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Truth in Automobile Insurance Rates Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3515
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Automobile insurance
Business records
Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Pension funds
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Truth in Automobile Insurance Rates Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require that certain information relating to automobile insurance coverage be submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by persons: (1) who are plan administrators of employee pension benefit plans or provide administrative services to such plans; and (2) who also provide automobile insurance coverage or provide persons offering such coverage identifying information relating to plan participants or beneficiaries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Substance Abuse Group Homes Amendments of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3516
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alcoholism
Block grants
Citizen participation
Community life
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Group homes
Halfway houses
Housing and Community Development
Revolving funds
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Substance Abuse Group Homes Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require states receiving substance abuse grants for the establishment of group homes for recovering substance abusers to ensure that state or local officials: (1) provide the public with an opportunity to consult with officials on policies for the location of such housing; (2) notify community members that the community is under consideration as a proposed site for such a home and allow them to consult with officials on the proposal before a decision is made; (3) monitor the group home to determine residents' compliance with the conditions upon which the permission to establish the home was granted; and (4) provide community members and the home's residents with opportunities to consult with officials on the group home's effects on the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
GATE Act

Bill: 109-hr-3517
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adult education
Arts, Culture, Religion
Broadband
Business education
Cable television
Commerce
Communication satellites
Computer networks
Computer software
Continuing education
Cost effectiveness
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic benefits transfers
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Information technology
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Libraries
Licenses
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Technical education
User charges
Wireless communication
World Wide Web

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Greater Access to E-Governance Act - GATE Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to state and local governments to assist them in deploying broadband computer networks for the conduct of electronic governance transactions by citizens in local schools and libraries.

Allows such grants to be used to: (1) hire contractors or nonprofit organizations to deploy and manage such networks; (2) acquire broadband infrastructure, computers, and other equipment for such networks; and (3) acquire related software and services to support such networks.

Sets forth grant allocation criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey in 2 judicial districts.

Bill: 109-hr-3518
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Bankruptcy courts
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
District courts
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial officers
Magistrates
New Jersey
Presidential appointments
Public debt
Public prosecutors

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Amends the federal judicial code to establish two judicial districts in New Jersey (currently, one), the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of judgeships, including bankruptcy judgeships, among those districts. 
Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. 
Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Southern District of New Jersey. 
Specifies that neither pending cases nor juries shall be affected.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3519
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airports
Construction costs
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Airport Emergency Reimbursement Act of 2005 - Amends federal aviation law to provide a credit to an owner or operator of an airport that allows the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or the head of a state or local agency to utilize the airport to respond to a disaster or emergency. Allows application of such credit toward the non-federal share of allowable costs for projects under the airport improvement program. Requires such credit to equal the revenues the airport lost, including operational costs incurred by the owner or operator, during the period of such utilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Crane Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3520
Sponsor: Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Citizen participation
Cranes (Birds)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ecological research
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental monitoring
Environmental protection groups
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Human-animal relationships
Hunting
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Labor and Employment
Land use
Migratory bird conservation
Nongovernmental organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public meetings
Research
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Treaties
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wild animal trade
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Wildlife reintroduction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Crane Conservation Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance for approved projects relating to the conservation of cranes, using amounts in the Crane Conservation Fund established by this Act. 
Allows a project proposal to be submitted by: (1) any wildlife management authority of a country located in the African, Asian, European, or North American range of a species of crane that carries out at least one activity that affects crane populations; (2) the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; and (3) any person or organization with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of cranes. 
Directs the Secretary to convene a panel of experts to identify the greatest needs for the conservation of cranes. 
Establishes the Crane Conservation Fund in the Multinational Species Conservation Fund. 
Authorizes the Secretary to convene an advisory group representing public and private organizations actively involved in the conservation of cranes to assist in carrying out this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act

Bill: 109-hr-3521
Sponsor: Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Storm drains
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-federal interests in Colorado, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. 
 
Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75 percent.
 
Sets the non-federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3522
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Capital gains tax
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Income tax
Land transfers
Local finance
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
State finance
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Open Space Preservation Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow installment sales treatment for land sold to a governmental unit or tax-exempt charitable organization for conservation purposes even though the purchase funds for such sale are held in a sinking or similar fund, as required by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3523
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Estate tax
Families
Family farms
Farm lands
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Estate Tax Deferral for Working Farms and Land Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude property used by a decedent's heir as farmland from the gross income of the decedent's estate. Imposes an additional estate tax if the decedent's heir disposes of such farmland or ceases to use it for farming purposes. Repeals the $500,000 limitation on the estate tax exclusion for land subject to a qualified conservation easement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the street in the District of Columbia known as 16th Street Northwest as "Ronald Reagan Boulevard".

Bill: 109-hr-3525
Sponsor: Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
History
Names
Reagan Administration
Streets
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Designates 16th Street Northwest in the District of Columbia as &quot;Ronald Reagan Boulevard.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act

Bill: 109-hr-3526
Sponsor: Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alabama
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition and associated services and benefits to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians of Alabama. Restores federal rights and privileges abrogated by earlier statutes. 
Approves and ratifies the cession to the United States of all historical tribal lands of the Band. 
 
Extinguishes all specified claims against the United States, a state or local government, or any other person or entity, by the Band arising subsequent to such cession, and based upon any interest in or right involving the land. 
 
Prohibits the Band from using its federal recognition to assert any historical land claim. 
 
Transfers all interests in lands held by the Band upon enactment of this Act to the United States, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Band. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Ethalfluralin.

Bill: 109-hr-3527
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on N-Ethyl-N-(2-methyl-2-propenyl)-2,6-dinitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenamine) known as Ethalfluralin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Diphenyl sulfide.

Bill: 109-hr-3528
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Diphenyl sulfide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 4,4-Dimethoxy-2-butanone.

Bill: 109-hr-3529
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on 4,4-Dimethoxy-2-butanone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Methacrylamide.

Bill: 109-hr-3530
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Methacrylamide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Fenbuconazole.

Bill: 109-hr-3531
Sponsor: Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2008, of the duty on Fenbuconazole.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Michigan Lighthouse and Maritime Heritage Act

Bill: 109-hr-3532
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Art
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boats and boating
Coast guard
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Dams
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Exhibitions
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fish culture
Fisheries
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Great Lakes
Harbors
Historic sites
History
Lighthouses and lightships
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Marine terminals
Michigan
Monuments and memorials
Museums
National parks
Passenger ships
Performing arts
Scenic byways
Ships
Sports and Recreation
State parks
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Waterways

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Michigan Lighthouse and Maritime Heritage Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service Midwest Regional Office, to study and report on Michigan maritime heritage resource preservation and interpretation, including: (1) potential economic and tourism benefits of preservation of these resources; (2) suitable and feasible options for long-term protection of these resources; (3) the manner in which the public can best learn about and experience these resources; and (4) ways of linking national, State, and regional and local areas and sites into a Michigan Maritime Heritage Destination Network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that net operating losses shall not be reduced in connection with a discharge of indebtedness in certain chapter 11 bankruptcy cases involving asbestos-related claims.

Bill: 109-hr-3533
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Asbestos
Bankruptcy
Commerce
Corporate debt
Corporation taxes
Damages
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Law
Liability (Law)
Losses
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings initiated before July 28, 2005, who have asbestos-related liabilities exceeding $250 million, to elect not to reduce their net operating losses by amounts discharged in such proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require country of origin labeling for macadamia nuts.

Bill: 109-hr-3535
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Imports
Labeling
Marketing of farm produce
Nuts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) country of origin labeling for macadamia nuts (covered commodity); and (2) that macadamia nuts be exclusively produced in the United States in order to be designated as U.S. country of origin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-08
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1696)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House