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Nuclear Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4602
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Employee selection
Employee training
Employment tests
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal law enforcement officers
Fees
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Identification of criminals
Independent regulatory commissions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Licenses
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear terrorism
Personnel records
Planning
Radioactive wastes
Rating of employees
Security clearances
Security measures
Storage
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Nuclear Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to instruct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to: (1) establish a nuclear security force composed of NRC employees to provide for the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against the design basis threat; and (2) develop and implement a security plan containing specified elements for each sensitive nuclear facility to ensure the security of all sensitive nuclear facilities against such threat.
 
Authorizes a holder of a license for a sensitive nuclear facility to petition the NRC for additional requirements in the facility's security plan.
 
Requires the NRC to establish a hiring and training program for the nuclear security force.
 
Establishes the Nuclear Security Fund for use by the NRC to administer the security programs for sensitive nuclear facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act

Bill: 109-hr-4604
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
History
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Secondary education
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Simon Wiesenthal Holocaust Education Assistance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make competitive grants to educational organizations to carry out educational programs about the Holocaust. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E632-633)
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Achieving Our IDEA Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4605
Sponsor: Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Department of Education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Secondary education
Special education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Achieving Our IDEA Act of 2005 - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to authorize and make appropriations for: (1) each of FY2007-FY2012 in specified amounts; and (2) each subsequent fiscal year, in amounts necessary to fully fund 40% of the average per pupil expenditure for IDEA part B programs of assistance for education of all children with disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Disproportionate Share Hospital Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4606
Sponsor: Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Hospital rates
Indexing (Economic policy)
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Disproportionate Share Hospital Assistance Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments for states for FY2005 and FY2006 the same as the allotment for FY2004 (thus providing a cost-of-living increase).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To ensure passenger safety at airports.

Bill: 109-hr-4607
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Aviation safety
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Explosives
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Risk
Searches and seizures
Security measures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Prohibits the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) from increasing the number of random body searches or modifying the list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft operated by a domestic or foreign air carrier in order to permit any item on the list as of December 1, 2005, to be carried aboard such an aircraft until: (1) each high risk airport is equipped with walk through explosive detection equipment at security checkpoints; (2) the Assistant Secretary conducts a security-risk assessment of common items that may be carried aboard a passenger aircraft for their potential use in a terrorist incident and develops standards for the inclusion or removal of such items on the list of prohibited items based on the level of risk; and (3) the Assistant Secretary develops guidelines to determine when a body search is warranted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Care Seniors Housing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Congregate housing
Contracts
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Housing for the aged
Income tax
Interest
Interest rates
Loans
Social Welfare
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Continuing Care Seniors Housing Act of 2005 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions which allow a tax exemption for the interest imputed to below-market rate interest loans to certain continuing care facilities to: (1) decrease from 65 to 62 the qualifying age for lenders to continuing care facilities; (2) eliminate the $90,000 limitation on loans to such facilities; (3) modify continuing care contract requirements; and (4) revise the definition of continuing care facility to include an independent living unit, plus an assisted living or nursing facility, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to prescription drugs at Federal Supply Schedule prices.

Bill: 109-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Drug industry
Drugs
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Provides that any individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance), or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) shall be eligible to obtain prescription drugs at the prices specified in the Federal Supply Schedule.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors; or (2) requiring a particular formulary to institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs.
 
Grants the Secretary, instead, authority similar to that of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other federal agencies and departments that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D drugs, consistent with the requirements and in furtherance of the goals of providing quality care and containing costs.States that the purpose of this grant of authority is to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans pay the lowest possible price.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Disaster Relief and Recovery Participation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4611
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Age discrimination
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Executive Office of the President
Government contractors
Government procurement
Labor and Employment
Law
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Nondiscrimination provisions
Racial discrimination
Religion
Religious liberty
Residence requirements
Sex discrimination
Small business
Social Welfare
Terrorism
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Small Business Disaster Relief and Recovery Participation Act of 2005 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to the use of local contractors and nondiscrimination in relief and recovery from major disasters, emergencies, or terrorist events. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park Designation Act

Bill: 109-hr-4612
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aircraft
Commemorations
Historic sites
History
Intellectual property
Inventors
National parks
Ohio
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park Designation Act - Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to: (1) rename the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park as the Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to public and private organizations relating to the preservation, development, use, and interpretation of properties within the Park.

action_date: 2006-09-06
text: 
Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park Designation Act - Amends the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to: (1) rename the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park as the Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to the Park's partners, including the Aviation Trail, Inc., the Ohio Historical Society, and Dayton History, for projects not requiring federal involvement other than providing financial assistance, identifying the specific partner grantee and the specific project. Limits projects funded through these grants to construction and development on non-federal property within the boundaries of the Park, Instruct that, any project funded by such a grant, support the purposes of the park, be consistent with the Park's general management plan, and enhance public use and enjoyment of the park. 
 
Amends Title V of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 to remove the Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum, Wapakoneta, Ohio, from inclusion in the boundaries of the the National Aviation Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 371.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-631.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-631.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Subcommittee on National Parks Discharged.
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Child labor
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Clothing
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer organizations
Contractors
Corporation directors
Damages
Data banks
Department of Labor
Discrimination in employment
Employee benefit plans
Employee rights
Employers' liability
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Freedom of association
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Hours of labor
Industrial arbitration
Injunctions
Investors
Labor unions
Law
Leave of absence
Legal fees
Manufacturing industries
Occupational health and safety
Personnel records
Punitive damages
Science, Technology, Communications
Stockholders
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Garment Consumer's Right-to-Know Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require apparel manufacturers to: (1) maintain, for at least three years, certain records and information with respect to the employees and homeworkers of each contractor they engage; (2) enter contracts that require such contractors to provide them with such information about working conditions; and (3) submit copies of such records and contracts to the Secretary of Labor, who shall make such information fully and freely available to the public, through printed and electronic databases searchable on the Internet. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-hr-4614
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Directs the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 90 days after the receipt of the request for liquidation or reliquidation is made, to liquidate or reliquidate as free of duty certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of entries of certain manufacturing equipment.

Bill: 109-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. Inglis, Bob [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Permits the liquidation or reliquidation of certain manufacturing equipment only if a request therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Compliance, Examinations, and Inspections Restructuring Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4618
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2005-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Brokers
Business records
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Delegation of powers
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Investment advisers
Law
Mutual funds
Ombudsman
Performance measurement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities industry
Securities regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: 
Compliance, Examinations, and Inspections Restructuring Act of 2005 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to vest the inspections and examinations authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in those administrative divisions or offices to which the SEC has delegated its administrative responsibilities.
 

 
Requires the subject of an SEC inquiry or inspection to be notified in writing at least every 120 days regarding the status of an ongoing proceeding.
 
Requires an SEC administrative division or office to obtain permission to conduct a sweep examination in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as SEC enforcement divisions or offices must follow in conducting a formal investigation or inquiry of registered entities.
 

 
Instructs the Chairman of the SEC to appoint an Ombudsman with respect to any problems resulting from SEC regulatory activities.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the SEC should develop and publish guidelines setting forth explicitly the benefit to either an issuer of securities or a registered entity if it self-reports an apparent violation of law, and subsequently becomes the respondent in an SEC civil injunctive action or administrative proceeding regarding the matter that was self-reported.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Introduced in House