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A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.

Bill: 108-s-2439
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional gold medals
Health
Physicians

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5802)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5801-5802)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2440
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Land use
National forests
National monuments
National parks
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of specified Federal land in Coconino National Forest, State and private lands, and Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona (the study area) to evaluate: (1) the significance of the resources of the study area as they pertain to the management objectives of the Forest Service and the National Park Service (NPS); (2) the opportunities for maintaining existing public uses; and (3) a range of options for managing and conserving resources by the NPS or the Forest Service, or by both agencies, including the feasibility of a boundary adjustment to the Monument, designation of the study area as a national park or preserve, maintaining the study area as managed by the Forest Service, and any other designation or management option that will accomplish the protection of resources and the maintenance public use and access for such area.
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) contract with a third-party consultant with experience in park and land use planning to prepare a draft study; and (2) collaborate with the Forest Supervisor of the Coconino National Forest, the Superintendent of the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, the Flagstaff City Council, and Coconino County Board of Supervisors in developing a scope of work for the draft study under the guidance of the third-party consultant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5802)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 607 Pershing Drive in Laclede, Missouri, as the "General John J. Pershing Post Office".

Bill: 108-s-2441
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Missouri
Names
Officer personnel
Postal facilities
World War I

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 607 Pershing Drive in Laclede, Missouri, as the "General John J. Pershing Post Office."
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 607 Pershing Drive in Laclede, Missouri, as the General John J. Pershing Post Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 576.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the "Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility".

Bill: 108-s-2442
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Korean War, 1950-1953
Military personnel
Missouri
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the "Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility."
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act

Bill: 108-s-2443
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional law
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Habeas corpus
Injunctions
International Affairs
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Law
Minorities
Political persecution
Punishment
Racial discrimination
Refugees
Religion
Religious liberty
Right of asylum
Torture
Treaties
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Fairness in Immigration Litigation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to preclude aliens, including criminal aliens, from seeking judicial review of removal orders or the denial of specified discretionary relief through habeas corpus, mandamus, or other extraordinary petitions. 
 
 Declares that this Act does not preclude circuit court review on appeal of constitutional claims or pure questions of law. 
 
Establishes the INA's judicial review provisions as the sole avenue for challenging removal orders and reviewing claims arising under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
 
Limits judicial authority to grant stays of removal.
 
Requires all petitions for review of removal orders to be filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
 
Expands the list of alternative countries to which an alien may be removed in the event that the country otherwise designated is unwilling to accept the alien.
 
Requires asylum applicants to: (1) show that one of five statutory bases was the central motive for persecution in order to establish refugee status; and (2) submit corroborating evidence where it is reasonable for the trier of fact to expect such evidence. Lists factors relevant to credibility determinations in asylum cases. Precludes the reversal of determinations concerning the availability of corroborating evidence unless the court finds that a reasonable adjudicator is compelled to conclude that such corroborating evidence is unavailable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5802-5803)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Crystal Meth Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2444
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Mandatory sentences
Methamphetamine
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Stop Crystal Meth Act of 2004 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to lower the threshold quantities of mixtures or substances containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine to which penalties for controlled substances violations apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2445
Sponsor: Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug advertising
Drug industry
Drugs
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Governmental investigations
Law
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct research to compare the effectiveness and safety of prescription drugs covered under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program plans relative to other prescription drugs used to treat the same condition or disease.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate amended regulations governing prescription drug advertisements, including to: (1) require such advertisements to present a fair balance between information on the effectiveness of, and side effects or contraindications of, the drug; (2) prohibit false or misleading advertising that would encourage a consumer to take the prescription drug for other than an approved use; and (3) require that all prescription drugs sold to consumers include an explanation of the benefits and risks of use in terms understandable to the general public.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth civil penalties for the misbranding of a prescription drug in a direct-to-consumer advertisement if the Secretary provides the person written notice of the violation and the person fails to correct or cease the advertisement to eliminate the violation.
 
Requires the Secretary to annually report specified details of all direct-to-consumer advertisements, including those that violate Federal law, and actions taken by the Secretary to respond to such violations.
 
Requires the Secretary to expedite the review of direct-to-consumer drug advertisements. Prohibits the Secretary from adopting any policy that would delay reviews, except as a result of notice-and-comment rulemaking and as necessary to protect public health and safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are provisionally preserved does not include the weight of the preservative materials of the cherries.

Bill: 108-s-2446
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Food preservation
Fruit
Imports
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are provisionally preserved is based only on their drained weight (excluding the weight of the preservative materials).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
CAMRA Act

Bill: 108-s-2447
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advertising
Agriculture and Food
Child development
Child health
Child nutrition
Child welfare
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diet
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Infants
Interactive media
Internet
Learning
Learning disabilities
Lifestyle
Medical research
Motion pictures
Obesity
Parent and child
Psychiatry
Psychology
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Television and children
Video games

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Children and Media Research Advancement Act or CAMRA Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to establish: (1) an independent panel of experts to review, synthesize, and report on research, theory, and applications in the social, behavioral, and biological sciences; and (2) research priorities regarding the roles and impact of the use of and exposure to electronic media on youth in certain core areas of child development.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct initial pilot projects to supplement and inform the panel's work. Requires the Director to develop and implement a program that funds additional research determined to be necessary by the panel concerning the role and impact of electronic media in the development of children and adolescents, with a particular focus on media content, format, length of exposure, age of the child, and nature of parental involvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5805)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5803-5805)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-2448
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee rights
Labor and Employment
Military pay
Military personnel
Pension funds
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation
Veterans' benefits
Wages
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Uniformed Services Differential Pay Protection Act - Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 to state that differential pay (the difference between an employee's civilian wages and wages received while on active duty in the uniformed services for more than 30 days) shall be treated as payment of wages by the employer to the employee for Federal income tax purposes.
 
Requires any contribution to an employee pension benefit plan on behalf of an employee who is receiving differential pay to be treated as a contribution with respect to a current employee of the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6720)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 534.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5806-5807)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Cuba Sanctions Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2449
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Caribbean area
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Common carriers
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Debt relief
Economic assistance
Embargo
Expedited congressional procedure
Export controls
Export finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign loans
Foreign tax credit
Import restrictions
Income tax
Latin America
Legislative resolutions
Military assistance
Right to travel
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Sugar
Taxation
Taxation of foreign income
Telecommunication industry
Trading with the enemy
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Cuba Sanctions Reform Act of 2004 - Provides for the expiration of certain trade and travel restrictions with respect to Cuba unless such restrictions are renewed annually by a specified renewal resolution of the two Houses of Congress.
 
Authorizes the President with respect to Cuba to: (1) impose certain export controls; and (2) exercise certain emergency economic powers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5807)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Korea Defense Service Combat Recognition Act

Bill: 108-s-2450
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2004-05-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Army
Department of Defense
Government Operations and Politics
Health
History
Infantry
Korean War, 1950-1953
Law
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 
Korea Defense Service Combat Recognition Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to provide that, with respect to service in the Republic of Korea after July 28, 1953, eligibility of a member of the Army for the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medical Badge shall be met under criteria and eligibility requirements that, as nearly as practicable, are identical to those applicable to service elsewhere without regard to specific location or special circumstances such as: (1) serving in a hostile fire area; (2) a minimum number of instances in which the member was engaged with the enemy in active ground combat; or (3) a personal recommendation or approval by a commander in the member's chain of command.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5808)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5807)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to restore the application date for country of origin labeling.

Bill: 108-s-2451
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Consumer education
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Grocery trade
Imports
Labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to make retail-sale country of origin labeling provisions effective as of September 30, 2004 (currently September 30, 2006).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5951-5952)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5951)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2452
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture in foreign trade
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Agriculture
Dietary supplements
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grocery trade
Health
Herbs
Imports
Labeling
Law
Medicinal plants
Packaging
Retail trade
Signs and signboards
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2004 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require: (1) the labeling of raw ginseng offered for sale as food or a dietary supplement to contain country of harvest information; (2) ginseng importers to disclose country of harvest information at the point of U.S. entry.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose civil monetary penalties for failure to make such disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5952)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5952)
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in Senate