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SBA Microenterprise Improvements Act

Bill: 109-s-138
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Business education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Entrepreneurs
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government lending
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Indian education
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Poverty
Small business
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
SBA Microenterprise Improvements Act - Amends the Small Business Act to revise the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) microloan program (a program under which SBA loans and grants are made to intermediaries, who then make loans to small businesses and provide to borrowers technical assistance, such as managerial and strategic advice) to: (1) revise eligibility requirements for microloan intermediaries; (2) increase from $7,500 to $10,000 the microloan small loan limit; (3) increase from 25 to 30 the percentage of a microloan grant that an intermediary may use to contract-out the provision of technical assistance by a third party; (4) remove the requirement that intermediaries make only short-term loans to small businesses; (5) require an annual report from the SBA to Congress on microloan amounts transferred to cover administrative expenses of technical assistance grants; (6) require the Administrator to develop a subsidy microloan program model that is more accurate than the current model; and (7) increase from 25 to 30 the percentage of technical assistance that an intermediary may provide to potential (rather than actual) borrowers.
 
 Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to revise the Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME), a program to provide SBA assistance for the benefit of disadvantaged entrepreneurs through grants to qualified organizations. Authorizes a qualified organization to use grants to provide training and technical assistance to disadvantaged Native American entrepreneurs and prospective entrepreneurs. Requires each organization receiving assistance under PRIME to: (1) submit an annual activities report to the SBA; and (2) collect data on individuals counseled or trained and related information. Extends through FY 2007 the authorization of appropriations for PRIME.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S355-356)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S351-353)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-139
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Entrepreneurs
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government paperwork
Labor and Employment
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Small business
Technical education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program under which the Administrator shall make grants to, or may enter into cooperative agreements with, State small business development centers to provide, on a statewide basis, technical assistance to secondary schools, or to post-secondary vocational or technical schools, for the development and implementation of curricula designed to promote vocational and technical entrepreneurship. 
 
Provides for the minimum amount of a grant to not be less than $200,000.
Directs the association of small business development centers to act as an information clearinghouse regarding vocational and technical entrepreneurship education programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S356)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S351-353)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow up to 24 months of vocational educational training to be counted as a work activity under the temporary assistance to needy families program.

Bill: 109-s-141
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Vocational and technical education
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to double from 12 to 24 the number of months allowed for vocational educational training that are counted as a work activity under TANF. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S363)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S363)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S363)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 109-s-142
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Declares Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-143
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health
Law
Medicare
Members of Congress
Office of Personnel Management
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of 2005 - Prohibits the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits of any Member of Congress enrolled in a Federal health benefits plan from exceeding the actuarial value of basic prescription drug coverage as defined in the Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program of the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
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: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S363)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Weekend Voting Act

Bill: 109-s-144
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Election Day
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Weekend Voting Act - Amends the Revised Statutes with respect to the time of election to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every even numbered year, as the days for the election, in each state and territory, of Delegates to, or Members of, Congress.
 
Amends federal law with respect to presidential elections and vacancies to establish the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November, in every fourth year, as the days for the election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
 
Amends such federal laws to establish the same polling place hours in the continental United States for both congressional and presidential elections, namely from 6:00 p.m. EST on Saturday till 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, with polls allowed to close from midnight to 5:00 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S364-365)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S363-364)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of the Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.

Bill: 109-s-145
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military readiness
Navy
Warships

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Requires Navy combat forces to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S453)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S453)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-146
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asians
East Asia
History
Philippines
Veterans' benefits
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2005 - Deems certain service performed before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts as active military service for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Repeals certain provisions discounting such service as qualifying service.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S453-454)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S453)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and Juman Ziad Khweis.

Bill: 109-s-149
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Declares, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and Juman Ziad Khweis each to be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of enactment of this Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Benefits Outreach Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-151
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Nursing
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Veterans Benefits Outreach Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual plan for outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs that addresses plans for: (1) identifying veterans who are not enrolled or registered for benefits or services with the Department; and (2) informing veterans and their dependents of modifications to benefits and services, including eligibility for medical and nursing care and services.
 
Directs the Secretary, in developing such plan, to incorporate recommendations for the improvement of veterans outreach and awareness activities included in a report submitted to Congress by the Secretary pursuant to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1235, as amended, ordered to be reported.
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S473)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S473)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.

Bill: 109-s-154
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Federal incorporation
Hawaiians
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Native Americans
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Grants a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated (a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit interest on Federally guaranteed water, wastewater, and essential community facilities loans to be tax exempt.

Bill: 109-s-157
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Tax-exempt securities
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from tax interest on federally-guaranteed bonds for the financing of water, wastewater, and essential community facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S484)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S484)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to eliminate the sunset for the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage for Alaska.

Bill: 109-s-159
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to eliminate the FY 2005 sunset for (thus making permanent) the determination of the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Alaska under the Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Save Act

Bill: 109-s-160
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Cooperative societies
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical savings accounts
Nonprofit organizations
Quality of care
Risk
Small business
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Save Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) individuals and families a refundable tax credit for the the cost of private health insurance; (2) advance payments of the health insurance tax credit to health insurance providers; (3) a tax deduction from gross income (available to taxpayers whether or not they itemize deductions) for premiums paid for high deductible health insurance plans; and (4) certain small business employers a general business tax credit for contributions to a health savings account.
 
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the establishment and operation of high risk health insurance pools and health insurance purchasing cooperatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend chapter 99 of the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to clarify that certain coal industry health benefits may not be modified or terminated.

Bill: 109-s-162
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Coal
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Miners
Retiree health benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any court in a bankruptcy proceeding from terminating or modifying certain coal industry employee health benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S491)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S491)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the acquisition of certain property in Washington County, Utah.

Bill: 109-s-164
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Eminent domain
Land transfers
Law
Natural areas
Real estate development
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Provides for Federal acquisition of: (1) the fee simple interest in certain real property owned by Environmental Land Technology, Ltd. (ELT) and other parties, within the Red Cliffs Reserve in Washington County, Utah; and (2) the fee simple interest in certain real property owned by ELT, adjacent to the Red Cliffs Reserve. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to fairly compensate the owners of such lands.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S492-493)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Tchisou Tho.

Bill: 109-s-165
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: 
Declares Tchisou Tho to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S494)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S493)
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian School Bus Route Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-168
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Authorization
Department of Transportation
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Highway maintenance
Indian education
Infrastructure
Minorities
Native Americans
School buses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Indian School Bus Route Safety Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for FY 2005 through 2010 for allocations to States for Indian reservation roads.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S578)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S578)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify a route that passes through the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

Bill: 109-s-169
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Kansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Road construction
Roads and highways
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (or SPIRIT Corridor), which extends along U.S. Route 54 from its starting point at El Paso, Texas, on the border between the United States and Mexico, through Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and ending in Wichita, Kansas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S579)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S578-579)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the definition of rural airports.

Bill: 109-s-170
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Access to airports
Airports
Excise tax
Housing and Community Development
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply the rural airport exception to the air transportation segment excise tax to any airport which is not connected by paved roads to another airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S580)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to exempt seaplanes from certain transportation taxes.

Bill: 109-s-171
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air cargo
Aircraft
Airline passenger traffic
Excise tax
Marine transportation
Tax exemption
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on air transportation of persons or property certain tranportation provided by seaplanes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S580)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S579-580)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate