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First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2239
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
Nonprofit organizations
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telephone
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a toll-free hotline through which local governments and nonprofit organizations may obtain information regarding all Federal grant programs that make funds available for the assistance of first responders and for terrorism preparedness.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to: (1) nonprofit organizations for training and equipping first responders; and (2) States, local governments, local law enforcement agencies, and local fire departments to assist in improving or purchasing communication systems to permit real-time, interoperable communication between State and local first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-s-2240
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Harbors
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
Marine terminals
Port authorities
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
United States Seaport Multiyear Security Enhancement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to seaports to enhance security if the Secretary determines that the grant will improve security at a seaport or improve the efficiency of the seaport without lessening security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3191)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2242
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2004-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer software
Copyright
Counterfeiting
Damages
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Legal fees
Motion pictures
Packaging
Science, Technology, Communications
Signs and symbols
Sound recording and reproducing

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit trafficking in an "illicit authentication feature." Defines that term to mean an authentication feature that: (1) without the authorization of the respective copyright owner, has been tampered with or altered so as to facilitate the reproduction or distribution of a phono-record, a copy of a computer program, a copy of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or documentation or packaging, in violation of the rights of the copyright owner; (2) is genuine, but has been distributed, or is intended for distribution, without the authorization of the respective copyright owner; or (3) appears to be genuine but is not. 
Authorizes a copyright owner who is injured by a violation of this Act or is threatened with injury to bring a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court. Sets forth remedies for violations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Alaska.

Bill: 108-s-2243
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2004-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Hydroelectric power
Law
Licenses
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: 
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska for three consecutive two-year periods beyond the date that is four years after the license's date of issuance.

action_date: 2004-06-25
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska for three consecutive two-year periods beyond the date that is four years after the date of issuance of the license. 

action_date: 2004-09-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on June 25, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, upon licensee request, to extend the time period during which the licensee is required to commence construction of a hydroelectric project in Alaska for three consecutive two-year periods beyond the date that is four years after the date of issuance of the license. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9332; text: CR S9332)
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9332; text: CR S9332)
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 108-286.
action_date: 2004-06-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 108-286.
action_date: 2004-06-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-618.
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Fish Act

Bill: 108-s-2244
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine parks and reserves
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: 
Freedom to Fish Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit any fishery management plan prepared by a Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary of Commerce from establishing areas where recreational fishing is prohibited unless: (1) there is clear indication that such fishing in the area is the cause of a specific conservation problem in the fishery; (2) no alternative conservation measures related to recreational fishing will adequately provide for conservation and management of the fishery; (3) the plan provides criteria to assess whether the prohibition provides fishery conservation benefits and requires plan periodic review; (4) the best available scientific information supports the need to close the area to recreational fishing; and (5) the prohibition is terminated as soon as the condition causing the prohibition no longer exists.
 
Amends the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to direct the Secretary to provide the appropriate Council with the opportunity to revise draft regulations for fishing within the exclusive economic zone as the Council may deem necessary to implement the proposed designation of a national marine sanctuary. Allows such draft regulations to regulate a fishery within a State if: (1) the governor of the State approves the regulations; or (2) the Secretary determines, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that the State has taken, or failed to take, any action the results of which will substantially and adversely affect the fulfillment of the purposes of such Act and the goals and objectives of the proposed sanctuary designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3214-3215)
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3214)
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Health Tax Credit Act

Bill: 108-s-2245
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-03-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Minimum tax
Small business
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: 
Small Business Health Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow small business employers (employers with between two and 50 employees) an income tax credit of between 30 to 50 percent (depending upon the number of employees) of the amount paid for employee health insurance, subject to a dollar limitation for each employee. Allows the employer to apply such credit against its minimum tax liability. Directs the Internal Revenue Service, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration, to educate small business personnel about this tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8057-8059)
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5386)
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3216)
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3215-3216)
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on certain sorbic acid.

Bill: 108-s-2246
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Food additives
Food preservation
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2006, the duty on certain sorbic acid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on potassium sorbate.

Bill: 108-s-2247
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Chemicals
Food additives
Food preservation
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2006, the duty on potassium sorbate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification of certain leather goods.

Bill: 108-s-2248
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Leather industry
Plastics
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide that: (1) &quot;plastic&quot; and &quot;sheeting of plastic&quot; do not apply to goods having a plastic finish or coating of 0.15 mm or less in thickness; and (2) such plastic finish or coating shall not be considered in determining the exterior or outer surface of any good.
 
Applies this Act retroactively to entries or withdrawals from warehouse for consumption of such goods that was made on or after November 18, 1999, and before the enactment of this Act, for which there would have been no duty or a lower duty (thus requiring liquidation or reliquidation of such duty).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2250
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Labor statistics
State laws
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (TEUCA) to extend the TEUC program through weeks of unemployment ending before June 30, 2004. Terminates individual payments for weeks beginning after September 30, 2004.
 
Revises trigger requirements for determining high-unemployment States (TEUC-X), where individuals are eligible to receive additional weeks of program payments.
 
Provides for temporary State authority to waive application of certain look-back provisions under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4898)
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 470.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase the loan rate for safflower.

Bill: 108-s-2251
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Finance and Financial Sector
Marketing of farm produce
Oilseeds

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase the nonrecourse marketing loan rate for safflower. (Separates safflower from &quot;other oilseeds.&quot;)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Summer Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2252
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Government Operations and Politics
Government statistics
Labor and Employment
Temporary employment
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Save Summer Act of 2004 - Increases the FY 2004 numerical limit on H-2B nonimmigrants (temporary nonagricultural workers) from 66,000 to 106,000. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with information on: (1) the numbers of aliens granted H-2B status or terminated from H-2B status, on a quarterly basis; and (2) the countries of origin, occupations of, and compensation paid to aliens granted H-2B status, the number of aliens terminated from such status, and the number of aliens provided such status during both the fiscal year reported and the preceding fiscal year, on an annual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3296-3297)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2253
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Civics education
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Employee selection
Families
Federal employees
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Forest management
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Insect control
Labor and Employment
National forests
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Pests
Reclamation of land
Rescue work
Social Welfare
Tree diseases
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Watersheds
Youth employment
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004 - Establishes A Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps to be comprised of low-income young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 to work on projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief on public land. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with any service and conservation corps or State department of natural resources, agriculture, or forestry to carry out projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires, and provide disaster relief. 
 
Directs the Secretaries to give priority to certain projects, including projects that will: (1) reduce hazardous fuels on public lands; (2) restore public land affected or threatened by disease or insect infestation; (3) rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires; (4) assess public land at a high risk of reburn; and (5) address public land located near a municipal watershed and water supply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-714.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3297)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2254
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-03-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Head injuries
Health
Health education
Horses
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Product safety
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States, political subdivisions, Indian tribes and organizations, public organizations, and private nonprofit organizations for activities that encourage individuals to wear approved equestrian helmets.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of such grants.
 
Establishes an interim standard for equestrian helmets manufactured nine months after enactment of this Act pending establishment of a final standard. 
 
Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to begin rulemaking proceedings for development of a final standard. Excludes such proceedings from specified laws governing the Commission's reliance on voluntary standards, the development of consumer product safety rules, and the Commission's regulation of consumer products in accordance with other laws. Prohibits application of judicial review provisions to any standard issued pursuant to such proceedings.
 
Requires any failure to meet the interim standard to be treated as a violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Requires any final standard to be considered a CPSA consumer product safety standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3298)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the "Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office Building".

Bill: 108-s-2255
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-03-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
County politics and government
Government Operations and Politics
Local officials
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the "Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office Building".
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office Building. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 577.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-06-02
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Introduced in Senate