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To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to delegate to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-466
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Authorization
Delegation of powers
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the authorization of appropriations for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for firms.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to delegate all of the Secretary's functions regarding TAA for firms, except those relating to certain small business firms, to the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-467
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Capitation (Medical care)
Caregivers
Case management
Chronically ill
Coinsurance
Community health services
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Disabled
Drugs
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Living wills
Long-term care
Medical economics
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Medical records
Medical tests
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-care
Social Welfare
Telemedicine
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Geriatric and Chronic Care Management Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of geriatric assessments and chronic care management services for eligible individuals.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) the effectiveness of the different payment methodologies applicable with respect to chronic care management services developed and implemented under this Act; (2) the effectiveness of the pay for performance programs to serve Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions, including dementia; (3) process measures and outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic illnesses, including dementia; (4) the cost-effectiveness and quality associated with chronic care management under the Medicare program; and (5) the feasibility of broadening and incorporating the findings of the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) study into the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-01
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: 2005-02-01
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: 2005-02-01
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: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act

Bill: 109-hr-469
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquifers
Arizona
Boundaries
California
Communication in science
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to research
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Geographic information systems
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Groundwater
Hydrology
Indian lands
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Laboratories
Latin America
Maps
Mexico
Minorities
Native Americans
New Mexico
Regional planning
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Texas
Treaties
Water supply
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act - Establishes a United States-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment program to characterize, map, and model groundwater resources along the border. Describes as the program's objectives to: (1) develop an integrated approach to assess transboundary groundwater resources, including identifying fresh and saline aquifers, prioritizing the aquifers for further analysis, and creating a geographic information system database for each priority aquifer; (2) expand existing agreements between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Border States (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas), the Water Resources Research Institutes, and appropriate U.S. and Mexican authorities to conduct joint scientific investigations and archive and share relevant data; and (3) produce scientific products for each priority aquifer to provide water managers and natural resource agencies with necessary information. 
 
Designates as priority transboundary aquifers the: (1) Hueco Bolson and Mesilla aquifers; (2) Santa Cruz River Valley aquifers; and (3) San Pedro aquifers.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop partnerships with relevant organizations in Mexico; and (2) coordinate activities with water resource agencies in the Border States and affected Indian tribes. Prohibits the Secretary from initiating any field studies before consulting and coordinating with the Border State water resource agency with jurisdiction over the aquifer.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements with water resource agencies and Border States to carry out the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Improving Electronic Voting Standards and Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-470
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Computer software
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Election administration
Fraud
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Licenses
Manufacturing industries
Parties to actions
Personnel records
Presidential elections
Quality of products
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and signboards
Standards
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Improving Electronic Voting Standards and Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to: (1) establish specific requirements for software used in electronic voting machines in Federal elections; (2) prohibit Election Assistance Commission accreditation of a laboratory unless it meets standards the Commission may establish to prevent the existence or appearance of any conflict of interest in the testing of voting system hardware and software; (3) require the posting of notice of the availability of administrative complaint procedures for individuals who believe that a voting machine or other equipment used in the election is not working properly, or who otherwise believe that a State or jurisdiction is not in compliance with the requirements of this Act; and (4) prohibit an individual from filing a complaint with respect to an allegation that a voting machine or other equipment used in an election is not working properly unless the individual is eligible to cast a vote on or otherwise use the machine or equipment which is the subject of the complaint. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and to improve the linkage between databases for public disclosure of election-related information maintained by the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Election Commission.

Bill: 109-hr-471
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Income tax
Political action committees
Political parties
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise disclosure requirements for tax-exempt political organizations. Requires such an organization to make monthly reports in any election year in which it accepts contributions or makes expenditures of $25,000 or more. Requires quarterly reports for organizations with less than $25,000 in contributions or expenditures, but requires a change to monthly reporting upon receipt of contributions in excess of $25,000 or the making of expenditures greater than $25,000. Requires: (1) pre-election and post-election reports; and (2) semiannual reports in years in which a regularly scheduled election is not held.
 
Requires: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to take actions to increase disclosure to the public of tax-exempt political organization reporting; and (2) the Secretary and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to take actions to improve the linkage between the databases for public disclosure of election related information maintained by the Department of the Treasury and the FEC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-472
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Authorization
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Roads and highways
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Trails
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Amends Federal law concerning the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey to reauthorize appropriations for the route. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a strategic plan that describes opportunities to increase participation in the planning, development, and administration of the route and organizational options for sustaining the route. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E113-114)
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 23, United States Code, to provide grant eligibility for a State that adopts a program for the impoundment of vehicles operated by persons while under the influence of alcohol.

Bill: 109-hr-473
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Searches and seizures
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 

 
Amends Federal highway law to revise eligibility requirements for grants to States that adopt and implement programs to reduce alcohol-related traffic safety accidents. Makes eligible for such a grant a program to impound a vehicle operated by a person arrested for operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E117)
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.

Bill: 109-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Claims
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Concentration camps
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
District courts
History
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Jurisdiction
Limitation of actions
Railroads
Transportation and Public Works
War crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Grants U.S. district courts original jurisdiction over any civil action for damages for personal injury or death that: (1) arose from the deportation of persons to Nazi concentration camps between January 1, 1942, and December 31, 1944; and (2) is brought by or on behalf of such person against a railroad that owned or operated the trains on which the persons were deported and that was organized as a separate legal entity.
 
Provides that: (1) no law limiting the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts shall preclude any such action; and (2) no such action shall be barred because a statute of limitations has expired. Makes this Act applicable to any action pending on or commenced after January 1, 2002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 109-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Caregivers
Domestic partners
Employee health benefits
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grandparents
Health
Medical records
Same-sex marriage
Siblings
Sick leave
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a same-sex spouse as determined under applicable State law, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition. 
 
Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to Federal employees.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E120)
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act

Bill: 109-hr-477
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Health insurance continuation
International Affairs
Married people
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to allow spouses and children of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to purchase or continue to purchase health insurance coverage, under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), if they elect to do so during a 120-day period beginning on the date when this Act is enacted or on the date when they lose their COBRA coverage, whichever is later. Requires such elected coverage to continue for such eligible individuals unless they are otherwise covered or are eligible under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2005-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E118)
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-478
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Harbors
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Port authorities
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to seaports to enhance security if the grant will improve security at the seaport or improve its efficiency without lessening security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8037)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H256-257)
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House