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Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-s-638
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commerce
Compressed natural gas
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric vehicles
Electronic government information
Energy
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Liquefied natural gas
Maintenance and repair
Marine engines
Marine terminals
Motor vehicle pollution control
Passenger ships
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Shipbuilding
Traffic congestion
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Ferry Transportation Enhancement Act - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009 for construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities.
 
Amends Federal highway law to make ferry maintenance (currently, only terminal) facilities eligible for Federal funding.
 
Amends Federal transportation law to include ferries within the Federal clean fuels program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish a Ferry Joint Program Office to coordinate Federal programs affecting ferry boat and facility construction, maintenance, and operation, and to promote ferry service as a component of the Nation's transportation system; (2) maintain a national ferry database containing ferry routes, vessels, passengers and vehicles carried, funding sources, and related information; and (3) make grants to an institution of higher education to establish a National Ferry Transportation Institute for research, development, and training programs, relating to U.S. ferry transportation systems. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2851)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2850-2851)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 years of age to 55 years of age.

Bill: 109-s-639
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Military pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Reduces from 60 to 55 the minimum age for the receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2852)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2851-2852)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Intelligence Reorganization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-640
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Inspectors general
Intelligence community staff
Intelligence officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Military command and control
Military intelligence
Military training
Officer personnel
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Military Intelligence Reorganization Act of 2005 - Requires the President, through the Secretary of Defense, to establish a unified combatant command for military intelligence (military intelligence command) to: (1) coordinate all military intelligence activities; (2) represent the Department of Defense (DOD) in the intelligence community under the National Intelligence Director (NID); (3) ensure that intelligence collection requirements are communicated to, and coordinated with, the NID; and (4) coordinate and develop military intelligence activities and capabilities.
 
Requires the assignment of all active and reserve military intelligence forces of the Armed Forces within specified DOD elements, and civilian personnel of such elements, to the military intelligence command unless otherwise directed by the Secretary.
 
Sets forth the duties and authority of the commander of the military intelligence command. 
 
Requires the staff of the commander to include an inspector general.
 
 Requires the military intelligence command budget proposal to include funding requests for development and acquisition of military intelligence collection systems and acquisition of other material, supplies, or services peculiar to military intelligence activities.
 
 Requires the Secretary to direct, supervise, and oversee the head of each DOD national intelligence agency in the exercise of military intelligence functions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D.

Bill: 109-s-641
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Cardiovascular diseases
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Health
Physicians
Surgeons

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2853)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2852-2853)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Support our Scouts Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-642
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.
Block grants
Boy Scouts
Camping
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community development
Conferences
Congress
Discrimination in public facilities
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government regulation
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Legislation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation
Urban affairs
Youth services

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Support our Scouts Act of 2005 - Prohibits any Federal law from being construed to limit any Federal agency from providing any form of support for a youth organization (including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America) that would result in that Federal agency providing less support to that youth organization (or any similar organization chartered under Federal law relating to the Boy Scouts of America) than was provided during each of the preceding four fiscal years.
 
Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit any State or unit of general local government that has a designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum and that is a recipient of assistance under the Act from denying equal access or a fair opportunity to meet to, or discriminate against, any youth organization, including the Boy Scouts of America or any group officially affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, that wishes to conduct a meeting or otherwise participate in that designated open forum, limited public forum, or nonpublic forum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13976-13977)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2854)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2853-2854)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Widows and Orphans Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-644
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Child safety
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Families
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Identification devices
Immigrants
International Affairs
Judicial review
Law
Orphans
Refugees
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex discrimination
Visas
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Widows and Orphans Act of 2005 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create a new special immigrant visa category N for certain alien minors and females referred by a U.S. Government agency who have a credible fear of harm due to age or sex and who lack adequate protection.
 
States that special immigrant status for such individuals shall be adjudicated within 45 days and that, if granted, the alien shall be paroled into the United States and allowed to apply for adjustment of status within one year of arrival.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to specified congressional committees on progress toward implementing the N visa provisions of this Act.
 
Bars an alien's admission into the United States until a search of each database maintained by a Federal agency or department has been conducted to determine whether the alien is ineligible for admission on criminal, security, or related grounds. Requires aliens to be fingerprinted and to submit such fingerprints and other required biometric data to the Secretary within 30 days of entry. Requires completion of database searches within 180 days of entry.
 
Authorizes administrative review of a determination that an alien is ineligible for admission on criminal, security, or related grounds based on a database search. Precludes judicial review of such determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2854)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-645
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-03-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Assault weapons
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Families
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Violence
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: 
Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit: (1) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon; (2) the transfer, possession, or importation of a large capacity ammunition feeding device; (3) the transfer of any assault weapon with such a device. 
 
Specifies models and features of banned weapons. 
 
 Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including: (1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action that has been rendered permanently inoperable or is an antique firearm; and (3) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a Federal, State, or local government agency or for law enforcement. Prohibits: (1) any person from transferring a semiautomatic assault weapon to which the ban does not apply, except through a licensed dealer or a State or local law enforcement agency; or (2) a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer who transfers a device manufactured before enactment of this Act to fail to certify such date of manufacture.
 
Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after the enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) maintain, submit to Congress, and make publicly available a record of any semiautomatic assault weapon used in relation to a crime; and (2) study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime.
 
Prohibits the transfer of such a weapon or device to a juvenile.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2855-2856)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2854-2855)
action_date: 2005-03-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-646
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol tax
Alcoholic beverages
Commerce
Excise tax
Income tax
Tax credits
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Domestic Spirits Tax Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow wholesalers of distilled spirits a business tax credit for the financing costs of the Federal excise tax on such spirits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2998-2999)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-647
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medicare
Physical therapy
Physicians
Social Welfare
Speech disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Medicare Patient Access to Physical Therapists Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize qualified physical therapists to provide services for Medicare beneficiaries without the requirement of a physician referral. 
Provides for treatment of outpatient speech-language pathology services separately from outpatient physical therapy services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance.

Bill: 109-s-648
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Disaster relief
Droughts
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Government lending
Infrastructure
Water conservation
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance through September 30, 2010.

action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 

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

 
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance through September 30, 2010.

action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 

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

 
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance through September 30, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13934; text as passed Senate: CR S13934)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13934; text as passed Senate: CR S13934)
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-190.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-190.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-138.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-649
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Air force
Aircraft pilots
Armed Forces and National Security
Emergency Management
Families
Military civic action
Rescue work
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works
Volunteer forces

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Benefits Act of 2005 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include as a "public safety officer" for purposes of provisions governing death benefits a volunteer civilian member of the Civil Air Patrol engaged in: (1) active service rendered in performance or support of operational missions of the Patrol under the direction of the Department of the Air Force and performed consistent with written authorization that specifies a finite assignment; or (2) travel to or from such service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuels Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-650
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Business records
Cellulose
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Diesel motor
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy crops
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Executive orders
Farm manure
Fibers
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Grain
Health
Housing and Community Development
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Landfills
Law
Local laws
Medical research
Methane
Motor vehicle pollution control
Municipal solid waste
Oil pollution
Oils and fats
Oilseeds
Oxygen
Oxygenates
Ozone
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Plants
Poultry
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recycling of waste products
Reformulated gasoline
Refuse as fuel
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage treatment
Small business
Standards
State laws
Surveys
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Fuels Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require that motor vehicle fuel contain a specified volume of renewable fuel. 
 
Establishes a system of: (1) tradeable credits for motor vehicle fuel containing more renewable fuel than required; and (2) waivers for States and small refineries. 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require Federal agency heads to ensure that ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel-blended diesel fuel is purchased for agency vehicles in areas where such fuel is available at competitive prices. 
Amends the Clean Air Act to eliminate the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline. 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish standards for toxic air pollutants from the use of reformulated gasoline; and (2) within 30 days of enactment of this Act, determine the adequacy of any petition from a State Governor to exempt gasoline sold in the State from certain requirements for reformulated gasoline. 
 
Permits States additional opt-in areas under the reformulated gasoline program. 
 Requires Federal enforcement of State fuels requirements. 
 
Sets forth various data collection and reporting requirements.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2999-3003)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2999)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make creditable for civil service retirement purposes certain periods of service performed with Air America, Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated, while those entities were owned or controlled by the Government of the United States and operate or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Bill: 109-s-651
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-03-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Annuities
Armed Forces and National Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Families
Federal employees
Government corporations
Labor and Employment
Law
Military aviation
Office of Personnel Management
Subsidiary corporations
Survivors' benefits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 
Makes creditable for civil service retirement purposes pre-1977 service performed by a U.S. citizen with Air America, Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated, while those entities were owned or controlled by the U.S. Government and operated or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3005-3006)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Introduced in Senate