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To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to classify certain children's products containing lead to be banned hazardous substances.

Bill: 109-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Electronics
Environmental Protection
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Lead
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Toys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe regulations classifying any children's product containing lead as a banned hazardous substance under the Hazardous Substances Act.
 
Defines &quot;children's product containing lead&quot; as any consumer product marketed for use by children under age six (or whose substantial use by such children is foreseeable) that contains more than trace amounts of lead as determined by the Commission and prescribed by regulations.
 
Requires the Commission, if it determines that it is not feasible for certain electronic devices to immediately comply with prescribed regulations, to: (1) issue standards to reduce exposure and accessibility to lead in such devices; and (2) establish a schedule for full compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State programs under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

Bill: 109-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Civics education
Compensatory education
Department of Defense
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Leadership
Mentoring
Military training
National Guard
Physical education and training
Sports and Recreation
Youth employment
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends Federal provisions concerning the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to provide a maximum Federal matching funds level of 60 percent of the costs of operating the State program during FY 2005, 65 percent during FY 2006, 70 percent during FY 2007, and 75 percent during FY 2008 and beyond.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-670
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
Mathematics
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Special education
Speech disorders
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2005 - Amends the Teacher-Taxpayer Protection Act of 2004 to make applicable to all eligible teachers in mathematics, science, and special education certain additional amounts of student loan forgiveness. (Current law makes such additional amounts applicable only with respect to those who are new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998, and before October 1, 2005.)
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to treat certain speech-language pathologists as special education teachers for purposes of student loan forgiveness, under both the Federal Family Education Loan program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Saikou A. Diallo.

Bill: 109-hr-671
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Makes Saikou A. Diallo 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: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Cristina Degrassi.

Bill: 109-hr-672
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Declares Maria Cristina Degrass to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop.

Bill: 109-hr-673
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Declares that Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kuan-Wei Liang and Chun-Mei Hsu-Liang.

Bill: 109-hr-674
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Makes Kuan-Wei Liang and Chun-Mei Hsu-Liang each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Del Refugio Plascencia and Alfredo Plascencia-Lopez.

Bill: 109-hr-675
Sponsor: Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Declares that Maria Del Refugio Plascencia and Alfredo Plascencia-Lopez shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Laouratou Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, Mamadou Pathe Diallo, Fatoumata Traore Diallo, Sankarela Diallo, and Marliatou Bah.

Bill: 109-hr-677
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Declares that Kadiatou Diallo, Laouratou Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, Mamadou Pathe Diallo, Fatoumata Traore Diallo, Sankarela Diallo, and Marliatou Bah shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete.

Bill: 109-hr-678
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Declares Griselda Lopez Negrete to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, Utah.

Bill: 109-hr-679
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Beaver County, Utah, for public recreational use all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 200 acres identified as &quot;Minersville State Park.&quot;

action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Beaver County, Utah, for public recreational use all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the approximately 200 acres identified as &quot;Minersville State Park.&quot; 
 
Permits the County to sell, for not less than fair market value, a part of the property conveyed to the County under this Act, if the proceeds of such sale are used by the County solely for maintenance of public recreation facilities located on the remainder of the conveyed property. Provides that, if the County does not comply with such requirements in the conveyance of such property: (1) the County shall pay to the United States the proceeds of the conveyance; and (2) the Secretary may require the reversion of all the property conveyed under this Act (other than property sold by the County under this Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 155.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-285.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-285.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil and gas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-681
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitive bidding
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Oil and gas leases
Oil shales
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil and gas.
 
Declares that such a lease shall not be further subject to the Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act of 1981.
 
Requires a lease for tar sand to be issued using the same bidding process, annual rental, and posting period as a lease issued for oil and gas. Sets the minimum acceptable bid for a tar sand lease at $2 per acre.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, in order to promote any resource covered by a combined hydrocarbon lease, to waive, suspend, or alter any requirement that a permittee under a permit authorizing prospecting for tar sand must exercise due diligence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional bankruptcy judge for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-684
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy courts
California
Finance and Financial Sector
Judges
Judicial districts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Amends the Federal judicial code to provide an additional bankruptcy judge for the eastern district of California.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress that bankruptcy judges should conduct bankruptcy proceedings on a daily basis in Bakersfield, California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act

Bill: 109-hr-687
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Black history
Blacks
Civil War
Colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Military history
Minorities
Museums
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities appropriate to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and to carry out other specified duties.
 
 
Directs the National Endowment for the Humanities to award grants for appropriate activities relating to the Civil War sesquicentennial, and to consider for such grants university, museum, or academic programs with national scope that sponsor multidisciplinary projects, including those that concentrate on the role of African Americans in the Civil War.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E192)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
First Amendment Restoration Act

Bill: 109-hr-689
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and politics
Campaign funds
Commerce
Corporations
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
First Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal: (1) a requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Commission; (2) a prohibition against the making of disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations; and (3) a provision treating coordinated communications as contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
National Discovery Trails Act

Bill: 109-hr-690
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Landowners
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Metropolitan areas
Missouri
National seashores
Nebraska
Nevada
Nonprofit organizations
Ohio
Right of property
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Surveying
Trails
Urban affairs
Utah
Volunteer workers
Walking
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
National Discovery Trails Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to establish national discovery trails, which shall be extended, continuous interstate trails located so as to provide for outdoor recreation and travel and to connect representative examples of America's trails and communities.
 
Authorizes the designation of such trails on Federal lands and, with the consent of the owner, on non-Federal lands. Requires the appropriate Secretary for each national discovery trail to administer the trail in cooperation with a competent trailwide volunteer-based organization. 
Sets forth requirements for designation as a national discovery trail. 
Designates as a national discovery trail the 6,000-mile American Discovery Trail which shall extend from Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware to Point Reyes National Seashore in California, traveling northern and southern routes from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Denver, Colorado.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-691
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Communication satellites
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after July 1, 2005, from reallocating primary allocations of bands of frequencies of the amateur radio and amateur satellite services, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands to such services, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility to the amateur radio or satellite service, unless the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum to amateur radio and satellite service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund be excluded from the Federal budget.

Bill: 109-hr-692
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil service retirement
Congress
Congressional budget
Disability insurance
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Labor and Employment
Off-budget expenditures

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Excludes the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal and congressional budgets and exempts it from any general budget limitation imposed by statute on U.S. budget outlays.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Medication Accessibility Act

Bill: 109-hr-693
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drugs
Health
Physicians
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Veterans Medication Accessibility Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish to a veteran such drugs and medicines as may be ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment of any illness or injury of such veteran. (Currently, other requirements must be met before such veterans will be furnished drugs and medicines on private practitioner prescriptions.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in House