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Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4360
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Border patrols
Boundaries
Building construction
Correctional personnel
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hours of labor
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Police
Police training
Prisons

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005 - Establishes a Designated County Law Enforcement Assistance program jointly within the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide financial assistance and authorization for the law enforcement operations of sheriffs in counties adjacent to the southern U.S. border. Authorizes the sheriffs in these counties to: (1) coordinate law enforcement operations in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement; (2) conduct law enforcement operations in their counties in order to enforce criminal laws and protect lives, property, and security; (3) transfer aliens detained or taken into custody who are not lawfully present in the United States to appropriate federal law enforcement officials; (4) enforce state and federal laws relating to controlled substance trafficking and other criminal laws other than immigration laws (except as provided in an agreement with DHS); and (5) be paid for the costs of performing such duties or functions by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
 
Creates the Designated County Law Enforcement Account in the Treasury. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to jointly issue regulations that govern the distribution of funds under this Act and provide uniform standards that all other federal law enforcement officials shall follow to cooperate with such sheriffs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents of veterans.

Bill: 109-hr-4361
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agriculture and Food
Apprenticeship
Correspondence schools and courses
Disabled
Education
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military personnel
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Special education
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Revises basic educational assistance for veterans' survivors and dependents to: (1) eliminate the present 45 month cap on benefit payments and set an aggregate limit of $80,000; (2) extend from a dependent's 26th to 30th birthday the delimiting age for the use of such assistance; (3) increase the amount of such assistance for survivors and dependents pursuing certain types of education; and (4) authorize the provision of tutorial assistance to such individuals without charge to their educational assistance entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the prorating of Medicaid beneficiary contributions in the case of partial coverage of nursing facility services during a month.

Bill: 109-hr-4362
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Medicaid
Medical economics
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the prorating of Medicaid beneficiary contributions in the case of partial coverage of nursing facility services during a month. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Iris Scan Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4363
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Equipment and supplies
Ex-offenders
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to law enforcement
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Science, Technology, Communications
Wife abuse
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Iris Scan Security Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to enable states to: (1) include in state criminal records systems iris scan information obtained from individuals prohibited by federal or state law from possessing or receiving a firearm by reason of having been convicted in state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or a misdemeanor domestic violence crime; and (2) provide such information electronically to the national instant criminal background check (NICS) system.
 
Requires a state grantee to: (1) provide to the NICS system such information from the database as the Attorney General may require; and (2) not disclose any information in the database except for a law enforcement purpose.
 
Directs the Attorney General to prescribe regulations necessary to ensure that the system is equipped to receive iris scan information and to use the information in responding to requests from licensees for information about whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate federal or state law.
 
Amends the code to prohibit the transfer of a firearm by a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to an unlicensed individual unless the licensee performs an iris scan and provides the NICS system electronically with the information obtained from the scan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Public Prayer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4364
Sponsor: Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Church and state
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
District courts
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Local officials
Religion
Religious liberty
State courts
State officials
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Public Prayer Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny the Supreme Court and district courts jurisdiction to review any matter related to the alleged establishment of religion involving the expression of public prayer by any federal, state, or local government entity or a government officer or agent acting in an official capacity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to implement mandatory country of origin labeling requirements for meat and produce on September 30, 2006.

Bill: 109-hr-4365
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Aquaculture
Commerce
Fishes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Labeling
Marketing of farm produce
Meat
Peanuts
Seafood
Sheep
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to change the country of origin labeling implementation date to 
September 
30, 2006. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4366
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Building construction
Building laws
Building materials
Casualty insurance
Coinsurance
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Treasury
Disaster insurance
Earthquakes
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal advisory bodies
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Law
Losses
Property insurance
Reinsurance
Risk
State laws
Storms
Tornadoes
Tsunamis
Volcanoes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
 Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2005 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the National Commission on Catastrophe Preparation and Protection to advise the Secretary regarding estimated loss costs associated with contracts for reinsurance coverage.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make homeowners protection coverage available through contracts for reinsurance coverage. Restricts purchase of such coverage to eligible state programs. Prescribes criteria for state eligibility.
 
Requires each contract for reinsurance coverage to provide insurance coverage against residential property losses to homes, including condominium and cooperative ownership, and the contents of apartment buildings. Cites covered perils.
 
Prescribes a minimum level of retained losses and maximum federal liability.
 
Establishes the Consumer Hurricane, Earthquake, Loss Protection (HELP) Fund to: (1) make payments to covered purchasers under contracts for reinsurance coverage for eligible losses; and (2) pay for Commission operating costs and reinsurance program administrative expenses.
 
 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to study the national flood insurance program and hurricane-related flooding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the "Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-hr-4368
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Legislators
Names
Postal facilities
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the "Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To withhold amounts available for contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations unless certain requirements relating to the transfer and public availability of the complete archive of files of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the Oil-for-Food Program are met.

Bill: 109-hr-4369
Sponsor: Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Archives
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Crime and Law Enforcement
Dictators
Energy
Evidence (Law)
Food relief
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
History
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Petroleum
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Directs the Secretary of State to withhold $100 million from each of the FY2007-FY2009 contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations until the Secretary certifies to Congress that the following requirements have been met: (1) the complete archive of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the Oil-for-Food Program has been transferred by the Committee or the United Nations to an entity other than the Committee or the United Nations; (2) such archive is made available for public inspection for at least five years as a research resource into the history of the Oil-for-Food Program and the practices of the Saddam Hussein regime; and (3) the United Nations has foregone any censorial control over such archive.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Health Care for Hybrids Act

Bill: 109-hr-4370
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Accounting
Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Commerce
Commercialization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer discounts
Corporation taxes
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Diesel motor
Electric vehicles
Employee health benefits
Energy efficiency
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel cells
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Income tax
Interest
Labor and Employment
Loans
Natural gas vehicles
Profit
Research and development
Retiree health benefits
Science, Technology, Communications
Subsidies
Tax deductions
Tax evasion
Tax penalties
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Health Care for Hybrids Act - Requires the Secretaries of Energy, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and the Treasury to establish a task force to create a program to reimburse certain domestic automobile manufacturers for a portion (up to 10%) of the annual health care coverage costs for their retired employees. Requires such manufacturers to invest at least 50% of their health care cost savings in petroleum fuel reduction technologies, including alternative or flexible fuel vehicles and hybrids, and in the retraining of workers and retooling of manufacturing plants. Terminates such program on December 31, 2015. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) define economic substance for purposes of evaluating tax shelter transactions; (2) impose penalties for understatements of tax liability resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance; and (3) deny a tax deduction for interest assessed on underpayments of tax resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments under the Medicare Program.

Bill: 109-hr-4371
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Hospital rates
Medical education
Medical residents
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from 85% to100% of the locality adjusted national average per resident amount the payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program for cost reporting periods begining during or after FY2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
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: 2005-11-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2391)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4372
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bridges
Commerce
Contractors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Employment tests
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Explosions
Federal aid to transportation
Fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identification of criminals
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Law
Railroad employees
Railroad equipment
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroads
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Storage
Subcontractors
Terrorism
Transportation of hazardous substances
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Rail Worker Emergency Training Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to make grants to railroad carriers for costs incurred in instituting a rail worker emergency training program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue detailed guidelines for a rail worker emergency training program to enhance rail worker training in preparation for and response to potential or actual terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other emergencies. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a letter of noncompliance to rail carriers that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2200-2201)
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Safe Skies Cargo Inspection Act

Bill: 109-hr-4373
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Aviation safety
Department of Homeland Security
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: 
Safe Skies Cargo Inspection Act - Amends federal transportation law to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a system to inspect all cargo transported on passenger aircraft operated by a domestic or foreign air carrier in air transportation or intrastate air transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Introduced in House