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A concurrent resolution recognizing the essential role that the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 has played in development of peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Bill: 108-sconres-151
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2004-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Eisenhower Administration
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
History
International Affairs
International control of nuclear power
Legislation
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: 
Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes that the enactment of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 was an essential step in the development and use of a range of civilian nuclear technologies to the benefit of humanity; (2) commends and remembers the authors of the original Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for their foresight and leadership; and (3) commemorates the role played by President Dwight David Eisenhower in his historic Atoms for Peace speech and the leadership he demonstrated in recognizing 50 years ago that the benefits of nuclear technologies would be realized only through a careful national and international system of control, regulation, and use.

action_date: 2004-12-08
text: 

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

 
Declares that Congress: (1) recognizes that the enactment of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 was an essential step in the development and use of a range of civilian nuclear technologies to the benefit of humanity; (2) commends and remembers the authors of the original Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for their foresight and leadership; and (3) commemorates the role played by President Dwight David Eisenhower in his historic Atoms for Peace speech and the leadership he demonstrated in recognizing 50 years ago that the benefits of nuclear technologies would be realized only through a careful national and international system of control, regulation, and use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S12019)
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S12019)
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12019)
action_date: 2004-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12019)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR 11/20/2004 S11651)
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its statutory authority to support the activities of the Boy Scouts of America, in particular the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees.

Bill: 108-sconres-152
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2004-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Boy Scouts
Civil-military relations
Department of Defense
Families
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should continue to exercise its long-standing statutory authority to support activities of the Boy Scouts of America, particularly the periodic national and world Boy Scout Jamborees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11906)
action_date: 2004-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget and protect Social Security surpluses.

Bill: 108-sjres-2
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Balanced budgets
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
Debt limit
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Income tax
Law
Legislation
Record votes
Social Welfare
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-08
text: Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts.
Provides that any surplus of receipts over outlays of the Social Security trust funds shall not be counted, and any deficit of receipts relative to outlays of the Social Security trust funds shall be counted, and must be completely offset by a surplus of all other receipts over all other outlays.
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each House to increase the public debt limit.
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually.
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each House by rollcall vote.
Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S85)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the  United States.

Bill: 108-sjres-4
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Flags
Freedom of speech
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-16
text: Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 

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

 
Constitutional Amendment - Grants Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04. Report No. 108-334. Minority and Supplemental views filed.
action_date: 2004-08-25
text: By Senator Hatch from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/22/04. Report No. 108-334. Minority and Supplemental views filed.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Committee on the Judiciary referred to Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights.
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S1085)
action_date: 2003-01-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1083-1085)
action_date: 2003-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.

Bill: 108-sjres-5
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2003-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional powers
Constitutional amendments
Law
Legislation
Political advertising
Presidential elections
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Constitutional Amendment - Grants authority to: (1) Congress to set reasonable limits on contributions and expenditures made by, in support of, or in opposition to, a candidate for nomination or election to Federal office; as well as (2) a State to set similar reasonable limits with regard to nomination or election to State or local office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to planning the reconstruction of Iraq.

Bill: 108-sjres-6
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2003-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
International military forces
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Islamic countries
Law
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Peacekeeping forces
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Syria
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) estimate the funds and resources necessary for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq and to submit those estimates to Congress; (2) design a transitional security force for Iraq; (3) develop a plan to reconstitute security, law, and justice institutions in Iraq and to restore to Iraqis the responsibility for managing their own affairs; (4) develop a plan to respond to the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people; (5) consider the most crucial security threat, the need to secure Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (including biological and chemical precursors) in order to ensure that they are not stolen or transferred to terrorists or other parties inimical to the United States during a post-Saddam Hussein government; (6) develop measures necessary to temporarily steward Iraq's natural resources; (7) make provisions to establish an interim government that commands popular legitimacy so it can administer the Iraqi state; and (8) develop plans for diplomatic initiatives to take advantage of any opportunity to influence political developments in the Middle East following a conflict in Iraq, including pressing for a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2003-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United States currency.

Bill: 108-sjres-7
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2003-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Allegiance
Church and state
Commemorations
Constitutional amendments
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Flags
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Money
Oaths
Religion
Religion in the public schools
Religious liberty

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance or on U.S. currency shall not be construed as affecting the establishment of religion under the first article of amendment of the Constitution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3035)
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3035)
action_date: 2003-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Presidential Report on Iraq Resolution of 2003

Bill: 108-sjres-9
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Diplomacy
EBB Terrorism
Economic impact statements
Economic stabilization
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal budgets
Foreign leaders
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Immigration
International law
International relief
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Military personnel
Nuclear nonproliferation
Peace negotiations
President and foreign policy
Prosecution
Refugees
Terrorism
War casualties
War crimes
War relief
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Presidential Report on Iraq Resolution of 2003 - Directs the President prior to using U.S. armed forces against Iraq pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 to report to Congress the following: (1) a determination that further diplomatic means will not adequately protect U.S. national security against the threat posed by Iraq; (2) a full accounting of the implications of initiating military action against Iraq in regard to homeland security, the war on terrorism, regional stability in the Middle East, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; (3) steps the United States and its allies will take to ensure that such weapons will be safeguarded from dispersal to other rogue states or international terrorist organizations; (4) the U.S. plan for achieving long-term social, economic, and political stabilization of a post-conflict Iraq, including a plan to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people and to ensure their human rights, and to bring to justice individuals responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law committed in Iraq; (5) the extent of international support for military action against Iraq and the impact of such action on support for the broader war on terrorism; (6) steps the United States and its allies will take to protect U.S. military personnel, allied forces, and Iraqi civilians from any hazards resulting from military operations; and (7) an estimate of the full costs associated with military action against Iraq, including the anticipated effects of such action on the U.S. economy and the Federal budget.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3748-3749)
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution authorizing special awards to World War I and World War II veterans of the United States Navy Armed Guard.

Bill: 108-sjres-10
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
History
Merchant ships
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Military personnel
Navy
Special forces (Military science)
Transportation and Public Works
World War I
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Authorizes and urges the President to make appropriate awards to recognize service of members of the United States Navy Armed Guard during World War I or II as service in a special force or in a military organization of the Navy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men.

Bill: 108-sjres-11
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2003-03-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Law
Sex discrimination
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3902)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3902)
action_date: 2003-03-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution recognizing the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry located at 31 South Greene Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national museum of dentistry in the United States.

Bill: 108-sjres-12
Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2003-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Dentistry
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Maryland
Museums
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Recognizes the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution in Baltimore, Maryland, as the official national museum of dentistry in the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution to designate April 9, 2004, as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day".

Bill: 108-sjres-13
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
History
Prisoners of war
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Designates April 9, 2004, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution expressing support for freedom in Hong Kong.

Bill: 108-sjres-14
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2003-06-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
East Asia
Europe
Foreign leaders
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Hong Kong
Human rights
Law
Legislation
Legislative bodies
Police
President and foreign policy
Public corruption
Referendum
Treaties
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: 

 

 
Calls upon the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government to avoid implementing any law that restricts freedom of thought and expression, and to schedule and conduct elections for the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR according to rules approved by the people of Hong Kong.
 
 Calls upon the President of the United States to: (1) urge the SAR Government not to implement any such law; (2) urge the People's Republic of China (PRC) to leave all revisions of Hong Kong law to a democratically-elected legislature, to respect the autonomy and independence of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the chief executive, civil service, judiciary and police of Hong Kong, and to honor its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984; and (3) declare that the continued lack of an elected legislature in Hong Kong constitutes a violation of such Declaration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8864-8865)
action_date: 2003-06-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make eligible for the Office of President a person who has been a United States citizen for 20 years.

Bill: 108-sjres-15
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2003-07-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship
Constitutional amendments
Immigration
Law
Naturalization

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Makes eligible for President of the United States a person who has been a U.S. citizen for 20 years but who was not a native-born citizen of the Untied States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/11/2003 S9251-9252)
action_date: 2003-07-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership.

Bill: 108-sjres-17
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2003-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional veto
Economic concentration
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Mass media
Newspapers
Radio stations
Telecommunication industry
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: 
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission and received by Congress on July 10, 2003, relating to broadcast media ownership.
 


action_date: 2003-09-16
text: 
 
RETURNED FOR REVISIONS

 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Disapproves the broadcast media ownership rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and received by Congress on July 10, 2003. (That rule replaces the prohibition on common ownership of daily newspapers and broadcast outlets in the same market and the restrictions on common ownership of radio and television outlets in the same market with Cross Media Limits; revises the market definition and the way stations are counted for purposes of the local radio rule; revises the local television multiple ownership rule; modifies the national television ownership cap from a 35% national audience reach limit to a 45% reach limit, and retains the dual network rule.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 40. Record Vote Number: 348. (text:  CR S11519)
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 40. Record Vote Number: 348.(text:  CR S11519)
action_date: 2003-09-16
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S11501-11519)
action_date: 2003-09-11
text: Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S11383-11402)
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
action_date: 2003-09-03
text: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 802(c).
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2003-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate