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Judicially Enforceable Terrorism Subpoenas Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2555
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Commerce
Criminal investigation
EBB Terrorism
Government Operations and Politics
Judicial review
Law
Liability (Law)
Obstruction of justice
Official secrets
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Subpoena
Terrorism
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Judicially Enforceable Terrorism Subpoenas Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General, in any investigation concerning a Federal crime of terrorism, to subpoena the production of relevant records or materials or testimony by the custodian concerning those materials.
 
Provides that attendance of witnesses and the production of records may be required from any place subject to U.S. jurisdiction at a designated hearing place, except that a witness may not be required to appear at any hearing more than 500 miles from the place where the subpoena is served.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General, under specified circumstances, to invoke the aid of any U.S. court with jurisdiction to compel compliance with the subpoena.
 
Limits disclosure regarding the receipt of a subpoena or the provision of records if the Attorney General certifies that otherwise a danger to national security may result. Sets forth provisions regarding judicial review and immunity from civil liability for compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7180)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7178-7180)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for a technology assessment capability within the General Accounting Office, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2556
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional information resources
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
General Accounting Office
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Operations and Politics
Policy sciences
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Requires the General Accounting Office (GAO) to establish a technology assessment capability to coordinate and prepare information for Congress relating to the policy implications of applications of technology.
 
 Provides for technology assessments performed under this Act to: (1) provide Congress with timely and objective information to contribute to legislative consideration of technology applications and their policy implications; (2) be undertaken by the Comptroller General with special attention to the technical expertise and policy analysis skills needed to perform a prospective assessment of technology applications and policy implications; (3) be designed to review an application of technology to an issue of public interest; and (4) include peer review by persons and organizations of appropriate expertise. 
 
Instructs the Comptroller General, in performing technology assessments, to be properly apprised of Federal and non-Federal entities providing information to Congress to: (1) enable effective coverage of critical issues; and (2) avoid duplication of effort.
 
Directs the Comptroller General, in consultation with the National Academy of Sciences, to establish a technology assessment advisory panel to provide advice on such technology assessments, methodologies, possible subjects of study, and the means of improving the quality and timeliness of technology assessment services provided to Congress. 
 
Allows the Comptroller General to utilize individuals and enter into contracts or other arrangements to acquire needed expertise.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to submit annual reports to Congress on GAO's technology assessment activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7182)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7180-7182)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, to strike the restriction on use of funds that requires a 24-hour time limit for destroying identifying information submitted in relation to a firearm background check.

Bill: 108-s-2557
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, to delete the requirement for a 24-hour time limit for destroying identifying information submitted with respect to a firearm background check from the prohibition against the use of funds to implement national instant criminal background check system provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7182-7183)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2560
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2004-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Copyright
Intellectual property
Law
Liability (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: 
Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 - States that whoever intentionally induces any copyright infringement shall be liable as an infringer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7192)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7189-7192)
action_date: 2004-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2561
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Military discharges
Military pay
Military pensions
Military personnel
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2004 - Authorizes an individual, during the year following enactment of this Act, to make an irrevocable election for entitlement to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill if such individual: (1) first became a member of the armed forces or entered active duty before July 1, 1985; (2) has served on active duty without a break in service and continues to serve for some or all of the year before enactment of this Act; (3) has completed requirements of a secondary school diploma or the equivalent of 12 semester hours in a program leading to a standard college degree; and (4) is discharged or released from active duty honorably. 
Requires such individual's basic pay to be reduced, over an 18-month period, until the total reduction is $2,700, as a contribution toward such educational assistance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/24/2004 S7313)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7313)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require imported explosives to be marked in the same manner as domestically manufactured explosives.

Bill: 108-s-2563
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Customs administration
Department of Justice
Emergency Management
Explosives
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Import restrictions
Imports
Labeling
Law
Manufacturing industries
Packaging
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture or importation of explosive materials for sale or distribution unless such materials are legibly identified by marks that: (1) identify the name of the manufacturer and the location, date, and shift of manufacture; and (2) are placed on each cartridge, bag, or other immediate container of such materials and on any outside container used for the packaging. Requires such marks with respect to detonators on only the containers used for packaging.
 
Permits the Attorney General to authorize a licensed manufacturer or importer to identify in a different manner: (1) explosive materials upon receipt of a manufacturer's or importer's written application showing that the alternative identification is reasonable and will not hinder the effective administration of this Act; and (2) fireworks.
 
Requires an importer, not later than 24 hours after the release of explosive materials from the custody of the U.S. Customs Service, to submit a report to the Attorney General that contains: (1) the name and address of the importer; (2) the manufacturer of the materials; (3) the city and country where the materials were manufactured; (4) the product name, size, and other identification marks; and (5) the date and shift of manufacture of the materials.
 
Directs the Attorney General to issue final regulations to carry out this Act within six months, giving deference to the standards for safety and security marking recognized in the explosives industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7320-7321)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2564
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Authorization
Canals
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Pipelines
Texas
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize specified additional projects, including projects for water conservation and improvement in Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Hudspeth, and El Paso counties, Texas.
 
Permits each project that the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, conducts or participates in to include: (1) the replacement of irrigation canals and lateral canals with buried pipelines; (2) the impervious lining of irrigation canals and lateral canals; (3) the installation of water level, flow measurement, pump control, and telemetry systems; (4) the renovation and replacement of pumping plants; and (5) other activities that will result in water conservation or an improved water supply.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Milk Price Forward Contracting Act

Bill: 108-s-2565
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Commerce
Contracts
Dairy industry
Marketing of farm produce
Milk
Produce trade

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Milk Price Forward Contracting Act - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to convert the dairy forward pricing program from a pilot program to a permanent program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7321)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2566
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Critically ill
Disabled
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Railroad retirement plans
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) phase out the waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare); and (2) eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions to become eligible for Medicare benefits. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request that the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study on the range of disability conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals receive access to health care services and coverage before the condition reaches disability levels.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/24/2004 S7322)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7321-7322)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2567
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
California
Government Operations and Politics
Land transfers
Maps
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004 - Revises the boundaries of the Redwood National Park in California. Increases to 133,000 acres the maximum acreage of the Park.

action_date: 2004-10-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Redwood National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004 - Revises the boundaries of the Redwood National Park in California. Requires that the map of the revised boundaries be placed on file and be available for public inspection in offices of the National Park Service and that such map be provided by the Secretary of the Interior to officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California. 
 
Increases to 133,000 acres the maximum acreage of the Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
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: 2004-10-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11127-11183; text as passed Senate: CR S11175)
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11127-11183; text as passed Senate: CR S11175)
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 108-372.
action_date: 2004-09-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 108-372.
action_date: 2004-09-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2004-07-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-704.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7322-7323)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 108-s-2568
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: American Revolution
Anniversaries
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
History
Intellectual property
Inventors
Leadership
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue one dollar coins emblematic of the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin (not more than 250,000 bearing his image as a young statesman and not more than 250,000 with his image as an older numismatist).
 
Directs that all sales of coins minted under this Act include a $10 per coin surcharge, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the Franklin Institute for purposes of the celebration of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/24/2004 S7323-7324)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7323)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2569
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Direct mail advertising
Facsimile transmission
Federal Communications Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Telemarketing
Telephone
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a person from using any telephone facsimile (fax) machine, computer, or other device to send, to another fax machine, an unsolicited advertisement to a person who has requested that such sender not send such advertisements, or to any other person unless: (1) the sender has an established business relationship with the person; and (2) the advertisement contains a conspicuous notice on its first page that the recipient may request not to be sent any further unsolicited advertisements, and includes a domestic telephone and fax number (neither of which can be a pay-per-call number) for sending such a request.
 
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide by rule that a request not to send unsolicited advertisements complies with legal requirements if: (1) the request identifies the recipient fax number to which the request relates; (2) the request is made to the telephone or fax number of the sender; and (3) the person making the request has not subsequently provided express invitation or permission to have such advertisements sent. Authorizes the FCC to allow professional tax-exempt trade associations to send unsolicited advertisements to their members in furtherance of association purposes.
 
Requires the: (1) FCC to report annually to Congress on the enforcement of the above requirements; and (2) Comptroller General to study, and report to specified congressional committees on, complaints received by the FCC concerning unsolicited advertisements sent to fax machines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/24/2004 S7324-7325)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/24/2004 S7324)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2571
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2004-06-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Affordable housing
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-Indian relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government securities
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Indian housing
Interest
Minorities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: 
Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to require Federal guarantees for tribal housing activities to guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on the notes or other obligations guaranteed.

action_date: 2004-10-11
text: 

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

 
Homeownership Opportunities for Native Americans Act of 2004 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-determination Act of 1996 to require Federal guarantees for tribal housing activities to guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due on the notes or other obligations guaranteed.


Legislative actions:
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 S11251)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S11251)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11229; text: CR S11251)
action_date: 2004-10-11
text: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11229; text: CR S11251)
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs with instructions that if the Committee reports, the bill be referred pursuant to the order of May 27, 1988, to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for a period not to exceed 60 days.
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Star Parents Annuity Act

Bill: 108-s-2573
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-06-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Families
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Parents
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' pensions
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Gold Star Parents Annuity Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to pay a special pension to each person who has received a Gold Star lapel button as a parent of a member of the armed forces who died while serving.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2004-06-24
text: Introduced in Senate