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Stem Cell Research Investment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1650
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cytology
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Genetic research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government securities
Health
Human embryology
Income tax
Informed consent (Medical law)
Interest
Law
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Stem Cell Research Investment Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in qualified stem cell research bonds. Defines &quot;qualified stem cell research bond&quot; as any bond issued by a State or local government, 95 percent of the proceeds of which are to be used for interdisciplinary scientific and medical research relating to stem cells, therapy development relating to stem cells, and development of pharmacologies and treatments through clinical trials relating to stem cells. Imposes certain limitations on the use of stem cells that are supported by a bond issuance under this Act. 
 
Sets a national limitation in 2006 through 2008 of $10 billion on the issuance of stem cell research bonds. Terminates the authority to issue such bonds after FY 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

Bill: 109-hr-1651
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Damages
Deceptive advertising
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Insurance premiums
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Law
Lease and rental services
Leases
Liability (Law)
Liability insurance
Limitation of actions
Maintenance and repair
Negotiable instruments
Parties to actions
Prices
Property insurance
Rent
Restrictive trade practices
Small business
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Taxation
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prescribe consumer protection guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, and waiver of consumer claims or defenses; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) rental-purchase advertising disclosures.
 
Establishes civil and criminal liability for violations of this Act.
 
Grants enforcement powers to the Federal Trade Commission and to state attorneys general. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals Act

Bill: 109-hr-1652
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Confidential communications
Consumer education
Damages
Dismissal of employees
Drugs
Employee selection
Fines (Penalties)
Injunctions
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Medical records
Medical supplies
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Punitive damages
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Access to Legal Pharmaceuticals Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require any pharmacy receiving prescription drugs or prescription devices in interstate commerce to: (1) ensure that any in stock prescription that one pharmacist refuses to fill on the basis of a personal belief is filled by another pharmacist employed by the pharmacy without delay; (2) ensure that any individual who presents a prescription for an item that is not in stock which one pharmacist refuses to order on the basis of a personal belief is immediately informed that the product can be ordered by the pharmacy and to order such product without delay; and (3) not employ any pharmacist who engages in any conduct with the intent to prevent or deter an individual from filling a valid prescription, including refusing to return a prescription form, refusing to transfer a prescription, or subjecting the individual to humiliation or harassment.
 
Provides that this Act does not require the pharmacy to keep any particular product in stock nor does it apply with respect to a product for a health condition if the pharmacy does not keep in stock any product for such condition.
 
Sets forth civil penalties. Allows a private cause of action for a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E658)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Americans From Exporting Identification Data Act

Bill: 109-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Driver licenses
Electronic data interchange
Electronic mail systems
Europe
European Union
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Identification devices
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Medical records
Names
Parties to actions
Punitive damages
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
State courts
Subcontractors
Tax returns
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Safeguarding Americans From Exporting Identification Data Act or the SAFE-ID Act - Requires business enterprises to give U.S. citizens notice before transmitting personally identifiable information about such citizens to foreign affiliates or subcontractors located in countries with adequate privacy protections. Prohibits such transmittal where adequate privacy protections are lacking, unless: (1) the business enterprise discloses the lack of protections and obtains the citizen's prior consent for transmittal; and (2) such consent is renewed by the citizen within one year before the transmittal.
 
Prohibits business entities from denying goods and services or modifying business terms for any person based on that person's exercise of consent rights provided by this Act or other law.
 
Requires violations of this Act to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
 
Creates a private right of action in State court for violations of this Act. Authorizes States, on behalf of their residents, to bring civil actions in Federal court for such violations. Requires prior notice to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of State actions and authorizes the FTC's intervention and appeal.
 
Directs the FTC to certify those countries that have legal systems providing adequate privacy protections. Creates a presumption of inadequacy for foreign laws that are less protective of privacy than Federal law or the law of any State, or where the FTC determines that enforcement is lacking. Requires certification of countries whose laws meet the requirements of the European Union Data Protection Directive, unless such laws are not adequately enforced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Training Incentive Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1654
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Anesthetics
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family medicine
Federal aid to education
Health
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical education
Medical residents
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Nursing education
Physicians
Rural education
Rural health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Rural Health Training Incentive Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to award matching grants to five accredited schools of medicine or accredited schools of nursing to enable each school to conduct a demonstration program to encourage more health professionals to practice in rural areas. 
 
Requires at least one grant for a demonstration program for: (1) physicians in family medicine that includes a regional consortium with three or more family medicine residency programs that each have a residency rural training program and are located in three or more States; and (2) nurses, including registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, and nurse practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
America Rx Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1655
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Disabled
Drug advertising
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Medicaid
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Taxation
Welfare eligibility
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
America Rx Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the America Rx program to provide U.S. residents who are not covered under any public or private program that provides substantial benefits towards the purchase of outpatient prescription drugs with access to discounted prices for such drugs.
 
Requires the Secretary to negotiate rebate agreements with drug manufacturers and deny tax deductions for advertising and marketing of drugs of manufacturers choosing not to participate in the program.
 
Provides for arrangements under the program: (1) for pharmacies to provide qualified residents prescription drugs at discounted prices in exchange for discount reimbursement by the Secretary and reasonable dispensing fees; and (2) for States to provide for program administration in return for payment of reasonable administrative expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To correct maps depicting Unit T-10 of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

Bill: 109-hr-1656
Sponsor: Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Government Operations and Politics
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reefs
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map subtitled &quot;Four Mile Hill Unit TX-16P, North Padre Island Unit T10/T10P,&quot; in order to ensure that depictions of areas on that map (one in a set of maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System) are consistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the map entitled &quot;Corrections to Coastal Barrier Resources System Map-Unit T-10,&quot; dated June ___, 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Due Process and Economic Competitiveness Restoration Act

Bill: 109-hr-1657
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting
Auditing
Chief executive officers
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Corporate finance
Corporate management
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Information disclosure (Securities law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Due Process and Economic Competitiveness Restoration Act - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to repeal the requirement that an issuer's annual report to shareholders must: (1) state the responsibility of management for establishing and maintaining an adequate internal control structure and procedure for financial reporting; and (2) contain an assessment of the effectiveness of such internal control.
 
Repeals the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for such issuer must attest to, and report on, the assessment made by the management of the issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E657-658)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E653)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
American Justice for Americans Citizens Act

Bill: 109-hr-1658
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Constitutional law
District courts
International Affairs
International agencies
Judicial opinions
Supreme Court
Supreme Court decisions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
American Justice for Americans [sic] Citizens Act - Prohibits the Supreme Court and other Federal courts, in the purported exercise of judicial power to interpret and apply the Constitution, from employing the constitution, laws, administrative rules, executive orders, directives, policies, or judicial decisions of any international organization or foreign state, except for English constitutional and common law or other sources of law relied upon by the framers of the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2004

Bill: 109-hr-1659
Sponsor: Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Building construction
Community colleges
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational facilities
Educational planning
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian education
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Minority employment
New Mexico
School buildings
Surveys
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2004 (sic) - Authorizes the Navajo Nation's Dine College to receive all Federal funding and resources under this Act and other laws for its operation, improvement, and growth.
 
Authorizes the College to expend certain funds to undertake all renovations and repairs to its infrastructure, as identified by a strategic plan approved by it and submitted to the Secretary of the Interior. Allows funds to be treated as non-Federal, private funds of the College.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the College for: (1) operation and maintenance, to be funded by the Secretary separately from funding institutions under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978; and (2) facilities and capital projects, to be funded through any of specified Federal agencies. 
 
Supersedes and repeals the Navajo Community College Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E668)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Payday Borrower Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1660
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution
Bank loans
Business records
Checks
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Debtor and creditor
Electronic funds transfers
Fees
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Insurance premiums
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Legal fees
Licenses
Loan defaults
Loans
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Usury

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Payday Borrower Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit the business of making deferred deposit loans (payday loans) in any state unless expressly authorized by state law that meets the requirements of this Act. 
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit insured depository institutions from making: (1) payday loans except in full compliance with state law and at an interest rate no more than the lesser of 36% or the maximum annual percentage rate allowable in the state; or (2) any loan to a payday lender to finance payday loans unless that lender is in full compliance with specified Federal and state law. 
 
Sets forth state licensing and regulatory requirements for payday loans, including civil and criminal penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
Liberty List Act

Bill: 109-hr-1662
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Democracy
Dissenters
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Mass media
Nongovernmental organizations
Press
Religion
Religious liberty
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Liberty List Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress an &quot;Annual Report on the Promotion of Religious Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights in Foreign Countries by Individuals, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Media Groups and Organizations.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E658)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements.

Bill: 109-hr-1663
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Leases
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the 15-year recovery period for the depreciation of qualified leasehold improvement property (property held and improved by a lessor).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
To ensure that amounts in the Victims of Crime Fund are fully obligated.

Bill: 109-hr-1664
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to require the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to ensure that all sums in the Victims of Crime Fund in a fiscal year are in fact obligated in the subsequent fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E670-671)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in House