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Endangered Species Improvements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3300
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Compensation (Law)
Department of the Interior
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Habitat conservation
Land transfers
Landowners
Law
Restoration ecology
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Endangered Species Improvements Act of 2005 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a species recovery agreement with a person, other than a federal or state agency, for habitat protection and restoration services. Directs the Secretary to establish a model form for such agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Minimum tax
Motor vehicle pollution control
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit for five percent of the cost of a qualified truck. Defines &quot;qualified truck&quot; as a motor vehicle: (1) first placed in service on or after January 1, 2007, and before January 1, 2008; (2) powered by diesel fuel; (3) having a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds; and (4) which complies with certain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for diesel emissions. Allows such credit to reduce regular or alternative minimum tax liability. 
 
Permits a taxpayer election to expense the cost of qualified trucks placed in service in 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the deposit requirements and assessments of countervailing duties and antidumping duties on imports of CHQ wire rod covered by certain countervailing and antidumping duty orders.

Bill: 109-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Iron and steel industry
Metal trade
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Steel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Suspends, through December 31, 2007, the deposit requirements and assessments of countervailing duties and antidumping duties on imports of CHQ wire rod covered by certain countervailing and antidumping duty orders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3304
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Annuities
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Divorce
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Executive reorganization
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government securities
Government trust funds
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Mutual funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Retirement income
Saving and investment
Survivors' benefits
Tax exemption
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) to add a new part B (GROW Accounts Program) under which a GROW Accounts Board shall establish a GROW account for each participating individual.
 

 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during each calendar year, to transfer to the Board for deposit into an interim fund, amounts equal in the aggregate to 100% of the net OASDI Trust Fund surplus for such calendar year.
 
Requires the interim fund to be invested by the Board in marketable Government Securities.
 

 
Provides for distributions of an account balance at retirement and treatment of part A (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) benefit payments.
 

 

 

 

 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt all GROW accounts from federal taxes; (2) make account distributions taxable as Social Security benefits; and (3) exempt assets of GROW accounts from the estate tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1499)
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit persons who disclose classified information from holding a security clearance for access to such information.

Bill: 109-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Classified defense information
Covert operations
Federal employees
Information leaking
Intelligence officers
Official secrets
Security clearances

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for the revocation of the security clearance of any federal employee who discloses, or has disclosed, classified information, including the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Autoimmune diseases
Blacks
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health information systems
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Indian medical care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Minorities
Minority health
Nonprofit organizations
Quality of life
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Lupus Research, Education, Awareness, Communication, and Healthcare Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to expand research on lupus to include: (1) basic research to discover the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of the disease; and (2) research to validate lupus biomarkers.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to work with a consortium of academic health institutions to undertake an epidemiological study to determine the prevalence and incidence of lupus in the United States. Requires the Director of CDC to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement with such consortium to develop, implement, and manage a system for lupus data collection and analysis; and (2) ensure that such consortium represents different geographic areas and includes individuals of racial and ethnic backgrounds disproportionately affected by lupus.
 
Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study and make recommendations related to lupus, to include: (1) evaluating federal and state activities related to lupus and recommending ways to expand such activities; (2) identifying gaps in federal research; and (3) recommending ways to improve the quality of life for people with lupus.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office on Women's Health, to conduct and support a national lupus public awareness and health professional education campaign, with an emphasis on reaching populations at highest risk for the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on erasers.

Bill: 109-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Rubber
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on erasers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on nail clippers.

Bill: 109-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff
Tools

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on nail clippers and nail files.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on artificial flowers.

Bill: 109-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Flowers
Synthetic products
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on artificial flowers (man-made fibers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on electrically operated pencil sharpeners.

Bill: 109-hr-3311
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Office equipment and supplies
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on electrically operated pencil sharpeners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act

Bill: 109-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Honor Our Commitment to Veterans Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer the health care enrollment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs so as to enroll any eligible veteran who applies. (This directive in effect terminates an administrative freeze on the enrollment of veterans in the lowest priority enrollment category.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain land within the Ottawa National Forest to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Gambling
Indian lands
Land transfers
Michigan
Minorities
National forests
Native Americans
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land in the Ottawa National Forest, Gogebic County, Michigan, for cultural preservation, without consideration, to the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. 
 
Prohibits the recipient from selling any part of the land other than that land east of Indian Village Road or from using any part of the land for gaming or any other economic purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to withhold community development block grant funds from States and communities that do not prohibit the use of the power of eminent domain that involves the taking of the property from private persons for commercial or economic development purposes and transfer of the property to other private persons.

Bill: 109-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Block grants
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Landowners
Local laws
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate development
Right of property
State laws
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to withhold community development block grant funds from a state, local government, Indian tribe, or insular area that does not prohibit the use of the power of eminent domain that involves the taking of private property for commercial or economic development purposes and transfer of the property to other private persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Save the Statue of Liberty Act

Bill: 109-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Maintenance and repair
National monuments
New York City
Safety measures

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Save the Statue of Liberty Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service and using funds available to the Secretary for this purpose, to commence necessary safety and related improvements to the Statue of Liberty so that it may be fully reopened to the public to provide the same access as before September 11, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Child Tax Credit Preservation Act of 2005 - Makes permanent the increases in the child tax credit enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, and the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004. 
 
Provides for an annual inflation adjustment to child tax credit amounts, beginning in 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Antitrust and Competition Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Corporate mergers
Corporate reorganizations
Railroad rates
Railroads
Restrictive trade practices
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Railroad Antitrust and Competition Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Clayton Act to eliminate the antitrust exemption applicable to railroads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Short Sea Shipping Tax Exemption Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Excise tax
Freight
Harbors
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
Marine terminals
Marine transportation
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Short Sea Shipping Tax Exemption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the harbor maintenance tax certain cargo shipped between U.S. mainland ports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1515)
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To extend eligibility for refugee status of unmarried sons and daughters of certain Vietnamese refugees.

Bill: 109-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Asians
East Asia
Families
Immigrants
Refugees
Right of asylum
Single people
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Extends through FY2007 authority to process in-country certain unmarried sons and daughters of qualified Vietnamese nationals for U.S. admission as refugees of special humanitarian concern. Requires such an alien to be at least 21 years old, and to have been unmarried as of the date of acceptance of the alien's parent for resettlement under the Orderly Departure Program or through the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.
 
Defines &quot;qualified national&quot; as a Vietnamese national who: (1) was interned in a reeducation camp by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, or is the widow or widower of such a person; (2) qualified and is, or was, accepted under the Orderly Departure Program or through the Consulate for U.S. admission as a refugee or immediate relative status immigrant; and (3) is, or whose surviving spouse is, presently maintaining a U.S. residence, or is awaiting departure formalities from Vietnam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Bill: 109-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Massachusetts
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Taunton River in Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House