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Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1357
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cloning
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Genetic research
Genetics
Human embryology
Import restrictions
Law
Medical ethics
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from knowingly: (1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning; (2) participating in such an attempt; (3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or (4) importing such an embryo or derived product.
 
Sets forth criminal and civil penalties.
Provides that nothing in this Act restricts areas of scientific research not specifically prohibited above, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-1358
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Clinical trials
Defense contracts
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government service contracts
Health
Health counseling
Law
Licenses
Mental health services
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act - Amends the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program) to authorize the provision of mental health counseling for TRICARE participants. Authorizes the provision of mental health services in DOD clinical trials.
 
Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into personal service contracts with mental health counselors.
 
Includes mental health counselors within DOD licensure requirements for health-care professionals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects.

Bill: 109-hr-1359
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the amount of authorized appropriations for the pilot program for alternative water source projects and extend program authorization through FY 2010.

action_date: 2005-07-13
text: 
Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase from $75 to $125 million the amount of authorized appropriations for the pilot program for alternative water source projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 109-167.
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 109-167.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Price Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1362
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Electronic government information
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Internet
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Prices
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surgery
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Hospital Price Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the public disclosure of prices for hospital and ambulatory surgical center procedures and drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-03-17
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: 2005-03-17
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: 2005-03-17
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: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1363
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Environmental Protection
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Labor and Employment
Liability for environmental damages
Limitation of actions
Manufacturing industries
Products liability
Torts
Warranties
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005 - Prohibits the filing of a civil action against a manufacturer or seller of a durable good (except a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or train that is used primarily to transport passengers for hire) more than 18 years after it was delivered to its first purchaser or lessee for: (1) damage to property arising out of an accident involving such good; or (2) damages for death or personal injury arising out of an accident involving such good if the claimant has received or is eligible to receive worker compensation and the injury does not involve a toxic harm (including, but not limited to, any asbestos-related harm). Declares that this Act: (1) shall not bar an action against a defendant who made an express warranty in writing as to the safety or life expectancy of a specific product for a period of more than 18 years (except that this Act shall apply at the expiration of such warranty); (2) does not affect the limitations period established by the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994; and (3) does not supersede or modify any statute or common law that authorizes an action for civil damages, cost recovery, or any other form of relief for remediation of the environment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Equal Justice for Our Military Act

Bill: 109-hr-1364
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Jurisdiction
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Equal Justice for Our Military Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize U.S. Supreme Court review of decisions in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces denied relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-hr-1365
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Migrant labor
Nonviolence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Cesar E. Chavez Congressional Gold Medal Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or other personal representative of Cesar E. Chavez in recognition of his service to the Nation. (Chavez organized farm workers to campaign for safe and fair working conditions, founded the National Farm Workers Association-- predecessor of the United Farm Workers of America-- and was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Combat-Related Special Compensation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1366
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Combat-Related Special Compensation Act of 2005 - Authorizes monthly combat-related special compensation pay to any military retiree who is entitled to retired pay and has a combat-related disability. (Currently, a retiree must meet those requirements and also have completed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service.)
 
Provides a special compensation rule with respect to retirees with less than 20 years of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to protecting the labor rights of current and former employees of coal industry employers that are debtors under such title.

Bill: 109-hr-1367
Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Coal
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation directors
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Energy
Executives
Finance and Financial Sector
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Industrial relations
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Law
Miners
Pension funds
Retiree health benefits
Trusts and trustees
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the abuse of the provisions of bankruptcy law by certain coal industry employers is damaging to the economic health of the United States, as well as to the employees who are directly harmed by such legal abuses.
 
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that sale by the bankruptcy trustee of a facility owned or operated by a coal industry employer involved in coal production, processing, or transportation is subject to the labor rights of the current and former employees of the debtor.
 
States that if employees at such facility are represented by a labor organization, such organization is conclusively presumed to enjoy majority support for a period of one year from the date of such sale, or such longer period as required by applicable nonbankruptcy law.
 
Sets forth criteria for approval of an application to reject a collective bargaining agreement by a coal industry employer relating to a covered facility.
 
States that obligations arising under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement before the entry of bankruptcy relief are secured by a lien on all of the debtor's assets.
 
Declares that all members of a debtor's controlled group of corporations are jointly and severally liable for damages arising as the result of the court-approved application for the modification of retiree benefits owed by a coal industry employer relating to a covered facility. Declares all such claims entitled to priority status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Integrated Water Resources Management Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1368
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers
Authorization
Civil engineering
Construction costs
Damages
Data banks
Department of Defense
Easements
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Hydraulic engineering
Hydrology
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Relocation
Reservoirs
Right-of-way
Science, Technology, Communications
Sediment control
Small towns
Social Welfare
Texas
Urban affairs
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Integrated Water Resources Management Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to include as a primary mission of the Army Corps of Engineers the provision of technical services and assistance to support planning, conservation, and responsible integrated management of water resources by State, tribal, interstate water resources organizations, and local governments.
 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1974 to authorize: (1) the Secretary, at the request of a governmental agency or non-Federal interest, to provide technical assistance in managing water resources; and (2) the non-Federal contribution for preparation of a plan subject to the cost-sharing program to be made by the provision of services, materials, supplies, or other in-kind services.
 
Amends the WRDA of 1986 to set the non-Federal share of the costs of a watershed and river basin assessment on or after December 11, 2000, at 25 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to allow a non-Federal interest credit toward its share of the costs for certain projects or studies. Directs the Secretary to undertake: (1) measures to more effectively meet the current water resources needs of the areas impacted by Corps reservoirs; and (2) a program to provide public access to water resources and related water quality data.
 
Modifies provisions under the Flood Control Act of 1970 and the WRDA of 1986 regarding partnership agreements for water resources projects. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1370
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Boundaries
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Data banks
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal-state relations
Geodesy
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Identification devices
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Land use
Law
Legislation
Maps
Nature conservation
Photography
Real estate development
Remote sensing
Science, Technology, Communications
Space activities
Standards
Surveying

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property (an inventory of real property of the Federal Government developed through the collection of geographical and digital data depicting natural or man-made physical features, phenomena, and boundaries of the earth and any related information) to assist with Federal land management, resource conservation, and development of real property, including any Federal land which is no longer required to be owned by the Government. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cost-sharing agreements with States to include any non-Federal lands in a State in such cadastre. Limits the Federal share of any such agreement to 50 percent of the total cost to a State for the development of the cadastre of the non-Federal lands in the State.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a report on: (1) the existing real property inventories or any components of any cadastre currently authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the Interior; (2) the inventories and components that will be or will not be eliminated or consolidated into the multipurpose cadastre authorized by this Act; (3) the cost savings that will be achieved; and (4) recommendations for any legislation necessary to increase cost savings and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of replacing, eliminating, or consolidating real property inventories or any components of a cadastre currently authorized by law or conducted by the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment for members of reserve components who perform inactive-duty training in determining their entitlement for hazardous duty pay, aviation incentive pay, diving duty special pay, and foreign language proficiency pay.

Bill: 109-hr-1371
Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Divers
Flight crews
Flight training
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Military aviation
Military pay
Military training
National Guard
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Authorizes members of the reserves and National Guard, while performing inactive-duty training, to receive hazardous duty incentive pay, officer aviation career incentive pay, diving duty special pay, and foreign language proficiency pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in House