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Tax Incentives for the Natural Gas Price Reduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-727
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air conditioning
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Building construction
Carbon cycle
Cellulose
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Commerce
Condominium (Housing)
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Construction industries
Cooperative housing
Corporation taxes
Department of the Treasury
Depreciation and amortization
Electric appliances
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Farm manure
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Grain
Heating
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Incineration
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Irrigation
Landfills
Law
Legumes
Lighting
Lumber trade
Methane
Mobile homes
Municipal solid waste
Natural gas
Nitrogen oxides
Paper and paper products
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refrigeration
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Sugar
Sulphur dioxide
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tennessee Valley development
Trees
Water Resources Development
Wind power
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Tax Incentives for the Natural Gas Price Reduction Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for: (1) investment in combined heat and power system property; (2) 30 percent of qualified photovoltaic property or solar heating property expenditures, up to $7,500; (3) 20 percent of qualified fuel cell property installed in residences and businesses; (4) up to 20 percent for qualified energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (5) the installation of energy efficient property installed in new homes; (6) energy efficient appliances; and (7) investment in qualifying gasification combined cycle technology facilities.
 
 Increases the energy tax credit for solar equipment to 30 percent in 2006 through 2010. 
 
Extends until 2007 the tax credit for the production of electricity from renewable resources.
 
Permits specified organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, public utilities, States and local governments, Indian tribal governments, or the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to transfer tax credit amounts for investment in gasification combined cycle technology facilities to any person without regard to the tax-exempt status of such person. 
 
Allows a tax deduction for the cost of energy efficient commercial building property. Limits the amount of such deduction to $1.50 times the square footage of the building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3296-3300)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-733
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Animals
Coastal engineering
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Disasters
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental technology
Fishery management
Flood damage prevention
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Historic sites
History
Land subsidence
Land transfers
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum in submerged lands
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Science, Technology, Communications
Shore protection
Submarine oil well drilling
Technological innovations
Water Resources Development
Water conservation
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Domestic Offshore Energy Reinvestment Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish the Secure Energy Reinvestment Fund, consisting of outer Continental Shelf revenues attributable to royalties received by the United States in excess of prescribed amounts.
 

 
Instructs the Secretary to pay to each coastal energy State (including its coastal political subdivision) certain amounts remaining in the Fund after payment for: (1) administrative expenses; and (2) the Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology program.
 
 Sets forth the uses of the Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Together-Immediately Defeating Erosion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-734
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Coastal zone
Ecological surveys
Environmental Protection
Fishery management
Geographic information systems
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Together-Immediately Defeating Erosion Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to use authorized funds to: (1) collect data relating to the Louisiana coastal area regarding environmental restoration, resource protection, and protection and recovery of fisheries; (2) carry out a restoration project; or (3) enter into an agreement with another federal agency to carry out a conservation, protection, or restoration project in the area.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Geological Survey, to use authorized funds to: (1) collect biological, ecological, environmental, geological, and geographical data relating to the area; (2) monitor and analyze the data collected; or (3) enter into a project agreement with another federal agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Offshore Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-735
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alabama
Commerce
Continental shelf
Contracts
Easements
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Land transfers
Law
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mineral reserves
Mining leases
Mississippi
Offshore structures
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum pipelines
Right-of-way
State laws
Submerged lands
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in the expanded submerged land of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, if the state involved demonstrates that specified conditions will be met. Numbers among such conditions the requirement that the state enact, and keep updated, laws or promulgate regulations equivalent to federal law or regulations regarding: (1) the environmental protection, safety, and operations of any operation pipeline in existence on the date of conveyance; and (2) valuation of oil, gas, or other mineral production from existing interests for royalty purposes. 
 
Provides that if any existing federal oil and gas or other mineral lease or unit would be divided by the expanded seaward boundary of a state, the federal interest in the leased minerals underlying the portion of the lease or unit that lies within the expanded submerged boundary shall not be considered to be conveyed to the state until the date on which the lease or unit expires or is relinquished by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternative Energy Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-736
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business records
Commerce
Conservation of natural resources
Continental shelf
Easements
Energy storage
Energy transportation
Environmental Protection
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining leases
Mining royalties
Natural gas
Ocean mining
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Petroleum in submerged lands
Petroleum storage
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right-of-way
Submarine oil well drilling
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Alternative Energy Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant a lease, easement, right-of-way, license, or permit on the outer Continental Shelf for activities not otherwise authorized under specified statutes if those activities support or promote: (1) exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; (2) production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas; or (3) use, for energy-related or marine-related purposes, of facilities in use on or before the date of enactment this Act.
 
Prescribes implementation and payment procedures.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to any area on the outer Continental Shelf designated as a National Marine Sanctuary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Security and Freedom Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-737
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Bank records
Books
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Counterintelligence
Criminal investigation
Electronic surveillance
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign agents
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
International Affairs
Judicial review
Law
Libraries
Obstruction of justice
Retail trade
Right of petition
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Searches and seizures
Subpoena
Telephone
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Security and Freedom Enhancement Act of 2005 or the SAFE Act - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to modify provisions regarding roving wiretaps to require that: (1) an order approving electronic surveillance specify either the identity of the target or the place to be wiretapped; and (2) surveillance be conducted only when the suspect is present at that place. 
Limits the authority to delay notice of the issuance of a search warrant to circumstances where providing immediate notice will endanger the life or physical safety of an individual or result in flight from prosecution, the destruction of or tampering with evidence, or the intimidation of potential witnesses. Requires delayed notification to be issued within seven days (currently, within a &quot;reasonable period&quot;) after execution, with 21-day extensions, subject to specified limitations. 
 
Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require that there be specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom records pertain is a foreign power or agent for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) access to business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. Prohibits an order from: (1) containing any requirement that would be held unreasonable if contained in a subpoena issued by a U.S. court in aid of a grand jury investigation of espionage or international terrorism; or (2) requiring the production of documentary evidence that would be privileged from disclosure if demanded by such a subpoena. 
 
Prohibits an electronic communication service provider from disclosing that the FBI has sought access to telephone records for 90 days after receipt of such request, with exceptions (current law places no limits on nondisclosure).
 
Makes similar changes to the Right to Financial Privacy Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act.
 
Amends the Federal criminal code to redefine &quot;domestic terrorism&quot; to mean activities that involve acts dangerous to human life that constitute a Federal crime of terrorism (currently, that violate criminal laws).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Cotton Shirt Industry Tariff Relief and Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 109-s-738
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Agriculture in foreign trade
Clothing
Commerce
Cotton
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Import restrictions
Law
Licenses
Tariff
Textile fabrics
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: 
Cotton Shirt Industry Tariff Relief and Technical Corrections Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 2005 or 2006 (as appropriate), the duty on certain cotton shirting fabrics.
 
Limits the quantity of imported cotton woven fabric entered by or on behalf of each manufacturer of men's and boy's shirts. Provides for the issuance of import licenses subject to such limitation.
 

 
Establishes the Pima Cotton Trust Fund within the Treasury, consisting of transfers from the general fund in amounts attributable to the duty received since January 1, 1994, on woven fabrics of cotten under specified headings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
 
Provides for annual distribution of amounts from such Fund to a nationally recognized association of shirting manufacturers for the promotion of U.S.-grown pima cotton, and to yarn spinners of such cotton .


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3315)
action_date: 2005-04-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require imported explosives to be marked in the same manner as domestically manufactured explosives.

Bill: 109-s-739
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-04-07 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: 2005-04-07
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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 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: 2005-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3359)
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-740
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Infants
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Pregnant women
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: 
Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2005- Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to give States new options to: (1) cover low-income pregnant women; and (2) provide for coordination of SCHIP with the Maternal and Child Health Program under SSA title V. 
 
Provides for an increase in SCHIP income eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3361-3362)
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3359-3361)
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Oregon National Forest Administrative Site Disposal Act

Bill: 109-s-741
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Commerce
Land transfers
Lumber trade
Museums
National forests
Oregon
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: 
Oregon National Forest Administrative Site Disposal Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange any or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified National Forest System lands, and improvements on those lands, located in the Rogue River, Siskiyou, Siuslaw, Umpqua, and Williamette National Forests in Oregon.
 
Allows the Secretary to convey, without consideration, any or all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such land to the State of Oregon or a local government for public purposes.
 
Grants the Eugene Mission the first right to acquire certain of such land in a direct sale for market value.
 
Allows the Secretary to accept a cash equalization payment exceeding 25 percent of the value of any such land conveyed by exchange as directed above.
 
Provides for the deposit and treatment of the proceeds from the conveyance of all such land. Describes the authorized uses of deposited funds.
 
Revokes any public land orders applicable to such land. Withdraws such land from location, entry, and patent under the U.S. mining laws.
 
Directs the Secretary to convey, without consideration, certain of such land to the city of Oakridge, Oregon, to facilitate the establishment of a timber museum on such land to be managed by the Upper Williamette Pioneer Association.
 
Adjusts the the Rogue-Umpqua Divide wilderness boundary as identified on the &quot;Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Boundary Modification&quot; map, dated May 6, 2003.
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-104.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-742
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Antibiotics
Business records
Commerce
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drugs
Families
Family farms
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Livestock
Meat
Medicated feeds
Poultry
Small farms
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: 
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to deny an application for a new animal drug that is a critical antimicrobial animal drug unless the applicant demonstrates that there is a reasonably certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Defines &quot;critical antimicrobial animal drug&quot; as a drug intended for use in food-producing animals that contains specified antibiotics or other drugs used in humans to treat or prevent disease or infection caused by microorganisms.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to withdraw approval of a nontherapeutic use of such drugs in food-producing animals two years after the date of enactment of this Act unless certain safety requirements are met.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to livestock or poultry producers to defray the costs of reducing the use of such drugs, with priority given to family-owned or small farms and ranches.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to award grants to colleges and universities to establish programs to phase out the nontherapeutic use of such drugs in livestock or poultry.
 
Requires the manufacturer of such a drug or an animal feed for food-producing animals containing such a drug to report sales information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3407-3408)
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, and Sandra Dandan.

Bill: 109-s-743
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: 
Makes Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, and Sandra Dandan each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3416)
action_date: 2005-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate