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Honesty in Budgeting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2860
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-06-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional publications
Congressional publicity
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Health
Medicare
Off-budget expenditures
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Social security taxes
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: 
Honesty in Budgeting Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress, executive branch officials, and their respective representatives should use on-budget numbers when making public statements regarding the federal budget.
 
Prohibits receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors, Disability, and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, deficit, or surplus for purposes of the President's budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require official statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget or the Congressional Budget Office of federal surplus or deficit totals to exclude the receipts and disbursements totals of the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-06-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2005-06-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Families Together Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2865
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Automobile theft
Bribery
Burglary
Child sexual abuse
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Drug abuse
Drug dealers
Ex-offenders
Families
Forgery
Fraud
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Habeas corpus
Injunctions
Intelligence officers
Judicial review
Larceny
Law
Married people
Money laundering
Obstruction of justice
Official secrets
Organized crime
Passports
Perjury
Prostitution
Protection of officials
Rape
Recidivists
Residence requirements
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Smuggling
Sports and Recreation
Tax evasion
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Violence
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
Keeping Families Together Act of 2005 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of &quot;aggravated felony,&quot; and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.
 
Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States; and (2) the definition of &quot;conviction.&quot;
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 had not been enacted.
 
Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1217)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2866
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Biological diversity
Birds
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Hawaii
Land transfers
Migratory bird conservation
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005 - Expands the boundary of the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in Honolulu County, Hawaii, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make modifications to the boundary and to acquire certain lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Steel Industry National Historic Site Act

Bill: 109-hr-2867
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Bridges
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Industrial buildings
Iron and steel industry
Land transfers
Landowners
Landscape protection
Maps
National parks
Pennsylvania
Right of property
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Steel Industry National Historic Site Act - Establishes the Steel Industry National Historic Site in Pennsylvania as a unit of the National Park System.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by donation specified property for inclusion within such Site.
 Requires the Secretary to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.

Bill: 109-hr-2868
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computer software
Computers
Costs
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
Paraprofessional school personnel
Preschool education
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Tax deductions
Teachers
Teaching materials
Textbooks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until 2015 the tax deduction from gross income for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and to include the expenses of preschool teachers, instructors, counselors, or aides as deductible expenses. Changes the amount of such deduction to allow $250 for a preschool, elementary, or secondary school teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide working in a school for at least 450 hours during a school year and $500 for such school employees working at least 900 hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004

Bill: 109-hr-2869
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Critically ill
Disabled
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) phase out the waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare); and (2) eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions to become eligible for such benefits. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study the range of disability conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals receive access to health care services and coverage before a condition reaches disability levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
John L. Burton Trail Act

Bill: 109-hr-2871
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Natural areas
Old growth forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State legislators
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 
John L. Burton Trail Act - Designates any trail authorized by the final management plan for the Headwaters Forest Reserve, California, that is constructed to provide access to the southern end of the Headwaters Grove near the existing Salmon Trailhead as the &quot;John. L. Burton Trail&quot;.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1215)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Albuquerque Biological Park Title Clarification Act

Bill: 109-hr-2873
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Flood control
Infrastructure
Land transfers
New Mexico
Parks
Rivers
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Albuquerque Biological Park Title Clarification Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue a quitclaim deed conveying any right, title, and interest the United States may have in and to Tingley Beach and San Gabriel Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the City of Albuquerque. Provides that the City shall not be required to pay any additional costs for the value of such Park and Beach.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1217)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2874
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed forces abroad
Charities
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq compilation
Law
Military operations
Military personnel
Postage stamps
Postal service
Social Welfare
United States Postal Service
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Supply Our Soldiers Act of 2005 - Directs the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the Secretary of Defense to provide a program under which postal benefits are made available for personal correspondence and other mail matter sent from within the United States by designated representatives (next-of-kin) to members of the Armed Forces who are: (1) serving on active duty abroad in support of military operations or against an enemy of the United States or other hostile force; or (2) hospitalized in a U.S. military facility as a result of disease or injury incurred during service overseas. Limits postal benefits to $150 per calendar quarter, and limits the size and weight of allowable parcels. Allows charitable organizations to apply for such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Act for Lyme Education and Research and Tick-Borne Diseases

Bill: 109-hr-2877
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animals
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Health surveys
Higher education
Lyme disease
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical research
Medical tests
Pests
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Act for Lyme Education and Research and Tick-Borne Diseases or the ALERT Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a five-year plan that provides for activities to be carried out to meet goals related to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, including to: (1) develop a sensitive and definitive test for the diagnosis of Lyme disease capable of distinguishing active infection from past infection; (2) accurately determine the prevalence of Lyme disease and other tick-borne disorders in the United States; (3) provide and promote access to a comprehensive, up-to-date clearinghouse of peer-reviewed information on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); and (4) establish epidemiological research goals to determine the long term course of illnesses for Lyme disease.
 
Directs the Secretary to request that the Institute of Medicine study chronic Lyme disease.
 
Authorizes additional appropriations for research and educational activities and prevention efforts for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish the Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Liberty Bill Act

Bill: 109-hr-2878
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Law
Money

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Liberty Bill Act - Amends federal law to require that the design of the reverse side of all federal reserve notes incorporate: (1) the preamble to the Constitution; (2) a list describing the Articles of the Constitution; and (3) a list describing the Articles of Amendment. Prescribes the design format. 
States that such requirements do not limit the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) include other inscriptions or material on the reverse side of such notes; or (2) adopt other design features to deter counterfeiting of currency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on P Tolulene Sulfonyl Chloride.

Bill: 109-hr-2879
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzenesulfonyl Chloride, 4 Methyl (P Tolulene Sulfonyl Chloride).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3,3 Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride.

Bill: 109-hr-2880
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on [1,1 Biphenyl] - 4,4 Diamino, 3,3 Dichloro, Dihydrochloride (3,3 Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-Amino Benzamide.

Bill: 109-hr-2881
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzamide, 4 Amino (p-Amino Benzamide).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-Cloro Aniline.

Bill: 109-hr-2882
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzamine, 4 Chloro (p-Cloro Aniline).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on p-Chloro-o-Nitro Aniline.

Bill: 109-hr-2883
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Benzamine, 4 Chloro 2 Nitro ( p-Chloro-o-Nitro Aniline.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-14
text: Introduced in House