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Buy American Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-395
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Electronic government information
Export controls
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Government contractors
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Internet
Manufacturing industries
Science, Technology, Communications
Subcontractors
Technology transfer
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Buy American Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Buy American Act to: (1) prohibit Federal agencies from determining that it would not be in the public interest to enter into a contract subject to Buy American requirements after a solicitation of offers notice for such contract is published; and (2) apply Buy American requirements without regard to whether products to be acquired are for use outside the United States if they are not needed on an urgent basis or if they are acquired on a regular basis. Requires before a contract is entered in the latter type of case an analysis of the difference in costs of such products from manufacturers inside and outside the United States.
 
Requires Federal agencies to: (1) give preference in the procurement process to a company that manufactures the solicited product in the United States, if such company's bid is substantially the same as a bid made by a non-U.S. manufacturer, or such company is the only one that manufactures the product in the United States; and (2) report annually on agency acquisitions from entities that manufacture products outside the United States. 
 
 Prohibits an agency head from determining that articles to be procured are not available from domestic sources without first determining that domestic production cannot be initiated to meet procurement needs, and that a comparable product is not available from a company in the United States.
 
Defines a product as made &quot;substantially all&quot; from domestic components when the cost of such components exceeds 75 percent. 
 
Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress with recommendations for defining &quot;unreasonable cost&quot; and &quot;inconsistent with the public interest&quot; for purposes of applying waivers of Buy American requirements. 
 
Prohibits an agency from entering a contract with a foreign entity that involves giving such entity information that would facilitate the manufacture of a dual-use item on the Commerce Control List unless approval has been obtained in accordance with the Export Administration Act of 1979. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1528)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1526-1528)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-396
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal liability
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Interstate commerce
Law
Parent and child
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State courts
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. 
 
Protects from prosecution or civil liability the minor or the minor&#146;s parents for violations of this Act.
 
Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place. 
 
Authorizes any parent who suffers harm from a violation of this Act to seek relief in a civil action. Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include a guardian, legal custodian, or person standing in loco parentis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

Bill: 109-s-398
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Oil pollution
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent provisions allowing the expensing of environmental remediation costs; (2) revise the definition of &quot;qualified contaminated site&quot; to include toxic as well as hazardous substances; (3) include within the definition of &quot;hazardous or toxic substances&quot; extremely hazardous substances, as defined by Federal law, and petroleum contaminants; and (4) eliminate the recapture of the expensing deduction upon the sale of environmental remediation property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1530-1531)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Ryan Haight Act

Bill: 109-s-399
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Advertising
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Damages
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health counseling
Injunctions
Interactive media
Internet
Interstate commerce
Law
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Parties to actions
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Telephone
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act or the Ryan Haight Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to prohibit any person from dispensing a prescription drug pursuant to a sale if: (1) any part of the transaction is conducted through an Internet site; (2) the person dispenses the drug by mailing or shipping the drug to the purchaser; and (3) such site fails to provide the identities and licensing information of the seller, pharmacists, or medical consultants.
 
Prohibits a person from selling or dispensing a prescription drug if: (1) the purchaser communicated with the person through the Internet; (2) the purchaser did not have a valid prescription when the communication began; (3) the person provided for the involvement of a practitioner; (4) the practitioner issued a prescription for the drug that was purchased; (5) the person knew that no qualifying medical relationship existed (defines &quot;qualifying medical relationship&quot; as requiring an in-person medical evaluation or a medical evaluation as a covering practitioner); and (6) the person received payment. Excludes certain acts involving telemedicine, group practices, and practices that promote the public health.
 
Allows States to bring civil actions against a person for violations of this Act.
 
Prevents Internet providers from being held liable for dispensing or selling prescriptions drugs on account of another person's activities.
 
 Includes the dispensing or selling of a prescription drug in violation of this Act as a prohibited act under FFDCA.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant or contract to the National Clearinghouse on Internet Prescribing to identify and report Internet sites that violate Federal or State laws concerning the dispensing of drugs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1532-1534)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Todd Rode Act

Bill: 109-s-400
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Customs administration
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
Drug traffic
Evidence (Law)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imports
Law
Searches and seizures
Smuggling

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Prevention of Illegally Imported Controlled Substances Act of 2005 or the Todd Rode Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to require a shipment of controlled substances that is imported into the United States in violation of the Act that has a value of less than $10,000 to be seized, summarily forfeited to the United States, and destroyed. Declares that: (1) provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the disposition of refused articles do not authorize the delivery of the substances pursuant to the execution of a bond; and (2) the substances may not be exported.
 
Authorizes the seizure and destruction of such controlled substances without notice to the importer, owner, or consignee of the substances involved. Requires appraisal of such substances only to the extent sufficient to document that the substances are subject to this Act. Requires that procedures promulgated under this Act be designed toward the goal of ensuring that a substantial majority of shipments of such substances are identified, seized, and destroyed.
 
Prohibits controlled substances from being destroyed to the extent that the Attorney General determines that the substances should be preserved as evidence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1534)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-401
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative remedies
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health services administration
Home care services
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental care facilities
Nursing
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Patient satisfaction
Patients' rights
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require State Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals.
 
Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage States that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased Federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the State for the provision of such services and supports.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible States which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the State in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to non-elderly dually eligible individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1536-1539)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1535-1536)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-402
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Everglades
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Florida
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Water quality
Water supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, flood control, and protection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon, South Florida, at a specified total cost, in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated August 6, 2004. 
 
Deauthorizes certain projects authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and the Flood Control Act of 1968. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for ecosystem restoration, Picayune Strand, Collier County, Florida, at a specified total cost, substantially in accordance with the project implementation report for the project, and subject to the conditions recommended in a final report of the Chief of Engineers, if a favorable report of the Chief is completed not later than December 31, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11689)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to make a technical correction relating to the land conveyance authorized by Public Law 108-67.

Bill: 109-s-404
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
National forests
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Makes a technical correction relating to the description of the conveyance authorized by Public Law 108-67 (a law providing for the conveyance of certain land to the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California).


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: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1540)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a heliport.

Bill: 109-s-405
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air routes
Airports
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Helicopters
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Mountains
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Nevada
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
User charges
Wilderness areas
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to convey a specified parcel of Federal land to Clark County, Nevada, for operation of a commercial heliport facility. Prohibits the disposal of such conveyed land by the County.
 
Establishes a conservation fee for, and restricts the flight path of, helicopter tours originating from or concluding at the conveyed land which fly over the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area. Requires collected fees to be deposited into a special account in the Treasury for use by the Secretary for cultural, wildlife, and wilderness resources management on public lands in Nevada.
 
Provides that title to the conveyed land shall revert to the United States if the County ceases to use the land for the purpose described in this Act. Makes the County responsible for any reclamation necessary for reversion.
 
Directs the Secretary to require the County to pay the administrative costs of conveying the land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-347.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1540-1541)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1540)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-406
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Bankruptcy
Chambers of commerce
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Delegation of powers
Department of Labor
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Federal advisory bodies
Federal preemption
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Flexible benefit plans
Franchises (Retail trade)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Injunctions
Insurance
Insurance agents
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Labor unions
Law
Licenses
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Professional associations
Small business
Standards
State laws
State taxation
Surety and fidelity
Tax rates
Taxation
Trade associations
Trusts and trustees
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. (Thus, through ERISA preemption of State laws, certified AHPs are exempted from State regulation of health insurance providers, including State consumer protection laws and State requirements for health care benefits to be offered by such entities, with certain exceptions.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4173)
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-120.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1542-1549)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1541-1542)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act

Bill: 109-s-407
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commerce
Divorce
Drugs
Families
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Insurance premiums
Married people
Medical economics
Medicare
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Retired military personnel
Retiree health benefits
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' medical care
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Office of Personnel Management to provide Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage to the following eligible beneficiaries: (1) a member or former member entitled to military retired or retainer pay; (2) an unremarried former spouse who was married to a member for at least 20 years, during which such member performed at least 20 years of retirement-creditable military service; (3) a dependent of a deceased qualifying member or former member; (4) a dependent of a living member or former member; and (5) a family member.
 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse such eligible persons for pharmacy benefits received from a pharmacy that is not a TRICARE (Department of Defense managed health care plan) network pharmacy in the same manner as the Secretary would reimburse such person for such benefits received from a TRICARE network pharmacy. Requires such persons, in order to receive such reimbursement, to submit a certification from their physician stating that the person does not have access to a TRICARE network pharmacy due to physical or medical constraints.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the monthly part B premium (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) with respect to: (1) an individual who is entitled to military retired or retainer pay based upon service that began before December 7, 1956; and (2) the spouse, widow, or widower of such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Youth Coordination Act

Bill: 109-s-409
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Business and social problems
Child development
Child welfare
Church and social problems
Commerce
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foster home care
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Parent and child
Parents
Poor children
Religion
Research
Service learning
Social Welfare
Teachers
Youth
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Federal Youth Coordination Act - Establishes a Federal Youth Development Council to improve administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth.
 
Authorizes the Council to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to support State councils for coordinating State youth efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1554-1555)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1554)
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate