3.0.0 3975 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z House H HR 2005-10-06 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-11-16T20:43:57Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-10-06T14:05:00Z To provide higher education relief to individuals and institutions affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes. 109 4490 HR 2006-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Related bill CRS Pension Flexibility in Natural Disasters Act of 2005 109 1802 S 2005-09-30 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233. Related bill CRS 2005-11-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-11-16 11:00:19 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2005-11-16 11:00:11 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10235-10238) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2005-11-16 11:00:11 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10235-10238) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-16 10:42:14 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3975. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2005-11-16 10:42:11 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10235-10242) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2005-11-16 10:41:51 Mr. Jindal moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2005-10-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2005-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 N B000589 Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] JOHN BOEHNER R OH A. 8 2005-10-06 True M000508 Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] HOWARD MCKEON R CA P. 25 2005-10-06 True C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2005-10-06 True W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2005-10-06 True P000589 Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] Jon Porter R NV C. 3 2005-10-06 True B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2005-10-06 True A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2005-10-06 True M000388 Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] JIM MCCRERY R LA 4 2005-10-06 True P000323 Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] CHARLES PICKERING R MS W. 3 2005-10-06 True M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2005-11-02 False T000260 Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] TODD TIAHRT R KS 4 2005-11-02 False Emergency Management Academic performance Accreditation (Education) Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Alabama Armed Forces and National Security Block grants Charter schools Collection of accounts Colleges Crime and Law Enforcement Day care Department of Education Department of Labor Disability evaluation Disabled Disaster relief Dislocated workers Displaced persons Distance education Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Educational planning Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Employee benefit plans Employee rights Equipment and supplies Families Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Floods Florida Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Government travel Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Infants Intergovernmental fiscal relations Job hunting Labor and Employment Law Layoffs Liability (Law) Loans Louisiana Military operations Mississippi Occupational health and safety Occupational retraining Orphans Pension funds Plant shutdowns Preschool education Recruiting of employees Scholarships School administration Secondary education Social Welfare Special education Student loan funds Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Terrorism Texas Travel costs Volunteer workers Wages Welfare eligibility Welfare recipients Welfare work participation Youth employment Youth services Emergency Management 00 2005-10-06 Introduced in House 2005-11-23T21:37:14Z Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 - Authorizes temporary regulatory relief and transfers of funds to facilitate delivery of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Gulf hurricanes), under various specified programs of the Departments of Education, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Labor, in affected states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas) and other states serving such individuals.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive certain requirements with respect to affected individuals, institutions, and states in relation to: (1) programs administered by the Department of Education, except under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); (2) IDEA deadlines and paperwork; (3) charter schools; (4) teacher qualifications, among states, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (5) student financial assistance, institutional eligibility, loan cancellation or deferment, and Pell Grant eligibility information under the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to waive a filing deadline under the Community Services Block Grant Act (CBGA) with respect to any affected state. Requires HHS to provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies in major disaster areas. Authorizes HHS waiver or modification of certain types of limitations and requirements under Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 for any affected state and any state serving significant numbers of affected individuals.

Pension Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue waivers, suspensions, or exemptions from requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in the case of individual account pension plans, or persons or service providers involved with or dealing with such plans, that are affected by the Gulf hurricane disasters.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to: (1) recruit, train, and use the services of volunteers for Occupational Safety and Health Administration projects in response to the Gulf hurricanes; and (2) increase the size of a state grant under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

Exempts from notice requirements under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act any plant closing or mass layoff due to a Gulf hurricane.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to permit transferability of funds, among youth, adult, and dislocated worker programs under the Worker Investment Act of 1998 and the Wagner-Peyser Act employment services program, by states and local workforce investment areas in which a Gulf hurricane disaster occurred or to which significant numbers of affected individuals have relocated.

]]> 36 2005-11-16 Passed House amended 2005-12-02T20:45:53Z Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 - Authorizes regulatory relief and transfers of funds under various programs of the Departments of Education, of Health and Human Services (HHS), and of Labor for limited periods to facilitate delivery of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (Gulf hurricanes), and to ease fiscal burdens in affected states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas).

Title I: Education - Subtitle A: Elementary and Secondary Educational Programs - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Education to encourage states to: (1) include charter schools in Gulf hurricane disaster relief efforts; (2) support charter schools serving individuals adversely affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster; and (3) facilitate enrollment in charter schools of students displaced by a Gulf hurricane disaster.

