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Continuity of the Senate Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2031
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
Disasters
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Members of Congress
Senate
Senate rules and procedure
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: 
Continuity of the Senate Act of 2004 - Provides that if the Senate ascertains that a quorum of the Senate is not present, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, or their designees, may jointly determine that such absence of a quorum is caused by the inability of the members of the Senate to discharge the powers and duties of the office during a time of national crisis.
 
Authorizes the legislature of each State to enact laws declaring who shall serve in the place of such members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8771)
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the "Joe Skeen Federal Building".

Bill: 108-s-2033
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2004-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
House of Representatives
Names
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Designates the Federal building located at Fifth and Richardson Avenues in Roswell, New Mexico, as the Joe Skeen Federal Building.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288)
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S287-288)
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2034
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Astronautics
Commemorations
National monuments
Space activities
Space shuttles
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Columbia Space Shuttle Memorials Act of 2004 - Establishes as units of the National Park System three memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia to be located on the three specified parcels of land in Texas on which large debris from the Space Shuttle was recovered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S322)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S321-322)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Guard and Reserve Readiness and Retention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2035
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military pensions
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Guard and Reserve Readiness Retention Act of 2004 - Makes eligible for retired pay non-regular service reserve personnel who obtain the following age and years of reserve service: (1) 60 and 20; (2) 59 and 22; (3) 58 and 24; (4) 57 and 26; (5) 56 and 28; (6) 55 and 30; (7) 54 and 32; and (8) 53 and 34. (Currently, only those obtaining 60 years of age with 20 years of such service are eligible.)
 
Removes the requirement that members of the Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve may be eligible for benefits under TRICARE (a Department of Defense managed health care program) only if such members: (1) are eligible unemployment compensation recipients; or (2) are not eligible for health care benefits under any employer-sponsored health benefits plan. Makes such eligibility permanent (currently terminates December 31, 2004).
 
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health plan coverage for a reserve member (and his or her dependents) while the member is serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress. Requires the continuation of COBRA coverage during such period. Prohibits simultaneous coverage under both the qualified health plan and TRICARE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jose Buendia Balderas, Alicia Aranda De Buendia, and Ana Laura Buendia Aranda.

Bill: 108-s-2036
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Declares that Jose Buendia Balderas, Alicia Aranda De Buendia, and Ana Laura Buendia Aranda shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing the appropriate application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S324)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S322-324)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to transfer administrative jurisdiction of a parcel of real property comprising a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2037
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Building construction
Clinics
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Health
Land transfers
Military bases
Ohio
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs administrative jurisdiction over a portion of the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio, for the construction of a new outpatient clinic for veterans.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army, prior to such transfer, to conduct an environmental assessment of such property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S324)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Flu Protection Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2038
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Drug industry
Drugs
Education
Electronic government information
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Families
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Health planning
Higher education
Income tax
Influenza
Internet
Investment tax credit
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medicare
Nurses
Pharmaceutical research
Pharmacists
Physicians
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Taxation
Vaccination
Vaccines
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Flu Protection Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Act to require: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct annual public influenza awareness campaign and education and outreach (including Medicare outreach) efforts preceding the flu season; (2) the Director to contract with influenza vaccine manufacturers to ensure the availability of additional doses of flu vaccine; (3) the Director to encourage States to develop a contingency immunization plan for high-risk populations in the event of a vaccine delay or shortage; and (4) the Secretary, through the Director, to establish a protocol to attempt to prevent, prepare for, and respond to an influenza epidemic or pandemic.
 
Requires a manufacturer of a vaccine that receives Federal authority to distribute such vaccine to provide the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with advance notice of such manufacturer's intent to stop marketplace distribution of the vaccine.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish a vaccine manufacturing facilities investment tax credit (20 percent of qualifying property per year) for property placed in service by December 31, 2008; and (2) define &quot;vaccine manufacturing facilities property.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded posthumously to Rex T. Barber of Terrebonne, Oregon, for acts of valor during World War II in attacking and shooting down the enemy aircraft transporting Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Bill: 108-s-2039
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2004-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Air force
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
History
Military history
Officer personnel
Oregon
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: 
Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Colonel Rex T. Barber, U.S. Air Force (retired), for acts of valor while serving with the Army Air Corps during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S324-325)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S324)
action_date: 2004-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the date for the submittal of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, to provide additional funding for the Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2040
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Crime and Law Enforcement
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
September 11, 2001
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to extend through January 10, 2005 (currently May 27, 2004), the date for submission of the final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Earmarks specified funds made available for FY 2004 for the National Foreign Intelligence Program for transfer to the Commission for Commission activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence. (text of measure as introduced: CR S373)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S372-373)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2041
Sponsor: Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits
Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2004 - Provides that, if there is a deficit in a fiscal year, then: (1) any pay adjustment for Members of Congress scheduled to take effect in the succeeding calendar year shall be null and void; and (2) effective as of the first day of the first pay period beginning in such year, rates of pay for Members shall be reduced (from the rate in effect as of the day before the start of such year) by the amount determined in this Act, but not below zero.
 
Varies the mandatory pay rate reduction from five percent, if it takes effect in a calendar year that does not immediately follow another calendar year in which a reduction was made, to ten percent, if it takes effect in a calendar year that immediately follows another calendar year in which a reduction was made.
 
 
Specifies conditions for restoration of the original pay rate, together with otherwise scheduled adjustments.
 
Vests authority in the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to make determinations of whether or not a deficit exists in any fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-12
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Rocco A. Trecosta of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Bill: 108-s-2042
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Rocco A. Trecosta a specified sum for compensation for back pay not received for service as a Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Schools employee between April 14, 1966, and June 30, 1975.

action_date: 2004-11-17
text: 

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

 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Rocco A. Trecosta a specified sum for compensation for back pay not received for service as a Department of Defense Overseas Dependent Schools employee between April 14, 1966, and June 30, 1975.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Became Private Law No: 108-5.
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Became Private Law No: 108-5.
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2004-11-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-11-22
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9863)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9863)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9863-9864)
action_date: 2004-11-17
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S11327-11328)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S11327-11328)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11327-11328)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11327-11328)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 108-5
A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 108-s-2044
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Declares Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11328-11329; text as passed Senate: CR S11328)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11328-11329; text as passed Senate: CR S11328)
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 765.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVE Voting Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2045
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Authorization
Ballots
Blind
Competitive bidding
Computer programming
Computer security measures
Computer software
Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Directories
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Federal-state relations
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Identification of criminals
Illiteracy
Internet
Paper and paper products
Presidential elections
Printing
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Voter registration
Voting
Voting machines
Voting of the disabled
Voting rights
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Secure and Verifiable Electronic Voting Act of 2004 or SAVE Voting Act of 2004 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require Federal voting systems to produce a voter-verified paper record suitable for a manual audit, except that such a system should be paperless for individuals with disabilities. Specifies requirements for software used in voting systems. Requires information on the right to voter assistance to be given to those who are blind, disabled, or unable to read or write. Requires the Election Assistance Commission to: (1) provide States with funding to implement such voting systems; and (2) study, test, and develop best practices to enhance accessibility and voter-verification mechanisms for disabled voters.
 
Extends the deadline for States to request payments for activities to improve administration of elections and for replacement of punch card or lever voting machines.
 
Accelerates the deadline for compliance with voting systems standards from January 1, 2006, to the regularly scheduled November 2004 general Federal election. Requires each State and jurisdiction unable to meet such deadline to utilize a paper voting system at Commission expense in the November 2004 general election.
 
Requires Federal certification of technological security of voter registration lists.
 
Directs the Commission to: (1) conduct manual mandatory unannounced recounts of the voter-verified records in a specified number of State and overseas jurisdictions immediately following each general election for Federal office; and (2) promptly publish the results of those recounts. 
 
Requires manufacturers of voting systems to implement safeguards for software, including background checks of personnel, certification, and public access to the software code.
 
Repeals the exemption of the Commission from certain Government contracting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S374-375)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation program established by that Act.

Bill: 108-s-2047
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2004-02-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Compensation (Law)
Department of Energy
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Health
Labor and Employment
Missouri
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Radiation
Radiation victims

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: 
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include within its Special Exposure Cohort certain employees who during their employment at a facility operated under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE) by Mallinkrodt Incorporated: (1) were monitored through the use of dosimetry badges for exposure at the plant of the external parts of an employee's body to radiation; (2) were monitored through the use of bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for exposure at the plant to traternal radiation; or (3) worked in a job that had exposures comparable to a job that is monitored under DOE standards through the use of dosimetry badges for monitoring external radiation exposures, or bioassays, in vivo monitoring, or breath samples for internal radiation exposures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S376)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S375-376)
action_date: 2004-02-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to such deduction.

Bill: 108-s-2048
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2004-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Congress
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Sunset legislation
Tax deductions
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to make permanent the income tax deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S541)
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S541)
action_date: 2004-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate