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Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2535
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Coinsurance
Finance and Financial Sector
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Physical examinations
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the part B program to provide appropriate preventive benefits. 
 
Amends part E (Miscellaneous), as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for additional preventive services (including mental health services) under Medicare. 
 
Eliminates coinsurance in outpatient department (OPD) hospital settings and application of deductible with respect to additional preventive services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7000-7003)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Teacher Professional Development Institutes Act

Bill: 108-s-2538
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Teacher Professional Development Institutes Act - Amends the the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program for Teachers Institutes (TIs). 
 
Requires a TI to: (1) be a partnership or joint venture between or among one or more institutions of higher education (IHEs) and one or more local educational agencies (LEAs) serving a significant low-income population; and (2) use collaborative seminars to enhance subject matter and participants' teaching resources.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to TIs to establish and operate TIs; and (2) provide technical assistance to LEAs and IHEs to prepare to establish and to operate TIs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7006-7007)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7005-7006)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Tribally Controlled Colleges or University Assistance Act and the Higher Education Act to improve Tribal  Colleges and Universities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2539
Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Accreditation (Education)
Arizona
Authorization
Capital investments
Colleges
Community colleges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Continuing education
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational facilities
Educational planning
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian education
Internet
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Maintenance and repair
Minorities
New Mexico
Scholarships
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Student loan funds
Students
Teacher education
Teachers
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Revises the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 and related Federal education law to include: (1) reauthorization of programs for grants to tribally controlled colleges or universities and for renovation; (2) a definition of Indian student; (3) an accreditation requirement; (4) various specified colleges and universities, such as the Bay Mills Community College and the Blackfeet Community College, as a tribal college or university; (5) distance learning as an authorized activity; and (6) loan repayment or cancellation for individuals who teach in tribal colleges or universities.
 
Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2004 - States that Congress authorizes Dine College to receive all Federal funding and resources under this Act and other laws for the operation, improvement, and growth of the College. 
 
Authorizes the College to expend money received under this Act to undertake all renovations and repairs to its infrastructure.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on all capital projects and facility needs.
 

 
Repeals the Navajo Community College Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7007-7009)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Educational Radio Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-2540
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Colleges
Education
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Radio stations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Educational Radio Protection Act - States that a qualifying educational FM radio station is entitled, upon application by the station's licensee, to: (1) have its license be subject to the same license terms and renewal standards (other than fees) as licenses for full-power class A FM radio stations; and (2) have its licensee accorded primary status as a radio broadcaster so long as the station remains a qualifying FM radio station.
 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide written notice of the provisions of this Act to specified licensees of Class D FM radio stations.
 
Prohibits the FCC from awarding or assigning to commercial FM radio stations any portion of the radio spectrum assigned to qualifying educational FM radio stations for which an application is submitted within one year of enactment of this Act and approved. 
 
Requires the FCC to restore to educational stations whose applications are successful and not subject to appeal any portion of educational station spectrum previously awarded to commercial stations if the previous award occurred after April 30, 2004, and before the educational station's application was approved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7009-7010)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
No Child Left Behind Fairness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2542
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Compensatory education
Department of Education
Disabled
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Evidence (Law)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Illiteracy
Law
School choice
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Standards
State-local relations
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
No Child Left Behind Fairness Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Education to require local educational agencies (LEAs) and State educational agencies (SEAs) to give schools and LEAs, respectively, an opportunity to request a review of a determination that they did not make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the 2002-2003 school year.
 
Sets forth standards for such reviews, providing for consideration of subsequent regulations and guidance applicable to AYP determinations under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, an SEA, or an LEA, with respect to subsequent determinations of whether a school is subject to school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as a result of not making AYP, from taking into account a 2002-2003 non-AYP determination that was revised under this Act if the school received a final determination of AYP for such school year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7011-7012)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7010-7011)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2544
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Insurance premiums
Married people
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Health Care Access for Small Businesses Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act to create a new title XXII to address health insurance coverage for small businesses.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for the startup and operation of 50 eligible three-share (three-way health insurance premium sharing between employer, employee, and the community) pilot programs for a five-year period.
 
Authorizes the use of grants to establish three-share programs, provide for contributions to premiums assessed for coverage under such programs, and establish risk pools.
 
Requires grant applicants to: (1) be either nonprofits or local governmental entities; (2) define the program's service region; (3) have the capacity to carry out administrative functions associated with managing health plans; and (4) have demonstrated community involvement.
 
Requires programs to pay for the costs of services through monthly premiums, divided according to specified percentages.
 
Sets forth minimal coverage requirements for three-share program eligibility.
 
Requires the Administrator to develop a formula to determine which businesses qualify as distressed businesses for purposes of this Act.
 
Directs the General Accounting Office to submit a report to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees after the grant period has ended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7015-7016)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7014-7015)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Genetically Engineered Foods Act

Bill: 108-s-2546
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2004-06-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agricultural research
Agriculture in foreign trade
Animals
Biotechnology
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cotton
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental research
Farm produce
Food industry
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Genetic engineering
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Imports
Internet
Law
Livestock
Nutrition
Pest control
Proteins
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Seeds
Standards
Trade secrets
Transgenic animals
Transgenic plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: 
Genetically Engineered Foods Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a producer to obtain pre-market approval before introducing any genetically engineered food into interstate commerce. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to set forth regulations governing the approval process, including requirements for the approval of split use food (defined as genetically engineered food that could be used by both humans and animals, but is not marketed to humans).
 
Requires the Secretary to provide public notice, make the application and supporting material available to the public, and provide for public comment for genetically engineered foods and animals. Allows the Secretary to protect trade secrets under certain circumstances.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) programs to conduct testing to detect the presence of genetically engineered ingredients in foods; (2) programs to monitor the safety of approved genetically engineered foods; and (3) a public registry of such foods.
 
Requires genetically engineered animals and genetic engineering techniques intended to be used to produce animals to meet the same requirements for approval as new animal drugs.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct environmental assessments to evaluate the potential effects of such genetically engineered animals.
 
Deems genetically engineered animals or foods that are not approved to be adulterated.
 
Sets forth provisions for the approval of any genetic engineering technique or any genetically engineered food or animal that entered into interstate commerce before enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/18/2004 S7020-7023)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/18/2004 S7019-7020)
action_date: 2004-06-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Shigeru Yamada.

Bill: 108-s-2548
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Declares Shigeru Yamada to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alfredo Plascencia Lopez and Maria Del Refugio Plascencia.

Bill: 108-s-2549
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-06-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: 
Makes Alfredo Plascencia Lopez and Maria Del Refugio Plascencia each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Childhood Obesity Reduction Act

Bill: 108-s-2551
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Awards, medals, prizes
Child health
Child nutrition
Commemorations
Communication in medicine
Community and school
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional reorganization
Congressional tributes
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Exercise
Federal aid to education
Foundations
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Health planning
Internet
Nonprofit organizations
Obesity
Physical education and training
Preventive medicine
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Volunteer workers
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Childhood Obesity Reduction Act - Establishes a Congressional Council on Childhood Obesity to engage in the following activities to encourage every U.S. elementary and middle school to develop and implement a plan to reduce and prevent obesity, promote improved nutritional choices, and promote increased physical activity: (1) work with outside experts to develop the Congressional Challenge to Reduce and Prevent Childhood Obesity; (2) develop and maintain a website on best practices for reducing and preventing childhood obesity; (3) assist schools in establishing goals for the healthy reduction and prevention of childhood obesity; (4) consult and coordinate with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and other Federal initiatives that are conducting activities to reduce and prevent childhood obesity; (5) reward elementary schools, middle schools, and local educational agencies promoting innovative, successful strategies; (6) provide information to secondary schools; and (7) designate model plans for reducing and preventing childhood obesity that are submitted by schools as Congressional Challenge winners.
 
Establishes the National Foundation for the Prevention and Reduction of Childhood Obesity as a nonprofit private corporation to support and carry out activities to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, including by: (1) establishing a fund to provide endowments for positions within the Council and the Department of Health and Human Services associated with reducing childhood obesity; (2) evaluating model plans used by schools; and (3) making Challenge awards to schools and local agencies for developing and implementing such plans. Requires creation of a committee to incorporate the Foundation under State laws, establish its policies and bylaws, provide for its initial operation, and appoint members of its board of directors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7107-7110)
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7106)
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act

Bill: 108-s-2552
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
North Dakota
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Waste water treatment
Water rates
Water supply
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in North Dakota, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. 
 
Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the Federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75 percent.
 
Requires a reduction in the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing projects under this Act, using a Federal formula for water rate affordability, where the rate for affordability relating to the project area exceeds the average State-wide rate by a specified percentage.
 
Sets the non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7110-7111)
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2553
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Administrative procedure
Cardiovascular diseases
Coinsurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Higher education
Imaging systems in medicine
Law
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medicare
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening ultrasound for abdominal aortic aneurysms.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national education and information campaign to promote awareness among health care practitioners and the general public with respect to the importance of early detection and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate