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RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-511
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drugs
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Labeling
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2005 - Deems the approved application for the drug mifepristone (marketed as Mifeprex, commonly known as RU-486, and used for the chemically induced termination of intrauterine pregnancy) to have been withdrawn. 
 
Deems the drug misoprostol as misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) if it bears labeling providing that the drug may be used for the medical termination of intrauterine pregnancy.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on the process by which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone. Provides for the reinstatement of the approved application for such drug if the report determines the approval to have been in accordance with FFDCA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2020-2021)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2020)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-512
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Emergency Management
Equipment and supplies
Fire prevention
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify automatic fire sprinkler systems as five-year depreciable property. 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2021)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-513
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Appellate courts
Civil actions and liability
Collective bargaining
Crime and Law Enforcement
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee rights
Employee-management relations in government
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal preemption
Fire fighters
Government employee unions
Health
Industrial arbitration
Injunctions
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Local laws
Lockouts
Mediation
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
Public sector strikes
State courts
State employees
State laws
State-local relations
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments.
 
Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization.
Requires the FLRA to issue regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in States that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such FLRA regulations and authority through appropriate State courts.
Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes, or sickouts, work slowdowns, or other actions designed to compel agreement to a proposed contract which will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services.
Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2022-2023)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2021-2022)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-514
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Appalachia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-state relations
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
New York State
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Regional economic development
Road construction
Rural economic development
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion Act of 2005 - Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Appalachian development highway system program for each of FY 2005 through 2010. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion such funds among the States based on the latest available cost-to-complete estimate for the system, prepared by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
 
Authorizes a State, upon notice to the Secretary, to lend any amount of contract or obligation authority available to it pursuant to the apportionment to any other State that is eligible for such an apportionment for use for eligible activities with respect to the system.
 
Provides that whenever an apportionment is mad e , the Secretary shall deduct an amount (not to exceed two-fifths of one percent of the sums made available) determined to be appropriate to administer provisions concerning the program and to make transfers to the Commission to pay the costs of administrative activities associated with the system.
 
Removes the system from minimum guarantee provisions under Federal highway law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2023-2025)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to increase the maximum Federal share of the costs of State programs under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-515
Sponsor: Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Child health
Civics education
Compensatory education
Department of Defense
Dropouts
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Leadership
Mentoring
Military training
National Guard
Physical education and training
Sports and Recreation
Youth employment
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Amends Federal provisions concerning the National Guard Youth Challenge Program (a civilian youth opportunities program conducted by the Secretary of Defense) to provide a maximum Federal matching funds level of 65 percent of the costs of operating the State program during FY 2006, 70 percent during FY 2007, and 75 percent during FY 2008 and beyond.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2025)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-519
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 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: 2005-03-03
text: 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2005 - 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: 2005-04-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-96.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2027)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2026)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Constitution Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-520
Sponsor: Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Church and state
Constitutional law
District courts
Extraterritoriality
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Impeachments
International Affairs
International agencies
Judicial ethics
Jurisdiction
Local employees
Religion
State courts
State employees
Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal district courts from exercising jurisdiction over any matter in which relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government or an officer or agent of such government concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.
 
Prohibits a court of the United States from relying upon any law, policy, or other action of a foreign state or international organization in interpreting and applying the Constitution, other than English constitutional and common law up to the time of adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
 
Provides that any Federal court decision relating to an issue removed from Federal jurisdiction by this Act is not binding precedent on State courts. 
 
Provides that any Supreme Court justice or Federal court judge who exceeds the jurisdictional limitations of this Act shall be deemed to have committed an offense for which the justice or judge may be removed, and to have violated the standard of good behavior required of Article III judges by the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6150)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Obain Attouoman.

Bill: 109-s-522
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Declares Obain Attouoman to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to rename the death gratuity payable for deaths of members of the Armed Forces as fallen hero compensation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-523
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Families
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Military pensions
Names
Survivors' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Renames the death gratuity, payable to survivors of members of the Armed Forces killed while serving on active duty or inactive duty training, as fallen hero compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2030)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2029-2030)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to strengthen the consequences of the fraudulent use of United States or foreign passports and other immigration documents.

Bill: 109-s-524
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Counterfeiting
Detention of persons
Forgery
Fraud
Immigration
Passports
Pretrial procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Amends the Federal criminal code to define &quot;passport,&quot; for purposes of provisions concerning forgery, false use, or misuse of passports, to mean any passport issued by the United States or any foreign country.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) add to the definition of &quot;aggravated felony&quot; false statements in passport applications and misuse of passports; and (2) incorporate into the definition certain existing offenses relating to passport fraud regardless of the term of imprisonment imposed.
 
Requires a detention hearing for such offenses upon the Government's motion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2031)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2030-2031)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-526
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Block grants
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Day care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Federal aid to Indians
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Indian children
Internet
Minorities
Poor children
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2005 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to revise requirements relating to child care payment rates.
 
Requires States to conduct market rate surveys, at least once every two years, to determine their child care payment rates under the block grant program, including cost-of-living adjustments and consideration of variations in localities, children's ages, and types of services. 
Establishes a program of incentive grants to States and Indian tribes to improve the quality of, and access to, child care by increasing child care payment rates. Makes separate appropriations for such incentive grants in specified amounts for FY 2006 through FY 2010 (prohibiting use of block grant funds for such incentive grants). 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual incentive grant payment to an eligible State only if the State has conducted a statistically valid survey of the market rates for child care services in the State within the two years before it submits an application containing information on such survey and the State's plans to increase its child care payment rates. Requires an eligible State that receives such a grant to make priority use of its funds to increase significantly (up to the 100th percentile of the market rate survey) the rate of reimbursement to providers for subsidized child care (with any remaining funds to be used to improve the quality of child care services). Requires a State matching contribution of at least 20 percent of incentive grant program activity costs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2038-2039)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2037-2038)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
PLEA Act

Bill: 109-s-527
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ammunition
Department of Justice
Equipment and supplies
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Law enforcement officers
Police
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or PLEA Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; to include a projectile that: (1) may be used in a handgun; and (2) the Attorney General determines to be capable of penetrating body armor. 
 
Directs the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against Body Armor Exemplar (i.e., body armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law enforcement officers), taking into account variations in performance related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, and the projectile's design. 
 
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transfer of the Fabrique Nationale Herstall Five-SeveN Pistol, 5.7 x 28mm SS190 and SS192 cartridges, or any other handgun that uses armor piercing ammunition, except: (1) where manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military, law enforcement, or intelligence agencies; and (2) by a licensed manufacturer or contractor for the purpose of examining and testing to determine whether such prohibition applies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2040-2041)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2040)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Money Follows the Person Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-528
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Home care services
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Nursing homes
Patients' rights
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Money Follows the Person Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for demonstration projects (MFP demonstration projects) designed to: (1) increase the use of home and community-based, rather than institutional, long-term care services (rebalancing) under state Medicaid programs; (2) eliminate barriers or mechanisms that prevent or restrict the flexible use of Medicaid funds to enable Medicaid-eligible individuals to receive support for appropriate and necessary long-term care services in the settings of their choice; (3) increase the ability of state Medicaid programs to assure continued provision of home and community-based long term care services to eligible individuals who choose to transition from an institutional to a community setting; and (4) ensure that procedures are in place to provide quality assurance for eligible individuals receiving Medicaid home and community-based long-term care services and to provide for continuous quality improvement in such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2041-2044)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2041)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate a United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Bill: 109-s-529
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2005-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Auditing
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug testing
Drugs and athletes
Finance and Financial Sector
Olympic games
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: 
Designates the United States Anti-Doping Agency to: (1) serve as the independent anti-doping organization for the amateur athletic competitions recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee; (2) ensure that athletes participating in such competitions are prevented from using performance-enhancing drugs; (3) implement anti-doping education, research, testing, and adjudication programs to prevent U.S. amateur athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs; and (4) serve as the U.S. representative for coordination with other anti-doping organizations coordinating amateur athletic competitions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-05-24
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-212.
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2044)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2044)
action_date: 2005-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate