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To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe rules requiring car dealerships to verify ownership before providing replacement keys.

Bill: 109-hr-1995
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobile theft
Commerce
Consumer protection
Crime prevention
Department of Transportation
Driver licenses
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle registration
Retail trade
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a vehicle theft standard requiring automobile dealerships to verify ownership of a vehicle (including vehicle registration and driver's license) before providing a spare or replacement key for it. Sets forth a penalty for violation of such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-1996
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Coastal zone
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Coral reefs
Debt agreements
Debt relief
Department of the Treasury
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
International environmental cooperation
Latin America
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine resources conservation
President and foreign policy
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Sustainable development
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of the Treasury the Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Facility. 
 
Authorizes the President: (1) through the exchange by the Facility of new obligations for outstanding obligations of an eligible Latin American or Caribbean country with a coral reef or other coastal marine resource, to reduce the amount of concessional loans owed by the country to the United States as of January 1, 2005; and (2) to sell, reduce, or cancel such loans to facilitate a debt-for-nature swap or a debt buyback with an eligible purchaser or country to support coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation. 
 
Requires each beneficiary country that has entered into a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Fund to receive payments of interest on new obligations undertaken by the country to provide grants for coral reef and other coastal marine resource conservation projects.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the article description relating to certain monochrome glass envelopes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-1997
Sponsor: Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Computers
Electronics
Electronics industry
Equipment and supplies
Glass and glass industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Video display terminals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise the article description for certain monochrome glass envelopes. Applies the same stage rate reduction to other type monochrome glass envelopes whose subheading is redesignated by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E811)
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused benefits in health flexible spending arrangements.

Bill: 109-hr-1998
Sponsor: Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee health benefits
Flexible benefit plans
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Medical savings accounts
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit up to $500 of unused health benefits in a plan or other arrangement that provides for a health flexible spending arrangement to be carried forward to the next year of such health flexible spending arrangement or be contributed to a health savings account without affecting the status of such plan or arrangement as a tax-exempt employee benefit cafeteria plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove the 100 percent tariff imposed on Roquefort cheese.

Bill: 109-hr-2003
Sponsor: Rep. Otter, C. L. (Butch) [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Dairy products
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate the 100% tariff treatment on Roquefort cheese.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America's Workers Act

Bill: 109-hr-2004
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Death
Department of Labor
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Local employees
Local laws
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety
Prosecution
State employees
State laws
Victims
Wage restitution
Whistle blowing
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977.
 
Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. 
 
Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities and serious injuries; (4) prohibition of unclassified citations; (5) right to contest citations and penalties; and (6) objections to modifications of citations. 
 
Directs the Secretary to revise regulations and promulgate OSHA standards to require employers to provide personal protective equipment for employees at no cost to employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Workplace Wrongful Death Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-2005
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Employers' liability
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Industrial accidents
Law
Occupational health and safety
Recidivists
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Signs and signboards
Wrongful death

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Workplace Wrongful Death Accountability Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to revise requirements for citations and penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-04-28
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: 2005-04-28
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: 2005-04-28
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: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Safe Health Care Reporting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2006
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Communication in medicine
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health facilities
Health information systems
Hospital personnel
Hospitals
Identification of criminals
Informers
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Medical malpractice
Medical personnel
Nursing homes
Physicians
Privileges and immunities
Professional associations
Resignation of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Safe Health Care Reporting Act of 2005 - Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to require State licensing boards (currently, boards of medical examiners) to report to the National Practitioner Data Bank regarding: (1) any sanctions taken against a physician or health care practitioner (currently, against a physician); and (2) known instances of health care entities failing to report required information.
 
Requires (current law authorizes) health care entities to report specified information to State licensing boards and the Data Bank regarding any action that adversely affects the clinical privileges of a health care practitioner who is not a physician if the entity would be required to report such information if the practitioner were a physician.
 
Allows the Secretary to impose fines for violations of reporting requirements by health care entities.
 
Requires health care entities and other agencies that employ physicians or other licensed health care providers (currently, requires hospitals) to request from the Data Bank and the State licensing board reported information on licensed health care practitioners who apply to be on the medical staff or who apply for clinical privileges or employment.
 
Provides immunity from civil liability for health care entities that disclose information about employees pursuant to mandatory reporting requirements unless the employer knowingly disclosed false information or violated any legal right of the employee. Prohibits health care entities from retaliating against any employee who, in good faith, reports conduct that may be construed to violate a Federal or State law to a State authority, licensing authority, peer review organization, or employer. 
 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a system to report criminal background information to the Data Bank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the $25,000 offset for individuals under the passive loss rules to apply to investments in wind energy facilities.

Bill: 109-hr-2007
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Lease and rental services
Tax credits
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt investors in wind energy facilities from the income-based phaseout of the $25,000 offset for individuals under rules limiting passive activity losses and credits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2008
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Commerce
Community colleges
Corporate philanthropy
Corporation taxes
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Secondary education
Tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Public Private Vocational Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain corporations who employ interns enrolled full-time in vocational programs in secondary schools or community colleges a business tax credit for donations of tangible personal property to such schools and colleges. Bases the credit on the fair market value of the property donated and the number of months such interns are employed by the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To suspend temporarily the duty on Tetraconazole.

Bill: 109-hr-2009
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Environmental Protection
Pesticides
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on (+/-)-2-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl) propyl, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether (Tetraconazole).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To reduce temporarily the duty on M-Alcohol.

Bill: 109-hr-2010
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2009, the duty on (2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-3-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-1-propanol (M-Alcohol).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-2012
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Assault
Child sexual abuse
Compensation for victims of crime
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Imprisonment
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Police training
Prosecution
Prostitution
Rape
Recidivists
Rehabilitation of criminals
Social Welfare
Tax evasion
Taxation
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel
Victims of crimes
Women
Women's shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to states and political subdivisions to: (1) establish model law enforcement programs that promote the effective prosecution of persons who solicit an unlawful commercial sex act, persons who purvey others to engage in such an act, and sex traffickers; and (2) assist victims of such an act.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to modify prohibitions against transportation for illegal sexual activity and related crimes (generally) and for coercion and enticement to engage in prostitution or criminal sexual activity to explicitly cover purchasers of commercial sexual activities and acts. 
 
Directs federal agencies involved in combating sex trafficking and providing services to victims of commercial sex acts inside the United States to coordinate their activities with the Senior Policy Operating Group established by the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. 
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) report annually to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees regarding grants and evaluating success in enhancing the prosecution and conviction of purchasers, sex traffickers, and exploiters and in reducing demand for commercial sexual activity; (2) disseminate best methods and practices for training state and local law enforcement personnel involved in enforcing laws prohibiting commercial sexual acts at each annual conference conducted by the Department of Justice; and (3) carry out a biennial comprehensive statistical review and analysis of commercial sexual acts in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from the air transportation tax for certain transportation by seaplanes.

Bill: 109-hr-2013
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air cargo
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Commerce
Excise tax
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on air transportation of persons or property certain tranportation provided by seaplanes. Disqualifies seaplanes when using an airport which receives or has received financial assistance from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-04-28
text: Introduced in House