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Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2231
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Community organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Environmental research
Environmentally induced diseases
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Urban affairs
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants to public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of not more than eight centers to conduct multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research on environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. Requires each such center to: (1) be known as a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Center of Excellence; (2) establish ongoing collaborations with community organizations; (3) be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions; (4) be supported under this Act for a period of not more than five years with additional periods allowed after review and recommendation; and (5) use innovative approaches to study unexplored areas of the environment and breast cancer. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Panel to make recommendations for and to review grants awarded under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2175-2176)
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Trust in Public Service Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2232
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics
Life imprisonment
Local officials
Mandatory sentences
Misconduct in office
Public corruption
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State officials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Restoring Trust in Public Service Act of 2005 - Amends the federal criminal code to prescribe mandatory minimum penalties, based on the amount of unjust enrichment, to be imposed on a public official convicted of an offense arising out of conduct in the course of his or her official duty that results in that official's unjust enrichment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2233
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Bankruptcy
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Defined benefit pension plans
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee rights
Excise tax
Executive compensation
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Pension funds
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Standards
Tax penalties
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a termination fairness standard that limits availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified deferred compensation plans if such employer's defined benefit pension plan is subjected to: (1) a termination based on bankruptcy reorganization; or (2) a conversion to a cash balance plan.
 
Prohibits funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose excise taxes on funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans: (1) in the event of a pension plan termination based on bankruptcy reorganization or of a conversion to a cash balance plan; or (2) while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.
 
Requires disclosure with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E923-924)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act

Bill: 109-hr-2235
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Beverages
Child safety
Commerce
Dairy products
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Families
Farm produce
Food industry
Food prices
Food safety
Foodborne diseases
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Frozen food
Fruit
Government Operations and Politics
Grading (Agricultural products)
Health
Health warnings
Imports
Jews
Labeling
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Milk
Natural foods
Nutrition
Pregnant women
Religion
Seafood
Shellfish
Social Welfare
Vegetables
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
National Uniform Food Safety Labeling Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem food to be misbranded unless the label: (1) for raw or partially cooked eggs, fish, milk, dairy products, shellfish, or unpasteurized juice discloses the increased risk associated with eating such food in raw or partially cooked form and the risk to children, the elderly, pregnant women, and persons with weakened immune systems of experiencing foodborne illnesses from eating such food; (2) for frozen fish or shellfish prominently discloses that the product has been frozen unless it was smoked, cured, cooked, or commercially sterilized prior to being frozen; (3) for raw eggs discloses the increased risk associated with eating raw eggs for children, the elderly, pregnant women, or persons with weakened immune systems; (4) for perishable agricultural commodities or derivatives contains the country of origin; (5) contains the date upon which it should no longer be sold because of diminution of quality, nutrient availability, or safety; (6) bears the word &quot;natural&quot; only if the food contains no artificial or synthetic ingredient added after harvesting and has not undergone other than minimal processing; (7) does not falsely represent that food has been prepared in accordance with orthodox Jewish religious standards; (8) includes the unit price and the total price of the food in accordance with this Act; and (9) bears a grade where grading is customary within the industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2238
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Eye care
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health education
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Performance measurement
School health programs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for providing: (1) comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority given to children under nine years old; (2) subsequent vision treatment or services to correct vision problems; and (3) educational materials to parents, teachers, and health care practitioners on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop criteria to collect data related to vision assessment and the utilization of follow-up services; and (2) coordinate the grant program with appropriate federal and state child services programs. Requires states to annually submit to the Secretary a program evaluation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E936)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the recognition period for built-in gains for subchapter S corporations.

Bill: 109-hr-2239
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Small business
Tax administration
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce from ten to seven years the period during which certain built-in gains of subchapter S corporations are subject to tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Urban and Rural Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2240
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Construction industries
Construction workers
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Health education
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minimum wages
Physical education and training
Physical fitness
Preventive medicine
Recreation
Revolving funds
Sports and Recreation
Sports facilities
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Urban and Rural Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants and loans to state and local government agencies and community development public authorities for the development of indoor centers for disease prevention and health promotion that are: (1) used principally as indoor recreational facilities; (2) owned or controlled by the entity receiving the grant; (3) available for use by residents of the jurisdiction free of charge or at a fee necessary to provide for the operation and maintenance of the facility; and (4) subject to legally binding and enforceable commitments as to the availability of the facility for 25 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Lewatit.

Bill: 109-hr-2241
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Ion-exchange resins (cationic H form), consisting of copolymers of acrylic acid and diethylene glycol divinyl ether (Lewatit).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain ion-exchange resins.

Bill: 109-hr-2242
Sponsor: Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Polymers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on certain ion-exchange resins.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2,6 Dichlorotoluene.

Bill: 109-hr-2243
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 2,6 Dichlorotoluene. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Glyoxylic Acid 50%.

Bill: 109-hr-2244
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Glyoxylic Acid 50 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on paraChlorophenol.

Bill: 109-hr-2245
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on paraChlorophenol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on allethrin.

Bill: 109-hr-2246
Sponsor: Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on 2-Methyl-4-oxo-3-(2-propenyl)-2-cyclopenten-1-yl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (allethrin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jen-Hui Tsai.

Bill: 109-hr-2247
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Makes Jen-Hui Tsai eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make refundable the credit for expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment.

Bill: 109-hr-2249
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Costs
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Married people
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment by: (1) allowing a credit amount of $3,000 for each qualifying individual; (2) increasing to $125,000 the adjusted gross income threshold amount at which credit amounts are reduced; (3) providing for an inflation adjustment to such credit and threshold amounts; and (4) making the credit refundable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
COLI Best Practices Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2251
Sponsor: Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Employee rights
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Tax exclusion
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
COLI Best Practices Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the tax exclusion for benefits paid by employer-owned life insurance contracts upon the death of an insured employee, with certain exceptions for directors and highly compensated employees and for proceeds paid to the heirs of an insured employee. Requires employers to provide written notice to employees of intent to insure their lives and obtain written consent from such employees to being insured under a company-owned life insurance contract.
 
Imposes certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements for employer-owned life insurance contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Permethrin.

Bill: 109-hr-2252
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 2-Methyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl 3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (Permethrin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cyazofamid.

Bill: 109-hr-2253
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Fungicides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on Mixtures of 4-chloro-2-cyano-N,N-dimethyl-5-(4-methylphenyl)-1H-imidazole-1-sulfonamide (Cyazofamid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Cypermethrin.

Bill: 109-hr-2254
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on ( + )-a-Cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl ( + )-cis,trans-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (Cypermethrin).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on on Flonicamid.

Bill: 109-hr-2255
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on N-(Cyanomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinecarboxamide (Flonicamid).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in House