Edition II
Monday's Product, my count per available data: 32 Bills, and 2 Resolutions sponsored; 1 House Report issued; 5 Civilian Nominations Submitted; 3 House Votes, 1 Senate Vote. Data current (per .gov sources) @11:00 AM EST 03/15/05
Go below for a bit more detail. If anything below inspires you to call or email, there's a House and Senate contact link in the Votes section. I'm always intrigued and inspired by proposed Legislation with those words "...and for other purposes," attached to their Titles. (For a look at a recap of last weeks activities in DC, for example, the 212 Bills and 36 Resolutions sponsored in Congress, and some Great Resource Links, start here On Point...Yesterday and Today,in DC )
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Note on data sources: if the `Source' isn't noted at the bottom of the blue boxes, the source (usually a
"Thomas.gov," or other
"...gov" web-page), is evident when the orange link(s) in the blue box(es), is/are highlighted or clicked on. Boldfacing - pertaining to highlighting: full titles; sponsors (and the States, they represent); and oddities (such as missing data, or access to data), of legislation - is mine.)
BILLS
(See notes on linking to, and viewing the text of, any given Bill, after Senate Resolutions)
Monday, 03/14/05, 22 House Bills sponsored:
H.R.1290
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive prevention, research, and medical management referral program for hepatitis C virus infection.
Sponsor: Rep Wilson, Heather [NM-1] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (10)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1289
Title: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area in South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1288
Title: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Sponsor: Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (21)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1287
Title: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 332 South Main Street in Flora, Illinois, as the "Robert T. Ferguson Post Office Building".
Sponsor: Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1286
Title: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to include additional information in Social Security account statements.
Sponsor: Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1285
Title: To amend the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 to remove the limitation for nonimmigrant classification for nurses in health professional shortage areas.
Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1284
Title: To authorize the placement of an equestrian statue depicting frontiersman, explorer, and missionary Jacob Hamblin on the grounds of the Forest Service Kaibab Plateau Visitor Center in Jacob Lake, Arizona, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1283
Title: To provide that transit pass transportation fringe benefits be made available to all qualified Federal employees in the National Capital Region; to allow passenger carriers which are owned or leased by the Government to be used to transport Government employees between their place of employment and mass transit facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1282
Title: To provide for Project GRAD programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1281
Title: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance to certain service workers.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1280
Title: To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the operation of the Medicare Comparative Cost Adjustment (CCA) program in Texas.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.1279
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to reduce violent gang crime and protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1278
Title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to limit the exemption for asset protection trusts.
Sponsor: Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1277
Title: To expand college opportunities by significantly simplifying the Federal student aid application process.
Sponsor: Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (33)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1276
Title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to make creditable for civil service retirement purposes certain periods of service performed with Air America, Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated, while those entities were owned or controlled by the Government of the United States and operated or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sponsor: Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1275
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount which may be excluded from the gross income of an employee for dependent care assistance with respect to dependent care services provided during a taxable year, to adjust such amount each year by the rate of inflation for such year, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1274
Title: To suspend temporarily the duty on amyl-anthraquinone.
Sponsor: Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1273
Title: To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
H.R.1272
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit.
Sponsor: Rep Weller, Jerry [IL-11] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1271
Title: To repeal a provision relating to privacy officers in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1270
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.
Sponsor: Rep Thomas, William M. [CA-22] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1269
Title: To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Public Buildings Act of 1959 to protect human health from toxic mold, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and 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.
House Bills sponsored since January: House Bill List.
(Note re the above House Bill List: There's usually a lag between the Bills noted on the above referenced List and the actual Bills sponsored, the List is usually from one day to over a week behind, dependent on the legislation load.. Occasionally though, a Bill is inexplicably missing from the list, although it's usually accessible on Thomas via other means (IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE BILL). As of this printing, the following 10 Bills appear to be missing from the List: 1-2, 4-7 & 9-10, (all sponsored on 01/04/05 by Dennis Hastert, with "Reserved" titles, and no data), and 929 & 1026.
Monday, 03/14/05, 10 Senate Bills sponsored:
S.620
Title: A bill to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (10)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.619
Title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.618
Title: A bill to amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Hobbs Act), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.617
Title: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out the dredging project, Menominee Harbor, Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.616
Title: A bill to inform the American public and to protect children from increasing depictions of indecent and gratuitous and excessive violent material on television, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S.615
Title: A bill to amend title 38, United State Code, to improve benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill by establishing an enhanced educational assistance program and by repealing the requirement for reduction in pay for participation in the program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dayton, Mark [MN] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
S.614
Title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit medicare-eligible veterans to receive an out-patient medication benefit, to provide that certain veterans who receive such benefit are not otherwise eligible for medical care and services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
S.613
Title: A bill to establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.612
Title: A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to award the Combat Medical Badge or another combat badge for Army helicopter medical evacuation ambulance (Medevac) pilots and crews.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S.611
Title: A bill to establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and a Federal Interagency Committee on emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Senate Bills sponsored since January: Senate Bill List.
(Note re the above Senate Bill List: There's usually a lag between the Bills noted on the above referenced List and the actual Bills sponsored, the List is usually from one day to over a week behind, dependent on the legislation load.. Occasionally though, a Bill is inexplicably missing from the list, although it's usually accessible on Thomas via other means (IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE BILL). As of this printing, the following 9 Bills appear to be missing from the List: 1-2, 4, 10, 22-23, 26, 28, 30 (Thomas queries pull up no data for these nine early bills, other than: Text hasn't been received from GPO. Lastly, a 2003 Bill, S.875, is still on the list, being moved to the last line at the end of each day.
RESOLUTIONS
(See notes on linking to, and viewing the text of, any given Resolution, after Senate Concurrent Resolutions)
Monday, 03/14/05, 2 House Resolutions sponsored:
H.RES.152
Title: Expressing support for the members of the uniformed services and their families, particularly those wounded or severely injured in service to the Nation, and support for the newly established Military Severely Injured Joint Support Operations Center in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Sponsor: Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.RES.151
Title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1268) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] (introduced 3/14/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.418, H.R.1268
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2005 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 11.
House Reports: 109-18
Monday, 03/14/05, House Joint Resolutions sponsored: none
Monday, 03/14/05, House Concurrent Resolution sponsored: none
House Resolutions sponsored since January:
House Resolutions List
House Joint Resolutions List
House Concurrent Resolutions List
(Note re the above House Resolution Lists: There's usually a lag between the Resolutions noted on the above referenced lists and the actual Resolutions sponsored when there has been a lot of activity, the lists are usually from one day to over a week behind, dependent on the legislation load.. Occasionally though, a Resolution is inexplicably missing from the list, although it's usually accessible on Thomas via other means (IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE RESOLUTION). As of this printing, the following Resolutions appear to be missing from the lists: House Resolutions - none; House Joint Resolutions - none; House Concurrent Resolutions - none. Lastly, the following 109th Congress (not old Bills left on the system) House Resolution numbers are totally out of sequence and bumped forward to the last lines of the H.Res List each day: H.Res. 387, 729, 841, 917 & 933
Monday, 03/14/05, Senate Resolutions sponsored: none
Monday, 03/14/05, Senate Joint Resolutions sponsored: none
Monday, 03/14/05, Senate Concurrent Resolutions sponsored: none
Senate Resolutions sponsored since January:
Senate Resolutions List
Senate Joint Resolutions List
Senate Concurrent Resolutions List
(Note re the above Senate Resolution Lists: There's usually a lag between the Resolutions noted on the above referenced lists and the actual Resolutions sponsored when there has been a lot of activity, the lists are usually from one day to over a week behind, dependent on the legislation load.. Occasionally though, a Resolution is inexplicably missing from the list, although it's usually accessible on Thomas via other means (IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE RESOLUTION). As of this printing, the following Resolutions appear to be missing from the lists: Senate Resolutions - none; Senate Joint Resolutions - none; Senate Concurrent Resolutions - none.
VIEWING THE TEXT OF LEGISLATIVE BILLS & RESOLUTIONS:
Because many of the Thomas.gov text links aren't clickable when pasted (particularly those with a colon at the end), I didn't link to the text in many cases. To see the text of any given Bill, or Resolution noted above: replace the bold-faced "X" in the following links, with the Bill or Resolution number and paste the result, as is, in your Internet "Go To" bar (don't forget to include all periods and the persnickety colon (:) at the end):
House Bill (H.R.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.X.:
House Resolution (H.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.RES.X.:
House Joint Resolution (H.J.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.J.RES.X.:
House Concurrent Resolution (H.CON.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.CON.RES.X.:
Senate Bill (S.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.X.:
Senate Resolution (S.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.RES.X.:
Senate Joint Resolution (S.J.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.J.RES.X.:
Senate Concurrent Resolution (S.CON.RES.): thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.CON.RES.X.:
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Monday, 03/14/05, Conference Reports issued: none
Conference Reports since January:
Conference Report List
Joint Reports
Monday, 03/14/05, Joint Reports issued: none
Joint Reports since January:
None accessible presently, via Thomas.gov query.
The Joint Report List link: Joint Report List, via the Thomas.gov query link, directly above, is not currently working.
House Reports
Monday, 03/14/05, 1 House Reports issued
109-18 "PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1268, MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2005, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," March 14, 2005, In re: H.R. 1268 & H.RES.151
House Reports issued since January: House Report List
Senate Reports
Monday, 03/14/05, Senate Reports issued: none known
Senate Reports since January: Senate Report List
Note re the above Senate Report list: Some of the reports, have no accessible data available, including the report title and are omitted from the list.
NOMINATIONS
Monday, 03/14/05:
NOMINATIONS IN COMMITTEE (CIVILIAN)
...civilian nominations submitted by
the President to the Senate for confirmation [March 14,2005]...
In the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
PN299 Department of Agriculture
Charles F. Conner, of Indiana, to be Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture.
In the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
PN300 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Michael D. Griffin, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In the Committee on Foreign Relations
PN301 Department of State
Robert Joseph, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State
for Arms Control and International Security.
In the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
PN302 National Museum and Library Services Board
Kim Wang, of California, to be a Member of the National
Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring
December 6, 2009.
In the Committee on the Judiciary
PN303 Department of Justice
Paul D. Clement, of Virginia, to be Solicitor General of
the United States.
[Source: http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/nom_cmtec.htm ]
VOTES
House Votes
Monday 03/14/05 vote (P(assed), A(greed), F(ailed), click the link for vote detail):
Roll 68
Date: 14-Mar
Issue: S 384
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Result P
Title/Description: To extend the existence of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group for 2 years
Roll 67
Date: 14-Mar
Issue: H RES 101
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended
Result P
Title/Description: Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Unions wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations
Roll 66
Date: 14-Mar
Issue: H RES 135
Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
Result P
Title/Description: House Democracy Assistance Commission Resolution
Source:
House Votes since January (click "Roll" column link for voting detail):
House Votes/Roll Call
Contact Your Representative
Schedules, see:
Currently on the House Floor
This Week on the House Floor
Senate Votes
Monday 03/14/05 vote: (click the link for vote detail)
Senate Votes since January (click "Vote" column link for voting detail):
Senate Roll Call Votes
Contact Your Senator(s)
Schedules, see:
Senate Calendar/Schedule
Senate Judiciary Committee Schedule and
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Hearings
For a look at a recap of last weeks activities in DC, for example, the 212 Bills and 36 Resolutions sponsored in Congress, and some Great Resource Links, start here On Point...Yesterday and Today, in DC