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United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2005
Household Employee Flexible Savings Plan Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify certain pension plan cash or deferred arrangements for the waiver of the tax on nondeductible contributions to qualified employer plans.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2005
Gasoline Price Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who own a highway vehicle fueled in whole or in part by gasoline or diesel fuel a nonrefundable income tax credit of $500 ($1,000 if filing jointly).
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2005
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2005 or the AID for America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers. Limits the amount of such credit to $100 per day per employee.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Effectively, modifies the $100 million limit that may be obligated from such program in any fiscal year for such projects). Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%. Authorizes appropriations in the amount of $2.9 billion for the emergency relief program.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Long-Term Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from certain tax-exempt retirement plans used to pay long-term care insurance premiums.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Military Family Assistance Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to make an emergency adjustment in the rates of the basic allowance for housing in a particular military housing area in response to a sudden increase in energy costs resulting from higher charges for utilities or other causes. Allows such increase to remain in effect for up to six months. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress of such an adjustment and the reasons for such adjustment. Authorizes the Secretary to make an emergency adjustment in the cost-of-living allowance and establish temporary high cost areas during a fiscal year in response to a sudden increase in gasoline prices in an area. Provides the same six-month limitation and congressional notification requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund; and (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate any amount of an income tax overpayment to be paid over to such Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Identify Theft Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income (available to taxpayers who do not itemize deductions) for all identity theft expenses arising from a fraud committed or attempted using identifying information without authority.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Effectively, modifies the $100 million limit that may be obligated from such program in any fiscal year for such projects). Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%. Authorizes appropriations in the amount of $2.9 billion for the emergency relief program.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the personal use tax rules for dwellings that are used to provide free housing to persons displaced by Hurricane Katrina
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain surviving spouses to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 of the gain from the sale of their principal residences.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Private Property Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits federal funds from being used relating to a property that is the subject of a taking by eminent domain, unless the property is being used for public use or a public purpose. States that economic development, including an increase in the tax base, tax revenues, or employment, may not be the primary basis for establishing a public use or public purpose under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Effectively, modifies the $100 million limit that may be obligated from such program in any fiscal year for such projects). Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%. Authorizes appropriations in the amount of $2.9 billion for the emergency relief program.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a per diem tax credit of $20 for taxpayers who provide housing to Hurricane Katrina evacuees between August 26 and December 31, 2005; and (2) waive the limitation on the tax deduction for charitable contributions for cash contributions made before January 1, 2010, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include certain additional expenses, such as fees, books, supplies and equipment, as qualified tuition and related expenses for purposes the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; (2) exclude Federal Pell Grant and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant payments as mandatory reductions to expenses eligible for the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; and (3) exempt the additional expenses allowed by this Act from certain tax reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax relief to Hurricane Katrina victims, including by: (1) extending (from two to five years) the mandatory replacement period for property involuntarily converted due to Hurricane Katrina: (2) suspending (between August 28 and December 31, 2005) the limitations on individual and corporate charitable cash contributions for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts; (3) increasing the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for charitable use of an automobile used for Hurricane Katrina relief; (4) excluding from gross income cancellations of certain nonbusiness indebtedness incurred by Hurricane Katrina victims; (5) suspending certain restrictions on residential loans financed with mortgage revenue bonds in a Hurricane Katrina disaster area; (6) suspending limitations on casualty losses incurred by Hurricane Katrina victims; (7) allowing an additional personal tax exemption for housing individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina; (8) allowing Hurricane Katrina victims eligible for an earned income credit in 2005 to base such credit on 2004 earned income; (9) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make tax law adjustments to ensure that Hurricane Katrina victims do not lose certain tax benefits; (10) allowing employers a work opportunity tax credit for employees hired in a Hurricane Katrina disaster area; and (11) permitting retirement plan participants to take distributions and loans from such plans without penalty.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to refund a portion of the excise tax paid by certain coal exporters on coal exported to a foreign country or shipped to a U.S. possession between 1992 and 2005.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Protecting Our Children from Sexual Predators Act of 2005 - Requires a state actor (any state, the District of Columbia, or specified U.S. territories and possessions) or federally recognized Indian tribe (tribal actor) that issues driver's licenses or identification cards to have in effect throughout the jurisdiction laws and policies that ensure that: (1) the actor does not issue or renew a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or identification card to a sex offender (offender) without satisfactory evidence that the offender is in compliance with all applicable offender registration requirements; and (2) such license or card expires on the first anniversary date of the offender's birthday, measured from the birthday nearest the date of issuance. Grants each actor two years to implement this Act. Directs the Attorney General to coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior to assist tribal actors in implementing this Act. Provides that for any fiscal year after the expiration of that period a state or tribal actor that fails to fully implement this Act shall not receive 10% of the funds that would otherwise be allocated under the Byrne, Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants program and any other program under which the Attorney General provides grants or financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Katrina Assistance Tax Relief Incentives for Necessities Act of 2005 or the KATRINA Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) designate Hurricane Katrina disaster victims as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit; (2) allow a tax credit, up to $1,000 annually, for individuals who house Hurricane Katrina disaster victims free of charge; (3) allow a tax credit, up to $5,000, for Hurricane Katrina disaster victims who purchase a principal residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area; and (4) increase the per capita housing credit ceiling for the low-income housing tax credit for Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi for 2006 and 2007 (from $1.75 to $3.70 multiplied by the state's population) and to waive certain requirements for such credit.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Assistance to Individuals Delivering for America Act of 2005 or the AID for America Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for 50 percent of the wages paid to employees serving as disaster relief volunteers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 2005
Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 889) to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax relief to Hurricane Katrina victims, including by: (1) permitting penalty-free withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement accounts for disaster relief; (2) allowing certain tax credits for employers and employees affected by Hurricane Katrina; (3) increasing, between August 28 and December 31, 2005, the limitation on individual and corporate charitable cash contributions; (4) permitting tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes relating to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief; (5) allowing individuals (in addition to corporations) to claim a tax deduction for charitable contributions of food inventories; (6) allowing an additional personal tax exemption for the housing of individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina; (7) increasing the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for charitable usage of a passenger automobiles; (8) excluding from gross income cancellation of certain indebtedness owned by Hurricane Katrina victims; (9) suspending limitations on casualty losses incurred by Hurricane Katrina victims; and (10) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to state officials information concerning the tax status of certain charitable organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to expense the cost of certain fuel refinery property that meets a specified production capacity and is placed in service before January 1, 2014.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
States that: (1) it is U.S. policy to oppose any international or global tax that is or may be considered or promoted by the United Nations, its agencies, or its member states, or by nongovernmental organizations recognized by the United Nations; and (2) such policy shall not apply to fees for publications or other types of fees that are not tantamount to a tax on a U.S. person. Directs U.S. Representatives to the United Nations to: (1) oppose any effort by the United Nations or any U.N. agency to fund, approve, or promote any proposal imposing a tax or fee on any U.S. person in order to raise revenue for the United Nations or any such agency; and (2) declare that a U.S. person shall not be subject to, or required to pay, any such international tax.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Katrina Aftermath Relief Effort Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for certain housing support expenses (e.g., food, clothing, and school supplies) paid or incurred between August 29, 2005, and December 31, 2006, to help individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Limits the amount of such credit to $1,000 for any taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Retirement Account Emergency Access Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from certain tax-qualified retirement plans to individuals residing in federally-declared disaster areas. Allows such distributions to be recontributed to retirement plans within five years of an initial distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Disaster Victims' Savings Access Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from the penalty for premature distributions from a tax-qualified retirement plan a one-time distribution made to an employee living and working in a county enumerated in a presidentially declared disaster or emergency; (2) allow such distribution to be spread evenly in income over a five-year period for income tax purposes; and (3) allow survivors of disasters to make catch-up contributions to retirement plans.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Emergency Medicaid Relief Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state for FY2006 from being less than the greater of: (1) the FMAP determined for the state for FY2005; or (2) the FMAP that would have been determined for the state for FY2006 if the per capita incomes for 2001 and 2002 that were used to determine the FMAP for the state for FY2005 were used. Provides that the FMAP applicable to a state for FY2006 after the application of this limitation on reduction shall apply only for purposes of titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as payments under such titles that are based on a certain enhanced FMAP, and shall not apply with respect to payments under SSA title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)). Repeals this Act effective October 1, 2006, and declares that it shall not apply to any fiscal year after FY2006.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2005 - Increases to 60 cents per mile, for the period after August 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007: (1) the standard mileage rate for calculating the tax deduction for business, medical, moving, and charitable use of an automobile; and (2) the standard mileage rate for reimbursement of federal employee automobile expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Gas Price Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax, for a one-year period, on oil companies for a percentage of the windfall profit from all barrels of taxable crude oil; (2) allow a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax; (3) reduce by 10 percent the excise tax on highway motor fuels for a period of one year after the enactment of this Act; (4) provide for transfers of windfall profit tax receipts and amounts from the general fund to the Highway Trust Fund; and (5) make adjustments to highway motor fuel taxes for floor stocks of such fuels held by dealers prior to, or after, the effective date of reduction in such taxes under this Act. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal (sales) price of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the base price ($40 per barrel) of such barrel.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the penalty for premature distributions from an individual retirement plan a distribution to an individual residing in an area declared as a federal disaster area due to hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters occurring in 2004 or thereafter if such distribution is made within six months after the date of the disaster declaration.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend to employees of federal government contractors who die while, or as a result of, serving in a combat zone the same tax exclusions for decedent income and death gratuities allowed to members of the Armed Forces.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from tax-qualified retirement plans made before December 31, 2006, to individuals who reside within, or own real property located in, a Hurricane Katrina disaster area, without incurring the 10 percent penalty for premature distributions.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 2005
Emergency Savings Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a qualified Katrina-relief distribution from the 10 percent penalty for premature retirement plan distributions. Defines "qualified Katrina-relief distribution" as one made after August 24, 2005, and before the end of six months after enactment of this Act from a tax-qualified retirement plan for an individual who encounters hardship by reason of Hurricane Katrina. Permits repayments of qualified Katrina-relief distributions to an individual retirement plan within five years of the initial distribution.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2005
National Constitution Center Operations Act - Amends the Constitution Heritage Act of 1988 to set forth requirements for cooperative agreements between the Secretary of the Interior and the National Constitution Center (NCC) for the operation of the NCC, including a requirement that revenues from the operation of the NCC be made available to the NCC (without further appropriation) to offset its operating expenses, and requirements that the NCC: (1) maintain appropriate risk insurance; (2) maintain its tax-exempt status; and (3) report annually to the Secretary or Congress on its activities, goals and plans. Authorizes the Secretary to terminate a cooperative agreement in the public interest. Exempts agreements, leases, contracts or other arrangements entered into under this Act from certain requirements for leases of buildings by the federal government and for the award of concession contracts in units of the National Park System.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2005
Reimbursing Our American Drivers (ROAD) Act of 2005 - Increases to 60 cents per mile, for the period after August 31, 2005, and before January 1, 2007: (1) the standard mileage rate for calculating the tax deduction for business, medical, moving, and charitable use of an automobile; and (2) the standard mileage rate for reimbursement of federal employee automobile expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax deduction for tuition and related expenses for higher education; and (2) include books as a deductible expense.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional depreciation deduction for certain business property, including water utility property and computer software, acquired after August 28, 2005, and before December 31, 2008.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Katrina Emergency Relief Act of 2005 - Temporary Medicaid Disaster Relief Act of 2005 - Allows states to provide medical assistance to Hurricane Katrina survivors under a state Medicaid plan without regard to eligibility requirements. Provides for grants to local educational agencies and states with a large influx of displaced students due to Hurricane Katrina. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) authorize higher education institutions to waive federal financial aid requirements for students affected by Hurricane Katrina; and (2) make payments to institutions for financial aid for such students. Helping to House the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Act of 2005 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide temporary rental assistance to individuals and families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Emergency Limitation on Payments (HELP) Act of 2005 - Prohibits certain penalties against a person affected by Hurricane Katrina for failing to make timely payments on a federal financial obligation. Allows the President to provide mortgage or rental payments to people affected by Hurricane Katrina. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide appropriate benefit assistance to any individual unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Provides tax relief to taxpayers affected by Hurricane Katrina, including disregarding a specified period in determining the tax liability of such taxpayers and excluding certain withdrawals from retirement plans from gross income. Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide expedited and increased food stamp benefits for households in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Delays the changes to bankruptcy law for residents of a declared major disaster area in connection with Hurricane Katrina.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Charitable Donation Relief Act of 2005 - Waives limitations under the Internal Revenue Code on income tax deductions for individual and corporate charitable contributions made after August 28, 2005, and before January 1, 2006, for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Reducing Immigration to a Genuinely Healthy Total (RIGHT) Act of 2005 - Reduces U.S. immigration levels (and visa allotments) for: (1) family-sponsored immigrants to zero; (2) diversity immigrants to zero; and (3) employment-based immigrants. Caps fiscal year humanitarian-related entries at 50,000, which shall include: (1) refugees; (2) assylees; (3) Polish, Hungarian, Soviet, and Indochinese parolees; (4) aliens whose removal is canceled and status adjusted; and (5) aliens provided permanent resident status through private legislation. Eliminates specified legalization and amnesty programs, including: (1) agricultural worker amnesty; (2) Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) legalizations; (3) amnesties under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act of 1997, and the Haitian Refugee and Immigration Fairness Act of 1998; and (4) Cuban-Haitian adjustments. Requires congressional approval for extension of designation of foreign states for temporary protected status designations. Establishes as nonimmigrant classifications: (1) spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents (currently, a preference immigrant classification); and (2) parents of U.S. adult citizens (currently, an immediate relative classification exempt from numerical immigrant limitations). Prohibits automatic citizenship by birth unless at least one of the individual's parents is, at the time of birth, a U.S. citizen or national or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Makes voting in a foreign election a basis for automatic loss of U.S. citizenship. Sets forth the instances under which illegal U.S. presence by a person shall be considered as not demonstrating good moral character for immigration purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Gas Stamps Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a program for the equitable allocation among the states of gas stamps for distribution to individuals eligible to receive food stamps who can demonstrate a need for gasoline; and (2) provide for the distribution of gas stamps in conjunction with the distribution of food stamps, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture. Sets a $330 million limit for such national distribution in each of the first three months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax upon the sale in the United States of any crude oil, natural gas, and any fuel which is a product of crude oil or natural gas, equal to the windfall profit on such sale. Defines "windfall profit" as so much of the profit on such sale as exceeds a 15 percent pretax rate of return. Imposes liability for the windfall profits tax upon the seller.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Affordable Housing Preservation Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue to exclude from gross income gain from the sale or exchange of certain multifamily housing property to a housing credit agency or related organization (preservation entity) that agrees to maintain certain affordability and use restrictions for such property. Limits the excludable amount of such gain to the depreciation adjustments for such property.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise mortgage revenue bond rules for the financing of home improvement loans for residences in disaster areas. Increases the limitation on such loans from $15,000 to $150,000. Waives certain income requirements for such loans and the three-year replacement requirement for residences destroyed in a disaster.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose an excise tax on oil companies for a percentage of the windfall profit from all barrels of taxable crude oil; (2) allow a tax deduction for the payment of any windfall profit tax; and (3) allow an income tax rebate for all taxpayers based upon windfall tax revenues, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Defines "windfall profit" as the excess of the removal (sales) price of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the adjusted base price ($40 per barrel adjusted for inflation) of such barrel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
Teacher Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the allowable tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to $400; (2) allow the deduction of professional development expenses; and (3) make such deduction permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
Consumer Reasonable Energy Price Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a windfall profit tax on crude oil, natural gas, or fuel which is the product of crude oil or natural gas. Defines "windfall profit" as so much of the profit as exceeds a reasonable profit. Establishes a Reasonable Profits Board to determine reasonable profit. Dedicates the proceeds of such tax to the low-income home energy assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay each state family assistance grant payable for the first quarter of FY2006, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act. Provides that activities authorized by part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act shall continue through December 31, 2005, in the manner authorized for FY2005. Makes necessary appropriations for such purpose. Provides that grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the first quarter of FY2006 at the same level as provided through the first quarter of 2005. Extends the National Random Sample Study of Child Welfare and Child Welfare Waiver Authority through December 31, 2005. Provides that, between the enactment of this Act and August 31, 2006, a state shall be considered a needy state for purposes of the TANF Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs if: (1) cash benefits under the state TANF program have been provided on a short-term, nonrecurring basis, to a family which has resided in another state that includes an area for which a major disaster has been declared as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and has traveled (not necessarily directly) to the state from such other state as a result of the hurricane; and (2) the state has determined that the family is not receiving cash benefits from any program funded under part A of any other state. Declares that no state match is required for such state payments. Provides that between the enactment of this Act and the end of FY2006: (1) the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama shall be considered eligible for federal loans for State Welfare Programs; and (2) the cumulative dollar amount of all loans made to such a state by reason of this Act shall not exceed 20% of the state family assistance grant payable to the state for FY2006. Prohibits the imposition of a penalty against Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama for failure to repay such a loan or make any interest payment on it. Authorizes a state or tribe to use a grant made under the TANF program for any fiscal year to provide, without fiscal year limitation, any benefit or service that may be provided under the state or tribal TANF program to support needy families affected by Hurricane Katrina. Provides that benefits provided on a short-term, nonrecurring basis under a state TANF program, between the enactment of this Act and the end of FY2006, to meet a subsistence need of a family resulting from Hurricane Katrina shall not be considered assistance for purposes of mandatory work requirements and the five-year limit on assistance, Prohibits the Secretary from imposing a penalty on Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama for failure to comply with any provision of the TANF program between the enactment of this Act and the end of FY2006, if the failure resulted from Hurricane Katrina or reasonable conduct of the state in addressing needs of Hurricane Katrina victims. Designates each amount provided in this Act as an emergency requirement exempt from the budget enforcement requirements of H.Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from 50 to 100 percent the cost percentage of qualified refinery property eligible for expensing; and (2) extend until January 1, 2015, the placed-in-service requirement for such property.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 2005
Gas Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend the excise tax on highway motor fuels, other than aviation fuels, for a period of 30 days after the enactment of this Act. Provides for adjustments to such excise tax for floor stocks of highway motor fuels held by dealers prior to, or after, the suspension period provided by this Act.