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To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-hr-548
Sponsor: Rep. Hobson, David L. [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
House of Representatives
Law
Names
Ohio

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street, in Dayton, Ohio, as the Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street, in Dayton, Ohio, as the Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 22). (text: CR H362)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 22).(text: CR H362)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H368-369)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 548.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H362-366)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the basic pay provisions of title 37, United States Code, to ensure pay equity for enlisted members of the reserve components who are selected to attend the United States Military Academy Preparatory School, the United States Naval Academy Preparatory School, or the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School.

Bill: 109-hr-549
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Military education
Military pay
Secondary education
Service academies

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Amends Federal military pay provisions to remove the requirement that, in order for enlisted members of the reserves who are selected to attend one of the military academy preparatory schools to continue to be paid at their enlisted pay rate, such members, prior to such selection, must have been on active duty for more than 30 days.
 
Allows such individuals to be paid at their enlisted rate or the rate provided for cadets and midshipmen, whichever is greater.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-550
Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Ballots
Blind
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Computer software
Computers
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional elections
Corporation directors
Department of Justice
Directories
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Election Assistance Commission
Election administration
Election fraud
Freedom of information
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Illiteracy
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Laboratories
Language and languages
Law
Licenses
Presidential elections
Public corruption
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Soldier voting
Standards
Voter registration
Voting
Voting machines
Voting of the disabled
Voting rights
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 with respect to: (1) voter verification and mandatory paper record audit capacity; and (2) accessibility and voter verification of results for individuals with disabilities.
 
Requires the Election Assistance Commission to study, test, and develop best practices to enhance the accessibility of voter-verification mechanisms for individuals with disabilities and for voters whose primary language is not English, including best practices for the mechanisms themselves and the process through which the mechanisms are used. 
 
Outlines additional voting system requirements.
 
Requires laboratories to meet standards prohibiting conflicts of interest as a condition of accreditation for the testing of voting system hardware and software. 
 
Provides for the filing of complaints by aggrieved persons with the Attorney General. Extends the authorization of Election Assistance Commission permanently.
 
Makes available additional funding to enable States to meet the costs of the requirements imposed by this Act.
 
Directs the Election Assistance Commission to conduct random, unannounced, hand counts of the voter-verified records for each Federal general election in at least two percent of the precincts in each State.
 

 
Requires Federal certification of the technological security of voter registration lists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1567)
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6434)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-551
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Parent and child
Parent-school relationships
Recruiting and enlistment
School districts
Secondary education
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Student Privacy Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions for military recruiter access to secondary school student information. 
 
Requires ESEA-assisted local educational agencies (LEAs) to notify each secondary school student's parent of the option to consent to a release of the student's name, address, and telephone listing to military recruiters, and to give the parent the opportunity to provide such consent in writing. Requires such LEAs to provide military recruiters, upon their request, with access to such information on a student only if the student's parent has given such written consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Right to Life Act

Bill: 109-hr-552
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Families
Fetus
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Right to Life Act - Declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being. Defines &quot;human being&quot; (and &quot;human person&quot;) to encompass all stages of life, including but not limited to the moment of fertilization or cloning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E144)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Solid Waste Compact Act

Bill: 109-hr-553
Sponsor: Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Interstate commerce
Interstate relations
Refuse and refuse disposal
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Solid Waste Compact Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow States with approved State solid waste management plans to prohibit the importation of solid waste from outside the State. 
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify alternative solid waste disposal methods and establish and publish technical guidance regarding their implementation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
School-As-Lender Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-555
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Auditing
College administration
Colleges
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Contracts
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Interest rates
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
School-As-Lender Reform Act of 2005 - Amends Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish additional requirements for institutions of higher education to be eligible lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to adjust the percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-556
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Colorado
Connecticut
Crime and Law Enforcement
Delaware
District of Columbia
Federal law enforcement officers
Florida
Georgia
Hours of labor
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Metropolitan areas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York City
New York State
Ohio
Oregon
Pay equity
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Salaries
Texas
Urban affairs
Virginia
Washington State
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Amends the Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 to revise the special pay adjustments for (percentage differentials payable to) Federal law enforcement officers in specified consolidated metropolitan statistical areas. Includes Capitol Police as law enforcement officers under such Act.
Eliminates the limitation on the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay with respect to availability pay for Federal criminal investigators.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-557
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Authorization
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize specified appropriations through FY 2011 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Guard and Reserve Readiness and Retention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-558
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Military medicine
Military pensions
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Guard and Reserve Readiness and Retention Act of 2005 - Makes an individual eligible for retired pay for non-regular (reserve) military service if such individual: (1) satisfies one of specified combinations of minimum age (between 53 and 60) and years of service (between 20 and 34); (2) performed the last six years of qualifying service in currently authorized categories of military service, but not while a member of a regular component, the Fleet Reserve, or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; and (3) is not entitled to any other retirement pay from an armed force or as a member of the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
 
Authorizes a member of the Selected Reserve to enroll for self or self and family coverage under the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense managed health care program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.

Bill: 109-hr-559
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Indian education
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mental health services
Minorities
Native Americans
Parent-school relationships
Problem children
Psychologists
Psychotherapy
Recruiting of employees
School discipline
School health programs
School personnel
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social work
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to assist States and local educational agencies (LEAs) to recruit, train, and hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, including additional school counselors, psychologists, and social workers (in order to reduce the student-to-counselor ratios nationally, in elementary and secondary schools, to an average of one school counselor for every 250 students, one psychologist for every 1,000 students, and one social worker for every 800 students, as recommended in a report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences relating to schools and health).
 
Directs the Secretary of Education, after reserving certain funds for schools in outlying areas and schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make program allotments to States according to a specified formula. Requires States to allocate funds from Federal and State shares of program costs to LEAs according to specified formulas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act

Bill: 109-hr-560
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Economics and Public Finance
Peace Corps
Postage stamps
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for certain causes) to benefit the Peace Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War.

Bill: 109-hr-561
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Military personnel
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Gary Lee McKiddy of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor while serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, notwithstanding otherwise application time limitations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-03-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-563
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Canada
Commerce
Cost control
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Import restrictions
Imports
Law
Licenses
Medical records
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with covered drug manufacturers and disclose the lowest possible prices for prescription drugs under the new Medicare prescription drug program.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, with respect to the importation by Medicare beneficiaries of prescription drugs from Canada, to provide waivers that permit such beneficiaries to import prescription drugs from Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-02
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: 2005-02-02
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: 2005-02-02
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: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for a just apportionment of Representatives in Congress for all States.

Bill: 109-hr-564
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-02-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census
Congress
Congressional districts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: 
Amends Federal census law to repeal the exception that prevents the use of sampling in determining the population for purposes of the apportionment of Representatives in the Congress among the several States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E143)
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-02
text: Introduced in House