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To provide for the importation of pharmaceutical products under a compulsory license as provided for under the World Trade Organization.

Bill: 109-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Health
Import restrictions
Imports
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International agencies
Law
Licenses
Patents
Public health
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to inform the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the United States: (1) declares itself an eligible importing member for the purpose of being able to import pharmaceutical products pursuant to the Decision of the General Council of August 30, 2003, on &quot;Implementation of paragraph six of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health;&quot; and (2) withdraws its name from the list contained in the &quot;General Council Chairperson's Statement&quot; accompanying such Decision, of countries that voluntarily relinquished the right to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under compulsory licenses.
 
 Authorizes the President to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under a compulsory license to meet public health needs or to address situations of inadequate supply caused by insufficient domestic manufacturing capacity, in accordance with the Decision. Subjects such imported pharmaceutical products to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2424-2425)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the application of section 584(h) of such Code.

Bill: 109-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Law
Mutual funds
Stocks
Tax exemption
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a rule for the nonrecognition of gain for certain distributions of regulated investment company stock by common trust funds (regulated bank investment funds) to their participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Amtrak Board Leadership Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-4394
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Commerce
Corporation directors
Department of Transportation
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Amtrak Board Leadership Enhancement Act - Amends federal transportation law to replace the Amtrak Reform Board with a reconstituted Board of Directors of Amtrak (effectively eliminating the Reform Board). 
 
Revises former requirements for the composition and terms of the Board of Directors.
 
Allows members of the Amtrak Reform Board to continue to serve out their terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
National Vaccine Authority Act

Bill: 109-hr-4396
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Commerce
Contracts
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Emergency Management
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Health planning
Vaccination
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
National Vaccine Authority Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Vaccine Authority, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Vaccines.
 
Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) ensure that the Authority serves as the central clearinghouse for HHS with respect to federal and private contracts for the purchase or distribution of vaccines; (2) monitor the supply and distribution of vaccines under such contracts; (3) enter into contracts to increase production of vaccines when necessary; (4) oversee the identification of vaccine strains; (5) establish, periodically review, and revise timetables by which the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is required to identify the strains necessary to produce vaccines; (6) identify any delays in the production of vaccines; (7) ensure that such delays are accounted for as they occur; (8) oversee and monitor the distribution of vaccines; (9) develop, periodically review, and revise a vaccine emergency response and contingency plan; and (10) establish a commission to determine the current state of juvenile vaccines.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Returning Competence and Credibility to American Disaster Management

Bill: 109-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Returning Competence and Credibility to American Disaster Management - Requires the positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, from among persons who have extensive background in emergency and disaster-related management. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4398
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Claims
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commercial arbitration
Consent decrees
Electronic government information
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Law
Limitation of actions
Minorities
Public service advertising
Racial discrimination
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2005 - Provides de novo review for qualifying claims filed under the consolidated class action action lawsuits of Pigford v. Veneman and Brewington v. Veneman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries' Informed Choice Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4399
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Protecting Medicare Beneficiaries' Informed Choice Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the annual enrollment periods of the Medicare prescription drug benefit program and under the Medicare Advantage program.
 
Suspends Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalties for two years after the initial enrollment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1713)
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Children's Hope Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4400
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Property tax
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
State laws
State taxation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt organizations
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Children's Hope Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit, up to $100 ($200 for joint returns), for charitable contributions to an education investment organization that disburses 90% of its contributions to provide grants to students for elementary and secondary education expenses, if at least 50% of such disbursements go to students who qualify for free or reduced-cost school lunches. Requires a taxpayer claiming such credit to first claim a state qualified scholarship tax credit, as defined by this Act, as a condition of eligibility for the federal tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4401
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbons, Jim [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Claims
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Law
Mining claims
Nevada
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance Act - Sets forth procedures for the conveyance of certain mining townsites. Defines a mining townsite as real property in the counties of Esmeralda and Nye, Nevada, that is owned by the federal government but upon which improvements were constructed because of a mining operation on or near the property, if such improvements were undertaken based on the belief that: (1) the property had been or would be acquired by the entity operating the mine; or (2) the person who made the improvement had a valid claim for acquiring the property.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain mining townsites to the county in which each site is located. Directs, if a valid interest is proven in a site under Nevada law, the county receiving such site to reconvey the property to the person or persons with such interest. 
Provides for the protection of historic and cultural resources on conveyed townsites. Subjects conveyances under this Act to valid existing rights.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4402
Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Inland water transportation
Interstate commissions
Lakes
Navigation
New York City
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rivers
Ships
Strategic planning
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2005 - Establishes the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission to plan, develop, and execute programs and activities appropriate to commemorate, in 2009: (1) the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson (the first European to sail up the Hudson River); (2) the 200th anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton (the first person to use steam navigation on a commercial basis); (3) and the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain (the first European to discover and explore Lake Champlain).
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4403
Sponsor: Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Education
Higher education
Hospital rates
Medical education
Medical residents
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the counting of time spent in outpatient settings by full-time-equivalent residents in approved medical residency training programs, for purposes of direct graduate medical education payments and indirect medical education payments. Defines all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that nonhospital setting as the residents' stipends and benefits and other amounts, if any, as determined by the hospital and the entity (wholly owned or operated by the hospital) operating the nonhospital setting. Declares that the hospital is not required to pay the entity any amounts other than those determined by the hospital and the entity in order for the hospital to be considered to have incurred all, or substantially all, of the costs for ther training program in that setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Americans Helping Americans Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4404
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Louisiana
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Americans Helping Americans Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow until 2008 a tax credit for investment in businesses located in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Balancing Trade Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4405
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Balance of payments
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
President and foreign policy
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Balancing Trade Act of 2005 - Requires the President, if in three consecutive calendar years the United States has a trade deficit with another country of $10 billion or more, to take the necessary steps to create a trading relationship that would eliminate or substantially reduce that trade deficit, by entering into an agreement with that country or otherwise.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H852)
Medicare Plan Enrollment Fraud Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4406
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Medicare Plan Enrollment Fraud Protection Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a criminal penalty for fraud in connection with enrollment under an Medicare Advantage plan or prescription drug plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the entry into any bilateral or regional trade agreement, and to prohibit negotiations to enter into any such agreement, for a period of 2 years.

Bill: 109-hr-4407
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
President and foreign policy
Presidential powers
Sunset legislation
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Prohibits the President for two years from entering into any bilateral or regional trade agreement or engaging in any negotiations to enter into such agreements. Requires the President to terminate any such negotiations that are ongoing at the time this Act is enacted.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in House