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Homeland Security Management Restructuring Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1712
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Management
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Rating of employees
Strategic planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: 
Homeland Security Management Restructuring Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve as the Chief Management Officer and principal advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to management of the Department.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10122-10123)
action_date: 2005-09-15
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-1714
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-09-15 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: 2005-09-15
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: 2005-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil and Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1717
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer complaints
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy prices
Fines (Penalties)
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Informers
Law
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
Oil and Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2005 - States that it is unlawful during the period of a major disaster or emergency designated by the President to increase the price of any oil or gas product more than 15 percent above its price immediately prior to the declaration, unless such increase is attributable to additional costs incurred by either the seller or national or international market trends.
 
 Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish procedures to report violations of this Act, including links on its Internet website and a toll-free telephone number.
 
Subjects violations of this Act to maximum criminal penalties of $10 million if a corporation, or, if any other person, $350,000, or imprisonment, or both.
 
Authorizes the FTC to impose a maximum civil penalty of $5,000 for each such violation. States that each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
 
Authorizes state Attorneys General to bring a civil action for a violation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1719
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Commemorations
Concentration camps
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Grants-in-aid
Hawaii
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Japanese Americans
Land transfers
National parks
Sunset legislation
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to create a program within the National Park Service to support and work in partnership with citizens, governmental and tribal organizations, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations in identifying, protecting, and acquiring historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. 
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to States, local and tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit organizations to assist in carrying out such actions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-447.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Deterrence Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1720
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alabama
Appropriations
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Floods
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
Katrina Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Deterrence Act of 2005 - Prescribes penalties to be imposed for any violation of the federal criminal code involving funds appropriated for remediation of any injury or damage caused by Hurricane Katrina that shall be in addition to any other penalty authorized for such violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10189)
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
National Heritage Area Extension Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1721
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Canals
Coal
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Historic sites
History
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
Mississippi River
Names
National parks
New Jersey
Nonprofit organizations
Ohio
Outdoor recreation
Rhode Island
Social Welfare
South Carolina
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
National Heritage Area Extension Act of 2005 - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) extend to September 30, 2027, the authorization for making grants or providing assistance with respect to the National Coal Heritage Area, Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area, Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Steel Industry American Heritage Area, Essex National Heritage Area, South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, America's Agricultural Partnership, Ohio & Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor (redesignated by this Act as the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway), and Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area; and (2) increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for such areas.
 
Adds Lincoln County, West Virginia, and Paint Creek and Cabin Creek in Kanawha County, West Virginia, to the National Coal Heritage Area. Requires, with respect to such Area, the Secretary of the Interior to continue a certain contractual agreement with the National Coal Heritage Area Authority rather than the Governor of West Virginia.
 
Adds Berkeley County, South Carolina, to the South Carolina Heritage Area.
 
Reauthorizes appropriations for the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route. Directs the Secretary to prepare a strategic plan for the Route.
 
Adds six members to the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission. Requires the Commission to update the Corridor plan.
 
Mississippi River National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Mississippi River National Heritage Area. Provides authorities and duties of the management entity for such Area, including development of an Area management plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-663.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1723
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cooperative societies
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Fishing boats
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Nonprofit organizations
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Waterfronts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
Working Waterfront Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award a grant to a state or local government of a coastal state, a nonprofit organization, or a fishing cooperative for projects to: (1) acquire real property in a coastal state to provide access to commercial fishermen or persons in the aquaculture industry to coastal waters in working waterfront areas; or (2) make improvements to real property owned by an eligible entity in a coastal state to provide access to such persons to coastal waters in working waterfront areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10193-10194)
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business, Homeowners, and Renters Disaster Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1724
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural credit
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Alabama
Alternative energy sources
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy
Energy prices
Entrepreneurs
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Florida
Fuel cells
Gasoline
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Heating
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Louisiana
Mississippi
Municipal solid waste
Nonprofit organizations
Petroleum
Refuse as fuel
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Subcontractors
Surety and fidelity
Texas
Wind power
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: 
Small Business, Homeowners, and Renters Disaster Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make loans to: (1) small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives that demonstrate a direct adverse economic impact caused by Hurricane Katrina; and (2) nonprofit organizations for purposes of repairing damage caused by Hurricane Katrina or performing other hurricane relief services in a damaged area.
 
Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator to guarantee development company debentures issued for the purpose of rebuilding or resuming operations in a Hurricane Katrina-damaged area.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the: (1) Department of Commerce to provide, in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida, bridge grants and loans to small businesses in areas which the President has designated as a disaster area as a result of Hurricane Katrina; and (2) SBA for entrepreneurial development for small businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina.
 
Directs the Administrator to: (1) provide an outreach and technical assistance program for affected small businesses; and (2) make supplemental emergency loans to affected small businesses.
 
Authorizes the making of loans to small businesses and farming operations that have or are likely to suffer substantial economic injury on or after January 1, 2005, as the result of a significant increase in energy costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10194-10196)
action_date: 2005-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Main Street in Grambling, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the "Coach Eddie Robinson Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-s-1726
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: College sports
Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Football
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Louisiana
Names
Postal facilities
Sports and Recreation
Sports personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Main Street in Grambling, Louisiana, as the "Coach Eddie Robinson Post Office Building."
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: 

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

Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 324 Main Street in Grambling, Louisiana, as the "Coach Eddie Robinson Post Office Building." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/29/2006 S10804)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 9/29/2006 S10804)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10804)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10804)
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Grants for DNA Backlog Prosecutions Act

Bill: 109-s-1727
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: DNA
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Recruiting of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Grants for DNA Backlog Prosecutions Act - Amends the Justice for All Act of 2004 to direct the Attorney General to make grants to train and employ personnel to help prosecute cases cleared through the use of funds provided for DNA backlog elimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 109-s-1728
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indian economic development
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority employment
Native Americans
Tax credits
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the time during which persons affected by Hurricane Katrina may appeal certain decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals that are rendered during the period beginning June 1, 2005, and ending November 30, 2005.

Bill: 109-s-1729
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alabama
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Claims
Courts of special jurisdiction
Emergency Management
Floods
Florida
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Judicial review
Law
Limitation of actions
Louisiana
Mississippi
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Allows a person who is adversely affected by a final decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals and who is a Hurricane Katrina-affected person 240 days (that is, allows such person an additional 120 days) after such decision to file an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, with respect to any Board decision rendered during the period beginning on June 1, 2005, and ending on November 30, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10235)
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10235)
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Budgeting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1730
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Bonds
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of the Treasury
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government securities
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Investment of public funds
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Securities
Social Welfare
Social security finance
Stocks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Truth in Budgeting Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Trust Fund Administration (TFA) in the Department of the Treasury to: (1) receive all revenues derived from the sale and issuance of any special rate Treasury obligation to any federal trust fund; and (2) invest them in non-federal government debt instrument index funds or in an index fund established by the TFA which reflects the rate of return in the overall non-federal government debt instrument market.
 
Prohibits the TFA from investing such revenues in any stocks or other forms of equity ownership or in any debt instrument issued by a foreign government or by a corporation registered in a foreign nation.
 
Requires the TFA to maintain such investments and resulting earnings for the sole purpose of redeeming any outstanding special rate Treasury obligations and, to the extent such investments and resulting earnings are not needed to redeem such Treasury obligations, to transfer the excess amount to meet the unfunded current withdrawal obligations (if any) of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund of the Social Security Act.
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review TFA operations annually and certify to Congress that TFA investments are: (1) in compliance with guidelines established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (2) free of political influence; and (3) designed to maintain the security of the investment pool while maximizing investment return.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Bill: 109-s-1731
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Congress
Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
History
Korean War, 1950-1953
Names
Officer personnel
Oklahoma
Veterans' hospitals
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: 
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the &quot;Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-11
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-20
text: Introduced in Senate