stop Loans Offered to Illegal Aliens Now (Stop LOAN) Act - Prohibits loans by federal agencies to illegal aliens.
 
Requires a federal agency to use the employment verification system established under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (or any successor program) to verify an individual's name, date of birth, social security number, and lawful presence before extending a loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5131)
action_date: 2006-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Easement Owners Fair Compensation Claims Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4581
Sponsor: Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Claims
Damages
Evidence (Law)
Government liability
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Limitation of actions
Railroads
Right-of-way
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Easement Owners Fair Compensation Claims Act of 2005 - Prescribes the time for filing suit by the owner of property subject to an interim use of railroad right-of-way for damage claims brought against the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-12-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2612-2614)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Aircraft Repair Station Security Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4582
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aircraft construction
Airline employees
Aviation safety
Commercial aircraft
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Aircraft Repair Station Security Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends federal transportation law to direct the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to require by regulation that an employment investigation (including a criminal history record check and a review of available law enforcement data bases and records of other governmental and international agencies) be conducted by repair station operators of repair station employees (including current employees) who perform maintenance on aircraft or aircraft components (or both) at domestic or certificated foreign repair stations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Insular Rate for Cellular Customers Act

Bill: 109-hr-4584
Sponsor: Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Interstate commerce
Telecommunication rates
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Insular Rate for Cellular Customers Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to state that, for purposes of rate integration for wireless interstate telecommunications services, a provider of a commercial mobile radio service shall, with respect to any interstate services for which there are separately-stated toll charges, be treated as a provider of interstate, interexchange telecommunications services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2590)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House