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USA Jobs Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Labor and Employment
Law
Layoffs
Recruiting of employees
Skilled labor
Transfer of employees
Visas
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
USA Jobs Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise L-1 (intracompany transfers) nonimmigrant visa provisions. Prohibits the admission of an L-1 worker unless the employer files an application with the Secretary of Labor stating that the employer will: (1) make the L-1 application available for public examination and compilation by the Secretary; (2) provide wage comparability; and (3) not displace U.S. workers during the period of 180 days before and after the L-1 hiring. 
 
Requires an employer, prior to petitioning for admission of a specialized knowledge L-1 worker, to file an application with the Secretary stating that good faith steps have been taken to recruit U.S. workers for the job for which the L-1 worker is sought.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to consult annually with the Secretary respecting the use and effect of blanket L-1 petitions.
 
Increases the L-1 prior employment abroad requirement. Reduces the period of L-1 admission. Establishes an L-1 employer petition fee.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to initiate an L-1 employer investigation.
 
Revises H-1B (temporary workers) nonimmigrant visa provisions to: (1) subject all H-1B employers (currently H-1B dependent employers) to such provisions; (2) lengthen U.S. worker displacement protection; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Labor to initiate an H-1B employer investigation.
 
Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the implementation and impact of amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Free Flow of Information Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3323
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Confidential communications
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal procedure
Discovery (Law)
Evidence (Law)
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Informers
Journalism
Journalistic ethics
Newspapers
Periodicals
Press
Prosecution
Radio stations
Science, Technology, Communications
Subpoena
Television stations
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Free Flow of Information Act of 2005 - Prohibits a federal entity from compelling a &quot;covered person&quot; (i.e., a newspaper, television broadcast station, wire service, or other media outlet, and specified employees and contractors) to testify or produce any document unless a court determines that: (1) the party seeking to compel has unsuccessfully attempted to obtain such testimony or document from all other non-covered persons; (2) in a criminal matter, there are reasonable grounds to believe a crime has occurred and the testimony or document sought is essential to the investigation, prosecution, or defense of the crime; (3) in a non-criminal matter, the testimony or document is essential to a dispositive issue of substantial importance; and (4) in any matter in which testimony or a document could reveal the source's identity, disclosure is necessary to prevent imminent and actual harm to national security and such harm outweighs the public interest in protecting the free flow of information.
 
Requires the content of compelled testimony or documents to be limited and narrowly tailored. Exempts certain commercial or financial information. 
 
Makes this Act applicable to testimony or documents that a third party or federal entity seeks from a communications service provider relating to business transactions with a covered person. Sets forth notice requirements. Permits a court to delay notice to a covered person upon determining that such notice would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of a criminal investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H877-878)
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5969)
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Arrest Methamphetamine Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arrest
Canada
Child welfare
Community policing
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Drug courts
Drug law enforcement
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Families
Family courts
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hazardous wastes
Imports
Indian law enforcement
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Methamphetamine
Minorities
Negotiations
Performance measurement
Police
Police training
Prosecution
Public health administration
Searches and seizures
Social Welfare
State-local relations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Arrest Methamphetamine Act of 2005 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to make grants to states to address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine to enhance public safety, including for activities to: (1) arrest individuals violating methamphetamine related laws; (2) undertake methamphetamine clandestine lab seizures and environmental cleanup; (3) provide for community based education, awareness, and prevention; (4) provide child support and family services to assist methamphetamine users and their families; and (5) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, or pay for resources, where expenditures would result in reduction in methamphetamine use, sale, and manufacture. Sets forth application requirements. 
 
Authorizes the Attorney General, through BJA, to make grants to states, Indian tribal governments, and multijurisdictional or regional consortia to develop a comprehensive, cooperative strategy to address the use, sale, and manufacture of methamphetamine. Allocates funding for enforcement.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to: (1) collect systematic data on the effectiveness of programs assisted under this Act; (2) establish a national clearinghouse of information on effective programs for dissemination to state and local agencies; (3) establish a program within the Department of Justice to facilitate the sharing of best practices among states; and (4) provide technical assistance to state and local agencies.
 
Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government to take effective measures to stem the availability of pseudoephedrine in Canada and its illegal importation into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Methamphetamine and Identity Theft Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3325
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conspiracy
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Identity theft
Legislation
Methamphetamine
Postal service
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Methamphetamine and Identity Theft Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study evaluating whether there is a connection between the commission of crimes involving methamphetamine and the commission of identity theft crimes. Requires such study to include a statistical analysis of any correlation and to evaluate: (1) imposing a sentencing enhancement if a person commits both; (2) establishing a password-protected electronic clearinghouse within the Department of Justice for federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to share information on crimes involving both; and (3) whether individuals who use methamphetamine are more likely to commit certain kinds of identity theft crimes, such as through the use of mail, than are others who commit identity theft crimes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Contraception Education Act

Bill: 109-hr-3326
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer organizations
Contraceptives
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Higher education
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Emergency Contraception Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop and disseminate to the public information on emergency contraception, including, at a minimum, a description of emergency contraception and an explanation of the use, safety, efficacy, and availability of such contraception.
 
Requires that the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to develop and disseminate to health care providers information on emergency contraception. 
Requires that the information disseminated to health care providers include, at a minimum: (1) information describing the use, safety, efficacy, and availability of emergency contraception; (2) a recommendation regarding its use in appropriate cases; and (3) information explaining how to obtain copies of information from the CDC.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1514)
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow certain beneficiaries covered by TRICARE for Life to be reimbursed for travel expenses for certain medical care.

Bill: 109-hr-3327
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to provide an eligible TRICARE for Life (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program) beneficiary reimbursement for travel expenses to a military medical facility if: (1) the travel purpose is a follow-up appointment for medical treatment of a condition of such beneficiary; and (2) the initial appointment for treatment of the condition was at the same facility. Allows such reimbursement only: (1) for up to three follow-up appointments; and (2) if adequate treatment cannot be obtained within 100 miles of the residence of the beneficiary.
 
Defines a TRICARE for Life beneficiary as a person who: (1) is eligible for medical care through DOD as a military spouse or dependent; (2) attained age 65 after an initial appointment for treatment at a military medical facility; and (3) resides more than 100 miles from the facility and was referred there by a specialty care provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Gerald Robert Christopher Haefelin.

Bill: 109-hr-3328
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2005-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: 
Declares Gerald Robert Christopher Haefelin to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-18
text: Introduced in House
Civilian Prisoner-of-War Medal Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3329
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Ex-prisoners of war
Federal employees
Hostages
International Affairs
Prisoners of war

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Civilian Prisoner-of-War Medal Act of 2005 - Provides for the issuance by the President of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the federal government who are forcibly taken and held captive by armed forces or agents of a foreign government hostile to the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide funding to enable institutions of higher education to establish a grant program to bridge the gap between laboratory discovery and commercially viable research.

Bill: 109-hr-3331
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Commercialization
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Higher education
Intellectual property
Inventions
Law
Licenses
Patents
Research and development
Research grants
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the National Science Foundation to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish precompetitive technology transfer centers. 

Authorizes specified activities at such centers to advance discoveries or inventions, which have been made in such institutions' laboratories and have market potential, to the point where they can attract funding from other private or public sources for commercially viable research. 

 Sets forth required preferences in grantee selection. Requires equal access to be given to historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Teach for America Act

Bill: 109-hr-3334
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational research
Educational statistics
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Teach for America Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to Teach For America, Inc. to implement and expand its program of recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting new teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3335
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Income
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
.Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state for FY2006 from being less than the greater of: (1) the FMAP determined for the state for FY2005, decreased by 0.5 percentage points; or (2) the FMAP that would have been determined for the state for FY2006 if the per capita incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP for the state for FY2005 were used.
 
Provides that the FMAP applicable to a state for FY2006 after the application of such limitation on reduction shall apply only for purposes of titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and payments under such titles that are based on a certain enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under SSA title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)).
 
Repeals such limitation, effective as of October 1, 2006, and provides that it shall not apply to any fiscal year after FY2006.
 
Provides that, only for purposes of computing the fiscal year FMAP for a state, beginning with FY2006, any significantly disproportionate employer pension contribution shall be disregarded in computing the per capita income of such state, but shall not be disregarded in computing the per capita income for the continental United States (and Alaska) and Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3336
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aircraft industry
Airlines
Aviation safety
Avionics
Commerce
Commercial aircraft
Compensation (Law)
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Equipment and supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring all commercial aircraft that must carry both a cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder to be equipped with a second recorder system that utilizes deployable combination cockpit voice and digital flight data recording technology. 
 
Requires the second deployable recorder system to be mounted as far rear on the airframe as practicable. Sets forth minimum deployable recorder capabilities.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) purchase and make available, at no cost, to an air carrier such deployable recorder systems as may be necessary for it to comply with regulations; and (2) reimburse aircraft manufacturers owned or controlled by a U.S. citizen for engineering, certification, and installation costs incurred in developing and installing deployable recorder systems to comply with regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend a requirement for the prescreening of air passengers to international flights that overfly the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-3337
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airspace (Law)
Aviation safety
Business records
Commerce
Computer matching
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Science, Technology, Communications
Territorial waters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to extend the Department of Homeland Security's authority to compare passenger information for any international flight that overflies the United States against the consolidated and integrated terrorist watchlist maintained by the federal government before departure of the flight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit period to 10 years for certain facilities producing electricity from certain renewable resources.

Bill: 109-hr-3338
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2005-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Incineration
Income tax
Irrigation
Landfills
Methane
Municipal solid waste
Natural gas
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Tax credits
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a 10-year credit period for certain facilities eligible for the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Introduced in House