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To suspend temporarily the duty on Phenmedipham.

Bill: 109-hr-3340
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3-methylcarbonylaminophenyl-3-methyl-carbanilate (Phenmedipham).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Desmedipham.

Bill: 109-hr-3341
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3-ethoxycarbonylaminophenyl carbanilate (Desmedipham).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on ethofumesate.

Bill: 109-hr-3342
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Herbicides
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on ethofumesate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Nemacur VL.

Bill: 109-hr-3343
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Nemacur VL.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Infrastructure Emergency Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3344
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Continental shelf
Disaster relief
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Offshore Infrastructure Emergency Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to encompass the Outer Continental Shelf within the definition of &quot;United States,&quot; thus authorizing its inclusion in presidentially declared disaster areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To expand the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to include alternative fuels, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3345
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Armed Forces and National Security
Diesel motor
Energy supplies
Petroleum reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to: (1) define &quot;fuel products&quot; to mean petroleum products and alternative fuels, including ethanol and biodiesel; (2) redesignate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as the Strategic Fuels Reserve; and (3) rename the SPR Petroleum Account as the SFR Fuel Account (thus bringing such alternative fuels within the purview of EPCA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1823-1824)
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2 benzylthio-3-ethyl sulfonyl pyridine.

Bill: 109-hr-3346
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 2 benzylthio-3-ethyl sulfonyl pyridine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3347
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Iraq compilation
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2005 - Repeals the ten-year limits on the use of veterans' and Selected Reserve educational assistance benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3348
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Assault weapons
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Anti-Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2005 - Reinstates repealed criminal provisions prohibiting the possession or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (the assault weapons ban), except provisions exempting possession by an individual to whom such a device is transferred upon retirement from service with a law enforcement agency.
 
Prohibits: (1) the transfer of a semiautomatic assault weapon with a large capacity ammunition feeding device; and (2) a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer who transfers such a device that was manufactured on or before enactment of this Act to fail to certify to the Attorney General (before the end of the 60-day period that begins with the date of transfer) that the device was manufactured on or before the enactment date. Sets penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3349
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2005 - Extends Federal recognition to: (1) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe; (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division; (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe; (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.; (5) the Monacan Indian Nation; and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe.

Sets forth the service areas of the various Tribes and requirements for the Tribes with respect to submission of a membership roll, adoption of a constitution, and election of officials.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon certain land transfers, to take specified lands into trust for the various Tribes' benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1533-1534)
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3350
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
 Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation. 

action_date: 2006-09-06
text: 

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

Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005 - Amends the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Group to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing an Indian Tribal Development Corporation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 366.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-626.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-626.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Stolen Valor Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3352
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advertising
Armed Forces and National Security
Barter
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Military medals, decorations, etc.

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Stolen Valor Act of 2005 - Amends the federal criminal code to expand the prohibition against wearing, manufacturing, or selling military decorations or medals without legal authorization to prohibit purchasing, soliciting, mailing, shipping, importing, exporting, producing blank certificates of receipt for, advertising, or exchanging such decorations or medals without authorization.
 
Prohibits falsely representing oneself as having been awarded any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces or any of the service medals or badges.
 
Increases penalties for violations if the offense involves a Distinguished Service Cross, an Air Force Cross, a Navy Cross, a silver star, or a Purple Heart.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products.

Bill: 109-hr-3353
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to liquidate or reliquidate certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products and refund any amounts owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products.

Bill: 109-hr-3354
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to liquidate or reliquidate certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products and refund any amounts owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products.

Bill: 109-hr-3355
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to liquidate or reliquidate certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products and refund any amounts owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products.

Bill: 109-hr-3356
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to liquidate or reliquidate certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products and refund any amounts owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products.

Bill: 109-hr-3357
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to liquidate or reliquidate certain drawback claims relating to petroleum products and refund any amounts owed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for payment of certain claims against the Government of Iran.

Bill: 109-hr-3358
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2005-07-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alien property
Claims
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Expropriation
Families
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government liability (International law)
Government trust funds
History
Hostages
Iran
Iran Hostage Crisis
Jurisdiction
Law
Married people
Middle East and North Africa
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
Treaties
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: 
States that: (1) it is U.S. policy to seek justice for American victims of terrorism and to hold terrorists and their state-sponsors accountable for their actions; and (2) any provision of the Algiers Accords, entered into with Iran on January 19, 1981, that purports to bar a U.S. citizen from prosecuting any claim in any U.S. court or to limit the jurisdiction of any U.S. court is hereby abrogated and deemed nonapplicable. 
 
Directs the the Secretary of the Treasury to begin payments to a common fund to be: (1) established and administered by the certified class representatives for the former American hostages in Iran and their survivors (case number 1:00CV03110 (EGS) of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia); and (2) funded from the liquidation of blocked Iranian assets and from amounts in the Iran Foreign Military Sales Fund account (Foreign Military Sales Fund). 
 
Sets forth fund payment amounts for each former hostage and spouse and child identified as a class member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance tax incentives for small property and casualty insurance companies.

Bill: 109-hr-3360
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Investments
Property insurance
Small business
Tax rates
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of gross receipts applicable to tax-exempt small property and casualty insurance companies to include gross investment income; (2) increase to $1.971 million (from $1.2 million) the limitation on net written premiums for purposes of qualifying non-life insurance companies for alternative tax rates; and (3) adjust such increased limitation amount annually for inflation after 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House
South Caucasus Integration and Open Railroads Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3361
Sponsor: Rep. Knollenberg, Joe [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: American investments
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Central Asia
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Europe
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Georgia (Republic)
Infrastructure
Investment guaranty insurance
Middle East and North Africa
Railroad engineering
Railroads
Sanctions (International law)
Transportation and Public Works
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: 
South Caucasus Integration and Open Railroads Act of 2005 - Prohibits U.S. assistance to develop or promote rail connections or railway-related connections that do not traverse or connect with Armenia, and do traverse or connect Baku, Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, Georgia; and Kars, Turkey. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Introduced in House