hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
NIH Security Act

Bill: 108-s-2574
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive reorganization
Federal law enforcement officers
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Maryland
Medical research
Police
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
NIH Security Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a permanent police force, to be known as the National of Institutes of Health Police, to perform law enforcement, security, and investigative functions for property under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of, or occupied by, NIH. Permits officers in such force to be appointed without regard to the standard maximum age limits under Federal law, with officers appointed above a standard maximum age limit not counted as law enforcement officers for purposes of retirement benefits.
 
Authorizes NIH Police officers to: (1) carry firearms; (2) serve warrants and subpoenas; (3) make arrests; (4) conduct investigations within the United States; and (5) protect within the United States the Director and other NIH officials as authorized by the Director. Allows NIH Police officers to exercise such powers on all NIH properties and on other properties occupied by NIH, as determined by the Director. 
Confers upon NIH Police the same pay and benefits as provided to other Federal law enforcement officers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7441-7442)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/25/2004 S7441)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2576
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Expedited congressional procedure
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Medically uninsured
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 - Requires, within 30 calendar days after the commencement of the first session of a Congress, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the chairs of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Ways and Means, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House each to introduce a bill to provide universal health care coverage for the people of the United States.
 
States that these bills may be introduced by request, but only one qualified bill may be introduced by each such individual within a Congress. Authorizes the ranking minority party member of a committee, if the chair fails to introduce the bill within the 30-day period, to introduce a bill that will qualify for the expedited procedure provided in this Act.
 
Qualifies a bill if: (1) its title reads &quot;to reform the system of the United States and to provide insurance coverage for all Americans;&quot; and (2) it reaches the goal of providing health care coverage to 95 percent of Americans within ten years.
 
Sets forth procedures for consideration of such legislation in both chambers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7445)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/25/2004 S7443-7444)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2577
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Internet
Research grants
Rural conditions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Broadband Rural Research Investment Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to research means of enhancing or facilitating: (1) the availability of broadband telecommunications services in rural and other remote areas; and (2) access to the Internet through such services. Requires the Director to make public the results of such research.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2578
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadband
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Industrial parks
Internet
Rural conditions
Rural economic development
Small business
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Broadband Expansion Grant Initiative of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) make grants to eligible recipients to facilitate the deployment by the private sector of broadband telecommunications networks and capabilities to underserved rural areas; and (2) guarantee loans used for such purpose. 
 
Requires particular emphasis to be given to entities that use grant proceeds to: (1) provide underserved rural areas with access to Internet services by local telephone; (2) demonstrate models or technologies to bring broadband services to such areas; and (3) use broadband services to stimulate economic development in such areas. 
 
Limits to $100 million the total amount of such grants.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Technology Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2579
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Grants-in-aid
High technology
Industrial production
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Labor productivity
Laboratories
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Technological innovations
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Technology Extension Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance, through grants, for the establishment and support of regional centers for the commercial use of advanced technologies by small- and medium-sized businesses. Allows a regional center to use grant proceeds to: (1) assist such businesses in addressing their most critical needs for the application of the latest technology, improvement of infrastructure, and use of best business practices; and (2) transfer technologies to such businesses in the region in order to create jobs and increase production.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Technology Bond Initiative of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2580
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Broadband
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Internet
Local finance
Public-private partnerships
Rural conditions
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
State finance
Tax credits
Urban affairs
Urban economic development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Technology Bond Initiative of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit for investment in qualified technology bonds. Defines &quot;qualified technology bonds&quot; as bonds issued by a State or local government for a term not exceeding 15 years, 95 percent or more of the proceeds of which are used to finance State or local projects for expanding broadband telecommunication services. Gives preference to projects for underserved urban or rural areas lacking access to high-speed Internet connections and projects reflecting partnerships and comprehensive planning between State and local governments and the private sector. Requires the inclusion in the gross income of a taxpayer amounts allowed as a tax credit under this Act.
 
Limits the amount of bonds that may be issued nationwide to $100 million for each of calendar years 2005 through 2009. Allows a carryover of unused bond amounts to the next calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 108-s-2581
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Colleges
Commerce
Economic research
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants in support of cluster-based economic development efforts in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts.

Bill: 108-s-2582
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Broadband
Colleges
Economic research
Education
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Nonprofit organizations
Regional economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants supporting the advancement of high-speed telecommunications in regions with low per capita income, high unemployment, or economic adjustment problems that have populations of no more than one million.
 
Limits the maximum assistance for any one region to $1 million.
 
Sets Federal cost sharing for projects carried out using funds authorized by this Act at 50 percent. Authorizes in-kind contributions for the non-Federal share of project costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to promote the use of anaerobic digesters by agricultural producers and rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and improve environmental quality.

Bill: 108-s-2583
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Agricultural wastes
Alternative energy sources
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Farm manure
Federally-guaranteed loans
Government lending
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Refuse as fuel
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans, loan guarantees, and grants to farmers, ranchers, and rural small businesses to promote the use of anaerobic digesters to produce renewable energy.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the establishment of anaerobic digesters in the list of structural practices recognized under the environmental quality incentives program for agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2584
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agribusiness
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Families
Family farms
Farmers
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Minimum tax
Partnerships
Small business
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Agricultural Producers Value-Added Investment Tax Credit Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who materially participate in a farming business and certain farmer-owned entities a business tax credit up to $30,000 for investment in qualified value-added agricultural property. Defines &quot;qualified value-added agricultural property&quot; as depreciable property which is used to add value to a good or product, suitable for food or nonfood use, derived in whole or in part from organic matter which is available on a renewable basis, including agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, and domesticated animal wastes. Terminates the credit after 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2585
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Enterprise zones
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Small business
Tax credits
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Small Business Jobs Tax Credit Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified small business employees as a targeted group eligible for the work opportunity tax credit. Defines &quot;qualified small business employee&quot; as an individual who resides in and is hired by a small business located in a development zone. Defines &quot;development zone&quot; as any area which has (1) a development zone designation and a nomination as a renewal community; (2) a population between 5,000 and 150,000; (3) a certain level of poverty; (4) an annual average rate of job growth of less than two percent over a specified period; and (5) a population loss of at least two percent since 1990. Sets forth special rules for determining the amount of the allowable credit based upon wages paid to employees in a development zone over a five-year period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Regional Skills Alliances Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2586
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Commerce
Community colleges
Curricula
Dislocated workers
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational technology
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Public-private partnerships
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Regional Skills Alliances Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants to improve the job skills necessary for employment in specific industries. 
Makes eligible for such grants regional consortia that: (1) must have representatives from not fewer than five businesses or a lesser number that employ at least 30 percent of workers in that industry in the region (or a nonprofit organization that represents such businesses); (2) may have representatives from labor organizations, State and local governments, and educational institutions; and (3) are established to serve one or more particular industries in a particular region. Gives grant priority to eligible entities that consist of a majority of representatives from small businesses.
Requires the Secretary to provide matching grants to States to assist businesses, organizations, and agencies in planning to form regional consortia under this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Quality and Access to Cancer Care Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2587
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemotherapy
Drug therapy
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Ensuring Quality and Access to Cancer Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to increase the applicable percentage for services furnished during 2005 to the applicable percentage currently specified for 2004 with respect to transitional adjustment to the physician fee schedule for drug administration services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7446)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/25/2004 S7445-7446)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 and succeeding fiscal years for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Bill: 108-s-2588
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Authorization
Commerce
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Indexing (Economic policy)
Manufacturing industries
Public-private partnerships
Small business
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 and succeeding fiscal years for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the status of certain retirement plans and the organizations which maintain the plans.

Bill: 108-s-2589
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Associations, institutions, etc.
Churches
Clergy
Defined contribution plans
Ecumenical movement
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Military personnel
Pension funds
Religion
State laws
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: 
Sets forth rules regarding the status of certain retirement plans maintained by specified types of ecumenical organizations as church plans under the Internal Revenue Code. 
 
Exempts certain of such plans from prohibitions, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, against commingling specified assets for investment purposes.

action_date: 2004-07-14
text: 

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

 
Sets forth rules regarding the status of certain retirement plans maintained by specified types of ecumenical organizations as church plans under the Internal Revenue Code. 
 
Exempts certain of such plans from prohibitions, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, against commingling specified assets for investment purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Senate requests the return of papers with respect to S. 2589.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8140)
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8140)
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate