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A bill for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad.

Bill: 108-s-2012
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Declares Luay Lufti Hadad to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


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. 764.
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: 2004-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Electric Reliability Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2014
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Antitrust law
Canada
Citizen participation
Commerce
Decision making
Department of Energy
Due process of law
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Mexico
North America
Regional planning
Standards
Trade agreements
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
 Electric Reliability Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Power Act to extend Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdiction over each electric reliability organization (ERO), regional entity, and user, owner, and operator of a bulk-power system for purposes of approving reliability standards and enforcing compliance with this Act.
 
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: (1) file with FERC for approval any proposed rule or rule change; and (2) take all appropriate steps to gain recognition in Canada and 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 on 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: 2004-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S118-120)
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Electricity Needs Rules and Oversight Now (ENRON) Act

Bill: 108-s-2015
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2004-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy industries
Predatory pricing
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: 
Electricity Needs Rules and Oversight Now (ENRON) Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare unlawful the use in contravention of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations of any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in connection with the purchase or sale of electric energy or the purchase or sale of transmission services subject to FERC jurisdiction, including rates and charges that result from such manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S118-120)
action_date: 2004-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Infant Crib Safety Act

Bill: 108-s-2016
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child safety
Consumer education
Environmental Protection
Families
Furniture industry
Hotels, motels, etc.
Infants
Law
Lease and rental services
Product safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: 
Infant Crib Safety Act - Makes it unlawful for any commercial user to: (1) manufacture, sell, or contract to sell any full-size or nonfull-size crib which is unsafe for any infant; or (2) sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce any such crib which is not new and is unsafe for any infant. Makes it unlawful for any lodging facility to offer or provide such an unsafe crib. Presumes as unsafe a crib which does not conform to specified standards in the Code of Federal Regulations and the American Society for Testing Materials Voluntary Standards, unless labeled as dangerous for an infant and not intended to be used for one.
 
Grants the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) enforcement powers as if this Act were a consumer product safety standard promulgated by it under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
 
Declares a violation of this Act shall be considered a prohibited act within the meaning of the CPSA, and subject to its penalties and remedies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S186)
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2018
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2004-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Delaware
District of Columbia
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee
Trails
Virginia
West (U.S.)
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2004 - Extends the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include: (1) the route followed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the preparation phase of their expedition, starting at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, and traveling to Wood River, Illinois, and in the return phase from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C.; and (2) designated Lewis and Clark sites in Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a suitability and feasibility study to include the extended route within three years from the date funds are first made available for that purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S186)
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2019
Sponsor: Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2004-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Boats and boating
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: 
Sportfishing and Boating Equity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the transfer of motorboat fuel taxes into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom of Choice Act

Bill: 108-s-2020
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Communication in medicine
Discrimination in medical care
Discrimination in public facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Health
Law
Patients' rights
Reproduction
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's health
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: 
Freedom of Choice Act - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that every woman has the fundamental right to choose to: (1) bear a child; (2) terminate a pregnancy prior to fetal viability; or (3) terminate it after fetal viability when necessary to protect her life or her health. 
 
Prohibits a governmental entity from: (1) denying or interfering with a woman's right to exercise such choices; or (2) discriminating against the exercise of those rights in its regulation or provision of benefits, facilities, services, or information.
 
 Authorizes an individual aggrieved by a violation of this Act to obtain appropriate relief, including relief against a governmental entity in a civil action.
 
States that this Act applies to every Federal, State, and local statute, ordinance, regulation, administrative order, decision, policy, practice, or other action enacted, adopted, or implemented before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S186-187)
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit Department of Defense contracting with firms under investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

Bill: 108-s-2023
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense contracts
Defense industries
Defense procurement
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Inspectors general

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: 
Prohibits any official of the Department of Defense (DOD) from entering into a contract with, or otherwise procuring any property or services from, a person under investigation by the DOD Inspector General, unless the selection of such person for such contract or procurement is made with full and open competition.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition when determined necessary to U.S. national security interests, requiring at least 15 days' advance notification to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11800-11801)
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S193)
action_date: 2004-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Kids, Safe Cars Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2024
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative procedure
Child health
Child safety
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Health
Law
Motor vehicle safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Seat belts
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Safe Kids, Safe Cars Act of 2004 - Requires the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) conduct a rulemaking to increase utilization of child dummies in motor vehicle safety tests; and (2) develop a child crash test dummy capable of measuring injury forces in a simulated rollover crash.
 
 Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) launch a consumer information program relating to child safety in rollover crashes; (2) submit a report to Congress that evaluates technologies designed to reduce motor vehicle-related injuries and deaths to children and improve the performance of safety belts for four- to eight-year-olds; (3) complete a pending rulemaking to require technologies to prevent the accidental closing of motor vehicle windows by children; and (4) establish a publicly available database that collects information on injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash events involving motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S247-248)
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
Safe Streets and Highways Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2025
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accident prevention
Ambulances
Animals
Bikeways
Child safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
Discovery (Law)
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Health
Highway finance
Highway planning
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Liability (Law)
Occupational health and safety
Pedestrians
Railroad safety
Road construction
School buses
Science, Technology, Communications
Speed limits
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Students
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic engineering
Traffic signs and signals
Trails
Transportation research
Transportation workers
Trucks
Wildlife

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Safe Streets and Highways Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway safety improvement program for the purpose of achieving a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads. Requires a State, to receive funding, to have in effect a program under which the State: (1) develops and implements a strategic highway safety plan that identifies and analyzes highway safety problems and opportunities; (2) produces a program of projects or strategies to reduce identified safety problems; and (3) evaluates the plan regularly to ensure the accuracy of the data and priority of proposed improvements.
 
Includes among eligible projects any highway safety improvement project on a public road or publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail.
 
Authorizes a State to use up to 25 percent of funding under this Act to carry out safety projects under other Federal highway provisions as provided in the State strategic highway safety plan.
 
Sets the Federal cost share of a highway safety improvement project at 90 percent.
 
Specifies the apportionment formula for the program. Makes at least $200 million available for each fiscal year for the elimination of hazards and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to examine the effects of increased speed limits enacted by States after 1995.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S248-250)
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
Consumer Vehicle Safety Awareness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2026
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobile industry
Commerce
Consumer education
Labeling
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Consumer Vehicle Safety Awareness Act of 2004 - Amends the Automobile Information Disclosure Act to require manufacturers to include Government safety rating information on new automobile labels or to note the absence of such a rating. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations implementing the new labeling requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S250-251)
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
Driver Education and Licensing Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2027
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Age
Automobile drivers
Curricula
Department of Transportation
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Driver education
Driver licenses
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Highway finance
Labor and Employment
Law
Standards
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Driver Education and Licensing Improvement Act of 2004 - Modifies eligibility requirements for grants for support of alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures to require a multiple-stage graduated licensing system for young drivers that: (1) authorizes the issuance of an initial license or learner's permit no earlier than the driver's 16th birthday; (2) prohibits a person under age 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of .02 percent or greater from operating a motor vehicle; (3) provides for a learning stage and an intermediate stage of at least six months each; (4) limits the numbers of passengers; (5) limits nighttime driving, and (6) applies special penalties for violations of system restrictions and of other State motor vehicle laws.
 
Establishes a National Office of Driver Training in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Includes among the Office's functions to develop and make available to the States a recommended curriculum that incorporates best practices in driver education and licensing.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out grant programs to provide financial assistance to: (1) States to support the improvement of motor vehicle driver education programs and the establishment and improved administration of graduated licensing systems; and (2) eligible recipients to carry out campaigns to increase public awareness of, and training on, State law authority and procedures to provide for organ donation through a declaration recorded on a driver license. 
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a study to determine whether the establishment and imposition of nationwide minimum standards of driver education would improve national highway traffic safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S251-252)
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
Tire Safety Awareness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2028
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile tires
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Product safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Tire Safety Awareness Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate tire safety regulations that require written disclosure to consumers of the date on which a tire was manufactured, at the point of sale. Creates an exception to disclosure for tires that are sold with new vehicles, exempt from testing under Federal standards, or sold for use on vehicles with a gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences, to prepare a report to Congress on the effects of age on light vehicle tires.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S252)
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction from gross income for home care and adult day and respite care expenses of individual taxpayers with respect to a dependent of the taxpayer who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease or related organic brain disorders.

Bill: 108-s-2029
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Alzheimer's disease
Brain diseases
Caregivers
Disabled
Families
Health
Home care services
Income tax
Respite care
Social Welfare
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income for home health care and adult day respite care expenses of an individual who: (1) resides with the taxpayer; (2) is a dependent of the taxpayer; and (3) suffers from Alzheimer's disease (or a related organic brain disorder) and is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the dependent care credit refundable.

Bill: 108-s-2030
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Caregivers
Cost of living adjustments
Costs
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Health
Higher education
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Labor and Employment
Married people
Respite care
Students
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the nonrefundable income tax credit for employment-related dependent care expenses and replace it with a refundable 50 percent income tax credit, reduced (but not below 20 percent) as the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $15,000 (adjusted for inflation). Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $3,000 ($6,000 if two or more qualifying individuals). Includes within the scope of the new credit up to $1,200 ($2,400 if two or more qualifying individuals) of respite care expenses incurred for the taxpayer's spouse and dependents who are physically or mentally incapable of self-care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate