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Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-548
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Animals
Birds
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Farm lands
Federal aid to Indians
Fishing
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Hunting
Indian lands
Minorities
Outdoor recreation
Private forests
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program under which States and tribal governments may apply for grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make such land available for public access under State- and tribally-administered plans. 
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to exclude from excess base acreage computation for direct and counter-cyclical payment purposes certain conservation enrolled farm land not planted in an agricultural commodity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5296-5297)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend a certain high priority corridor in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Bill: 109-s-549
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Nebraska
Road construction
Roads and highways
South Dakota
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate Heartland Expressway from Denver, Colorado, through Wyoming and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to Rapid City, South Dakota, as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Microbicide Development Act

Bill: 109-s-550
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Clinical trials
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Developing countries
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Human behavior
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International Affairs
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Product development
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social science research
Strategic planning
Women
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Microbicide Development Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office of AIDS Research to: (1) expedite the implementation of the Federal strategic plan for the conduct and support of microbicide research; and (2) expand, intensify, and coordinate all activities with respect to research and development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. 
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to: (1) establish within the Division of AIDS an organizational unit to carry out microbicide research and development; and (2) assign priority to ensuring adequate funding and support for the integration of basic science and clinical research. 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fully implement the CDC's topical microbicide agenda to support microbicide research and development. 
Directs the head of the Office of HIV/AIDS of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop and implement a program to support the development of microbicides products and facilitate wide-scale availability of such products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2253-2255)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2252-2253)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, metropolitan area.

Bill: 109-s-551
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Gifts
Land transfers
Metropolitan areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Colorado Springs, Colorado, metropolitan area.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to make technical corrections to the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004.

Bill: 109-s-552
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the disabled
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to restore the specially adapted housing assistance for certain active-duty members of the Armed Forces which was deleted by provisions of the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 and which created similar assistance for certain disabled veterans.


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: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2255)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2255)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for HOV-lane exemptions for low-emission and hybrid vehicles.

Bill: 109-s-553
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Car pools
Commuting
Electric vehicles
Environmental Protection
Motor vehicle pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Amends Federal highway law to authorize a State to permit a low-emission vehicle or hybrid vehicle with fewer than two occupants to operate in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2256)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2255-2256)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ashley Ross Fuller.

Bill: 109-s-554
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Declares Ashley Ross Fuller 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: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-556
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Boundaries
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Land transfers
Land use
Local laws
National forests
National monuments
National parks
Natural areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of specified Federal land in Coconino National Forest, State and private lands, and Walnut Canyon National Monument in Arizona (the study area) to evaluate: (1) the significance of the public values and resources of the study area as the public values and resources pertain to the management objectives of the Forest Service and the National Park Service (NPS); (2) the opportunities for maintaining existing public uses; and (3) a range of options for managing and conserving resources by the NPS or the Forest Service, or by both agencies, including the feasibility of a boundary adjustment to the Monument, designation of the study area as a national park or preserve, maintaining the study area as managed by the Forest Service, and any other designation or management option that will accomplish the protection of resources and the maintenance public use and access for such area.
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) contract with a third-party consultant with experience in park and land use planning to prepare a draft study; and (2) collaborate with the Forest Supervisor of the Coconino National Forest, the Superintendent of the Flagstaff Area National Monuments, the Flagstaff City Council, and Coconino County Board of Supervisors in developing a scope of work for the draft study under the guidance of the third-party consultant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-101.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2258)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-557
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Appropriations
Congress
Congressional veto
Economics and Public Finance
English language
Executive orders
Federal aid programs
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Language and languages
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Declares Executive Order 13166, relating to improving access to services for persons with limited English proficiency, to be null and void. 
Prohibits the use of funds for the promulgation or enforcement of an executive order that creates an entitlement to services provided in a language other than English.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-558
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that military retired pay should not be reduced because a military retiree is also eligible for veterans' disability compensation awarded for a service-connected disability.
 
Allows the receipt of both military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation with respect to any service-connected disability (currently, only a disability rated at 50 percent or more). Repeals provisions phasing in the full concurrent receipt of such pay through December 31, 2013.
 
Makes eligible for the full concurrent receipt of both veterans' disability compensation and either military retired pay or combat-related special pay those individuals who were retired or separated from military service due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2258-2259)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2258)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Stars on Cars Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-560
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobiles
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Internet
Labeling
Law
Motor vehicle safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Stars on Cars Act of 2005 - Amends the Automobile Information Disclosure Act to require manufacturers to include Government safety ratings information on new automobile labels or to note the absence of such ratings. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations implementing the new labeling requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Kids and Cars Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-561
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobiles
Child safety
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Department of Transportation
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Internet
Law
Mortality
Motor vehicle safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Safe Kids and Cars Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a review process to increase utilization of child dummies in motor vehicle safety tests.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) supplement ongoing consumer information programs relating to child safety with information regarding hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash accident situations; (2) submit a report to Congress on the extent to which driver visibility of the area surrounding light passenger vehicles and obstructions to such visibility affect pedestrian safety in nontraffic, noncrash situations; (3) report to Congress on enhanced vehicle safety technologies, including auto-reverse functions; and (4) maintain and make public a database of injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash events involving motor vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Streets and Highways Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-562
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bikeways
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Highway finance
Pedestrians
Railroad safety
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic signs and signals
Trails
Transportation and the aged
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Safe Streets and Highways Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway safety improvement program to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roads. Requires a State, to obligate Federal funds apportioned to it, to have in effect a highway safety improvement program under which the State: (1) develops and implements a strategic highway safety plan that identifies and analyzes highway safety problems and opportunities; (2) produces a program of projects or strategies to reduce identified safety problems; (3) evaluates the plan regularly to ensure the accuracy of the data and priority of proposed improvements; and (4) submits to the Secretary an annual report describing not less than 25 percent of the locations exhibiting the most severe safety needs.
 
Includes among eligible projects any highway safety improvement project on a public road or publicly owned bicycle or pedestrian pathway or trail.
 
Authorizes a State to use up to 25 percent of funding under this Act to carry out safety projects under other Federal highway provisions as provided in the State strategic highway safety plan.
 
Requires a State to allocate a certain amount of funds for bicycle and pedestrian improvements based on a specified formula. Authorizes appropriations to States to improve traffic signs and pavement markings for older drivers and pedestrians.
 
Specifies the apportionment formula for the program. Makes at least $200 million available for each fiscal year for the elimination of hazards and the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2266-2269)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-563
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcohol and youth
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Department of Transportation
Driver education
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to establish the National Driver Licensing and Education Improvement Program in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Requires the Program, among other things, to provide States with services for coordinating State motor vehicle driver education and licensing programs.
 
Amends Federal highway law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to States to: (1) improve motor vehicle driver education programs; and (2) establish and improve the administration of graduated licensing systems.
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to determine whether the establishment and imposition of nationwide minimum standards of motor vehicle driver education would improve national highway traffic safety or the performance and legal compliance of novice drivers. 
 
Modifies eligibility requirements for grants for support of alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures to require a multiple-stage graduated licensing system for young drivers that: (1) authorizes the issuance of an initial license or learner's permit to a driver on or after the driver's 16th birthday; (2) prohibits a person under age 21 with a blood alcohol concentration of .02 percent or greater from operating a motor vehicle; (3) provides for a learning stage and an intermediate stage of at least six months each; (4) limits the numbers of passengers under the age of 18 years old; (5) limits nighttime driving, and (6) applies special penalties for violations of system restrictions and of other State motor vehicle laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2269)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Intersections Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-564
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Electronics
Fines (Penalties)
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic signs and signals
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Safe Intersections Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the sale to, or use by, unauthorized users of traffic signal preemption transmitters (devices or mechanisms that can change a traffic signal's phase time or sequence). Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2269-2270)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Traffic Safety Law Enforcement Campaign Act

Bill: 109-s-565
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Public service advertising
Seat belts
Traffic accidents and safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: 
Traffic Safety Law Enforcement Campaign Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) establish a program to conduct at least three high-visibility traffic safety law enforcement campaigns each year focusing on reducing alcohol-impaired driving and increasing seat belt use; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the campaigns at the end of each year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2270)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
action_date: 2005-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate