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Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act

Bill: 108-s-2344
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Affiliated corporations
Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Armenia
Asia
Business records
Casualty insurance
Central Asia
Claims
Commerce
Congress
Congressional veto
Consumer education
Europe
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Genocide
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
History
Insurance companies
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability insurance
Life insurance
Middle East and North Africa
Military history
Military occupation
Property insurance
Reinsurance
State laws
Subsidiary corporations
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: 
Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act - Authorizes States to: (1) require an insurance company conducting business in the State to disclose and make publicly available details regarding certain covered policies issued by that company or by any related company; and (2) provide penalties and sanctions for noncompliance.
 
Defines a &quot;covered policy&quot; as a life, property, liability, health annuity, dowry, educational, or casualty insurance policy issued to a policyholder domiciled in the area of Europe or Asia that was occupied or controlled by the Ottoman Empire and that was in effect at any time between 1875 and 1923.
 
Declares that Congress explicitly disapproves any Executive branch policy or agreement that preempts State efforts to collect insurance information to resolve outstanding claims concerning such policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4330-4331)
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
No Child Left Behind Reform Act

Bill: 108-s-2345
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Computer software
Continuing education
Data banks
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational statistics
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee training
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Identification devices
Labor and Employment
Licenses
Minorities
Minority education
Rating of teachers
Recruiting of employees
School administration
School choice
School personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Social sciences
Special education
Student records
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: 
No Child Left Behind Reform Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise certain requirements which were added by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, including ones relating to: (1) adequate yearly progress (AYP); (2) academic assessment and local educational agency and school improvement; (3) school choice and supplemental services options; and (4) teacher qualifications.
 
Allows schools to be given credit for performing well on measures other than test scores when calculating student achievement.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to State educational agencies to: (1) develop or increase the capacity of data systems for accountability purposes; and (2) subgrants to increase the capacity of local educational agencies to upgrade, create, or manage information databases for the purpose of measuring AYP.
 
 Allows schools to target school choice and supplemental services to the students who are members of specified types of groups that fail to make AYP. Requires placement and service in the least restrictive environment for students who receive services under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act who use an option to transfer under ESEA.
 
Revises the definition of highly qualified teacher to authorize States to: (1) use a generalist exam for middle school teachers; and (2) issue certificates that qualify teachers to teach a number of subjects in social studies or in science. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4331-4332)
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4331)
action_date: 2004-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2346
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2004-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Business records
Cats
Commerce
Dogs
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Laboratories
Laboratory animals
Law
Licenses
Pets
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: 
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to list permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer; (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements; (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat and owned it for not less than one year; or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Increases monetary penalties for related violations. 
 
Prohibits Federal facilities from purchasing or otherwise acquiring dogs or cats for exhibition purposes except from: (1) the operator of an auction that comports with legal requirements; or (2) a person holding a valid dealer or exhibitor license.
 
Prohibits dealers from selling or otherwise providing a research facility with random source dogs or cats unless specified certification requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4376)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4375-4376)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 to permanently authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs established under the Act.

Bill: 108-s-2347
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Authorization
Black colleges
College costs
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal-city relations
Higher education
Local budgets
Maryland
Minorities
Private schools
Public schools
Scholarships
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Access Act of 1999 to permanently authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs established under the Act. 

action_date: 2004-09-20
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Access Act of 1999 to authorize the public school and private school tuition assistance programs established under the Act through FY 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 703.
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment. With written report No. 108-349.
action_date: 2004-09-20
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with an amendment. With written report No. 108-349.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4377)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4376-4377)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act.

Bill: 108-s-2348
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2004-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Electronic commerce
Electronic mail systems
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental tax relations
Internet
Local laws
Local taxation
Sales tax
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Tax exemption
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: 
Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend until June 1, 2005, the ban on: (1) State or local taxes on Internet access; and (2) State or local multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 480.
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2349
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2004-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Antitrust law
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Contracts
Law
Licenses
Music
Theater

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004 - Provides that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement between or among playwrights for the express purpose of developing a standard form contract containing minimum terms of artistic protection and levels of compensation for playwrights or any joint or collective voluntary actions for the limited purposes of developing a standard form contract by playwrights or their representatives; and (2) any joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the express purpose of reaching a collective agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form contract as the sole and exclusive means by which participating playwrights shall license their plays to producers. 
Makes a standard form of contract developed and implemented under this Act subject to amendment by individual playwrights and producers consistent with its terms.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-548.
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4378)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4377-4378)
action_date: 2004-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2350
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Biological diversity
Coastal zone
Connecticut
Conservation easements
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Electronic government information
Environmental Protection
Environmental justice
Estuaries
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Flood damage prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Internet
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Long Island Sound
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nature conservation
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Open space lands
Outdoor recreation
Parks
Planning
Real estate development
Research natural areas
Science, Technology, Communications
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Soil erosion
Sports and Recreation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: 
Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2004 - Establishes the Long Island Sound Stewardship System Region in Connecticut and New York.
 
Establishes the Long Island Sound Stewardship Coordinating Committee to evaluate applications: (1) from owners or other controlling parties to have qualifying land within the Region designated as &quot;stewardship sites&quot; for purposes of awarding preservation funds; and (2) from government or nonprofit organizations qualified to hold conservation easements for funds to purchase land or development rights for stewardship sites. 
 
Requires the Committee to develop and publish a management plan that describes the current status of Long Island Sound, the Committee's role in protecting it, and details of the stewardship site designation program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4430-4431)
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4430)
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2352
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2004-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Arrest
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Euthanasia
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Grants-in-aid
Health
Horses
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Law
Marshall Islands
Meat
Meat packing industry
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau Islands
Protection of animals
Searches and seizures
Surety and fidelity
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Veterinary medicine
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: 
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2004 - Prohibits a person from: (1) slaughtering a horse for human consumption; (2) importing to, or exporting from, the United States horseflesh or horses for human consumption; (3) selling, bartering, transferring, receiving, or distributing horseflesh or horses for human consumption; or (4) soliciting or knowingly causing any such actions. 
 
Sets forth provisions respecting: (1) criminal and civil penalties; (2) enforcement authority of the Secretary of Agriculture; (3) placement of confiscated horses; (4) euthanasia of unplaceable or severely injured or diseased horses; (4) funding of animal rescue facilities; and (5) exemptions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4432-4433)
action_date: 2004-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2353
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archives
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of the Interior
Earth sciences
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental engineering
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal officials
Geographic information systems
Geology
Geophysical prediction
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Maps
Outdoor recreation
Paleontology
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Volcanoes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992 to extend deadlines for development of a five-year strategic plan for the geologic mapping program and for appointment of the advisory committee. 
 
Removes from program objectives the development of a geophysical- and geochemical- map database. Directs that mapping priorities be based in part on the needs of the Department of the Interior land management agencies.
 
Modifies the composition of the advisory committee. Directs that the national geologic database include information on how to obtain specified maps, databases, and data, including all maps developed with funding provided under the national cooperative geologic mapping program. 
 
Authorizes appropriations for each of FY 2006 through 2010. Increases the percentages allocated for the State and education components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-702.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4495)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4494)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act

Bill: 108-s-2354
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint study of the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail. Requires the map of such Trail to be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4495-4496)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Pay for Military Firefighters Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2355
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency Management
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Military pay

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Fair Pay for Military Firefighters Act of 2004 - Amends Federal military pay provisions to include as hazardous duty, for purposes of eligibility for hazardous duty incentive pay, regular participation as a firefighting crew member, as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4496)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4496)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2356
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer discounts
Cost control
Credit cards
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government spending reductions
Law
Office of Management and Budget
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines to assist executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4496-4497)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to maintain a minimum quantity of stored water in certain reservoirs in the vicinity of the upper portion of the Missouri River.

Bill: 108-s-2357
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Infrastructure
Lakes
Missouri River development
Navigation
Reservoirs
Transportation and Public Works
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to cease to support water releases for navigation purposes at any time at which the total volume of water stored in the following reservoirs located in the vicinity of the upper portion of the Missouri River is less than 44 million acre-feet: Fort Peck Lake, Lake Sakakawea, Lake Oahe, Lake Sharpe, Lake Francis Case, and Lewis and Clark Lake.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4497)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Employees, Healthy Small Businesses Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2359
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2004-04-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Employee health benefits
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Small business
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: 
Healthy Employees, Healthy Small Business Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small business employers a refundable tax credit for a portion of their employee health insurance costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4502-4503)
action_date: 2004-04-28
text: Introduced in Senate