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Bring Our Children Home Act

Bill: 108-s-2202
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Computers
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Court records
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Custody of children
Data banks
Detention of persons
Directories
District courts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Extradition
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Human rights
International Affairs
Internet
Judges
Judicial officers
Jurisdiction
Kidnapping
Law
Lawyers
Legal aid
Legal education
Legal fees
Legal services
Missing children
Negotiations
Science, Technology, Communications
State courts
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Bring Our Children Home Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that a contestant may bring an action in U.S. district court to resolve conflicting child custody determinations. 
Directs the Attorney General to establish a registry of child custody and visitation orders and proceedings. 
Authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to hold any child listed as missing for a proper custody disposition. 
Amends the International Child Abduction Remedies Act to require the U.S. Central Authority under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to establish a funding program for the provision of legal services to persons seeking remedies in interstate or international parental kidnapping cases. Authorizes the Legal Services Corporation to provide Convention-related legal assistance to qualified aliens. Requires the Central Authority to encourage the designation of courts to hear Convention-related cases. 
Amends the Federal judicial code to require the Federal Judicial Center to include in its continuing education programs information on the Convention and related laws. 
 
Requires various reports relating to international child abduction. 
Requires the Attorney General to support, through specified activities, the adoption and implementation in the States of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. 
Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 to expand the Safe Havens for Children Pilot Program to include children at risk of parental kidnapping.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/12/2004 S2724-2725)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/12/2004 S2724)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2203
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Economic assistance
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
India
South Asia
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the addition of India as a country for which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally has responsibilities should not decrease funding to any other country; (2) the United States should continue to increase the number of countries eligible to receive U.S. assistance to combat HIV and AIDS; and (3) the United States should increase assistance to combat HIV and AIDS. 
 
Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include India among those countries for which the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally has program responsibilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/12/2004 S2726)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/12/2004 S2725-2726)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2204
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation
EBB Terrorism
Emergency Management
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Homicide
International Affairs
Law
Liability (Law)
Military operations
Missing in action
Nuclear terrorism
Obstruction of justice
Prisoners of war
Sabotage
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Terrorism
War
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for knowingly engaging in conduct with intent to convey false or misleading information about an activity that would constitute a violation of various prohibitions under the Federal criminal code, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or other specified law relating to terrorism, including prohibitions regarding biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons, destruction of gas pipeline facilities, aircraft, or vessels, and aircraft piracy. Makes individuals engaging in such conduct liable in a civil action to any party incurring expenses incident to any emergency or investigative response.
 
Establishes criminal penalties for making a false statement, without lawful authority, with intent to convey false or misleading information about the death, injury, capture, or disappearance of a member of the U.S. armed forces during a war or armed conflict in which the United States is engaged.
 
Provides for enhanced penalties for obstruction of justice and false statements offenses that relate to international or domestic terrorism. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to provide for an increased offense level for any such offenses that involve a matter relating to international or domestic terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 3/12/2004 S2726)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Pell Grants Plus Act

Bill: 108-s-2206
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2004-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Scholarships
Secondary education
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: 
Pell Grants Plus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award Pell Grants Plus grants to students who: (1) have completed a rigorous secondary school program for State Scholars; (2) are enrolled full-time in their first year of undergraduate education; and (3) are eligible to receive Federal Pell Grants for that year.
 
Sets such Plus grant award at $1,000. Provides for a continuation award for the second year of undergraduate education if the student maintains compliance with certain eligibility requirements and obtains a grade point average of at least 3.0 for the first year.
 

 
Repeals HEA provisions for Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reduce the amounts of reclamation fees, to modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2208
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Coal
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Insurance premiums
Interest
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical economics
Miners
Reclamation of land
Retiree health benefits
Social Welfare
Strip mining

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reduce reclamation fees required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations.
 
Revises the statutory formula under which the Secretary of the Interior is required to transfer funds from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund to: (1) United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund; (2) United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan; and (3) the multiemployer health benefit plan established after July 1991, by the parties that are settlors of the 1992 Benefit Plan.
 
Prescribes guidelines for transfer by the Secretary of additional amounts of previously credited interest and previously allocated amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2209
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Everglades
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Florida
Infrastructure
Restoration ecology
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for the ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon-South, Florida, and the project for the ecosystem restoration, Southern Golden Gate Estates, Collier County, Florida, at specified costs, after the Chief of Engineers has issued favorable reports for the projects.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2211
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Authorization
Coal
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Health
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Insurance premiums
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Investment of public funds
Labor and Employment
Landowners
Law
Licenses
Liens
Medical economics
Mine wastes
Mine water
Miners
Mining royalties
Minorities
Native Americans
Oil and gas royalties
Reclamation of land
Retiree health benefits
Sediment control
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
State laws
Strip mining
Tennessee
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to repeal the authorization for use of certain moneys in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund: (1) by the Secretary of Agriculture for reclamation of rural lands; and (2) by the Department of the Interior for certain studies, research, and demonstration projects.
 
Reduces the reclamation fee required to be paid by operators of coal mining operations. Extends the authority to collect such fee to 2019.
 
Revises Fund allocation requirements with respect to reclamation fees.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer specified sums to: (1) the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund; (2) the United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan; and (3) a certain multiemployer health benefit plan established after July 20, 1992, by the parties that are the settlors of the 1992 Plan.
 
Repeals Fund objectives concerning: (1) protection , construction, or enhancement of public facilities such as utilities, roads, recreation and conservation facilities adversely affected by coal mining practices; and (2) the development of publicly owned land adversely affected by coal mining practices including land acquired as provided in this subchapter for recreation and historic purposes, conservation, and reclamation purposes and open space benefits.
 
States that no lien shall be filed against any person who neither consented to, nor participated in nor exercised control over the mining operation which necessitated reclamation. Repeals the limitation of such prohibition to persons who owned the surface before May 2, 1977.
 
 
Expands certification guidelines to prescribe payments to: (1) qualified States and Indian tribes; and (2) non-qualified States and Indian tribes.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2212
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Communist countries
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Free enterprise
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 2004 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2790-2791)
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2213
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child development
Child health
Child safety
Child welfare
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational statistics
Educational surveys
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Health
Health surveys
Income statistics
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Medical statistics
Poor children
Secondary education
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
State Child Well-Being Research Act of 2004 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop comprehensive indicators to assess child well-being in each State. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to make recommendations regarding the appropriate measures and statistical tools necessary for making such assessment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2791-2792)
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Campus Care and Counseling Act

Bill: 108-s-2215
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Access to health care
Communication in medicine
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical residents
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Mental illness
Parent-school relationships
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Performance measurement
Preventive medicine
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Quality of care
Recruiting of employees
School health programs
School personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Campus Care and Counseling Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to institutions of higher education for providing and expanding campus mental and behavioral health services for students. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2793-2794)
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2792-2793)
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Rail Transportation Security Act

Bill: 108-s-2216
Sponsor: Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC]
Introduced: 2004-03-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Bridges
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
District of Columbia
EBB Terrorism
East Asia
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Europe
European Union
Federal aid to transportation
Federal employees
Freight
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Japan
Labor and Employment
Law
Maryland
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
New York City
Private police
Railroad employees
Railroad engineering
Railroad freight operations
Railroad passenger traffic
Railroad safety
Railroad terminals
Railroads
Recruiting of employees
Risk
Security measures
Terrorism
Tunnels

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Rail Transportation Security Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess the security risks associated with freight and intercity passenger rail transportation and develop prioritized recommendations for: (1) improving the security of rail infrastructure and other areas identified as posing significant rail-related risks to public safety and the movement of interstate commerce; (2) deploying chemical and biological weapon detection equipment; (3) training employees in terrorism response activities; and (4) identifying immediate and long-term economic impact of measures that may be required to address those risks.
 

 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review existing Department of Transportation (DOT) rail regulations to identify areas in which those regulations need to be revised to improve rail safety and security.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to carry out a study of the rail passenger transportation security programs in Japan, member nations of the European Union, and other foreign countries in order to identify effective rail transportation security measures in use in those foreign rail transportation systems, including innovative measures and screening procedures determined effective.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the cost and feasibility of requiring security screening for all passengers, baggage, mail, express, and other cargo on Amtrak trains; and (2) conduct a pilot program of random security screening of passengers and baggage at a specified number of the busiest passenger rail stations served by Amtrak.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for Amtrak for certain life safety and infrastructure upgrades at specified tunnels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2218
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2004-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Housing and Community Development
Hydraulic engineering
Indexing (Economic policy)
Indian claims
Indian economic development
Indian lands
Indian water rights
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
Native Americans
Potable water
Regional planning
Water conservation
Water quality
Water rates
Water rights
Water supply
Water treatment plants
Watersheds
Wells

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: 
Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a competitive program to plan, design, and construct rural water supply projects in cooperation with non-Federal project entities in States and areas referred to in the Reclamation Act of 1902. Requires that each rural water supply project be performed in cooperation with a qualifying non-Federal project entity. 
 
Directs the Secretary to develop and publish criteria for determining which projects are eligible for participation, considering factors such as whether a project serves rural areas and communities or Indian tribes, shows economic benefits, and is cost-effective and whether and to what extent the local project sponsors can meet certain cost-share and repayment criteria.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to undertake: (1) appraisal investigations to identify and study opportunities for construction of projects to determine if they meet the criteria; and (2) studies to determine the feasibility of rural water supply systems recommended for study. Limits the Federal cost share of feasibility studies to 50 percent of total study costs, with an exception.
 
Declares that non-Federal entities must have the capability to pay all operation, maintenance, and replacement costs of the project facilities.
 
Directs the Secretary to coordinate with existing Federal and State rural water and wastewater programs to determine the most appropriate agency to undertake recommended projects and to otherwise facilitate the most efficient and effective solution to meeting the water needs of the non-Federal project sponsors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-539.
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate