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Small Investor Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2497
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer complaints
Consumer protection
Executive reorganization
Financial services
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Investments
Investors
Law
Mutual funds
Risk
Saving and investment
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities industry
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Small Investor Protection Act of 2004 - Establishes the Division of the Investor within the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) serve as advocate for individual investors, including serving as liaison between investor advocacy organizations and the SEC; and (2) assist and educate individual investors by performing the functions previously performed by the Director of the Office of Investor Education and Assistance (previously known as the Office of Consumer Affairs), paying particular attention to the needs and interests of small investors.
 
Establishes the Office of Risk Assessment within the SEC to: (1) assess industry practices within the jurisdiction of the SEC to identify any risks associated with those practices that could most likely harm investors and the public; and (2) develop strategies to address and mitigate such risks, and prevent or lessen the potential harm to investors and the public.
 
Requires the Commission, whenever it considers requiring significant disclosures to investors (whether in advertising, on web sites, or in documents required by law or regulation), to consider and give weight to empirical evidence as to: (1) whether the proposed disclosure as a whole is likely to improve meaningfully individual investor understanding to assist investors in making wise financial decisions; and (2) whether alternative disclosures would be more effective in improving investor understanding.
 
 
Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to declare that it shall be unlawful for an open-end registered investment company to offer its securities for sale, unless, prior to completion of the sale, it provides investors with a summary of relevant characteristics of the investment, including information on expenses, risk, and diversification, and any other information that the SEC determines will assist investors in making wise financial decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6452-6455)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2498
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault weapons
Congress
Firearms control
Sunset legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act to provide for a ten-year extension of the assault weapons ban.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Truman Farm Home Expansion Act

Bill: 108-s-2499
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Missouri
Truman Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Truman Farm Home Expansion Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately five acres of land, including the structure located south of the Truman Farm Home site, as specified in the map &quot;Harry S Truman National Historic Site Proposed Boundary&quot; and dated April 17, 2003, for inclusion in the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. Requires the Secretary to modify the boundary of the Site to reflect the acquisition of such land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-739.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2500
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Agriculture and Food
Caribbean area
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community health services
Community organization
Developing countries
East Asia
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Estates (Law)
Families
Family services
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti compilation
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Mental health services
Nongovernmental organizations
Orphans
President and foreign policy
School lunch program
Teaching
Widows
Women
Women's rights
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for basic care for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries, including assistance for: (1) community-based care; (2) school food programs; (3) education and employment training; (4) mental health care; and (5) protection of inheritance rights. 
 
Directs the President to develop a coordinating strategy for such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6455-6456)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6455)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the "Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post Office".

Bill: 108-s-2501
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York State
Postal facilities
State legislators

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the "Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post Office."
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the "Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post Office." 

action_date: 2004-07-22
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 73 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk, New York, as the "Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Post Office." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8799; text as passed Senate: CR S8799)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8799; text as passed Senate: CR S8799)
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Simple Tax for Seniors Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2502
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Capital gains tax
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income
Income tax
Interest
Labor and Employment
Losses
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Pension funds
Social Welfare
Tax returns
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Simple Tax for Seniors Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to taxpayers age 65 or older a new income tax form to be known as &quot;Form 1040S&quot; which shall be as similar as practicable to Form 1040EZ. Allows use of this form without regard to the amount of the taxpayer's taxable income or even if the taxpayer's income includes social security income, distributions from qualified retirement plans, interest and dividends, or certain capital gains and losses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6456-6457)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6456)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to make permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains.

Bill: 108-s-2503
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2004-06-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Congress
Dividends
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Sunset legislation
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: 
Makes permanent the reduction in taxes on dividends and capital gains enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6457)
action_date: 2004-06-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Arctic Research and Policy Amendments Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2504
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2004-06-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Arctic and polar regions
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oceanographic research
Presidential commissions
Research
Research grants
Salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Arctic Research and Policy Amendments Act of 2004 - Amends the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to authorize the Arctic Research Commission to make a cash award to any person in recognition of excellence in, or for outstanding support of, Arctic research. Makes individuals who have been Commission members ineligible to receive such awards. 
Allows the Executive Director to: (1) make grants to persons to conduct research concerning the Arctic; and (2) make funds available to the National Science Foundation (NSF) or to other Federal agencies for the conduct of such research.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2506
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Urban transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: 
Transit System Flexibility Protection Act of 2004 - Permits the Secretary of Transportation to make mass transportation formula grants for an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 if the transit system operates fewer than 100 buses on fixed route service during peak hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6501)
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6500-6501)
action_date: 2004-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

Bill: 108-s-2509
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Missouri River development
Nebraska
Rivers
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska, for four years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the installation of hydrogen fueling stations and to exclude earnings from hydrogen fuel sales from gross income.

Bill: 108-s-2510
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Hydrogen
Income tax
Natural gas vehicles
Retail trade
Service stations
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50 percent of the cost of a qualified hydrogen-powered vehicle refueling property (defined as depreciable property used for the production, storage, or dispensing of hydrogen fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle) and its installation. 
 
Excludes from gross income amounts attributable to the sale of hydrogen fuel sold at retail for use in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2512
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2004-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Consumer discounts
Consumer protection
Department of Health and Human Services
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: 
Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to require the Secretary, on and after January 1, 2005, to limit to not more than three the number of prescription drug card sponsors in a State. 
 
Provides that on and after January 1, 2005: (1) the negotiated price of each covered discount card drug dispensed to an individual enrolled in an endorsed discount card program may not exceed the negotiated price of that drug under such program as of December 31, 2004; and (2) each prescription drug card sponsor shall ensure that the price paid by pharmacies participating in its network for each covered discount card drug dispensed to an individual enrolled in an endorsed discount card program offered by such sponsor does not exceed the price paid by those pharmacies for each such drug as of December 31, 2004. 
 
Requires sponsors that offer an endorsed discount card program to provide each discount card eligible individual enrolled in the program with access to negotiated prices for each covered discount card drug for which a negotiated price was available under such program as of December 31, 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6631-6632)
action_date: 2004-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2513
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to water resources development
Housing and Community Development
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
New Mexico
Planning
Reservoirs
Sewerage
Small towns
Waste water treatment
Water quality
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting pre-construction activities for, and constructing, the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (a water delivery project designed to deliver approximately 24,000 acre-feet of water per year from the Ute Reservoir to communities located in Quay, Roosevelt, and Curry Counties in eastern New Mexico).
 
 Prohibits assistance from being used: (1) for any activity that is inconsistent with developing the facilities described in the Conceptual Design Report (the System's final report dated August, 2003, as supplemented by the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Conceptual Design Peer Review Final Report dated December 2003), including development of the Logan sewer project described in the Village of Logan Wastewater System Preliminary Engineering Report dated November 2003; and (2) to plan or construct facilities used to supply water to supply irrigation for agricultural purposes.
 
Sets the Federal cost share at 80 percent. Makes the Authority responsible for the System's annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide specified financial or other assistance requested by the Authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-668.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6674-6675)
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6674)
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2514
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Defense budgets
Department of Defense
Department of State
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq compilation
Military assistance
Peacekeeping forces

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
The Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to the Secretary of State for assistance to foreign military or security forces in order to enhance a country's international peacekeeping capability.
 
States that such assistance: (1) may be used to provide equipment, supplies, training, or funding; and (2) is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance or military assistance to a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-14
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6675)
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Intelligence Community Accountability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2515
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cabinet officers
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general
Salaries

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: 
Intelligence Community Accountability Act of 2004 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish an independent Office of Inspector General for Intelligence (Office), to be headed by an Inspector General for Intelligence (IG) appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
 
Gives the IG responsibility for: (1) investigating, auditing, or reviewing each significant failure of the intelligence community; (2) identifying means of improving the discharge of intelligence missions; (3) keeping the Director Central Intelligence (DCI) informed about significant failures in the discharge of such missions, corrective actions, and means of improvement; and (4) identifying policies and practices of the intelligence community that may serve as a model for other components of the U.S. Government.
 
Authorizes the IG to commence investigations.
 
Requires the IG and other Inspector Generals in the intelligence community to mutually cooperate in the performance of their respective duties.
 
Authorizes the IG to report to the President, DCI, or head of any element of the intelligence community on investigations conducted by the IG, as appropriate.
 
Requires the IG to: (1) submit to the Attorney General a report on information, allegations, or complaints received by the IG regarding violations of Federal criminal law that involve intelligence community programs or operations; and (2) submit biannual reports on the activities of the IG and Office to the congressional intelligence committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6675-6677)
action_date: 2004-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate