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Express Carrier Employee Protection Act

Bill: 108-s-2687
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2004-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Air cargo
Airline employees
Collective bargaining
Employee rights
Express service
Industrial relations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: 
Express Carrier Employee Protection Act - Amends the Railway Labor Act (RLA) to provide for RLA coverage of express carrier employees only if they are licensed airmen, licensed aircraft maintenance technicians, or licensed aircraft dispatchers, and only if they perform duties pursuant to the privileges of an appropriate license. 
 
Declares that all other express carrier employees shall be covered by the National Labor Relations Act.
 
Defines express carriers as companies (including affiliates under common control or ownership) that have an integrated network of air and surface transportation for express shipment of packages. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8426)
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the recapture bond provisions of the low income housing tax credit program.

Bill: 108-s-2689
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Limitation of actions
Low-income housing
Social Welfare
Surety and fidelity
Tax credits
Tax penalties
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions of the low income housing tax credit requiring a bond to cover recapture amounts from the disposition, prior to a 15-year compliance period, of a building (or interest therein) eligible for the credit. Provides for a three-year statute of limitation (from the end of the compliance period) for assessing a recapture deficiency.
 
Requires owners of buildings eligible for the low income housing tax credit to file informational returns with the Secretary of the Treasury upon the occurrence of a recapture event and to provide persons who are named in such returns with specified information. Imposes penalties for failure to file required returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8476-8477)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8475-8476)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that no funds may be used to provide assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to certain students at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2690
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to housing
Higher education
Housing subsidies
Law
Rental housing
Social Welfare
Students
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Prohibits section 8 assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to be provided to an individual who: (1) is a student at an institution of higher education; (2) is under 24 years of age; (3) is not a veteran; (4) is unmarried; (5) does not have a dependent child; and (6) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive such assistance. 
 
Considers as income for purposes of section 8 assistance eligibility any financial assistance in excess of tuition amounts under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from private sources or an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2692
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apartment houses
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-assisted loans
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Housing subsidies
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Low-income housing
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Rural housing
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax-exempt securities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Affordable Housing Preservation Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make matching grants to States (40 percent) and localities (60 percent) to supplement State and local assistance for the preservation and promotion of low-income housing.
 
States that grants shall be: (1) used for housing project acquisition, rehabilitation, capital expenditures, and related development costs; or (2) to eligible nonprofit entities for operational, working capital, and organizational expenses, and predevelopment activities to acquire housing that will remain affordable for low-income or very low-income families.
 
 Sets forth eligibility requirements for: (1) projects with Department of Housing and Urban Development-insured mortgages; (2) projects with section 8 project based assistance; (3) projects purchased by residents; and (4) rural rental assistance projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8478-8479)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8477-8478)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1475 Western Avenue, Suite 45, in Albany, New York, as the "Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office".

Bill: 108-s-2693
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Law enforcement officers
Names
New York State
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1475 Western Avenue, Suite 45, in Albany, New York, as the "Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office."
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the Senate on July 20, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1475 Western Avenue, Suite 45, in Albany, New York, as the &quot;Lieutenant John F. Finn Post Office.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 108-443.
action_date: 2004-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 108-443.
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: 2004-11-16
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9693)
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9693)
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2693.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9693-9694)
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Mr. Platts moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2004-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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. (text as passed Senate: CR S11125)
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S11125)
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11125-11126)
action_date: 2004-10-10
text: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11125-11126)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 108-443
Medicare Assurance of Rx Transitional Assistance Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2694
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Medicare Assurance of Rx Transitional Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for the automatic enrollment of Medicare Savings Program (MSP) beneficiaries under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) in the interim prescription drug discount program and the transitional assistance program, making them eligible for the $600 per year in low-income discount card assistance without requiring a separate enrollment process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8481)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8479-8480)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act

Bill: 108-s-2695
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Apprenticeship
Emergency Management
Families
Fire fighters
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Volunteer workers
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter Apprentice Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the definition of &quot;firefighter&quot; for purposes of death benefit provisions to include fire department members regardless of age, status as an apprentice or trainee, or related duty restrictions. Makes this Act applicable to deaths and injuries which occur on or after May 4, 2002.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 657.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8481)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2696
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Equipment and supplies
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire departments
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Metropolitan areas
Military communications
New York City
Office buildings
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police communication systems
Police training
Port authorities
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
State-local relations
Subways
Telephone
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Tunnels
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish, within the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response, a Homeland Security Signal Corps, comprised of specially trained emergency personnel, to: (1) ensure that first responders can communicate with one another, mobile command centers, headquarters, and the public at disaster sites or in the event of a terrorist attack or a national crisis; (2) provide sufficient training and equipment to enable fire and police units to deal with all threats and contingencies in any environment; and (3) secure joint-use equipment that can access surviving telephone land lines to supplement communications access.
 
Directs the Signal Corps to establish a set of standard operating procedures that will ensure that first responders from each Federal, State, and local agency have the methods and means to communicate with, or substitute for, first responders from other agencies in the event of a multi-state terrorist attack or a national crisis.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Secretary to establish a demonstration signal corps in New York City to ensure communications connectivity between New York's police and fire departments and to serve as a model for other major metropolitan areas. Directs: (1) the Mayor of New York to appoint team captains to command communications companies drawn from such personnel; and (2) the Signal Corps Headquarters, located in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to provide technical assistance to the demonstration signal corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to the seven members of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the Nation.

Bill: 108-s-2697
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Astronautics
Astronauts
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Space activities
Space shuttles

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Authorizes the President to award a gold medal to each of the seven crew members who perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia: Rick D. Husband; Michael P. Anderson; Laurel Clark; David M. Brown; William C. McCool; Kapana Chawla; and Ilan Ramon.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8482)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8481-8482)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2698
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Hospitals
Medicare
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revoke the &quot;deeming authority&quot; for Medicare certification of hospitals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), under which a hospital accredited by the JCAH shall be deemed to meet the requirements for a Medicare-certified hospital.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to recognize the Joint Commission on Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations as a national accreditation body upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8482-8483)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deauthorize a certain portion of the project for navigation, Rockland Harbor, Maine.

Bill: 108-s-2699
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Harbors
Maine
Navigation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation at Rockland Harbor, Maine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8483-8484)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide an additional temporary extension of programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through September 17, 2004, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-2700
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2004-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 
Extends through September 17 (currently, June 4), 2004, under the same terms and conditions, the authorization for any program, activity, or provision, including any pilot program, that is authorized under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as of September 30, 2003.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to contract with an agent to carry out the assessment and collection of annual fees for SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses. Allows the agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed, as well as interest earned on such assessments while in the agent's control.

action_date: 2004-07-20
text: 

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

 
Extends through September 17 (currently, June 4), 2004, under the same terms and conditions, the authorization for any program, activity, or provision, including any pilot program, that is authorized under the Small Business Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as of September 30, 2003.
 
Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to contract with an agent to carry out the assessment and collection of annual fees for SBA-guaranteed loans to small businesses. Allows the agent to be compensated through any of the fees assessed, as well as interest earned on such assessments while in the agent's control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8492-8493; text as passed Senate: CR S8492-8493)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8492-8493; text as passed Senate: CR S8492-8493)
action_date: 2004-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
First Amendment Restoration Act

Bill: 108-s-2702
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and politics
Campaign funds
Commerce
Corporations
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
First Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal: (1) a requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Commission; (2) a prohibition against the making of disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations; and (3) a provision treating coordinated communications as contributions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8555-8556)
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the correction of a certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System map.

Bill: 108-s-2703
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Barrier islands
Coastal zone
Government Operations and Politics
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reefs
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make any corrections to the map subtitled &quot;Four Mile Hill Unit TX-16P, North Padre Island Unit T10/T10P&quot; (one in a set of maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System) that are necessary to ensure that it is consistent with the map entitled &quot;Corrections to Coastal Barrier Resources System Map Unit T-10&quot;, dated June_____, 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2704
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]
Introduced: 2004-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Child health
Customs administration
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Health insurance
Immigrant health
Immigration
Law
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
User charges
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: 
Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs. 
 
Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for an extension of conveyance and passenger customs user fees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-07-23
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 668.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2004-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate