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Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2130
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Expedited congressional procedure
Government trust funds
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Senate rules and procedure
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the same date on which the President submits a budget to Congress, to determine to Congress whether excess general revenue Medicare prescription drug funding is projected for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. Treats an affirmative determination as a Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) funding warning in the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of the year in which the determination is made.
 
Amends Federal money and finance law, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to direct the President to submit to Congress proposed legislation to respond to such a warning within 15 days after the budget submission to Congress for the succeeding year. States that such requirement shall not apply if, during the year in which the warning is made, legislation is enacted which eliminates excess general revenue Medicare funding for the period beginning with the fiscal year for which the determination is made through September 30, 2013, as certified by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that legislation submitted by the President in response to a warning should be designed to eliminate excess general revenue Medicare funding for the period that begins with the fiscal year for which the determination is made through September 30, 2013.
 
Sets out the special procedures for House and Senate consideration of the President's legislative proposal in response to such warning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Controlling Invasive and Unauthorized Software Act

Bill: 108-s-2131
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advertising
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer security measures
Computer software
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Telemarketing
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Controlling Invasive and Unauthorized Software Act - Makes it unlawful for any person who is not the user of a protected computer (any computer used in interstate or foreign commerce or communication) to install, or allow the installation of, software on that computer, unless: (1) the user of the computer has received notice and granted consent that satisfies the requirements of this Act; and (2) the computer software's uninstall procedures satisfies the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires the notice to include: (1) a clear notification, displayed on the screen until the user either grants or denies consent to installation, of the name and nature of the software to be installed; and (2) a separate disclosure with respect to each information collection, advertising, distributed computing, and settings modification feature contained in the software. Requires the consent to include: (1) consent to the software installation; and (2) separate consent to each of the above features of such software.
 
Prohibits any person who is not the user of a protected computer from using any such feature of software installed on a computer if: (1) the software was installed in violation of this Act; (2) the use falls outside of the scope described in the notice; or (3) the person using a software feature fails to protect the security and integrity of personal information so collected. Provides exceptions, including for software installed before the sale of such computer.
 
Provides administration and enforcement through the Federal Trade Commission. Authorizes actions by States on behalf of its residents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1685-1688)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1684-1685)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
End Racial Profiling Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2132
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alien labor
Arrest
Block grants
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Community policing
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal statistics
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Economics and Public Finance
Ethnic groups
Evidence (Law)
Expert witnesses
Federal aid to law enforcement
Freedom of information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Immigration
Indian law enforcement
Injunctions
Judicial opinions
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees
Minorities
Pedestrians
Police
Police-community relations
Prejudice
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works
Video tape recording

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
End Racial Profiling Act of 2004 - Prohibits any law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. Authorizes the United States or an individual injured by racial profiling to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief in State court or U.S. district court. Makes proof that the routine or spontaneous investigatory activities of law enforcement agents in a jurisdiction have had a disparate impact on racial, ethnic, or religious minorities prima facie evidence of a violation. Authorizes the court to allow a prevailing plaintiff attorney's fees under specified circumstances.
 
Directs Federal law enforcement agencies to: (1) cease practices that encourage racial profiling; and (2) maintain policies and procedures to eliminate racial profiling, including the collection of data on routine investigatory activities, procedures for responding meaningfully to complaints alleging racial profiling, and procedures to discipline agents who engage in racial profiling.
 
Requires that an application by a State, local , or Indian tribal government for funding under the Byrne, Cops on the Beat, or Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program include a certification that such government: (1) maintains adequate policies and procedures designed to eliminate racial profiling; and (2) has ceased any practices that encourage racial profiling.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States and specified entities to develop and implement best practice devices and systems to ensure the racially neutral administration of justice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1688-1690)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1688)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the Bronx, New York, as the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Bill: 108-s-2133
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional tributes
Health
Names
New York City
Veterans' hospitals

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Names the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in the Bronx, New York, as the James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2134
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cultural property
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Minorities
National forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Range management
Tree diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management) or the Secretary of Agriculture (with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service), upon request of an Indian tribe to enter into an agreement or contract to carry out a project to protect Indian forest land that meets specified criteria, to issue public notice of initiation of any necessary environmental review or of the potential of entering into such an agreement or contract under which the Indian tribe would carry out certain activities.
 
Authorizes the appropriate Secretary to enter into such an agreement or contract following completion of any necessary environmental analysis.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1692)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
MediFair Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2135
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Law
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Quality of care
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
MediFair Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a system for making adjustments to the amount of payment made to entities and individuals for items and services provided under the original Medicare fee-for-service program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to develop recommendations on policies and practices that would encourage: (1) healthy outcomes and quality care under the Medicare program in States with respect to which payments are reduced under such system; and (2) the efficient use of payments made under the Medicare program in such States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1692)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-2137
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug industry
Drugs
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Packaging
Prescription pricing
Product counterfeiting
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 (sic) - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations allowing qualifying individuals to import covered products (in addition to pharmacists and wholesalers, whom current law authorizes to import such products).
 
Amends provisions pertaining to record keeping regarding imported covered products. States that the Secretary shall not have to store records in cases in which qualifying individuals have imported a covered product. 
 
Amends provisions regarding the testing of imported covered products. Declares that specified tests, including ones involving authenticity and degradation of products, shall not be required unless the importer is a wholesaler. Requires such tests to be conducted by the importer unless a product is a prescription drug subject to the provisions of this Act pertaining to counterfeit-resistant packaging. (Currently either the importer or the manufacturer may conduct such tests). 
 
Eliminates the sunset date current law establishes for the provisions pertaining to the importation of covered products.
 
Classifies prescription drugs as misbranded if they do not incorporate specified counterfeit-resistant technologies in packaging. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8932-8933)
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 436.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-2138
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Automobile repair
Civil actions and liability
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Legal fees
Motor vehicle pollution control
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Trade secrets
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2003 - Requires a manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to disclose to the vehicle owner, a repair facility, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the information necessary to diagnose, service, or repair the vehicle. 
Sets forth protections for trade secrets. States that manufacturer noncompliance with this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting commerce within the purview of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Authorizes a vehicle owner or repair facility to bring a civil action in Federal district court for violations of this Act without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties.
Instructs the FTC to prescribe a uniform methodology for manufacturer disclosure in writing, and on the Internet.
Prohibits the FTC from prescribing rules that interfere with the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding motor vehicle emissions control diagnostics systems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act

Bill: 108-s-2139
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Beryllium
Compensation (Law)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government publicity
Health
Law
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Radiation
Radiation victims
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Residual Radioactive Contamination Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to cover individual employees: (1) at an atomic weapons employer facility with respect to which the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found a potential for residual contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production occurred; and (2) during a period of significant residual contamination at such facility.
 
Instructs the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to submit to Congress updated reports regarding residual contamination in such facilities and the employees working in them while their employers were under Federal contract to process nuclear weapons materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1694)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1693-1694)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding and Making Mount Rainier National Park More Accessible Act

Bill: 108-s-2140
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Camping
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
National forests
National parks
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Expanding and Making Mount Rainier National Park More Accessible Act - Modifies the boundary of Mount Rainier National Park to include a specified area generally depicted as the Carbon River Adjustment, dated June 30, 2003.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-638.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1694-1695)
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Farming Flexibility Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2141
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2004-02-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Fruit
Soybeans
Vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: 
Farming Flexibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, with respect to direct and counter-cyclical payments, to: (1) permit a producer to reduce soybean base acreage by electing to plant such acres with fruits or vegetables for processing; (2) require such election to be made annually; and (3) provide that if a farm's base acreage is recalculated, such fruit or vegetable production shall be considered the same as the planning, prevented planting, or production of soybeans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-02-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Service Workers Fairness Act

Bill: 108-s-2143
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2004-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dislocated workers
Labor and Employment
Location of industries
Service industries
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: 
Service Workers Fairness Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend, under specified conditions, trade adjustment assistance to service workers in a firm or its subdivision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1892-1893)
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2146
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2004-02-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Archives
Arts, Culture, Religion
Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Coins and coinage
Congress
Congressional agencies
Federal libraries
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
Library of Congress
Minorities
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: 
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the human rights legacy and leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
Requires that: (1) all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $10 per coin; and (2) all surcharges from coin sales be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Library of Congress for purchasing and maintaining materials associated with the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1895)
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2147
Sponsor: Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]
Introduced: 2004-03-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Church and social problems
Clergy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Entertainers
Executive reorganization
Federal Communications Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Pornography
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Religion
Standards
Teachers
Television broadcasting
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: 
Broadcast Decency Responsibility and Enforcement Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if the violator of the terms and conditions of any Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license, permit, or certificate is a broadcast station licensee or permittee, an applicant for a broadcast license, permit, or certificate, or any other company or individual determined by the FCC to have participated in broadcasting obscene, indecent, or profane language, the amount of forfeiture penalty shall be 25 cents times the number of individuals who witnessed or heard the broadcast, as determined by a viewership rating service selected by the FCC. Requires amounts so collected to be used: (1) first, to fund enforcement costs; and (2) to make grants to faith-based programs selected by the Faith Based Initiative Office of the White House.
 
Directs the FCC to establish a Council of Decency to advise the FCC on standards of decency as applied to broadcasts over which the FCC has jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Introduced in Senate