United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends Federal law to provide further continuing appropriations for FY 2005 until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in such law; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 8, 2004 (currently, December 3, 2004).
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Ensuring Needed Help Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 Act of 2004 or ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Organization Act to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) coordinate the national implementation of E-911 (enhanced 911 emergency phone) services; and (2) create an E-911 Implementation Coordination Office. Requires: (1) such officials to provide grants to eligible entities for the implementation and operation of such services; and (2) grant recipients to certify that no E-911 charges imposed by the appropriate taxing jurisdiction are being obligated or expended for any purposes other than service implementation and maintenance. Requires the: (1) Comptroller General (CG) to study and report on State and local use of 911 service charges; and (2) Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report on the deployment of E-911 phase II services by tier III service providers. Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act - Requires any Federal entity that operates a Government station assigned within a specified band of frequencies and that incurs relocation costs due to reallocation to non-Federal use to receive reimbursement from the Spectrum Relocation Fund (Fund) established in this Act. Requires the NTIA to notify the FCC of estimated relocation costs at least six months prior to the commencement of any auction of eligible frequencies. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the FCC, in designing competitive bidding under such auctions, to achieve specified cost recovery objectives. Prohibits the FCC from concluding any auction under which such objectives are not attained. Authorizes the FCC to grant a license for the advance use of eligible frequencies pending an auction, on the condition that the licensee cannot cause harmful interference to the Federal entity until the entity's authorization has been terminated. Establishes the Fund. Requires the CG to examine and report on national commercial spectrum license policy as implemented by the FCC. Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act - Makes certain Federal limitations on the obligation and expenditure of Federal funds and appropriation apportionment inapplicable to any amount collected as Federal universal service contributions or to the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable to such contributions.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Repeals provisions enacted by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 relating to the excise tax on arrows. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the excise tax on arrows, effective after March 31, 2005, to: (1) impose a tax equal to 39 cents per arrow shaft on the first sale of such shaft (instead of a 12.4 percent tax on the sales price), with inflation adjustments on such 39-cent amount after 2005; and (2) include points suitable for use with arrows in the 11 percent excise tax on arrow parts and accessories.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends Federal law to provide further continuing appropriations for FY 2005 until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in such law; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 3, 2004 (currently, November 20, 2004).
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 - Amends Federal law concerning commercial space transportation to make such law applicable to space flight crews and space flight participants. Instructs the Secretary to ensure that only one license or permit is required from the Department of Transportation to conduct activities involving crew or space flight participants. Prohibits the Secretary from granting waivers that would permit launches without a license or permit if humans will be aboard. Allows the holder of a license or a permit to launch and reenter crews and space flight participants, but only as specified. Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations requiring space flight participants to undergo physical examination prior to launch or reentry. Authorizes the Secretary to issue safety regulations governing launch vehicle design or operation. Provides for the issuance of experimental permits (including permits for reusable suborbital rockets) allowing for an unlimited number of launches. Permits suspension of licenses under which a previous launch or reentry resulted in serious or fatal injuries. Requires crew and space flight participants to execute reciprocal waivers of claims with licensees and permitees and the Federal government. Makes liability indemnification program requirements inapplicable to space flight participants. Requires the Secretary to arrange for a study of the liability risk sharing regime for commercial space transportation which assesses how the current system could be eliminated. Requires the Secretary to arrange for a report analyzing safety issues related to launching humans into space.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5505 Stevens Way in San Diego, California, as the "Earl B. Gilliam/Imperial Avenue Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4985 Moorhead Avenue in Boulder, Colorado, as the "Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
American History and Civics Education Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants, on a competitive basis, to entities with demonstrated expertise in historical methodology or the teaching of history to establish: (1) Presidential Academies for Teaching of American History and Civics that may offer workshops for both veteran and new teachers of such subjects; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to the National History Day Program to continue and expand its activities to promote the study of history and improve instruction.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Provides that any retirement plan maintained by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Retirement Fund as of January 1, 2003, shall be treated as a church plan under provisions relating to tax-exempt pension and other employee benefit plans of the Internal Revenue Code. Exempts YMCA retirement plans from certain limitations applicable to church plans. Allows YMCA retirement plans to qualify for tax treatment as money purchase pension plans and church self-funded death benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for: (1) maintenance, repair, and security; and (2) capital projects. Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Plaza Authorization Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Center Plaza Project Team. Requires Project Team approval of Board decisions that will significantly affect elements of the Project. Directs the Comptroller General, until Project completion, to review and report on management and oversight of construction of the Project by the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes the 60th anniversary of the World War II Battle of the Bulge; (2) honors those who gave their lives during the battle; and (3) reaffirms the bonds of friendship between the United States and both Belgium and Luxembourg.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Extends liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements with respect to commercial space transportation through December 31, 2009. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to arrange with a nonprofit entity for a study: (1) regarding the liability risk sharing regime in the United States for commercial space transportation; (2) to assess methods by which the liability risk sharing regime could be eliminated and whether alternative steps would be needed to maintain a viable and competitive U.S. space transportation industry if it were eliminated; and (3) to examine liability risk sharing in other nations with commercial launch capability and evaluate the direct and indirect impact that eliminating the regime would have on the competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space launch industry in relation to foreign commercial launch providers and on U.S. assured access to space.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Research Review Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to report to specified congressional committees on the methods by which the Roadmap for Medical Research has advanced the use of multidisciplinary research teams and consortia of research institutions to advance treatments, develop new therapies, and collaborate on clinical trials, including with respect to spinal cord injury and paralysis research. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to report to such committees on: (1) the epidemiological studies currently underway at such Centers, future planned studies, the criteria involved in determining what epidemiological studies to conduct, defer, or suspend, and the scope of those studies, including with respect to the inflammatory bowel disease epidemiological study; and (2) CDC activities to establish partnerships with research and patient advocacy communities to expand epidemiological studies. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to Congress on: (1) Medicare and Medicaid coverage standards that apply to patients with inflammatory bowel disease for specified therapies, taking into account appropriate outpatient or home health care delivery settings; and (2) the problems patients encounter when applying for disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act and recommendations for improving the application process for patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the ratio of residents in children's hospitals' approved graduate medical residency training programs to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy new born infants) when determining the amount of payments to such hospitals for indirect expenses associated with the treatment of more severely ill patients and the additional costs associated with teaching residents in such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) reduce certain special allowance payments to holders of student loans; and (2) provide for additional amounts of student loan forgiveness for certain elementary or secondary school teachers of mathematics, science, or special education.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Reorganization Act - Amends Federal transportation law to establish the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in the Department of Transportation (DOT), headed by an Administrator with professional experience in pipeline safety, hazardous materials safety, or other transportation safety, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides for a Deputy Administrator and an Assistant Administrator for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety (who shall also be the Chief Safety Officer). Transfers the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (established by this Act). Replaces the Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA) with the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), which shall be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Establishes in RITA an Office of Intermodalism.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V - Extends Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and transit programs for seven months, and authorizes appropriations, through May 31, 2005. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) apportion funds made available for Federal-aid highway programs under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) to each State according to the ratio of the State's FY 2004 obligation authority to the FY 2004 obligation authority for all States; and (2) ensure that each State is apportioned funds for the Interstate maintenance program, the National Highway System program, the bridge program, the surface transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the recreational trails program, the Appalachian development highway system program, and the minimum guarantee. Sets forth provisions: (1) for reducing future apportionments, and for recovering funds not apportioned, under a multi-year law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program that is enacted after enactment of this Act; (2) prohibiting after May 31, 2005, the obligation of any Federal-aid highway program funds until the date of enactment of a multi-year law reauthorizing such program that is enacted after enactment of this Act; and (3) prohibiting a State from transferring unobligated Federal-aid highway funds from amounts apportioned to it for the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program and the surface transportation program. Authorizes appropriations through May 31, 2005, for specified Federal-aid highway programs, highway safety programs, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration program, Federal transit programs, and sport fishing and boating safety programs. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and TEA-21, respectively, to set related discretionary spending limits and obligation limitations for FY 2005. Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend highway programs through the end of FY 2004. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend authorization for the use of the Highway Trust Fund (including the mass transit account) and the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund for obligations under TEA-21.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005. Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004. Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004. Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such date.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23055 Sherman Way in West Hills, California, as the "Evan Asa Ashcraft Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Welfare Reform Extension Act, Part VIII - Continues through March 31, 2005, in the manner authorized for FY 2004, any activities authorized by part A of title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as: (1) the separate program for abstinence education; (2) the entitlement of U.S. territories to matching grants for aid and services to needy families with children and for child-welfare services under title IV; (3) extensions of eligibility for Medicaid under SSA title XIX; (4) supplemental grants for population increases in certain States; and (5) extension of the National Random Sample Study of child welfare and child welfare waiver authority. Makes necessary appropriations. Allows grants and payments made pursuant to this authority through the second quarter of FY 2005 to be at the level provided for such activities through the second quarter of FY 2004.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11110 Sunset Hills Road in Reston, Virginia, as the "Martha Pennino Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 2025
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretaries of Education, of State, and of Health and Human Services to award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, Special Olympics for specified education, international, and health activities, including ones promoting Special Olympics and a greater understanding of contributions to society by individuals with intellectual disabilities both within and outside of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to permit members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to be reappointed. Limits the term of a member to two terms.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Justice for All Act of 2004 - Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims' Rights Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to grant crime victims specified rights, including: (1) the right to be protected from the accused, to be heard at any public proceeding involving release, plea, or sentencing, and to be treated with fairness and respect; (2) the right to timely notice of any public proceeding involving the crime or any release or escape of the accused and to proceedings free from unreasonable delay; (3) the right to confer with the Government attorney; and (4) the right to full and timely restitution. Debbie Smith Act of 2004 - Amends the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to name the program of grants to States for DNA analysis of samples from convicted individuals as the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, to expand the program to include grants to local governments, and to authorize appropriations through FY 2009. Amends: (1) the DNA Identification Act of 1994 (Identification Act) to expand the scope of DNA samples to be included in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS); and (2) the Violence Against Women Act to authorize grants to increase the availability of legal assistance to victims of dating violence. DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004 - Amends the Identification Act to prescribe audit and certification standards for laboratories from which DNA identification records and analyses may be included in CODIS. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make DNA analysis training grants, sexual assault forensic exam program grants, DNA research and development grants, grants to promote DNA identification of missing persons, and grants to tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions; and (2) appoint a National Forensic Science Commission. Authorizes appropriations for DNA programs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation through FY 2009. Innocence Protection Act of 2004 - Sets forth conditions under which a Federal prisoner asserting innocence may obtain post-conviction DNA testing of specific evidence and, if test results would establish the applicant's innocence, a new trial or resentencing. Requires the preservation of biological evidence if a defendant is under a sentence of imprisonment. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program; and (2) award grants to improve the quality of legal representation of indigent defendants, and the ability of prosecutors to represent the public, in State capital cases.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out construction and related activities in support of the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona. Authorizes appropriations of $1 million for FY 2005.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at United States Route 1 in Ridgeway, North Carolina, as the "Eva Holtzman Post Office."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1001 Williams Street in Ignacio, Colorado, as the "Leonard C. Burch Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Recognizes the courage of the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who participated in the Battle of Peleliu and of all veterans who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Urges the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the year 2004 as the 60th anniversary of that battle, work to protect historic sites of the Peleliu Battlefield National Historic Landmark, and establish commemorative programs honoring the Americans who fought at those sites.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 411 Midway Avenue in Mascotte, Florida, as the "Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office."
United States · United States Congress · 2 January 2025
Extends through September 30 (currently, June 4), 2004, under the same terms and conditions, the authorization for any program, activity, or provision, including any pilot program, that is authorized under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as of September 30, 2003. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to contract with an agent to carry out the assessment and collection of annual fees for SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses. Allows the agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed, as well as interest earned on such assessments while in the agent's control.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security for FY 2004 for disaster relief, including a transfer of such funds to the Small Business Administration to carry out its disaster loan program. Designates such amounts as an emergency requirement under the FY 2005 concurrent budget resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Federal Regulatory Improvement Act of 2004 - Revises the purpose of the Administrative Conference of the United States to include: (1) promoting more effective public participation and efficiency in the rulemaking process; (2) reducing unnecessary litigation in the regulatory process; (3) improving the use of science in the regulatory process; and (4) improving the effectiveness of laws applicable to the regulatory process. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 through FY 2007.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV - Amends the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 to extend through September 24, 2004, and in certain circumstances through FY 2004, authorizations for Federal highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and Federal transit programs. Amends the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to extend through FY 2004, funding for national outreach and communications programs related to sport fishing and boating safety. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize until October 1, 2004, expenditures for obligations under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) from the following Accounts: (1) the Highway Trust Fund; (2) the Mass Transit Account; and (3) the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations to the District of Columbia for FY 2005, including amounts for the Federal payments: (1) for District of Columbia Resident Tuition Support; (2) for emergency planning and security costs in the District; (3) to District of Columbia Courts; (4) for Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts; (5) to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (including transfer of funds); (6) to the DC Water and Sewer Authority; (7) to the Department of Transportation in the District for the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative; (8) to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; (9) for capital development in the District; (10) for a DC Public School library enhancement program; (11) for the Family Literacy Program; (12) for foster care improvements in the District; (13) to the Chief Financial Officer of the District; and (14) for a DC Public School improvement program. Appropriates specified sums out of the District's general fund and/or other funds for the current fiscal year for: (1) operating expenses (with limitations); (2) governmental direction and support; (3) economic development and regulation; (4) public safety and justice; (5) the public education system (including transfer of funds); (6) human support services (including transfer of funds); (7) public works; (8) the Cash Reserve; (9) repayment of certain loans and interest; (10) payment of interest on short-term borrowing; (11) principal and interest payments on the District's Certificates of Participation, issued to finance the ground lease underlying the building located at One Judiciary Square; (12) refunds and the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District government; (13) the John A. Wilson Building; (14) workforce investments; (15) certain non-departmental agency costs; (16) the Emergency Planning and Security Fund; (17) a Tax Increment Financing Program; (18) equipment lease operating; (19) the Emergency and Contingency Reserve Fund; (20) the Family Literacy Program; (21) the Pay-As-You-Go Capital funds in lieu of capital financing; (22) the Pay-As-You-Go Contingency Fund; (23) revised revenue estimate contingency priority; (24) the Water and Sewer Authority; (25) the Washington Aqueduct; (26) the Stormwater Permit Compliance Enterprise Fund; (27) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (28) the Sports and Entertainment Commission; (29) the District of Columbia Retirement Board; (30) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund; (31) the National Capital Revitalization Corporation; (32) the University of the District of Columbia; (33) the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund; (34) the Other Post Employee Benefits Trust Fund; (35) the DC Public Library Trust Fund; and (36) capital outlay (including rescissions).
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 560 Bay Isles Road in Longboat Key, Florida, as the "Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005 - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure functions administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), namely: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force; (4) family housing construction and operation and maintenance, defense-wide; (5) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (6) defense-wide chemical demilitarization construction; and (7) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990. Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act and in other military construction appropriations Acts. Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000. Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account. Directs the Secretary to report to the congressional appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and other U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union. Prohibits NATO Security Investment funds from being used for conducting missile defense studies. Designates the fitness center at Homestead Air Base, Florida, as the Sam Johnson Fitness Center.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Approves the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement entered into with the Government of Morocco, and the statement of administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement, both submitted to Congress. Authorizes the President to proclaim such actions, and other appropriate officers of the U.S. Government to issue such regulations, as may be necessary to ensure appropriate implementation of any provision of this Act that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force. Provides for: (1) administration of dispute settlement proceedings; (2) arbitration of claims; (3) specified tariff modifications; (3) additional duties, under specified conditions, on certain agricultural safeguard goods; (4) enforcement of textile and apparel rules of origin; (5) actions for relief from imports benefiting from the Agreement; and (6) certain textile and apparel safeguard measures. Requires the President to terminate the designation of Morocco as a beneficiary developing country on the date of the entry into force of the Agreement for purposes of such country receiving duty-free treatment for any of its eligible articles under the Trade Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the "Irma Rangel Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 - Makes appropriations for FY 2005 for: (1) the Export-Import Bank of the United States; (2) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; (3) the Trade and Development Agency; (4) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (5) U.S. Agency for International Development; (6) various bilateral economic assistance programs for foreign developing countries; (7) expenses for the Millenium Challenge Corporation; (8) the Inter-American Foundation, the African Development Foundation, and the Peace Corps; (9) global HIV/AIDS initiative; (10) international narcotics control and law enforcement and the Andean Counterdrug Initiative; (11) migration and refugee assistance; (12) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs; (13) Department of the Treasury for international affairs technical assistance and debt restructuring; (14) certain U.S. military assistance programs for foreign countries; (15) U.S. contributions to certain international financial institutions; and (16) international programs and organizations. Sets forth certain limits and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for specified activities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000 to rename the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area as the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Sacramento Street in Rio Vista, California, as the "Adam G. Kinser Post Office Building."
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
Amends the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 to request the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, to give the highest priority to the implementation of Treaty Minute 311 to the Treaty for the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, which establishes a framework for the siting of a treatment facility in Mexico to provide for the secondary treatment of effluent from the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant. Extends authority for the sewage treatment program indefinitely and increases the amount authorized.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 2025
Recognizes the important and unique contribution of Native Americans to the cultural legacy of the United States. Honors the cultural achievements of all Native Americans. Celebrates the official opening of the National Museum of the American Indian. Encourages all Americans to take advantage of the resources of the Museum to learn about the history and culture of Native Americans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Approves the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement entered into with the Government of Australia, and the statement of administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement, both submitted to Congress. Authorizes the President to proclaim such actions, and other appropriate officers of the U.S. Government to issue such regulations, as may be necessary to ensure appropriate implementation of any provision of this Act that takes effect on the date the Agreement enters into force. Provides for: (1) administration of dispute settlement proceedings; (2) specified tariff modifications; (3) additional duties, under specified conditions, on certain horticulture and beef safeguard goods; (4) enforcement of textile and apparel rules of origin; (5) actions for relief from imports benefiting from the Agreement; (6) certain textile and apparel safeguard measures; and (7) U.S. International Trade Commission findings and presidential actions with regard to whether imports of articles from Australia are a substantial cause of serious injury or threat to U.S. articles and industries. Redefines "eligible products" to include, regarding any foreign country or instrumentality that is a party to a free trade agreement that entered into force with respect to the United States after December 31, 2003, and before January 2, 2005, a product or service of that country or instrumentality which is covered under the free trade agreement for U.S. procurement.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 2025
District of Columbia Retirement Protection Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to establish in the Treasury the District of Columbia Teachers, Police Officers, and Firefighters Federal Pension Fund (D.C. Federal Pension Fund) consisting of transfers of all: (1) District of Columbia Federal Pension Liability Trust Fund obligations to make Federal benefit payments; and (2) assets of such Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental District of Columbia Pension Fund. Specifies the use of the Pension Fund, including but not limited to: (1) making Federal benefit payments; and (2) financing Federal obligations for future benefits. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual Federal payments into the Pension Fund from the general fund of the Treasury. Provides for the administration of the Pension Fund by a Pension Fund Trustee selected by the Secretary. Applies the same specified Federal law to the Pension Fund that applied to the Trust Fund before October 1, 2004. Terminates the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplemental Fund upon transfer of all their assets and obligations to the D.C. Federal Pension Fund. Sets forth procedures for resolving denied benefit claims with respect to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund. Treats misappropriation of the D.C. Federal Pension Fund as a Federal crime.