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Multilateral Debt Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3191
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Authorization
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Debt agreements
Debt relief
Developing countries
Development credit institutions
Economics and Public Finance
International Affairs
International monetary system
Negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Multilateral Debt Relief Act of 2005 - Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of each international financial institution (the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the African Development Fund) to reach an agreement among the shareholders to permanently cancel 100 percent of the debts owed to each such institution by an eligible country (as defined by this Act); and (2) appropriations for the U.S. contribution to such agreement if other members of the international financial institutions contribute funds for such purpose.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should pursue additional bilateral and multilateral debt relief for each country eligible for International Development Association grants.
 
Amends the International Development Association Act to authorize, and authorize appropriations for, the U.S. Governor of the Association to contribute necessary sums to the fourteenth replenishment of the Association.
 
Amends the African Development Fund Act to authorize, and authorize appropriations for, The U.S. Governor of the Fund to contribute necessary sums to the tenth replenishment of the Fund. 
 
 Authorizes appropriations to fulfill U.S. commitments to the Enhanced HIPC Initiative (as defined by this Act). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act

Bill: 109-hr-3193
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Colorado River development
Infrastructure
Land use
National parks
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act- Designates certain lands in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, which shall be known as the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-29
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Housing America's Workforce Act

Bill: 109-hr-3194
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Corporation taxes
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee benefit plans
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Housing subsidies
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Mortgages
Rent
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Housing America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for up to 50 percent of the qualified housing expenses paid for the benefit of their employees. Defines &quot;qualified housing expenses&quot; to include homeownership assistance and rental assistance. Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $10,000 or six percent of an employee's home purchase price, or up to $2,000 for rental assistance. Excludes from employee gross income the value of employer-paid housing assistance.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants in FY2006-FY2008, on a competitive basis, to nonprofit housing organizations or local governments for certain costs, including operating costs and technical assistance costs, of employer-assisted housing programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a national clearinghouse, including a website, to provide information about employer-assisted housing programs to federal, state, and local governments and other interested entities. 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a national evaluation of employer-assisted housing programs and provide to the Secretary an interim report by January 1, 2008, and final report by December 31, 2009. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3195
Sponsor: Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military pay
Military pensions
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2005 - Authorizes certain members of the Armed Forces to make an irrevocable election during October of any year beginning in 2005 to become entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill. 
 
Requires a reduction in basic pay of those members electing such educational assistance or, if the member is discharged or released from active duty prior to such reduction, the collection of specified amounts from the member or an equivalent reduction in retired or retainer pay.
 
States that members who are enrolled in the post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance program shall be disenrolled from that program upon electing the educational assistance described in this Act.
 
Requires the Secretary concerned, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, to provide notice of the opportunity created by this Act to elect educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-06-30
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: 2005-06-30
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: 2005-06-30
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: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act

Bill: 109-hr-3196
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Demography
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Drug advertising
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal aid to research
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Health information systems
Human experimentation in medicine
Identification devices
Internet
Labeling
Law
Medical ethics
Medical records
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Periodicals
Pharmaceutical research
Public health
Research grants
Right of privacy
Science and ethics
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Trade secrets
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and operate a data bank of registry information on clinical trials for drugs, biological products, and devices. Requires the Secretary to collect, catalog, store, and disseminate such information.
 
