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Coastal Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1516
Sponsor: Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coastal zone
Estuaries
Income tax
Landowners
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Shore protection
Tax credits
Water Resources Development
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Coastal Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for expenditures for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-approved projects for the control or abatement of shoreline erosion in the United States greater than two feet per year (based on data published by the Bureau of Economic Geology of the University of Texas). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1517
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent maximum tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from this repeal.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Family Friendly Employers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1518
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefit plans
Families
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Scholarships
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Family Friendly Employers Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to include assistance provided to dependents of an employee. Limits the annual amount of the exclusion for such dependents to $2,500.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Better Future for American Families Act

Bill: 109-hr-1519
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Saving and investment
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Better Future for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to rename the Credit for Elective Deferrals and IRA Contributions as the Saver's Credit. Revises the applicable percentage of an eligible individual's qualified retirement savings contributions for determining the amount of such credit. Makes the credit refundable and permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Paperwork Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1520
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Small business
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Paperwork Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers who reasonably expect to owe $50,000 or less in annual taxes on distilled spirits, wines, and beer to make quarterly (rather than semimonthly) tax payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1521
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advertising
Agriculture and Food
Associations, institutions, etc.
Business travel
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Expense accounts
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Minorities
Racial discrimination
Recreation
Sex discrimination
Sports and Recreation
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Ending Tax Breaks for Discrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny all tax deductions for business expenses (including advertising expenses) associated with the use of a private club that discriminates on the basis of sex, race, or color.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E569)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1522
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Nurses
Nursing education
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Teacher and Nurse Support Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to increase to a maximum of $17,500 the aggregate student loan obligation eligible for forgiveness or cancellation programs for teachers who serve full-time in certain elementary or secondary schools (which qualify based on enrollment of disadvantaged students).
 
Includes, under these HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve in a clinical setting or as a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited school of nursing.
Directs the Secretary of Education to repay such loan obligation in annual installments up to specified maximum amounts after each of five years of such service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-1523
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Education
Disability retirement
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
International Affairs
Law
Married people
Military dependents
Police
Rescue work
Scholarships
September 11, 2001
Student loan funds
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to discharge or cancel the Federal student loan indebtedness of spouses of individuals who died (or die) or who became (or become) permanently and totally disabled from injuries suffered in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act

Bill: 109-hr-1525
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Architecture
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal employees
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Freedom of speech
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Maintenance and repair
Occupational health and safety
Official secrets
Presidential commissions
Productivity in government
Protection of officials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right of petition
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Security measures
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Traffic congestion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the Government may provide for both security in, and public access to, Federal buildings and other Federal property and sites.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E590)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Humanitarian Food and Medicine Export Act

Bill: 109-hr-1527
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Drugs
Embargo
Export controls
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gifts
Health
International relief
Medical supplies
Sanctions (International law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Humanitarian Food and Medicine Export Act - States that: (1) any prohibition on private donations or other exports from the United States to any other country of food, medicine, or medical supplies shall cease to be effective; and (2) private donations and other exports from the United States to any other country of food, medicine, or medical supplies intended to meet basic human needs may not be prohibited. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E575)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for Federal and State coordination of permitting for electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1529
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Department of Energy
Electric power distribution
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right-of-way
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Designates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all applicable Federal authorization and related environmental review of a proposed electricity transmission or distribution facility upon request of a current or prospective applicant for Federal authorization related to such a facility.
 
Instructs DOE to establish prompt and binding intermediate milestones and ultimate deadlines for the review of and Federal authorization decisions relating to the proposed facility.
 
Sets a one-year deadline for completion of all permit decisions and related environmental reviews regarding an application.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult regularly with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and FERC-approved Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators on changes to the national grid that will improve reliability, relieve congestion, and enhance the capability of the grid to deliver electricity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To encourage the development of hydroelectric projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1530
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Cost of living adjustments
Dams
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Energy development
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal installations
Governmental investigations
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
Public utilities
Subsidies
Sunset legislation
Water Resources Development
Water storage
Water supply
Water use

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments during a specified incentive period to the owner or operator of: (1) a turbine or other generating device owned or solely operated by a non-Federal entity which generates hydroelectric energy for sale and which is added to an existing dam or conduit (a qualified hydroelectric facility); and (2) hydroelectric facilities at existing dams for capital improvements that are directly related to improving their efficiency by at least three percent.
 
Describes payment limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Veronica Kehinde Akintade.

Bill: 109-hr-1531
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Makes Veronica Kehinde Akintade 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: 2005-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1532
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Charities
Colleges
Education
Educational facilities
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Student activities
Student housing
Students
Tax deductions
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes and which make collegiate housing and infrastructure improvement grants to continue to be treated as tax-exempt organizations so long as all of the active members of the recipient organization are full-time students at the college or university with which the recipient organization is associated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E597-598)
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Bill: 109-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Synthetic fibers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow.

Bill: 109-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Synthetic fibers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on acrylic or modacrylic synthetic filament tow.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

Bill: 109-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Synthetic fibers
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on nitrocellulose.

Bill: 109-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Cellulose
Nitrates
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on nitrocellulose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exemption amounts for individuals under the alternative minimum tax.

Bill: 109-hr-1538
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minimum tax
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the exemption amount under the alternative minimum tax to $100,000 for married taxpayers filing joint tax returns and surviving spouses and to $75,000 for unmarried taxpayers. Increases the phase-out levels for calculating reductions in the such exemption amount and the rate of phase-out. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the exemption amount and phase-out level. Exempts the amendments made by this Act from the general terminating date of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (December 31, 2010).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the responsibilities of a pharmacy when a pharmacist employed by the pharmacy refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Damages
Dismissal of employees
Drugs
Employee selection
Fines (Penalties)
Injunctions
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Punitive damages
Religion
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a pharmacy from receiving a prescription in interstate commerce unless it: (1) ensures that a prescription that is not filled due to a refusal by a pharmacist on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions is filled by another pharmacist employed by the pharmacy within four hours of such refusal; and (2) does not employ any pharmacist who refuses to return an unfilled prescription to the patient or transfer an unfilled prescription to another pharmacy with the intent to prevent a patient from filling a valid prescription for a drug.
 
Sets forth penalties for violations. Allows a civil action against a pharmacy for a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-08
text: Introduced in House