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To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-267
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional Record
Congressional allowances
Congressional publicity
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Public debt

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Requires any amounts appropriated for a Representational Allowance for a Member of the House of Representatives which remain after all payments are made under such Allowance to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no Federal budget deficit, to reduce the Federal debt.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.

Bill: 109-hr-268
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption
Congress
Families
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-269
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military discharges
Military pay
Military pensions
Military personnel
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2005 - Authorizes an individual, during the year following enactment of this Act, to make an irrevocable election for entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill if such individual: (1) first became a member of the armed forces or entered active duty before July 1, 1985; (2) has served on active duty without a break in service and continues to serve for some or all of the year before enactment of this Act; (3) has completed requirements of a secondary school diploma or the equivalent of 12 semester hours in a program leading to a standard college degree; and (4) is discharged or released from active duty honorably. 
Requires such individual's basic pay to be reduced, over an 18-month period, until the total reduction is $2,700, as a contribution toward such educational assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-01-06
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: 2005-01-06
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: 2005-01-06
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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To require establishment of an Office of Territorial Affairs in each Executive department and each independent establishment.

Bill: 109-hr-270
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Federal-territorial relations
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Require the head of each Executive department and of each independent establishment to: (1) establish an Office of Territorial Affairs; and (2) appoint a Director of the Office of Territorial Affairs, who shall be the head of such office.
 
Requires the Director to serve as the liaison to the territories with respect to implementation of the programs of the Executive department or independent establishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-271
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Submerged lands
Territorial waters
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Conveys to the U.S. Virgin Islands specified submerged lands in the area between the island of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint John. 
 
States that for purposes of U.S. laws, except as otherwise provided by international law or international agreement in force for the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands' territorial waters shall extend nine miles seaward from the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Virgin Islands National Park Land Exchange Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-272
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Education
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Land transfers
National parks
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Virgin Islands National Park Land Exchange Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain Virgin Islands National Park land on the island of Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, with the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands for the purpose of establishing a school on such island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E36)
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the cap on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Bill: 109-hr-273
Sponsor: Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol tax
Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Local finance
Puerto Rico
Tax rates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the amount of distilled spirits tax covered (paid over) into the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-274
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Aluminum
Beverage containers
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Glass and glass industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Groundwater
Health
Incineration
Interstate commerce
Interstate relations
Landfills
Law
Licenses
Maps
Medical wastes
Methane
Minorities
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Paper recycling
Plastics recycling
Pollution measurement
Potable water
Public meetings
Radioactive wastes
Recycling of waste products
Refuse and refuse disposal
Road construction
Sewage disposal
Sewage sludge
State laws
State-local relations
Steel
Subsidies
Transboundary pollution
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Trucking
Trucks
User charges
Waste disposal sites
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2005 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit a landfill or incinerator (facility) from receiving out-of-State municipal solid waste (MSW) for disposal or incineration unless the waste is received pursuant to a new or existing host community agreement or an exemption from this prohibition (which may be limited by the State). Establishes conditions for exemptions. 
 
Authorizes States to establish limits on the amount of out-of-State MSW received annually for disposal at each facility. Sets the limitation amount for any facility that began receiving documented out-of-State waste before enactment of this Act at the amount received during 1993 (or first subsequent year of documentation). Prohibits State limits from conflicting with permits or host community agreements. 
Authorizes States to require that a permit for a new or expanded facility include an annual limitation of not less than 20 percent on the total quantity of out-of-State MSW relative to the total waste received by the facility. Requires percentage limitations to be uniform and not discriminate against out-of-State MSW according to State of origin. 
Allows States to limit the amount of out-of-State MSW received annually at each facility to the amount received during 1995 if the State has a comprehensive, statewide recycling program. Prohibits discrimination against shipments of such waste on the basis of State of origin. 
Authorizes States to require inspectors to be onsite during operation of a facility that receives out-of-State MSW.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to allow States and localities to provide primary and preventive care to all individuals.

Bill: 109-hr-275
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aliens
Illegal aliens
Immigrant health
Immigration
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide that aliens and non-immigrants shall be eligible for State and local public assistance for primary and preventive care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-276
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Earnings
Labor and Employment
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Older workers
Railroad retirement plans
Retirement income
Social security beneficiaries
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-277
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Employee health benefits
Families
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Vaccination

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Comprehensive Insurance Coverage of Childhood Immunization Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require comprehensive health insurance coverage for childhood immunization to be provided by health plans and insurance issuers in both group and individual markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-278
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-5]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Computer security measures
Election administration
Electronic data interchange
Government paperwork
Printing
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2005 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to revise voting system standards to require the voting system used in an election for Federal office to provide the voter with an auditable paper record showing how the vote will be recorded by the system after the voter enters it. Requires the voter to use such record to verify that the vote shown is the vote the voter intends to cast.
 
Requires the system, if the voter does not verify his or her vote, to provide the voter with: (1) the opportunity to change the ballot and correct any error, and (2) a new auditable paper record that reflects the change or correction made by the voter.
 
Makes a vote final once a voter verifies that the vote shown on a paper record is the vote the voter intends to cast. Makes the paper record serve as a permanent paper record of the vote. Prohibits the removal of such record from the polling place except for purposes related to a recount. Requires voluntary voting system guidelines to include guidelines to ensure security of electronic data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Family and Medical Leave Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-279
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Domestic partners
Employee rights
Families
Family leave
Health
Married people
Nurse practitioners
Sick leave

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to: (1) include nurse practitioners as health care providers, and domestic partners as spouses, for FMLA coverage purposes; and (2) extend from 12 to 24 workweeks the period of family or medical leave for spouses employed by the same employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
14th/14 Amendment Interstate Highway Initiation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-281
Sponsor: Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Constitutional amendments
Due process of law
Economics and Public Finance
Equality before the law
Federal aid to transportation
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Law
Mississippi
Names
Road construction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
14th/14 Amendment Interstate Highway Initiation Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the steps and estimated funding necessary to designate and construct a new interstate route (Interstate Route I-14) for the 14th Amendment Highway, from Augusta, Georgia, to Natchez, Mississippi, (formerly designated the Fall Line Freeway within the State of Georgia).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Bullying and Gang Prevention for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-283
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39]
Introduced: 2005-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Block grants
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Gangs
Government Operations and Politics
Juvenile delinquency
School security
Secondary education
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: 
Bullying and Gang Prevention for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2005 - Amends: (1) the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to cover bullying and gang (as well as drug and violence) prevention; and (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize (with respect to juvenile accountability block grants) accountability-based programs designed to enhance school safety, which may include research-based bullying and gang prevention programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-01-06
text: Introduced in House