Subtitle B: Teacher Flexibility - (Sec. 111) Allows a highly qualified teacher who was employed on August 29, 2005, by a local educational agency (LEA) in a state serving an area affected by a Gulf hurricane to be considered by another state as highly qualified in the same core academic subjects for subsequent employment by the LEA during the 2005-2006 school year because of needs created by enrollment of displaced students.

Subtitle C: Educational Programs for Children with Disabilities - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to: (1) enter into agreements to extend certain deadlines of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to facilitate the provision of educational services to children with disabilities affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster; and (2) permit affected states to participate in a paperwork reduction pilot program.

Subtitle D: Higher Education Relief - (Sec. 131) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waiver waive or modify requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) for student financial assistance programs, or other student or institutional eligibility provisions, as necessary to reflect changes in the financial condition of affected students and their families resulting from a Gulf hurricane disaster.

(Sec. 132) Requires institutions of higher education to establish and publicize transfer policies that do not deny transfer of credit based solely on the accreditation of the sending institution as long as its accrediting association or agency is recognized by the Secretary of Education.

(Sec. 133) Directs the Secretary of Education to make special efforts to notify affected students who qualify for a means-tested federal benefit program of their potential eligibility for a maximum Pell Grant and to disseminate informational materials regarding such eligibility.

Subtitle E: Regulatory Relief - (Sec. 151) Authorizes the Secretary of Education to waive or modify any requirement relating to maintenance of effort, not supplanting nonfederal funds, or matching federal funds under any program administered by the Department of Education, except under IDEA, in order to ease fiscal burdens in any affected state.

Title II: Health and Human Services - Subtitle A: Community Services - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to waive a filing deadline under the Community Services Block Grant Act (CBGA) with respect to any affected state. Allows other states to transfer portions of their CBGA to affected states, and to send employees of their state lead agency or of eligible entities to affected areas to help provide disaster assistance.

(Sec. 202) Permits state lead agencies in affected states, in certain circumstances, to temporarily fund eligible entities in contiguous areas or alternative service providers. Authorizes affected states to recapture and redistribute unobligated CBGA funds.

Subtitle B: Head Start - (Sec. 211) Requires HHS to provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources to Head Start agencies in major disaster areas, as well as to affected Head Start agencies, to assist those involved in providing Head Start and Early Head Start services to children affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster. Provides for waivers of: (1) certain agency requirements; and (2) documentation for adversely affected participants in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to waive or modify, for any affected state and any state serving significant numbers of individuals adversely affected by a Gulf hurricane disaster, certain types of limitations and requirements under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, in order to ease fiscal burdens on such states and provide child care services for those orphaned or displaced by such disaster.

Subtitle C: Child Care Services - (Sec. 221) Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to waive or modify certain types of limitations and requirements, for any affected state and any state serving significant numbers of affected individuals, in order to expand availability of services to such individuals under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

Title III: Labor - Subtitle A: Pension Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act of 2005 - Pension Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act of 2005 - (Sec. 302) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to issue waivers, suspensions, or exemptions from requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) in the case of individual account pension plans, or persons or service providers involved with or dealing with such plans, that are affected by the Gulf hurricane disasters.

(Sec. 303) Amends ERISA to include regulations issued under ERISA and plan provisions under the Secretary of Labor's current authority to prescribe a one-year extension of ERISA deadlines in the event of presidentially declared disasters or terrorist or military actions.

Subtitle B: Occupational Safety and Health - (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to: (1) recruit, train, accept, and use the services of volunteers for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) projects related to worker safety and health in response to the effects of the Gulf hurricanes; (2) purchase and distribute equipment and supplies to public or private entities and individuals for such projects; and (3) increase the size of a grant under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHAct) to any state using such funds to provide assistance for such projects, without regard to matching fund restrictions. Allows states to use certain grant funds under OSHAct to provide assistance to OSHA for such projects.

Title IV: General Provisions - (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary of Education to make publicly available waivers or modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions and other actions the Secretary issues under this Act.

(Sec. 403) Requires states that exercise authority under this Act to report certain information to the appropriate Secretary for submission to specified congressional committees.]]> Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 Display Title Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To ease the provision of services to individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 Short Titles as Passed House Hurricane Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 H House Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Pension Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act of 2005 Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Pension Flexibility for Displaced Workers Act of 2005 H House Referred in Senate 2005-11-16T05:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2005-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3975eh/xml/BILLS-109hr3975eh.xml Introduced in House 2005-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr3975ih/xml/BILLS-109hr3975ih.xml 2005-11-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.