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Hurricane Katrina Medicaid and SCHIP Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1688
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health insurance
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Identification devices
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Internet
Louisiana
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Mississippi
Poor children
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Texas
Web sites
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-12
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Medicaid and SCHIP Relief Act of 2005 - Provides that, during the Hurricane Katrina disaster period, any affected state may provide medical assistance, under a state Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (SSA), without submitting a state plan amendment, to an adult Katrina Survivor, or to a child Katrina Survivor, under SSA title XXI (State Child Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).
 
Applies to the area of residence (or former residence) of a Katrina Survivor a federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) during the disaster period of 100% for Medicaid or SCHIP assistance provided, and costs directly attributable to all related administrative activities.
 
Excludes the disaster relief period in computing the Medicare part B late enrollment penalty. 
 
Extends the initial enrollment period for prescription drug plans under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) to at least May 15, 2007.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish premium and cost-sharing documentation rules for Katrina Survivors which take into account the loss and unavailability of documents due to Hurricane Katrina.
 
 Requires the Secretary to post on the Internet website for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a list of declared disaster areas, including parishes and counties, resulting from Hurricane Katrina.
 
Designates the provisions of this Act as emergency requirements exempt from certain budget constraints under H.C. Res. 95 (109th Congress).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210.
action_date: 2005-09-12
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to state the policy of the United States on international taxation.

Bill: 109-s-1689
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Fees
International agencies
Nongovernmental organizations
Taxation
United Nations finances

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
States that: (1) it is U.S. policy to oppose any international or global tax that is or may be considered or promoted by the United Nations, its agencies, or its member states, or by nongovernmental organizations recognized by the United Nations; and (2) such policy shall not apply to fees for publications or other types of fees that are not tantamount to a tax on a U.S. person. 
 
Directs U.S. Representatives to the United Nations to: (1) oppose any effort by the United Nations or any U.N. agency to fund, approve, or promote any proposal imposing a tax or fee on any U.S. person in order to raise revenue for the United Nations or any such agency; and (2) declare that a U.S. person shall not be subject to, or required to pay, any such international tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act

Bill: 109-s-1690
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Administrative procedure
Civics education
Department of Education
Disabled
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
English language
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Geography and mapping
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Higher education
History
Housing and Community Development
Law
Policy sciences
Reading
Rural education
Secondary education
Social sciences
Special education
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
No Child Left Behind Flexibility and Improvements Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to revise requirements relating to annual yearly progress (AYP) of students and schools, statewide and local accountability systems, special education, limited English proficiency students, funding levels and academic assessment deferrals, highly qualified teachers, and reading activities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to modify an AYP timeline.
 
Allows states to use: (1) additional types of statewide models and systems for measuring all students' progress; and (2) alternative assessments, designated by their individualized education program plan teams, for students with disabilities.
 
Gives states an option to include as limited English proficiency students, until they complete secondary school, those formerly in such subgroup who have subsequently acquired English proficiency.
 
Permits use of local assessments in measuring AYP.

Increases the levels of ESEA funding which must be reached before states are not allowed certain deferrals of academic assessments.
 
Revises requirements relating to AYP by group and subgroup.
 
Adds options for deeming teachers of multiple academic subjects as highly qualified, and for general social studies certification.

Authorizes use of reading activities subgrants for individual or small-group instruction, as well as for class-wide instruction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9986-9988)
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1691
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Curricula
Directories
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education savings accounts
Educational research
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Home schooling
Income tax
Parent and child
Recruiting and enlistment
Right of privacy
Scholarships
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Special education
State laws
Student records
Students
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) with respect to: (1) student aid eligibility of home-schooled students who have satisfied certain secondary education standards; and (2) institutional aid eligibility of the higher education institutions that such students attend.
 
Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to provide that, if a parent does not consent to an initial evaluation or special education or related services for a child with a disability, the local educational agency shall not be required to convene an individualized education program (IEP) meeting or develop an IEP for such child.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to qualified elementary and secondary education expenses (the Coverdell Education Savings Account) to include home schools if they are treated as a home school or private school under state law.
 
Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit release of certain information on and educational records of students in nonpublic education, including any student educated at home or in a private school in accordance with state law, without written parental consent.
 
Amends HEA to include students at home schools, whether treated as a home school or a private school under state law, among those prospective secondary school graduates eligible to apply for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program for higher education.
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor to extend the hours and periods of permissible employment of employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years who are privately educated at a home school, whether the home school is treated as a home school or a private school under state law, beyond those hours and periods applicable to employees of such ages who are educated in traditional public schools. (Thus allows home-school students to be employed during the traditional school day.)
 
Amends specified federal law with respect to policies on recruitment and enlistment of home schooled students in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the temporary expensing of equipment used in refining of liquid fuels.

Bill: 109-s-1693
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Contracts
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Equipment and supplies
Income tax
Leases
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer election to expense the cost of certain fuel refinery property that meets a specified production capacity and is placed in service before January 1, 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report describing the method by which existing reporting systems within the Department of Energy can be coordinated to provide timely reporting of significant supply interruptions in the transmission of petroleum and petroleum-related products.

Bill: 109-s-1694
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Energy supplies
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Legislation
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, on existing plans and procedures of the Department of Energy (DOE) relating to a significant interruption in the transmission of petroleum or a petroleum-related product.
 
Requires such report to include: (1) the method by which the Secretary shall notify the Governor and any federal elected official of a state affected by a significant interruption in such transmission; and (2) recommendations for legislative action relating to the implementation or efficiency of a DOE contingency plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the Hope Scholarship Credit to cover fees, books, supplies, and equipment and to exempt Federal Pell Grants and Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants from reducing expenses taken into account for the Hope Scholarship Credit.

Bill: 109-s-1697
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Books
College costs
Education
Higher education
Income tax
Scholarships
Tax returns
Teaching materials
Textbooks
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include certain additional expenses, such as fees, books, supplies and equipment, as qualified tuition and related expenses for purposes the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; (2) exclude Federal Pell Grant and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant payments as mandatory reductions to expenses eligible for the Hope Scholarship Tax Credit; and (3) exempt the additional expenses allowed by this Act from certain tax reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify requirements under the emergency relief program under title 23, United States Code, with respect to projects for repair or reconstruction in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-s-1702
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Construction costs
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to transportation
Floods
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Louisiana
Mississippi
Road construction
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to obligate more than $100 million in a state for a fiscal year under the emergency relief program for projects for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails in response to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Effectively, modifies the $100 million limit that may be obligated from such program in any fiscal year for such projects). Sets the federal share of project costs at 100%. Authorizes appropriations in the amount of $2.9 billion for the emergency relief program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Communications Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1703
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Communication satellites
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Emergency communication systems
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Communications Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to: (1) evaluate the technical feasibility of creating a backup emergency communications system that complements existing communications resources and takes into account next-generation and advanced telecommunications technologies; and (2) report evaluation findings to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10716-10717)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10045-10046)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10045)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Property Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1704
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Federal budgets
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Real estate development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Private Property Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits federal funds from being used relating to a property that is the subject of a taking by eminent domain, unless the property is being used for public use or a public purpose.
 
States that economic development, including an increase in the tax base, tax revenues, or employment, may not be the primary basis for establishing a public use or public purpose under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10046)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10046)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow a credit against income tax for providing housing to victims of Hurricane Katrina and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the limitation on charitable donations by individuals for donations for the relief of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Bill: 109-s-1705
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Charitable contributions
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Emergency Management
Floods
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a per diem tax credit of $20 for taxpayers who provide housing to Hurricane Katrina evacuees between August 26 and December 31, 2005; and (2) waive the limitation on the tax deduction for charitable contributions for cash contributions made before January 1, 2010, to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10017-10018)
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Long-Term Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1706
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care insurance
Medical economics
Pension funds
Tax exclusion
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Long-Term Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income distributions from certain tax-exempt retirement plans used to pay long-term care insurance premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10121-10122)
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Abraham Jaars, Delicia Jaars, and Grant Jaars.

Bill: 109-s-1707
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Declares Abraham Jaars, Delicia Jaars, and Grant Jaars each to have been lawfully admitted to, and remained in, the United States and to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act providing for the adjustment of status of a nonimmigrant to that of a person admitted for permanent residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Lease Requirements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1708
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Federal installations
Federal office buildings
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Leases

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Emergency Lease Requirements Act of 2005 - Amends federal law concerning public buildings to revise requirements relating to the authority of the Administrator of General Services to enter into emergency leases during major disasters and other emergencies. Extends from 180 days to five years the maximum term of an emergency lease without specific congressional approval of the lease prospectus.

action_date: 2006-01-26
text: 

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

Emergency Lease Requirements Act of 2005 - Amends federal law concerning public buildings to revise requirements relating to the authority of the Administrator of General Services to enter into emergency leases during major disasters and other emergencies. Extends from 180 days to five years the maximum term of an emergency lease without specific congressional approval of the lease prospectus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 109-214.
action_date: 2006-01-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 109-214.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act

Bill: 109-s-1710
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Home equity conversion
Housing for the aged
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Reverse Mortgages to Help America's Seniors Act - Amends the National Housing Act to remove the aggregate and insurance benefit limitations on the number of home equity conversion (reverse) mortgages for elderly homeowners that may be insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10122)
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10122)
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive or modify the application of certain requirements.

Bill: 109-s-1711
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alabama
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Federal-state relations
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Legislation
Louisiana
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive or modify the application of certain EPA requirements during the 120-day period beginning on August 26, 2005, if the Administrator determines that such waiver or modification is necessary to respond to a situation or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, and is in the public interest. Permits the Administrator to extend the waiver period, but for not longer than 18 months after the enactment of this Act.
 
Requires the Administrator to provide notifications of waivers or modifications to specified congressional committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate