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Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-303
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability.
 
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (currently, only a disability rated at 50 percent or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of the Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.

Bill: 109-hr-304
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military readiness
Navy
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Requires Navy combat forces to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E104)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E77)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-305
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Congress
Families
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2005 - Exempts provisions expanding the adoption tax credit and adoption assistance programs enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 from the general terminating (sunset) provisions of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit local public agencies to act as Medicaid enrollment brokers.

Bill: 109-hr-306
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Conflict of interests
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicaid
Social Welfare
State-local relations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to permit local public agencies to act as Medicaid enrollment brokers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-308
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security eligibility
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability; and (2) any intervening reconsideration from the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-309
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Delegation of powers
Department of the Interior
Directories
Executive reorganization
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Homestead law
Housing and Community Development
Indian claims
Indian lands
Land transfers
Law
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Limitation of actions
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Referendum
State government-Indian relations
State laws
Statehood (American politics)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 - Establishes the U.S. Office for Native Hawaiian Relations within the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
Establishes the Native Hawaiian Interagency Coordinating Group. 
Recognizes the right of the Native Hawaiian people to reorganize the Native Hawaiian governing entity to provide for their common welfare and to adopt appropriate organic governing documents. 
Establishes a Commission to: (1) prepare and maintain a roll of the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community who elect to participate in such reorganization; and (2) certify that the adult members of the Native Hawaiian community proposed for inclusion on the roll meet the definition of Native Hawaiian. 
Outlines the process for the reorganization, which includes forming a Native Hawaiian Governing Council. 
Reaffirms the political and legal relationship between the United States and the Native Hawaiian governing entity upon certification required by the Secretary regarding the organic governing documents and the election of the entity's officers. Extends Federal recognition to the governing entity as the representative governing body of the Native Hawaiian people. 
Authorizes the United States, upon the reaffirmation of such political and legal relationship, to enter into negotiations with the governing entity to lead to an agreement addressing specified matters, including the transfer of lands, natural resources, and other assets, and the protection of existing rights related to such lands or resources.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E72-73)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-hr-311
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Government Operations and Politics
Voting rights
Women
Women's rights
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Alice Paul Congressional Gold Medal Act - Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a congressional gold medal in commemoration of Alice Paul, to recognize her role in the women's suffrage movement and in advancing equal rights for women.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell duplicates in bronze of such medal. Requires proceeds from the sale of such medals to be deposited into the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act

Bill: 109-hr-312
Sponsor: Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Breast cancer
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Health
Medical research
Postage stamps
Science, Technology, Communications
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act - Amends Federal postal law to extend through December 31, 2007, the U.S. Postal Service's authority to issue special postage stamps to help fund breast cancer research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Exile Meth Act

Bill: 109-hr-313
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
Methamphetamine
Parole
Probation
Recidivists
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Exile Meth Act - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a program that provides grants to qualified States for combating methamphetamine abuse, with a specific focus on the prosecution of repeat offenders; and (2) distribute such grants to two States. Defines as &quot;qualified&quot; a State that: (1) had more than 200 methamphetamine lab seizures in 2004; and (2) has a law that provides that a person who possesses or distributes five grams or more of methamphetamine, or 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, qualifies for a mandatory minimum sentence, without the possibility of probation or parole, of five to 40 years for a first offense, ten years to life for a second offense, and life for a third offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility.

Bill: 109-hr-316
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Construction costs
Correctional institutions
Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal-city relations
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Juvenile delinquency
Land transfers
Leases
Maryland
National parks
Parks
Recreation areas
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Provides for the disposition of the Federal property located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a portion of which is currently used by the District of Columbia as the Oak Hill juvenile detention facility.
 
Requires the transfer of specified portions of the property to: (1) the National Park Service; (2) the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers) for use by the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA); and (3) the Administrator of General Services, who shall in turn convey that portion to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, for parkland and recreational use.
 
Requires the NSA Director, as a condition of the transfer, to enter into an agreement with the Mayor of the District of Columbia under which: (1) Oak Hill juvenile detention facility shall be closed; and (2) NSA shall pay (with reimbursement by Anne Arundel County) for the construction of a replacement facility at a site to be determined, with priority given to a location within the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-317
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District courts
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial reform
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Supreme Court
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish a two-judge Article III court in the Virgin Islands (with court held in Christiansted for the Saint Croix Division, and in Charlotte-Amalie for the Saint Thomas and Saint John Division). Requires pleadings and procedures to be conducted in the English language.
 
Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to state that: (1) the judicial power of the Virgin Islands shall be vested in an appellate court and lower local courts as may have been or may hereafter be established by local law (eliminates references to the district court of the Virgin Islands); and (2) the U.S. district court of the Virgin Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all income-tax related criminal and civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands, except for ancillary tax laws enacted by the Virgin Islands legislature. 
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) assignment of additional judges; and (2) relations between U.S. courts and local courts under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development on lands of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-319
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Submarine oil well drilling

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from conducting a lease sale or issuing a lease for oil or gas in the Southern, Central, and Northern California Panning Areas until the later of January 1, 2011, or 45 days of continuous session of Congress after issuance of the final environmental impact statement relating to the second five-year oil and gas leasing program prepared under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act after enactment of this Act.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from approving any exploration plan, development and production plan, or application for permit to drill, or from permitting any drilling, for oil and gas in such Planning Areas until 45 days of continuous session of Congress after submission to Congress of certain completed and peer-reviewed environmental studies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E59)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
TIER Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-320
Sponsor: Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Computer industry
Computers
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Recycling of waste products
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits
Television
Television industry
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Tax Incentives to Encourage Recycling Act of 2005 or the TIER Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow manufacturers of certain computer, cell phone, and television equipment a business tax credit for the disposal and recyling of such equipment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E61)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Notch Baby Health Care Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-321
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social Welfare
Social security beneficiaries
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Notch Baby Health Care Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for premiums paid by certain eligible individuals under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Defines an &quot;eligible individual&quot; as an individual born after 1916 and before 1927 -- so called &quot;notch baby&quot; -- who had wages or self-employment income credited for one or more years prior to 1979, who was not eligible for an old age or disability insurance benefit, and who did not die, prior to January 1979 (or such individual's spouse or surviving spouse).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-322
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Retired military personnel
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for premiums paid by military retirees for Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in House