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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of sex-enhancing drugs for individuals convicted of a sex offense.

Bill: 109-hr-2626
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child sexual abuse
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs
Families
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Rape
Sex
Sex offenders
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of sex-enhancing drugs for individuals convicted of a sex offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Trade Commission to monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances.

Bill: 109-hr-2627
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Federal Trade Commission
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Petroleum reserves
Public meetings
Restrictive trade practices
Strategic materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
 Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate the retail price of gasoline in a state in which the average price of regular grade gasoline has increased 20 percent or more for at least seven days during any three-month period in order to determine if the price is being artificially manipulated by reducing refinery capacity or by any other form of manipulation.
 
Requires the FTC to present investigation results at a public hearing in the state in which the retail price of gasoline was investigated.
 
Requires the FTC, in cooperation with the Attorney General of the relevant state, to take appropriate action if it determines that the increase in gasoline prices in a state is a result of market manipulation.
 
Requires the FTC to notify the Secretary of Energy, who shall, within two weeks of such notification, decide if the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be used to assure adequate supplies of gasoline, if the FTC determines that the increase in gasoline prices in a state is not the result of market manipulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.

Bill: 109-hr-2628
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Identification devices
Passports
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Amends the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 to extend by one year (October 26, 2006) the deadline for: (1) installing at all U.S. ports of entry equipment and software capable of processing machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents and passports that contain biometric identifiers; (2) Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries to certify that they are issuing machine-readable, tamper-resistant passports that contain biometric and document authentication identifiers comporting with specified standards; and (3) VWP participants who are issued passports on or after the new deadline to present passports that comply with such requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act

Bill: 109-hr-2631
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional reporting requirements
Conscientious objectors
Defense budgets
Economics and Public Finance
Estate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Income tax
Peace
Religion
Religious liberty
Tax administration
Tax returns
War and religion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund for the deposit of income, gift, and estate taxes paid by or on behalf of taxpayers: (1) who are designated conscientious objectors opposed to participation in war in any form based upon the taxpayer's deeply held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or training (within the meaning of the Military Selective Service Act); and (2) who have certified these beliefs in writing.
Requires that funds in the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund be allocated annually to any appropriation not for a military purpose. 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that any revenue increase resulting from the creation of the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the purposes of the Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride.

Bill: 109-hr-2632
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine Dihydrochloride.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Department of Defense Historical Radiation Records Preservation Act

Bill: 109-hr-2633
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Archives
Classified defense information
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
History
Military research
Nuclear weapons
Public health
Public records
Radioactive pollution
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Department of Defense Historical Radiation Records Preservation Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from destroying any document in the custody or control of the Department of Defense (DOD) that is a historical record relating to radioactive fallout from the testing of any nuclear device. Directs the Secretary to identify, preserve, and publish information contained in such documents.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that all government agencies should institute a moratorium on the destruction of historical fallout-related records and that DOD should declassify those records for the benefit of scientific research and public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2634
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Continental shelf
Contracts
Easements
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Land transfers
Law
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mineral reserves
Mining leases
Mississippi
Offshore structures
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum pipelines
Right-of-way
State laws
Submerged lands
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in the expanded submerged land of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, if the state involved demonstrates that specified conditions will be met. Numbers among such conditions the requirement that the state enact, and keep updated, laws or promulgate regulations equivalent to federal law or regulations regarding: (1) the environmental protection, safety, and operations of any operation pipeline in existence on the date of conveyance; and (2) valuation of oil, gas, or other mineral production from existing interests for royalty purposes. 
 
Provides that, if any existing federal oil and gas or other mineral lease or unit would be divided by the expanded seaward boundary of a state, the federal interest in the leased minerals underlying the portion of the lease or unit that lies within the expanded submerged boundary shall not be considered to be conveyed to the state until the date on which the lease or unit expires or is relinquished by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.

Bill: 109-hr-2635
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Contraceptives
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Health
Military medicine
Women
Women soldiers
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Requires emergency contraception to be included on the basic core formulary of the uniform formulary of pharmaceutical agents for the pharmacy benefits program of the Department of Defense.
 
States that no prior authorization may be required for such contraception.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2636
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Home ownership
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Low-income housing
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Housing Preservation Matching Grant Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States (including the District of Columbia and U.S. commonwealths, territories, and possessions) for low-income housing preservation. 
Sets forth requirements for projects: (1) with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) with section 8 assistance; or (3) purchased by the residents.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2637
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Building construction
Building laws
College teachers
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Death
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Educational facilities
Educational statistics
Electric appliances
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to education
Fire prevention
Fires
Fraternal organizations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Planning
School buildings
School personnel
Smoke detectors
Smoking
Standards
Student housing
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution participating in any program under the Act to provide to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report containing specified information about the campus fire safety practices and standards of that institution.
 
Requires such institutions to: (1) record all on-campus fires, including the nature, date, time, and general location of each fire and all false fire alarms; and (2) open such information to public inspection. Requires the institutions to report on such information annually to the campus community in a manner that will aid the prevention of similar occurrences.
 
Requires the institutions to request their fraternities and sororities to collect and report such information for each building and property they own or control.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to report to Congress on fire safety systems in college and university facilities and on fire safety standards in all such facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To allow the waiver of certain terms contained in a deed of conveyance to the City of Williams, Arizona.

Bill: 109-hr-2638
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Airports
Arizona
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Small towns
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Allows the Secretary of Transportation to waive any term contained in the deed of conveyance dated August 13, 1948, by which the United States conveyed lands (H.A. Clark Memorial Field) to the city of Williams, Arizona, for use by the city for airport purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2639
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Community development
Community development banking
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Credit
Depressed areas
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Infrastructure
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Poverty
Small business
Social Welfare
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2005 - Establishes a three-year small business intermediary lending pilot program under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries for the purpose of making fixed interest rate and mid-size loans ($35,000 to $200,000) to startup, newly-established, and growing small businesses. Authorizes the SBA, under the program, to make one percent, 20-year loans of up to $1 million, on a competitive basis, to up to 20 nonprofit lending intermediaries. Requires geographic diversity and representation of urban and rural communities under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1088)
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
To require the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to take into consideration the homeland security contributions and value of military installations when the Commission conducts its review and analysis of the list of military installations recommended for closure or realignment by the Secretary of Defense.

Bill: 109-hr-2641
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Military base closures
Military bases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Directs the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, in conducting its review and analysis of the list of military installations recommended for closure or realignment that the Secretary of Defense submitted to Congress on May 13, 2005, to consider the homeland security contributions and value of each installation included.
 
Provides that if the Commission completes its review and analysis before the date of enactment of this Act, any closures or realignments already undertaken shall have no further force and effect, and such actions may resume only after the Commission complies with the above requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2642
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Citizen participation
Congressional districts
Congressional elections
Congressional powers
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Gerrymandering
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Judicial review
Law
Public meetings
State courts
State laws
State legislatures
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act of 2005 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission; (2) development of a redistricting plan; (3) its submission to the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
Innocent Check Depositor Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-2643
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2005-05-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts
Bank deposits
Checks
Fees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: 
Innocent Check Depositor Protection Act - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to provide that, in the case of a check drawn on an account at an originating institution which is dishonored by that institution due to lack of sufficient funds, a receiving depository institution may not impose any fee on the depositor, in connection with such check, due to such dishonorment.
 
States that this Act shall not be construed as affecting any intervening depository institution or the costs of services it provides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Introduced in House