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Military Family Support Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1888
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Caregivers
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq compilation
Leave of absence
Married people
Military dependents
Military operations
Sick leave

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Military Family Support Act of 2005 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a program to authorize a caregiver (a federal employee at least 21 years of age capable of providing care to a child or other dependent family member of a member of the Armed Forces) to: (1) use any available sick leave for the provision of such care in the same manner as annual leave is used; and (2) use any federal leave available to that caregiver as though that period of caregiving is a medical emergency. Requires the service member: (1) for whom the caregiving is provided to be performing service in support of a contingency operation or in situations for which hostile fire or imminent danger pay is authorized; and (2) to designate the caregiver for his or her family. Terminates the program on December 31, 2007.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish a program to authorize employees of private businesses to use sick or any other leave for caregiving in the same manner as above; and (2) solicit businesses to voluntarily participate in the program. Requires caregiver designation. Terminates the program on December 31, 2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11563-11564)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11561-11563)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1889
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Entitlements
Federal advisory bodies
Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security finance

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2005 - Establishes the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission to review Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and make comprehensive recommendations to sustain the solvency and stability of these three programs for future generations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11564)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Settlement Transparency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1890
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Income tax
Law
Securities regulation
Stock exchanges
Tax deductions
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Government Settlement Transparency Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the rule denying a tax deduction for fines and penalties paid to a government for the violation of any law to provide that no deduction shall be allowed for any fine or penalty paid (whether by suit, agreement, or otherwise) to, or at the direction of, a government or nongovernmental regulatory entity for a violation of law or for the investigation or inquiry by such government or entity into a potential violation of any law.
 
Allows exceptions to the general rule of nondeductibility for: (1) certain restitution payments or payments required to come into compliance with law; (2) court-ordered payments not involving a government or nongovernmental regulatory entity; and (3) amounts paid or incurred as taxes due.
 
Requires governmental agencies involved in a settlement with a taxpayer to report to the Secretary of the Treasury and the taxpayer information about such settlement, including the amount of the settlement, the amount paid as restitution or remediation of property, and the amount paid to come into compliance with law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11566-11567)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11565-11566)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Biotechnology Future Investment Expansion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1893
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Biotechnology
Capital gains tax
Clinical trials
Commerce
Corporate debt
Corporate finance
Corporate mergers
Corporate reorganizations
Corporation taxes
Drug industry
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Investments
Losses
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax incentives

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Biotechnology Future Investment Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit certain biomedical research corporations to engage in investments and other transactions involving shifts in ownership without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11567-11568)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11567)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Private Property Rights Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-1895
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auditing
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Department of the Treasury
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Eminent domain
Federal aid programs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Income tax
Judicial opinions
Judicial review
Land use
Law
Legal fees
Real estate development
Right of property
Tax credits
Tax expenditures
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Private Property Rights Protection Act - Makes ineligible for federal funds any condemning authority or acquiring party that engages or participates in a taking or condemnation of any real property interest not for a public use or public purpose using the power of eminent domain, without the owner's consent. Requires any entity applying for federal funds to certify eligibility. Allows the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to audit any condemning authority or acquiring party that has made such a certification.
 
Allows a property owner who is notified that his or her property will be taken to file for and attach a Fifth Amendment property protection statement (PPS) indicating that the condemning entity is exceeding its authority, which shall prohibit any acquiring party from claiming any benefit, deduction, or tax credit related to any activities conducted within the geographical boundaries comprising the jurisdiction of the condemning authority. Allows the condemning entity to seek a judicial determination of the statement's validity and an order releasing the PPS if not valid. 
 
Prohibits any government from engaging or participating in a taking or condemnation of any private real property interest under the power of eminent domain for any purpose that is not for a public purpose or a public use. Applies such prohibition to an exercise of eminent domain: (1) by the federal government; (2) related to a program or activity receiving federal financial assistance; or (3) that would affect commerce with foreign nations, among the states, or with Indian tribes.
 
Allows a person to assert a violation of this act as a claim or defense in a judicial proceeding.
 
Allows the United States to bring an action for injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce compliance with this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11568)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1896
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Confidential communications
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Employee selection
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Law
Local officials
Misconduct in office
Personnel records
School personnel
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
State officials
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty Excellence Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General, upon request of the chief executive officer of a state pursuant to a request by a local or state educational agency, to conduct fingerprint-based checks of the national and state (where possible) crime information databases on individuals under consideration for employment by the agency in a position in which the individual would work with or around children. 
 
 Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General and the states to charge any applicable fees for such checks; and (2) an individual to release derived information only to a person legally authorized to receive it. Prohibits exceeding the authority under, or knowingly releasing information in violation of, this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8015-8016)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-s-1898
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Historic sites
History
Land use
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Freedom's Way National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area encompassing 36 communities in Massachusetts and six communities in New Hampshire that have made important and distinctive contributions to the national character of America.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11666)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-1900
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 
Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2006 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cap the Medicare part B premium for each month in 2006 at the same rate for each month in 2005, adjusted for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11667)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11667)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 567 Tompkins Avenue in Staten Island, New York, as the "Vincent Palladino Post Office".

Bill: 109-s-1901
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Names
New York City
Postal facilities
Supervisors
United States Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 567 Tompkins Avenue in Staten Island, New York, as the "Vincent Palladino Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Generic Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1903
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Commerce
Drug approvals
Drug industry
Generic drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Medicaid
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 
Generic Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for drug manufacturer reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the average manufacturer price for each covered outpatient drug and the manufacturer's best price for single source and innovator multiple source drugs. Requires manufacturers to report also on the manufacturer's best price for each authorized generic drug and any other drugs sold under a new drug application approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 
Applies the basic rebate for single source and innovator multiple source drugs to authorized generic drugs and any other drugs sold under an approved new drug application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Hurricane Katrina Elementary and Secondary Education Recovery Act

Bill: 109-s-1904
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alabama
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Disabled
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Federal aid to education
Floods
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Impact aid
Indian education
Louisiana
Minorities
Mississippi
Paraprofessional school personnel
School administration
School buildings
School districts
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Student records
Student transportation
Teachers
Teaching materials
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Elementary and Secondary Education Recovery Act - Provides elementary and secondary education assistance for schools and students affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Encourages the Secretary of Education to exercise the maximum waiver authority available or exercise other actions for affected states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and schools with respect to waiver authority or authorization of actions provided under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Directs the Secretary to report on affected state and LEA requests for waivers under ESEA and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for subgrants to LEAs: (1) to provide supplemental educational services or additional programs and activities to displaced students or students attending a school in an affected disaster area; and (2) in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, to restart operations of schools serving affected disaster areas.
 
Gives LEAS serving affected disaster areas special hold-harmless provisions for ESEA funding.
 
Provides reciprocity for affected teachers and paraprofessionals with respect to standards of other states. Authorizes the Secretary to delay certain teacher personnel standards requirements for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama under ESEA and IDEA.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) assistance to LEAs serving affected homeless children and youth; (2) grants to states for alternative education programs for affected displaced adolescent students; and (3) temporary emergency impact aid to states and LEAs for affected displaced students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 253.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11698-11699)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures.

Bill: 109-s-1905
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Dismissal of employees
Foreign service
Grievance procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 
Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize the Foreign Service Grievance Board to retain an employee on the payroll while a grievance is being reviewed. 

action_date: 2005-10-20
text: 

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

 
Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize the Foreign Service Grievance Board to retain an employee on the payroll while a grievance is being reviewed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-10-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11699; text as passed Senate: CR S11699)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11699; text as passed Senate: CR S11699)
action_date: 2005-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude property tax rebates and other benefits provided to volunteer firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical responders from income and employment taxes and wage withholding.

Bill: 109-s-1906
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Local taxation
Medical personnel
Property tax
Rescue work
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
State taxation
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Tax rebates
Unemployment insurance
Volunteer workers
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income rebates of state or local real or personal property taxes or any other benefit provided by a state or local government to volunteer firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical responders. Exempts such rebates and benefits from employment and unemployment taxes and from withholding of tax requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11745)
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11744-11745)
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Native American Small Business Development Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1907
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2005-10-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alaska
Business education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Entrepreneurs
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Hawaiians
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian economic development
Indian education
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: 
Native American Small Business Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, headed by an Assistant Administrator, to implement SBA programs for the development of business enterprises by Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). Requires the Office to assist Native American entrepreneurs to: (1) start, operate, and grow small businesses; (2) develop management and technical skills; (3) seek federal procurement opportunities; (4) increase Native American employment opportunities; and (5) increase Native American access to capital markets.
 
Requires the SBA to provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal colleges, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to create Native American business centers. Requires each business center to conduct five-year projects for business education aid to such entities. Requires each assistance applicant to submit a five-year plan on proposed assistance and training activities.

Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA is authorized to award Native American development grants to provide culturally-tailored business development training and related services to Native Americans and Native American small businesses.
 
Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA shall award at least three American Indian Tribal Assistance Center grants to establish joint projects to provide culturally-tailored business development assistance to prospective and current owners of small businesses on or near tribal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2005-10-21
text: Introduced in Senate