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Program Reform Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-973
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid programs
Government paperwork
Government spending reductions
Governmental investigations
Legislation
Public meetings

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Program Reform Commission Act - Establishes an independent Program Reform Commission to: (1) identify unnecessary Federal programs; (2) review such programs; (3) conduct public hearings on agency recommendations regarding unnecessary programs; and (4) report to Congress recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of each program reviewed. Requires each Federal agency to include in budget documents submitted in FY 2007 a list of programs within that agency that are unnecessary, together with recommendations for appropriate action.
 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, following submission of the Commission's report, the House of Representatives and the Senate should promptly consider legislation that would enact changes in Federal statutes necessary to implement the Commission's recommendations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-974
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government spending reductions
Governmental investigations
Income tax
Legislation
Public meetings
Subsidies
Tax preferences
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission Act - Establishes an independent Corporate Subsidy Reform Commission to: (1) identify Federal programs and laws that provide inequitable Federal subsidies; (2) review such subsidies; (3) conduct public hearings on agency recommendations regarding inequitable subsidies; and (4) report to Congress recommendations for termination, modification, or retention of each subsidy reviewed. Requires each Federal agency to include in budget documents submitted in FY 2007 a list of programs or laws within that agency that provide inequitable Federal subsidies, together with recommendations for appropriate action.
 
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that, following submission of the Commission's report, the House of Representatives and the Senate should promptly consider legislation that would enact changes in Federal statutes necessary to implement the Commission's recommendations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-976
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Long-Term Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from an individual retirement account and other tax-exempt retirement plans used to pay long-term care insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-977
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Law
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from assessing certain penalties in connection with the initial issuance of a citation, with the exception of willful violations, if the employer corrects the condition in violation and provides an abatement certification within 72 hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-978
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Law
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to allow the Secretary of Labor to cite, on multiemployer worksites, only the employer whose employees were exposed to a condition in violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-979
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Judicial review
Law
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require inspectors, at closing conferences after completing inspections, to provide employers or their representatives with written statements containing specified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-980
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Law
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require the Secretary of Labor to issue an employer a citation and remit a notice of proposed assessment of penalty within 30 workdays following an inspection or investigation (currently, with reasonable promptness for the citation and within a reasonable time for the proposed penalty assessment).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to enforcement provisions.

Bill: 109-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Judicial review
Law
Limitation of actions
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to increase from 15 to 30 workdays the period for an employer to contest a citation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Expedited Rescissions Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-982
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Executive impoundment of appropriated funds
Expedited congressional procedure
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Presidential messages
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Expedited Rescissions Act of 2005 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose, at any time and in any manner provided in this Act, the rescission of any budget authority in an appropriation Act.
 
Prohibits funds made available for obligation under this procedure from being proposed for rescission again.
 
Sets forth requirements for: (1) the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed rescission; and (2) expedited consideration of such proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8527-8528)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E291)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Aquatic plants
Auditing
Biomass energy
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative societies
Cost effectiveness
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy demand
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Fibers
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Green marketing
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indian lands
Landfills
Law
Licenses
Lumber trade
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Methane
Minorities
National forests
Natural gas
Ocean energy resources
Oils and fats
Plants
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Refuse as fuel
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Sunset legislation
Technological innovations
Trees
Water Resources Development
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard for calendar years 2008 through 2037. Specifies a schedule of graduated annual percentages of a supplier's base amount, from one percent in 2008 up to 20 percent in 2027 and thereafter, that shall be generated from renewable energy resources. Authorizes a supplier to satisfy such requirements through the submission of renewable energy credits to the Secretary of Energy. Provides for energy credit trading or borrowing among suppliers.
 
 Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage federally-owned utilities, municipally-owned utilities, and rural electric cooperatives that sell electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale to participate in the renewable portfolio standard program; and (2) establish by December 31, 2007, a State renewable energy account program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the "Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-hr-984
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Judges
Law
Names
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Designates the U.S. courthouse located at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the &quot;Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse.&quot;

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E303)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-985
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Coinsurance
Demography
Disabled
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Hospital care
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical records
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Poor children
Pregnant women
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid Act of 2005 - Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid to review: (1) each of Medicaid's major functional responsibilities; (2) issues that either threaten or improve the long-term financial condition of Medicaid; (3) Federal and State policies for Medicaid and Medicare enrollment (including enrollment sites), income eligibility, outreach, and documentation; (4) the operation and effectiveness of Medicaid premium assistance programs; and (5) Medicaid payment policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-986
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Income tax
School personnel
Secondary education
Tax credits
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible educator an annual $2,000 tax credit. 
Defines: (1) "eligible educator" as an individual who is a kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in an eligible elementary or secondary school for at least 900 hours during a school year; and (2) "eligible elementary or secondary school" as a school that is eligible for schoolwide assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Annie Fox Act

Bill: 109-hr-987
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Federal aid to research
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Annie Fox Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to expand, intensify, and coordinate Institute activities regarding breast cancer in younger women, including the conduct and support of: (1) basic and clinical research on the causes, prevention, detection, treatment, and long-term effects of breast cancer in young women; and (2) information and education programs for health professionals and the public.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
National Park Anniversaries-Great American Spaces Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-hr-988
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Alaska
Anniversaries
Arizona
California
Civil War
Coins and coinage
Colorado
Copper
Department of the Interior
District of Columbia
Ex-presidents
Finance and Financial Sector
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
History
Lincoln Administration
Maine
Military parks
Montana
Monuments and memorials
National monuments
National parks
Pennsylvania
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Silver
Social Welfare
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
National Parks Anniversaries-Great American Spaces Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue silver coins emblematic of certain National Parks that are observing historic anniversaries of their founding.
 
Directs the Secretary to take action to ensure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States Government.
 
Prohibits coin issuance unless the Secretary has received: (1) full payment for the coin; (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the United States for full payment; or (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to the Secretary from a depository institution whose deposits of which are insured by either the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the National Credit Union Administration Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Ashley Ross Fuller.

Bill: 109-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Declares Ashley Ross Fuller 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: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the transfer of the decommissioned destroyer ex-U.S.S. Forrest Sherman (DD-931) to the USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of Maryland.

Bill: 109-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Ships

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the decommissioned destroyer ex-U.S.S. Forrest Sherman (DD-931) to the USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization under the laws of the State of Maryland, upon receipt of a satisfactory ship donation application for the transfer of that vessel to such foundation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in House