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Training and Research in Urology Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2361
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical research
Medical residents
Recruiting of employees
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Student loan funds
Urology

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Training and Research in Urology Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to separate the research and training on urologic diseases from that of kidney and hematologic diseases. 
 
Replaces the Division Director for Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases with a Division Director for Urologic Diseases and a Division Director for Kidney and Hematologic Diseases. Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) give particular attention to supporting research and training programs geared to the needs of urology residents and fellows; and (2) submit to Congress a national urologic research plan and review such plan every three years.
 
Replaces the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Data System, the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, and the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Advisory Board with separate data systems, information clearinghouses, and advisory boards for kidney diseases and urologic diseases. Replaces the Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee and the Institute's advisory panel subcommittee on kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases with separate coordinating committees and subcommittees for: (1) kidney and hematologic diseases; and (2) urologic diseases. 
Requires at least 15 of the centers developed for research in kidney and urologic diseases under the Public Health Service Act to focus exclusively on urologic diseases. 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan repayment program for urology research. 
 
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4696-4697)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4696)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize construction of a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory instrumentation support control building and associated site development on Kitt Peak, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2362
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arizona
Astrophysics
Authorization
Building construction
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Real estate development
Smithsonian Institution
Space activities
Telescopes

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to develop a site for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory instrumentation support control building to support the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.

action_date: 2004-06-14
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to develop a site for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory instrumentation support control building to support the collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6745)
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6745)
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6745)
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6745)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 36, United Sates Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Irish American Cultural Institute.

Bill: 108-s-2364
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Education
Ethnic studies
Europe
European American ethnic groups
Federal incorporation
Foreign students
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Ireland
Minorities
Monuments and memorials
Museums

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Grants a Federal charter to the Irish American Cultural Institute, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of New Jersey). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4698-4699)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4698)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to ensure that the total amount of funds awarded to a State under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 for fiscal year 2004 is not less than the total amount of funds awarded to the State under such part for fiscal year 2003.

Bill: 108-s-2365
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Requires the total amount of funds awarded to a State under part A (Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies) of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for FY 2004 to be not less than the total amount of funds awarded to the State under such part for FY 2003. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt Restructuring Act

Bill: 108-s-2366
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Black lung
Coal
Energy
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Government trust funds
Health
Interest
Labor and Employment
Miners
Public debt
Tax rates
Taxation
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund Debt Restructuring Act - Requires the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, on a certain refinancing date, to pay the market value of the outstanding repayable advances, plus accrued interest, by transferring into the general fund of the Treasury specified amounts derived from proceeds from obligations issued to the Secretary of the Treasury and from an appropriation to the Trust Fund under this Act. 
 
Authorizes the Trust Fund to issue additional obligations to the Secretary if it is unable to: (1) repay those obligations issued in such initial repayment; or (2) make benefit payments and other authorized expenditures.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend provisions for a temporary increase in excise tax levels related to the Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide Federal retirement benefits for United States citizen employees of Air America, Inc., its subsidiary Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Inc.

Bill: 108-s-2367
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Families
Federal employees
Government corporations
Labor and Employment
Law
Military aviation
Office of Personnel Management
Subsidiary corporations
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Amends Federal law concerning government employees to include as an employee, for purposes of Federal retirement benefits, a U.S. citizen who was employed by Air America, Inc., its subsidiary Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Inc., during the period such corporation was owned and controlled by the U.S. Government. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to make certain payments to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-06
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Family Morale and Welfare Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2368
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Military base closures
Military dependents
Military personnel
Post exchanges
Quality of life
School administration
School buildings
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Military Family Morale and Welfare Protection Act of 2004 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from closing any commissary store, MWR retail facility (a morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility), or Department of Defense (DOD) dependent elementary or secondary school without the specific authorization of Congress by law.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to the congressional defense committees on DOD policy and criteria with respect to the closure of such stores, facilities, and schools, including whether such policy and criteria are consistent with DOD policies and procedures on the preservation of the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
CORE Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2369
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Nonprofit organizations
Patient satisfaction
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Community Options for Rural Elders Act of 2004 or the CORE Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the Administrator of Health Resources and Services to work with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish Programs for All-Inclusive Care for Elderly (PACE) providers in rural areas. 
 
Directs the Secretary to permit a rural PACE provider applicant to adapt its PACE program to the unique requirements of eligible participants residing in rural areas and the challenges of providing services to them.
 

 
Directs the Secretary to utilize the authority provided for flexibility in exercising waiver authority under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, and the regulations issued to carry it out with respect to the operations of rural PACE providers. 
 
Requires the Secretary to waive certain requirements of titles XI, XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as necessary for purposes of supporting the delivery of PACE services in rural areas. Directs the Secretary to waive the requirement that a rural PACE provider, in at least its first three years of operation, be at full financial risk, and authorizes the Secretary, upon the provider's request, to waive such requirement for subsequent years of operation if the provider is operating properly and has demonstrated a reasonable basis for not assuming full risk. 
 
Directs the Secretary to award site development grants to rural PACE providers.
 

 
Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make awards to tax-exempt organizations for the purpose of establishing a technical assistance program to provide: (1) outreach and education to State agencies and provider organizations interested in establishing PACE programs in rural areas; and (2) technical assistance necessary to support providers awarded site development grants.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish a fund to reimburse rural PACE providers awarded a site development grant for outlier costs incurred with respect to eligible enrollees who reside in, or receive services in, a rural area.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory group that will review and comment on progress related to providing PACE program services in rural areas, including prospective PACE provider applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2370
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.45 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.00 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
Makes Federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the Federal minimum wage. 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-03
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4699)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America's Workers Act

Bill: 108-s-2371
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Death
Department of Labor
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grievance procedures
Health
Indexing (Economic policy)
Injunctions
Judicial review
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Local employees
Local laws
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety
Prosecution
State employees
State laws
Victims
Wage restitution
Whistle blowing
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to Federal, State, and local government employees. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another Federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
 
Sets forth increased protections for whistleblowers under OSHA. 
 
Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) victims' rights; (2) posting of employee rights; (3) investigations of fatalities and serious injuries; (4) prohibition of unclassified citations; (5) right to contest citations and penalties; and (6) objections to modifications of citations. 
 
Directs the Secretary to revise regulations and promulgate OSHA standards to require employers to provide personal protective equipment for employees at no cost to employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4699-4700)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 regarding identifying trade expansion priorities.

Bill: 108-s-2372
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Exports
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
International competitiveness
Nontariff trade barriers
Reciprocity
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend from FY 2005 through 2009 (currently, 1995 only) the U.S. Trade Representative's mandate to identify and report on trade expansion priorities.
 
Requires the Trade Representative, before initiating an investigation (as under current law), to seek consultations with each foreign country identified in the report as engaging in priority foreign country practices, for the purpose of reaching a satisfactory resolution of such priority practices. Requires initiation of an investigation only if a satisfactory resolution of such practices has not been reached.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4701-4702)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4700-4701)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

Bill: 108-s-2373
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Evidence (Law)
Expropriation
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Right of property
Trademark agreements
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit a U.S. court from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating the assertion of rights, including treaty rights, by an individual (currently, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated unless the original owner of such mark or name, or their bona fide successor, has expressly consented thereto. Makes such prohibition applicable only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4702)
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2374
Sponsor: Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]
Introduced: 2004-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Cultural centers
Indian lands
Land transfers
Minorities
National recreation areas
Native Americans
Oklahoma
Riparian ecology
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: 
Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004 - Provides for the simultaneous conveyance of Federal and non-Federal land in or adjacent to the Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Recreation Area) in Oklahoma between the Federal Government and the Chickasaw Nation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) place in trust Federal land conveyed to the Chickasaw Nation to allow the construction of a cultural center and to protect the watershed and riparian resources of the Recreation Area; and (2) revise the boundary of the Recreation Area to reflect the acquisition of non-Federal land conveyed to the United States by the Chickasaw Nation.

action_date: 2004-09-28
text: 
Chickasaw National Recreation Area Land Exchange Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) convey to the Chickasaw Nation the Chickasaw National Recreational Area land (Recreation Area) and interests in the land not later than 180 days after the Chickasaw National conveys certain non-Federal land located adjacent to the existing boundary of the Recreation Area; and (2) appraise the lands conveyed to ensure that they are of approximately equal value. 
 
Prohibits any exchange of land until the completion of all provisions included in the Preliminary Exchange Agreement among the city of Sulphur, Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation, and the National Park Service, executed on July 16, 2002.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon completion of the land exchange, to: (1) revise the boundary of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area to reflect the exchange; and (2) administer the land acquired by the United States in accordance with applicable laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 728.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-369.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Dodd with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-369.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-704.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate