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Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-51
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Anesthetics
Civil actions and liability
Communication in medicine
Damages
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal preemption
Fetus
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Health education
Informed consent (Medical law)
Internet
Law
Licenses
Medicaid
Medical associations
Medical records
Pain
Physicians
Pregnant women
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State laws
Web sites
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider, before beginning any abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of development of 20 weeks after fertilization), to: (1) make a specified statement to the pregnant woman that Congress has determined that there is substantial evidence that the process will cause the unborn child pain, and that the mother has the option of having pain-reducing drugs administered directly to the child; (2) provide to the woman an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure (unless she waives receipt) and an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Decision Form; and (3) obtain on the form the woman's signature and her explicit request for or refusal of the administration of drugs to the child. 
 
Creates an exception for certified medical emergencies. 
 
Establishes penalties for willfully failing to comply with this Act, including civil penalties, medical license suspension, or both. Authorizes: (1) specified officials to bring suit in federal court; and (2) private rights of action by a parent or guardian of a woman who is an unemancipated minor. 
 
Requires each state and state medical licensing authority to promulgate procedures for the revocation or suspension of a provider's license upon a court finding that the provider has violated this Act. Subjects a state that fails to implement such procedures to loss of Medicaid funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S512-514)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil and gas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-53
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitive bidding
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Oil and gas leases
Oil shales
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue separately, for the same area, a lease for tar sand and a lease for oil and gas.
 
Declares that such a lease shall not be further subject to the Combined Hydrocarbon Leasing Act of 1981.
 
Requires a lease for tar sand to be issued using the same bidding process, annual rental, and posting period as a lease issued for oil and gas. Sets the minimum acceptable bid for a tar sand lease at $2 per acre.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, in order to promote any resource covered by a combined hydrocarbon lease, to waive, suspend, or alter any requirement that a permittee under a permit authorizing prospecting for tar sand must exercise due diligence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft.

Bill: 109-s-58
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Military aircraft
Military aviation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to permit any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability rated total by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to travel on military aircraft to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S241)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S241)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize certain disabled former prisoners of war to use Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores.

Bill: 109-s-59
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Ex-prisoners of war
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Post exchanges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Authorizes use of Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores by former prisoners of war who have been honorably separated from service and have a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S241)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S241)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

Bill: 109-s-60
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional salaries
Cost of living adjustments

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.

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 S242)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S241-242)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-61
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of covered clinical social worker services according to a new reimbursement methodology similar to the one currently used for other health care professionals. Provides for coverage and reimbursement under the new methodology for supplies furnished incident to such services. Excludes the services of clinical social workers from the definition of &quot;inpatient hospital services&quot; for Medicare purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S242)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S242)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jim K. Yoshida.

Bill: 109-s-62
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Deems Jim K. Yoshida to be a veteran for purposes of all laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Deems his service as a volunteer member of the U.S. Army during a specified period to be active military service from which he was discharged under honorable conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S242-243)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S242)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-s-63
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Archaeology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Indian lands
Land use
Minorities
Nature conservation
New Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, which shall include the counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Taos, in New Mexico. 
Designates Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Area's management entity which: (1) shall develop, submit, and implement a management plan that includes recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; (2) may provide assistance to tribal and local governments and other entities to carry out the plan; and (3) may not use Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to develop and implement the management plan.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, which shall include the counties of Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Taos, in New Mexico. 
 
Designates Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, Inc., as the Area's management entity which: (1) shall develop, submit, and implement a management plan that includes recommendations for conservation, funding, management, development, and interpretation of the Area; (2) may provide assistance to tribal and local governments and other entities to carry out the plan; and (3) may not use Federal funds received under this Act to acquire real property. 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical and financial assistance to develop and implement the management plan. 
Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with amendments. With written report No. 109-1.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with amendments. With written report No. 109-1.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S243-244)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S243)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
SEFOR Cleanup Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-64
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Arkansas
Breeder reactors
Environmental Protection
Nuclear facilities
Radioactive wastes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
SEFOR Cleanup Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to decommission and decontaminate the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor located in northwest Arkansas.
 
States that no funds from the Nuclear Waste Fund may be used for the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-66
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Education
Higher education
Medicaid
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for State Medicaid program coverage of nursing school clinic services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S245)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S245)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-67
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community colleges
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical education
Mental health services
Preventive medicine
Rural education
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care practitioners.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S245-246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-68
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Minorities
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide full reimbursement for medical assistance provided to a Native Hawaiian through a Federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Donald C. Pence.

Bill: 109-s-69
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to Donald C. Pence in compensation for the failure of the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay dependency and indemnity compensation for a specified period to his now deceased mother.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-70
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Government Operations and Politics
Medicare
Psychologists
Social Welfare
Social work
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the restriction that a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker provide services to a patient in a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility only under the care of a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S247)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S246)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-71
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Consumer education
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Electronic government information
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hospital care
Hospital personnel
Hospitals
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal fees
Medicare
Nurses
Paramedical personnel
Patients' rights
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Wage restitution
Web sites
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S247-248)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S247)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force under wartime conditions.

Bill: 109-s-72
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Ex-prisoners of war
Federal employees
Hostages
International Affairs
Prisoners of war

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Provides for the issuance by the President of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force during war, or by a foreign government or hostile force during periods determined comparable to wartime conditions.

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 S249)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S248)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-73
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Animal diseases
Animals
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Brain diseases
Cattle
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Deer
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Destruction of property
Dietary supplements
Drugs
Due process of law
Elk
Employee training
Export controls
Feeds
Fines (Penalties)
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Goats
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Import restrictions
Injunctions
Interstate commerce
Labor and Employment
Law
Searches and seizures
Sheep
Standards
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Animal Feed Protection Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful for any person to introduce into interstate or foreign commerce a covered article that contains: (1) specified risk material from a ruminant, or any material from a ruminant that was in any foreign country when there was a risk of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and may contain specified risk material from a ruminant; or (2) any material from a ruminant exhibiting signs of a neurological disease.
 
States that the head of a Federal agency may: (1) seize and destroy an article that is introduced into interstate or foreign commerce in violation of this Act; or (2) require any person who is in violation of this Act to cease the violation, to recall any sold article and refund the purchase price, to destroy or forfeit the article to the United States for destruction, or to cease production operations until the head of the appropriate Federal agency determines that there is no longer a violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for related civil and monetary penalties.
 
Defines &quot;covered article&quot; as: (1) animal feed, nutritional supplement, or medicine; and (2) any other article that is ordinarily ingested, implanted, or otherwise taken into an animal. Sets forth exceptions.
 
Defines &quot;specified risk material&quot; as: (1) the skull, brain, trigeminal ganglia, eyes, tonsils, spinal cord, vertebral column, or dorsal root ganglia of cattle and bison 30 months of age and older, or sheep, goats, deer, and elk 12 months of age and older; (2) the intestinal tract of any ruminant; and (3) any other material of a ruminant that may carry a prion disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S249-250)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S249)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate