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Motherhood Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-2219
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Armed Forces and National Security
Crimes against women
Evidence (Law)
Families
Fetus
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Homicide
Law
Life imprisonment
Maternal and infant welfare
Military and naval offenses
Pregnant women
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: 
Motherhood Protection Act - Amends the Federal criminal code and the Uniform Code of Military Justice UCMJ to provide that anyone who engages in conduct that violates any of specified prohibitions under the Federal criminal code, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, or the UCMJ and thereby causes the termination of a pregnancy or the interruption of the normal course of pregnancy is guilty of a separate offense. Makes the punishment for that offense the same as that provided for such conduct had that injury or death occurred to the pregnant woman.
 
Provides that an offense under this Act does not require proof that: (1) the person engaging in the conduct had, or should have had, knowledge that the victim of the underlying offense was pregnant; or (2) the defendant intended to cause the termination or interruption of the pregnancy.
 
Prohibits prosecution: (1) for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman has been obtained or is implied by law in a medical emergency; (2) for conduct relating to the pregnant woman's medical treatment or matters related to the pregnancy; or (3) of any woman regarding her pregnancy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Savings and Investment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2220
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank loans
Commerce
Community development banking
Corporation taxes
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Small business
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: 
Community Savings and Investment Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a separate corporate income tax rate for qualified community lenders of: (1) 15 percent of the amount of taxable income over $250,000 up to $1 million; and (2) the highest corporate tax rate imposed (currently 35%) for income over $1 million. Defines &quot;qualified community lender&quot; as a local community bank which: (1) achieved a satisfactory record of meeting community credit needs at its most recent Federal bank examination: (2) provided not less than 60 percent of its loans to its local community; (2) meets specified community ownership requirements; and (4) has total assets of not more than $1 billion. Reduces tax rates on certain subchapter S taxable income attributable to community lender income. 
 
Excludes from gross income distressed community banking income. Defines &quot;distressed community banking income&quot; as the net income of an FDA-insured bank which is derived from the active conduct of a banking business in a low-income, high unemployment community as defined by the Bank Enterprise Act of 1991.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2862-2863)
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2862)
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Umpqua National Forest Land Management Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2221
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2004-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Auctions
Boundaries
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Maps
National forests
Oregon
Real estate agents
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: 
Umpqua National Forest Land Management Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary, under any terms and conditions that the Secretary may prescribe, to sell or exchange any U.S. interest in specified National Forest System lands in Douglas County, Oregon. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) solicit offers for the sale or exchange of land; and (2) sell the land at public or private sale, including auction. Sets forth provisions regarding consideration, valuation, and equalization of land values. Directs the Secretary to deposit the net proceeds from a sale or exchange of land in the fund established under the Sisk Act.
 
Adjusts the Rogue-Umpqua Divide wilderness boundary. Directs that land transferred or otherwise acquired by the Secretary under this Act be managed in accordance with the Weeks Act and other laws relating to the National Forest System.


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: 2004-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2222
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2004-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Citizen participation
Clinics
Community health services
Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Entitlements
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Law
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Web sites
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: 
Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to Section 1115 (which gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services broad authority to conduct research and demonstration projects under several programs, including Medicaid and SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance) under SSA title XXI, and to waive certain statutory requirements for conducting these projects without congressional review).
 
Prohibits the Secretary from imposing or approving under Section 1115 authority: (1) a cap, limitation, or other restriction on payment to a State for amounts expended as medical assistance in accordance with the Medicaid program; (2) an elimination of, or modification limiting, the entitlement of an individual to receive any medical assistance for which Federal financial participation is claimed under Medicaid; (3) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services; or (4) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of certain safety-net services, including those of a rural health clinic and a federally-qualified health center.
 
Amends SSA title XXI to prohibit the Secretary from approving a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project (or project modification) that would allow the use of SCHIP funds to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage to a nonpregnant childless adult.
 
Amends SSA title XI to establish public notice and comment requirements for States and the Secretary with respect to any State proposal for an experimental, pilot, or demonstration project (or project modification) to assist in promoting Medicaid or SCHIP objectives that would result in a substantive change in eligibility, enrollment, benefits, financing, or cost-sharing under a State program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2864-2865)
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2863-2864)
action_date: 2004-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to expand the list of entities eligible to establish and maintain a qualified tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Bill: 108-s-2223
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Commerce
Defined contribution plans
Education
Education savings accounts
Employee ownership
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Subsidiary corporations
Tax exclusion
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deem a transferee corporation of a student loan issuer that is controlled by an employee stock ownership plan to be an eligible educational institution for purposes of the qualified tuition program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2997)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Bleeding Kansas National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 108-s-2224
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2004-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Commerce
Cultural property
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Exhibitions
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Intergovernmental relations
Kansas
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Landscape protection
Nature conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Outdoor recreation
Planning
Public meetings
Public-private partnerships
Right of property
Signs and signboards
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: 
Bleeding Kansas National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area in Kansas.
 
Designates the Territorial Kansas Heritage Alliance as the management entity for the Area.
 
Prohibits the Alliance from using Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property or an interest in real property.
 
Requires the Alliance to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area, which shall contain a comprehensive program for the conservation, interpretation, funding, management, and development of such Area.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance for the development and implementation of the management plan.
 
Requires the Alliance to: (1) provide assistance and encouragement to State and local governments, private organizations, and persons to protect and promote the resources and values of the Area; and (2) be an advocate for land management practices consistent with the purposes of such Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2998-3000)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2997-2998)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Montana Mineral Exchange Act

Bill: 108-s-2225
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2004-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coal
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Federal-Indian relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government trust funds
Housing and Community Development
Indian claims
Indian economic development
Indian education
Indian lands
Indian law enforcement
Indian water rights
Investment of public funds
Land transfers
Mineral reserves
Mining claims
Mining royalties
Minorities
Montana
Native Americans
Partnerships
Revenue sharing
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: 
Montana Mineral Exchange Act - Sets forth a mineral rights exchange under which the Secretary of the Interior is directed to convey to Great Northern Properties all mineral interests in certain Federal tracts concurrent with conveyance from Great Northern Properties to the United States all of its mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tract.
 
Requires the Secretary, following such conveyance, to take [sic] such mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe (Tribe).
 
Conditions the exchange upon: (1) waiver by the Tribe of all claims relating to the failure of the United States to previously acquire in trust for the Tribe as part of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation the private mineral interests underlying the Cheyenne tracts; and (2) joint written notification to the Secretary by the Tribe and Great Northern Properties that they have agreed upon a formula for sharing revenue from coal produced from any portion of the Federal tracts.
 
 Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Northern Cheyenne Permanent Fund; and (2) the Northern Cheyenne Ancillary Fund.
 
Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) transfers from the Ancillary Fund to the Permanent Fund; and (2) expenditures from the Permanent Fund. 
 
Requires the Tribe to develop a Permanent Fund plan, in consultation with the Secretary, for the investment, management, administration, and expenditure of the amounts in the Permanent Fund.
 
Prescribes guidelines for Federal disbursements to the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3001)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the period for COBRA coverage for recipients of trade adjustment assistance.

Bill: 108-s-2226
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2004-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dislocated workers
Employee health benefits
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health insurance continuation
Labor and Employment
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: 
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Services Act to extend Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) coverage for a trade adjustment assistance eligible individual to no less than the period during which the individual is eligible to receive such assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3001)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3001)
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries for the vessel CROYANCE.

Bill: 108-s-2228
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2004-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Ships

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries for the vessel CROYANCE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Workers Equity Act

Bill: 108-s-2230
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-03-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Dislocated workers
Labor and Employment
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
Offshore manufacturing
Trade adjustment assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-24
text: 
Workers Equity Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to allow a group of workers (including workers in any agricultural firm or subdivision), which also meets certain requirements regarding partial or total separation, to be certified by the Secretary of Labor as eligible to receive trade adjustment assistance if (as under current law) the Secretary determines that there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision and (new with this Act) the country has been extended permanent normal trade relations by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-03-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Environmental Research Enhancement Act

Bill: 108-s-2233
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Communication in science
Congress
Decision making
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labor and Employment
Names
Planning-programming-budgeting
Presidential appointments
Recruiting of employees
Research and development
Research grants
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists in government

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Environmental Research Enhancement Act - Amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979 to establish in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the position of Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Gives the Deputy Administrator responsibility for: (1) oversight of the Office of Research and Development, the Office of Environmental Information, the Science Advisory Board, the Science Policy Council, and scientific and technical activities in the regulatory program and regional offices of the EPA; and (2) functions related to identification of scientific issues and dissemination of scientific information. 
Sets the term for the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. 
Requires the head of the Office of Research and Development (the Office) to establish a program to make senior research appointments. Specifies the activities of the Office. 
Requires the EPA Administrator to: (1) substantially increase EPA efforts to disseminate, explain the significance of, and apply the results of research products and projects of the Office; (2) direct the Deputy Administrator for Science and Technology to comprehensively inventory EPA scientific activities conducted outside of the Office and to ensure proper agency-wide coordination of such activities; and (3) revise the agency's peer-review policy. 
Redesignates the position of EPA Deputy Administrator as Deputy Administrator for Policy and Management.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3184-3185)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3184)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Discount Card Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2234
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer discounts
Health care industry
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
Drug Discount Card Improvement 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 negotiated prices to reflect at least 90 percent of all (currently, take into account) negotiated price concessions for beneficiaries under the new Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3186)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3185-3186)
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Electric Reliability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2236
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-03-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Canada
Delegation of powers
Department of Energy
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Energy security
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mexico
Standards
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: 
 Electric Reliability Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Power Act to extend Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction for purposes of approving reliability standards and enforcing compliance with this Act over a FERC-certified electric reliability organization (ERO), a regional entity, and users, owners, and operators of a bulk-power system. 
 
Prescribes procedural guidelines for: (1) certification as an ERO; (2) filing of reliability standards; and (3) imposition of penalties by either an ERO or FERC for noncompliance with this Act.
 
Requires an ERO to file with FERC for approval of any proposed rule or rule change.
 
Urges the President to negotiate international agreements with the governments of Canada and Mexico to provide for effective compliance with reliability standards and the efficacy of the ERO in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
 
Requires an ERO to assess periodically the reliability and adequacy of the interconnected bulk-power system in North America.
 
Directs FERC to establish a regional advisory body upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the States within a region that have more than half of their electric loads served within the region.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to Alaska or Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-03-25
text: Introduced in Senate