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Pest Management and Fire Suppression Flexibility Act

Bill: 109-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Commerce
Emergency Management
Fire prevention
Forest management
Labeling
Law
Licenses
Nonpoint source pollution
Pest control
Pesticide regulation
Pesticides
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water pollution control
Weeds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Pest Management and Fire Suppression Flexibility Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to state that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall not require a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES), or require a State to mandate such a permit, for: (1) the proper use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise approved for use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and (2) the use by or in cooperation with the Federal or State government of a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention in accordance with relevant Federal guidelines; (3) silvicultural activities except for specified point source activities; and (4) the use of biological control organisms for the prevention, control, or eradication of plant pests or noxious weeds pursuant to specified provisions of the Plant Protection Act.
 
Redefines &quot;point source&quot; to exclude from the term those public health protection, pest management, and silvicultural activities excluded from NPDES permit requirements under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E742-743)
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Grand Canyon Hydrogen-Powered Transportation Demonstration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1750
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arizona
Automobile industry
Commerce
Concessions
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hydrogen
Minorities
Motor vehicle pollution control
National parks
Native Americans
Natural gas vehicles
Noise
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Grand Canyon Hydrogen-Powered Transportation Demonstration Act of 2005 - Directs the the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior to implement jointly a research and development program, in partnership with the private sector, regarding hydrogen-based transportation technologies suitable for operations in sensitive resource areas such as national parks, including a demonstration of hydrogen-based public transportation technology at Grand Canyon National Park.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to extend existing Department of Energy hydrogen-related vehicle research and development programs in order to meet the objectives of research, development, and demonstration of a hydrogen-based alternative public transportation system suitable for shuttle and tour operations within Grand Canyon National Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyethylene HE2591.

Bill: 109-hr-1752
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Polyethylene HE2591, with l-butene as comonomer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-1753
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Citizen lawsuits
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Law
Lawyers
Legal education
Legal services
Public interest
Scholarships
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a student loan forgiveness program for any borrower who agrees to complete three years of service as a public interest lawyer.
 
Directs the Secretary, under such program, to: (1) repay up to $20,000 of such borrower's obligation on a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B (Federal Family Education Loan Program) or D (Federal Perkins Loans) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA); and (2) provide for deferment of repayment of such loans by such borrower while employed as a public interest lawyer.
 
Excludes from such program Federal PLUS loans (to parents) and Federal consolidation loans under part B or comparable loans made under part D. Allows certain amounts under consolidation loans to qualify for such program.
 
Treats an individual as serving as a public interest lawyer eligible to apply for such program after completion of a year of service as a practicing attorney in: (1) local, State, or Federal government; (2) a tax-exempt organization; or (3) a judicial clerkship.
 
Provides such loan repayment on a first-come, first-serve basis, and subject to the availability of appropriations and to any limitations imposed by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to create or designate an administering entity for such program within the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Collection Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-hr-1754
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative fees
Child support
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
State finance
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Child Support Collection Enforcement Act - Amends the Social Security Act to revise child support enforcement program provisions to require States to: (1) establish procedures to ensure that interest accrues on child support payments which are in arrears; (2) use child support late payment fees to carry out approved State plans for the child support enforcement program; and (3) report on their collection of child support arrearages and interest on child support obligations.
 
Permits certain delays in State plan compliance with such additional requirements if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation is required for such purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Child Support Reserve Trust Act

Bill: 109-hr-1755
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child support
Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Liens
Mortgages
State laws
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Child Support Reserve Trust Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State plan for child and spousal support to provide that, as of January 1, 2006, the State agency will have in effect a State reserve trust system that requires: (1) the use of certain procedures; and (2) establishes a State reserve trust unit to implement them.
 
Requires a State reserve unit to: (1) withhold the net proceeds from the sale or refinancing of real property in the State against which a lien exists for overdue child support by the seller or refinancer, without regard to whether such lien has ever been extinguished; (2) hold a certain amount of such proceeds (anticipated future child support) in trust for the benefit of the child or children for whom the person has a support obligation; and (3) apply such amounts to satisfy such overdue child support, if all other available remedies are insufficient to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits refundable, and to allow taxpayers to obtain short-term student loans by using the future refund of such credits as collateral for the loans.

Bill: 109-hr-1756
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Education
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Student loan funds
Surety and fidelity
Tax refunds
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits refundable; and (2) allow students to use future refunds of tax credit amounts to secure student loans of up to $1,000 ($1,500 for first or second-year students). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To provide that a person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from a product that is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission may recover treble damages, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Product safety
Products liability
Punitive damages
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Establishes triple damages as the remedy for any person who brings a product liability action in a Federal or State court for injuries sustained from use of a product which is not in compliance with a voluntary or mandatory standard issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Directs the Commission to reissue, within 90 days, each voluntary and mandatory standard it has for a product with a notification to product manufacturers of such treble damages.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1758
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Mandatory sentences
Probation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Open Air Drug Market Penalty Act of 2005 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose an additional five years' imprisonment for knowingly committing a Federal offense, of which an element is the distribution of a controlled substance and for which the maximum term of imprisonment equals or exceeds five years, within 500 feet of the place where such an offense was committed within the preceding 48 hours. 
Prohibits: (1) the court from placing on probation or suspending the sentence of anyone convicted for such a violation; and (2) the term of imprisonment imposed from running concurrently with any other term of imprisonment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
GI Bill Flexibility Act

Bill: 109-hr-1759
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Student loan funds
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
GI Bill Flexibility Act - Authorizes the use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to pay Federal student loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Security for America's Domestic Workers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1761
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Household workers
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Taxation
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Retirement Security for America's Domestic Workers Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to provide that compensation paid for domestic services in an employer's private home will not be exempt from employment taxes unless such compensation is less than the greater of $1,400 or the amount of wages and self-employment income required for a quarter of coverage under the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow look-through treatment of payments between related foreign corporations.

Bill: 109-hr-1762
Sponsor: Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Income tax
Interest
Rent
Subsidiary corporations
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt dividends, interest, rents, and royalties received or accrued from certain controlled foreign corporations by a related entity from treatment as foreign personal holding company income (thus permitting tax deferral of such income).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Air piracy
Capital punishment
Conspiracy
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Homicide
International Affairs
Law
Licenses
Life imprisonment
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Torture
Transportation and Public Works
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to apply the death penalty or life imprisonment for a terrorist offense that results in the death of a person.
 
Makes an individual or corporation who is convicted of a terrorist offense ineligible for Federal benefits for any term of years or for life.
 
Includes &quot;terrorist offenses resulting in death&quot; among the aggravating factors for homicide which are used in determining whether a death sentence is justified.
 
Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to make the death penalty available in certain air piracy cases occurring before enactment of the Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 but after enactment of the Antihijacking Act of 1974. Narrows the language of &quot;especially heinous, cruel, or depraved&quot; by requiring that the act involved torture or serious physical abuse to the victim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Reading Failure Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Dyslexia
Economics and Public Finance
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Health
Higher education
Medical screening
Reading
School administration
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: 
Reading Failure Prevention Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to establish statewide programs for screening children between the ages of five and seven for the prevention of reading failure.
 
Requires a State to agree to use the grant to: (1) develop and implement a program that screens such children for traits that indicate dyslexia or other risk of reading failure; and (2) provide adequate professional development for personnel who administer screening programs under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E735-736)
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Introduced in House