Specifies information required for registration of clinical trials, including the purpose and results of the trial. Requires the responsible person to submit clinical trial information to the Secretary. Sets forth provisions regarding periodic updates of data bank information, compliance with requirements, and violations of this Act. Allows the Secretary to identify any false or misleading information in the data bank and include an accurate version of the information.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) disseminate data bank information through an Internet site and through other appropriate means; (2) establish procedures to allow voluntary submission of clinical trial information not required by this Act; and (3) enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the extent to which data submitted to the data bank has impacted the public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3197
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Ammonia
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Explosives
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Fertilizers
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Injunctions
Law
Licenses
Nitrates
Right of privacy
Searches and seizures
State laws
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to regulate the handling and purchase of ammonium nitrate to prevent its misappropriation or use in an act of terrorism.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations that require: (1) handlers to register facilities, to sell or distribute ammonium nitrate only to registered handlers and purchasers, and maintain records of sale or distribution that include the name, address, telephone number, and registration number of the immediate subsequent purchaser of ammonium nitrate; and (2) registration of purchasers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make warrantless inspections during business hours of any place that may handle ammonium nitrate to determine whether such handling accords with this Act.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) fail to perform any duty required by this Act and related regulations; (2) violate the terms of registration under this Act; (3) fail to keep any record, make any report, or allow any inspection required by this Act; or (4) violate any sale or distribution order issued under this Act. Establishes civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 9 - 0.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-12-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Wartime Treatment Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-3198
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2005-06-30 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Compensation (Law)
Concentration camps
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deportation
Detention of persons
Directories
Europe
European American ethnic groups
Executive orders
Expropriation
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign agents
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Latin Americans
Law
Legislation
Military personnel
Political persecution
President and foreign policy
Public meetings
Recruiting and enlistment
Refugees
Repatriation
Right of property
Right to travel
War
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Wartime Treatment Study Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans to review U.S. government wartime treatment (from September 1, 1939, through December 31, 1948) of European Americans and European Latin Americans. Requires the Commission to review: (1) civil liberties violations resulting from enforcement of the Alien Enemies Acts, Presidential Proclamations 2526, 2527, 2655, 2662, Executive Orders 9066 and 9095, and related directives pertaining to the registration, arrest, exclusion, internment, exchange, or deportation of European Americans and European Latin Americans; (2) U.S. government actions against European Americans under the Alien Enemies Acts and Executive Order 9066, including registration requirements, travel and property restrictions, internment, and forced abandonment of property; (3) participation by European Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces; and (4) appropriate remedies, including future protection of civil liberties during wartime.
 
 Establishes the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees to review the U.S. government's refusal to allow entry into the United States of Jewish and other refugees fleeing persecution in Europe. Directs the Commission to include reviews of: (1) the rationale for such refusal, its perceived benefit, and its impact on refugees; and (2) federal refugee policy concerning those fleeing persecution or genocide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Relief for Military Families Act

Bill: 109-hr-3201
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Insurance premiums
Medical economics

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: 
Health Care Relief for Military Families Act - Makes federal executive agencies responsible for paying, for any employee who is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces who is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days, for the employee's share of the premium for health care coverage provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program during such period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Immediate Access to Medicare for the Disabled Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3202
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Hospital care
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: 
Immediate Access to Medicare for the Disabled Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare (SSA title XVIII) coverage of certain disabled individuals who have no health insurance coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Hispanic-Serving Institution Assistance Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3203
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Minorities
Minority education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: 
Hispanic-Serving Institution Assistance Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and extend the eligibility of Hispanic-serving institutions for assistance under title V (Developing Institutions), by eliminating the two-year wait-out period between any two five-year grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Charter Choice Act

Bill: 109-hr-3206
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2005-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Ballots
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation directors
Credit unions
Election administration
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
National Credit Union Administration
Savings and loan associations
Savings banks
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: 
Credit Union Charter Choice Act - Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to repeal requirements governing oversight by the National Credit Union Administration of the member vote concerning charter conversions of credit unions to mutual savings banks or savings associations.
 
Revamps requirements governing credit union notification to the National Credit Union Administration Board of intent to convert to a mutual savings bank or savings association.
 
Sets forth a Board approval process regarding materials submitted by converting credit unions in connection with such conversions.
 
Requires the member vote on a proposed conversion to be conducted by secret ballot, with an independent inspector of elections appointed by the converting credit union to receive and tally the votes. Requires the board of directors of the converting credit union to certify vote results to the Board. Denies the Board any further review or approval authority over the conversion process, absent fraud or reckless disregard for fairness during the voting process that affects the vote outcome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Introduced in House