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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary windfall profit tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds to carry out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.

Bill: 109-hr-4248
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy prices
Excess profits tax
Excise tax
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose upon integrated oil companies an excise tax of 50 percent of their net windfall profit from the production of taxable crude oil in a taxable year. Defines &quot;windfall profit&quot; as the excess of the removal price (sales price) of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the adjusted base price of such barrel (i.e., $40 per barrel, adjusted for inflation). Terminates such tax three years after the enactment of this Act. 
 
Allows a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax.
 
Appropriates windfall profit tax revenues generated by this Act for the sole purpose of carrying out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
United States Export Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4250
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative fees
Alien labor
Americans in foreign countries
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Commerce
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Embassies
Executive reorganization
Exports
Federal employees
Federal officials
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Immigration
International Affairs
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Marketing
Relocation
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Small business
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
United States Export Promotion Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce, the International Trade Administration, and the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS) from charging fees to U.S. exporters, businesses, or persons for assistance provided to them under export promotion programs.
 
Revises the capital security cost-sharing program under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 to exclude from determination of an agency's total overseas presence any positions or activities attributable to export promotion programs.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress plans to: (1) locate and relocate USFCS offices, officers, and employees in other countries at places other than the U.S. embassy or the U.S. chief diplomatic mission; and (2) place a USFCS office where the United States has diplomatic relations or, where viable in countries with smaller markets, one or more foreign nationals working under a regional USFCS officer's supervision to carry out export promotion functions. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop and submit to Congress a plan for conducting at least 100 U.S. trade missions abroad in FY2006-FY2007.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) increase the participation in global markets of small and medium-sized U.S. businesses; (2) review, reorganize, and expand the Department of Commerce Web site to increase its usability and scope; and (3) create a database of U.S. exporters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Home Heating Assistance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4251
Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy assistance for the poor
Heating
National forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Social Welfare
Trees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Home Heating Assistance Act - Directs, for the one year period beginning upon enactment of this Act, forest officers designated by the supervisor of a unit of the National Forest System (NFS) to grant individuals the free collection and removal of dead timber from designated NFS lands to be used as firewood. Limits the total value of the timber collected by an individual to $1,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building.

Bill: 109-hr-4252
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Education
District of Columbia
Ex-presidents
Federal office buildings
Government Operations and Politics
History
Johnson Administration
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Designates the headquarters building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Illegal Alien Transport and Removal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4253
Sponsor: Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deportation
Detention of persons
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Illegal aliens
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Illegal Alien Transport and Removal Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to contract with private entities to provide secure domestic transport of aliens who are apprehended at or along the international land or maritime borders from Border Patrol custody to detention facilities and other locations as necessary. 
 
 States that the extension of removal period provision under the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not be construed as preventing the Secretary from removing an alien from the United States if the alien has failed or refused to make timely application in good faith for travel or other documents necessary to the alien's departure or conspires or acts to prevent the alien's removal subject to an order of removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Entitlement Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4254
Sponsor: Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation taxes
Entitlements
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Income tax
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure
Subsidies
Tax expenditures
Tax incentives
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Corporate Entitlement Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes the Corporate Entitlement Reform Commission to: (1) examine and identify federal programs and tax laws that provide corporate entitlements (federally-funded payments to profitmaking enterprises provided without a reasonable expectation that activities performed in return for such payments would result in benefits to the public at least as great as the payments); (2) review such entitlements; (3) recommend $50 billion in federal savings on corporate entitlements for the period beginning October 1, 2006, and ending September 30, 2016; and (4) report to Congress on its findings and recommendations.
 
Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration and implementation of the Commission's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.

Bill: 109-hr-4255
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-territorial relations
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Northern Mariana Islands
Submerged lands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Conveys to the government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands submerged lands surrounding such Islands and extending three geographical miles outward from their coastlines.
 
States that Public Law 93-435 is intended to be applied in a consistent manner to Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, except to the extent that there is a specific and express exception regarding its application to one or more of these territories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Captive Supply Reform Act

Bill: 109-hr-4257
Sponsor: Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Animals
Cattle
Commerce
Competition
Contracts
Livestock
Meat packing industry
Restrictive trade practices
Swine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Captive Supply Reform Act - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 respecting livestock producer-packer forward contracts to: (1) require the inclusion of fixed dollar amount base pricing and public bidding; (2) prohibit formula pricing; (3) limit individual contract size; and (4) exclude from the definition of "formula price" futures-based prices and base adjustments resulting from factors outside packer control.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Planning for Evacuations of People in Life-Threatening Emergencies Act

Bill: 109-hr-4258
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disasters
Evacuation of civilians
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Planning
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Planning for Evacuations of People in Life-Threatening Emergencies Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in approving standards for state and local emergency preparedness operational plans, to ensure that such plans include procedures for evacuating individuals from an area in preparation for anticipated hazards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Right to Know Act

Bill: 109-hr-4259
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Autopsy
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Chemicals
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Environmental Protection
Epidemiology
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Health surveys
Herbicides
Medical research
Medical tests
Military medicine
Military personnel
Safety measures
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Veterans' Right to Know Act - Establishes the Veterans' Right to Know Commission to: (1) investigate chemical or biological warfare tests or projects, especially those carried out between 1954 and 1973, placing particular emphasis on actions or conditions that could have contributed to health risks to any civilian or military personnel who participated in such a test or project or were otherwise potentially exposed to a biological or chemical agent as a result; and (2) report to Congress on its findings and recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Muhammad Amjad Khan, Samina Khan, Madiha Khan, Zainab Khan, and Tayyab Khan.

Bill: 109-hr-4260
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Declares Muhammad Amjad Khan, Samina Khan, Madiha Khan, Zainab Khan, and Tayyab Khan each to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in House
To provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the United States merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era.

Bill: 109-hr-4261
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Merchant marine
Merchant seamen
Military discharges
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Vietnam veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Considers as active duty service, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs, service of an individual in the U.S. merchant marine who: (1) served as a crewmember of a vessel that was in oceangoing service during the Vietnam Era in the Southeast Asia theater of operations; and (2) received a certificate of honorable discharge. Makes such eligibility retroactive as of the last date of such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Home Office Simplification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4262
Sponsor: Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Home offices
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Home Office Simplification Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a standard minimum tax deduction of $2,500 for business use of a residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4264
Sponsor: Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Authorization
Cemeteries and funerals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Families
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Local employees
State employees
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, maintain, and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs between and among the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Public Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that state and local outreach assistance is provided in locations that: (1) have relatively large concentrations of veterans; or (2) are experiencing growth in veteran populations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to state veterans agencies for state and local outreach services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2005-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in House