Edition IV Part I: Thursday's House Bills sponsered [sorry for all misspellings of sponsor, it's one of those words for me.]
Edition IV Part II: Thursday's Senate Bills sponsered, Resolutions sponsored and Votes
Yesterday's Edition
Thursday (at least what's available at post time) my count per available data: 136 Bills, and 45 Resolutions sponsored; 0 Committee Reports issued; 8 House Votes; and 21 Senate Votes. Since there were a whopping 96 House Bills, alone, sponsered Thursday, there will be two parts today, see the upper left corner, for the link to Part II Data current (per .gov sources) @ 12:00 PM EST 03/18/05
Go below for a bit more detail. If something pisses you off while reading this, the House and Senate 'member contact' links are provided in the "Votes" section, at bottom. For a look at a recap of last weeks activities in DC - for example, the 212 Bills and 36 Resolutions sponsored by Congress, and some Great Resource Links - start here On Point...Yesterday and Today, in DC.
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Please Note: due to time limitations, I'm not reading through these before posting the Diary, therefore, if some outrageous Bill, etc. is listed below, it shouldn't be assumed that it will automatically be made note of on this Diary. Consequently, I
encourage anyone who finds something newsworthy in the data below, to HOP TO and post a Dairy on it..
(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.)
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(see at bottom for `Poli-Sci' brush-up links)
BILLS
Definitions
(See notes on linking to, and viewing the text of, any given Bill, at bottom)
Thursday, 03/17/05, 96 House Bills sponsored:
H.R.1451
Title: To amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (17)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1450
Title: To require additional tariffs be imposed on products of any nonmarket economy country until the President certifies to the Congress that that country is a market economy country, and to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit the amounts generated from those tariffs into the Social Security trust funds.
Sponsor: Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1449
Title: To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Sponsor: Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (11)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.R.1448
Title: To direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to convey the Coast Guard Cutter MACKINAW, upon its scheduled decommissioning, to the City and County of Cheboygan, Michigan, to use for purposes of a museum.
Sponsor: Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1447
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Strickland, Ted [OH-6] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 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.1446
Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1445
Title: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1444
Title: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain meatless frozen food products.
Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1443
Title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the Medicaid Program for such children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (33)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1442
Title: To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1441
Title: To require all newly constructed, federally assisted, single-family houses and town houses to meet minimum standards of visitability for persons with disabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1440
Title: To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from imposing penalties for indecent broadcasts on providers of video over cable television systems, satellite carriers, the Internet, or non-broadcast providers.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1439
Title: To authorize the Secretary of Education to enter into a partnership with a qualified local educational agency to conduct a model school-to-work program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (22)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1438
Title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens illegally performed in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business illegally conducted in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1437
Title: To eradicate the poppy plant in Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Rep Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1436
Title: To remove certain use restrictions on property located in Navajo County, Arizona.
Sponsor: Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1435
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the foreign tax credit and the benefits of deferral to companies doing business directly or through subsidiaries in Sudan until the Government of Sudan takes demonstrable steps to end genocide in Sudan.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1434
Title: To designate the Federal building to be constructed at 799 First Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building".
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1433
Title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1432
Title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to redesign the $1 coin to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1431
Title: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to modify requirements for the appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1430
Title: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the feasibility of establishing the National Parks Institute in Central California.
Sponsor: Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1429
Title: To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.
Sponsor: Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (31)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1428
Title: To authorize appropriations for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pombo, Richard W. [CA-11] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1427
Title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate the 10-year limitation on the collection of nontax debt.
Sponsor: Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1426
Title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures.
Sponsor: Rep Pickering, Charles W. (Chip) [MS-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (19)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1425
Title: To ensure that the Federal student loans are delivered as efficiently as possible, so that there is more grant aid for students.
Sponsor: Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (30)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1424
Title: To impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1423
Title: To ban the manufacture, sale, delivery, and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized, and to provide for a report to the Congress on the commercial feasibility of personalizing firearms.
Sponsor: Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (8)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1422
Title: To prohibit high school and college sports gambling in all States including States where such gambling was permitted prior to 1991.
Sponsor: Rep Osborne, Tom [NE-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1421
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for an energy efficient appliance credit.
Sponsor: Rep Nussle, Jim [IA-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1420
Title: To prohibit as indecent the broadcasting of any advertisement for a medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Sponsor: Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1419
Title: To require that Homeland Security grants related to terrorism preparedness and prevention be awarded based strictly on an assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Menendez, Robert [NJ-13] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
H.R.1418
Title: To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that any health benefits plan which provides obstetrical benefits shall be required also to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Sponsor: Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.1417
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
Sponsor: Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (16)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1416
Title: To repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for therapeutic shoes and inserts for individuals with diabetes effected by section 627 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 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.1415
Title: To improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1414
Title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (11)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.1413
Title: To make the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (35)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1412
Title: To amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require notification of the Coast Guard regarding obstructions to navigation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1411
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a convention or association of churches includes individuals (with or without voting rights) as well as churches.
Sponsor: Rep Linder, John [GA-7] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1410
Title: To provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Government Reform, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.1409
Title: To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1408
Title: To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1407
Title: To provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any antidumping duty or countervailing duty order.
Sponsor: Rep LaTourette, Steve C. [OH-14] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1406
Title: To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers of the uniformed services.
Sponsor: Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1405
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income and employment taxes and wage withholding property tax rebates and other benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders.
Sponsor: Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1404
Title: To posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Wilma G. Rudolph.
Sponsor: Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (17)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1403
Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Defense an Office of the Victim Advocate, to prescribe the functions of that office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1402
Title: To provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.1401
Title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program of grants for the detection and control of colorectal cancer.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1400
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1399
Title: To expand the number of individuals and families with health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, 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.
H.R.1398
Title: To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2010, all gasoline sold in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent ethanol and that all diesel fuel sold in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 5 percent biodiesel, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1397
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1396
Title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish recall authority regarding drugs, to increase criminal penalties for the sale or trade of prescription drugs knowingly caused to be adulterated or misbranded, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1395
Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide a minimum mandatory prison sentence for manufacturing methamphetamine on properties where children reside, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1394
Title: To amend the Small Business Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration is authorized to make economic injury disaster loans in response to disasters caused by drought.
Sponsor: Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
H.R.1393
Title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol eligible for Public Safety Officer death benefits.
Sponsor: Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1392
Title: To suspend temporarily the duty on methacrylamido etheleneurae monomer.
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1391
Title: To suspend temporarily the duty on allyl ureido monomer.
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1390
Title: To provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students.
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (26)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R.1389
Title: To prohibit the importation, manufacture, distribution, or storage of ammonium nitrate compound without a license, to prohibit the receipt of ammonium nitrate compound without a license or permit, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1388
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the increase in expensing of certain depreciable business assets enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 2003 and extended by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
Sponsor: Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1387
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax exemptions for aerial applicators of fertilizers or other substances.
Sponsor: Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1386
Title: To establish a National Drought Council within the Department of Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (24)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.1385
Title: To include Nelson County, Virginia, in the Appalachian region for purposes of the programs of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Sponsor: Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [VA-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1384
Title: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (15)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1383
Title: To direct the President to transmit to the Congress each year a comprehensive report on the national homeland security strategy of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. [TN-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
H.R.1382
Title: To provide for a one-year delay in the implementation of the voluntary prescription drug benefit program, and to provide for a one-year extension of the Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program and of the coverage of prescription drugs under the Medicaid Program.
Sponsor: Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 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.1381
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and to establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.1380
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand incentives for education.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
H.R.1379
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat electric transmission property as 15-year property for depreciation purposes.
Sponsor: Rep English, Phil [PA-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.1378
Title: To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the regulation of ephedrine alkaloids, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1377
Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deter the smuggling of tobacco products into the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (95)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
H.R.1376
Title: To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (27)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.1375
Title: To award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.
Sponsor: Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (19)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1374
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit aliens who are independent living assistants to be accorded status as J nonimmigrants to provide in-home living and home support services to adults with disabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1373
Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide leave for members of the Armed Forces in connection with adoptions of children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1372
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 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.1371
Title: To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure equal treatment for members of reserve components who perform inactive-duty training in determining their entitlement for hazardous duty pay, aviation incentive pay, diving duty special pay, and foreign language proficiency pay.
Sponsor: Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1370
Title: To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property to assist with Federal land management, resource conservation, and development of Federal real property, including identification of any such property that is no longer required to be owned by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
H.R.1369
Title: To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property.
Sponsor: Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1368
Title: To provide the Secretary of the Army with additional and enhanced authority with respect to water resources projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1367
Title: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to protecting the labor rights of current and former employees of coal industry employers that are debtors under such title.
Sponsor: Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1366
Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by the uniformed services in order to permit certain additional retired members who have a service-connected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for that disability and Combat-Related Special Compensation by reason of that disability.
Sponsor: Rep Bilirakis, Michael [FL-9] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1365
Title: To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of Cesar E. Chavez in recognition of his service to the Nation.
Sponsor: Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (89)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1364
Title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to enable the Supreme Court to review decisions in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces denied relief.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1363
Title: To establish a statute of repose for durable goods used in a trade or business.
Sponsor: Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1362
Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the public disclosure of prices for hospital and ambulatory surgical center procedures and drugs.
Sponsor: Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.1361
Title: To improve the ability of the Federal Government to coordinate and conduct stabilization and reconstruction operations in countries or regions that are in, are in transition from, or are likely to enter into, conflict or civil strife, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
H.R.1360
Title: To create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Financial Services, 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.1359
Title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Jim [FL-11] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1358
Title: To amend title 10, United States Code, relating to payment of mental health counselors under TRICARE.
Sponsor: Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
H.R.1357
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human cloning.
Sponsor: Rep Weldon, Dave [FL-15] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (103)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R.1356
Title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (125)
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
House Bills sponsored since January:
House Bill List.
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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 (see list).