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Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-313
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control agreements
Arms control verification
Ballistic missile defenses
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Europe
Export controls
Fissionable materials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Former Soviet states
Government Operations and Politics
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
President and foreign policy
Russia
Sanctions (International law)
Technical assistance
Terrorism
Treaties
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 2005 - Amends the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, respectively, to repeal specified restrictions on the use of Cooperative Threat Reduction program (program) funds and activities.
 
Amends the the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 to modify authority to use program funds outside the former Soviet Union, including transferring such authority from the President to the Secretary of Defense.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report on each country in which a program is being carried out, including its adherence to arms control and nonproliferation agreements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1125)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2005-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S381)
Fairness in Bankruptcy Litigation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-314
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Change of venue
Commerce
Corporate management
Debtor and creditor
District courts
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Fairness in Bankruptcy Litigation Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to establish that domicile and residence of a debtor, for purposes of establishing venue in bankruptcy cases on the basis of domicile and residence, is located where the debtor's principal place of business is located. Provides that venue also lies in the district in which such a case concerning the controlling corporation is pending: (1) if the debtor is controlled by another corporation, the financial statements of the debtor have been consolidated with those of the controlling corporation within a specified period of time before filing for bankruptcy, and the controlling corporation is a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings; or (2) if the debtor is not such a corporation, the debtor has been controlled by another corporation for a specified time period before filing, and the controlling corporation is a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings.
 
Adds bankruptcy courts to the list of district courts required to dismiss or transfer cases laying venue in the wrong division or district.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1125-1129)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that reimbursements for costs of using passenger automobiles for charitable and other organizations are excluded from gross income, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-315
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Charitable contributions
Charities
Crime and Law Enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Income tax
Law
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Social Welfare
Tax evasion
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue to provide that volunteers who use their automobiles for the benefit of a charitable organization may exclude from their gross income reimbursements for their automobile operating expenses at the same level as business employees (i.e. 40.5 cents per mile). 
 
Increases criminal sanctions and monetary penalties for: (1) underpayments or overpayments of tax due to fraud; (2) attempts to evade or defeat tax; (3) willful failure to file tax returns, supply information, or pay tax; and (4) fraud and false statements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1130)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1129-1130)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Reasonable Notice and Search Act

Bill: 109-s-316
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Law
Searches and seizures
Sunset legislation
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Reasonable Notice and Search Act - Revises provisions governing search warrants authorized under the USA PATRIOT ACT to: (1) limit the authority to delay notice of the issuance of such a search warrant to circumstances where providing immediate notice of the warrant will endanger the life or physical safety of an individual or result in flight from prosecution, the destruction of or tampering with the evidence sought under the warrant, or intimidation of potential witnesses; and (2) require such delayed notification to be issued within seven days (currently, within a &quot;reasonable period&quot;) after execution, with extensions by the court for additional periods of up to seven calendar days each time that the court finds reasonable cause to believe that notice of the execution of the warrant would have such consequences.
 
Requires the Attorney General, on a semiannual basis, to transmit to Congress and make public a report concerning all requests for delays of notice and for extensions of such delays.
 
Sunsets the delayed notice authority on December 31, 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1131)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3282-3283)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act

Bill: 109-s-317
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Business records
Commerce
Confidential communications
Congress
Counterintelligence
Espionage
Government Operations and Politics
Libraries
Publishers and publishing
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Subversive activities
Sunset legislation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and the Federal criminal code with respect to applications by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (or a designee) for an order requiring production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. Requires such applications, any resulting ex parte orders, and requests to booksellers and libraries to specify that there are specific and articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the records pertain is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power.
 
Amends the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to terminate as of December 31, 2005, specified authority for FBI investigative requests for telephone toll and transactional records as well as financial records and consumer reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1133)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1131-1133)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Computer Trespass Clarification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-318
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer hackers
Computers
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Contracts
Criminal investigation
Electronic surveillance
Internet
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Victims of crimes
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Computer Trespass Clarification Act of 2005 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to: (1) revise the definition of a &quot;computer trespasser&quot; for purposes of provisions concerning the unlawful interception of communications to exclude any person who has any relationship (currently, persons who have a contractual relationship) with the owner or operator of a protected computer permitting access to the computer; (2) require the owner or operator of a protected computer to be attempting to respond to communications activity that threatens the integrity or operation of such computer in order to legally authorize the interception of a computer trespasser's communications; and (3) limit the length of warrantless surveillance to 96 hours. Directs the Attorney General to report annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees regarding the use of such provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1134)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1133-1134)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program.

Bill: 109-s-319
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case management
Community health services
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Mental illness
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to adjust the minimum State allotments for Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness programs to be the greater of the amount otherwise received by the State for FY 2005 or $600,000. (Current law sets forth a minimum allotment of $300,000 per State.) Provides that if the funds appropriated are insufficient for all States to receive the minimum allotment, then States shall receive no less than the amount they received in FY 2005 with additional money spent to give States the minimum of $600,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1134-1135)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1134)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Fort Carson Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-320
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animals
Army
Boundaries
Colorado
Conservation easements
Environmental Protection
Habitat conservation
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Leases
Military bases
Military operations
Military research
Military training
Nature conservation
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Fort Carson Conservation Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot project at Fort Carson, Colorado, to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing conservation easements and leases granted by one or more willing sources to limit development and preserve habitat on real property in the vicinity of, or ecologically related to, military installations in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1135-1136)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1135)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Support Distribution Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-321
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Armed Forces and National Security
Block grants
Child support
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Immigration
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Passports
Social security numbers
Social work
State employees
Tax refunds
Taxation
Unemployment
Veterans' disability compensation
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Child Support Distribution Act of 2005 - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for: (1) denial of assistance to families that do not assign certain support rights to the State; and (2) the distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children receiving certain welfare benefits. 
 
Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage which shall trigger denial of a passport.
Revises requirements for the use of the tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of non-minor children.
Prohibits garnishment of certain compensation for a service-connected disability paid to a former member of the Armed Forces for: (1) alimony; or (2) child support less than 60 days in arrears. Permits no more than 50 percent of such compensation to be garnished to pay for such child support.
Provides for mandatory review and adjustment of child support orders for families receiving TANF.
Requires the Secretary to disclose new hire information to a State to assist in the administration of unemployment compensation programs.
Provides for a payment rate increase to States for short term training of staff of State-licensed or State-approved child welfare agencies providing services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-322
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Canada
Commemorations
Commerce
Cultural property
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Historic sites
History
International Affairs
International cooperation
Lakes
New York State
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2005 - Establishes the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership within the States of Vermont and New York. 
Directs the Partnership's management entity, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, to develop a management plan for the Partnership (for the Secretary of Interior's approval) that includes: (1) recommendations for funding, managing, and developing the Partnership; (2) a description of activities to be carried out by public and private organizations to protect the Partnership's resources; (3) an assessment of the organizational capacity of the Program to achieve the goals for implementation; and (4) recommendations for collaboration with Canada and the Province of Quebec in implementing this Act.
 
Authorizes the Program to enter into partnerships with, and make grants to, various public and private entities to carry out this Act. Allows the Secretary to provide assistance to carry out this Act.
 
Prohibits the Program from using Federal funds made available by this Act to acquire real property or any interest in real property.
 
Prohibits Federal assistance under this Act after 15 years after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-28.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1137-1138)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1136-1137)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
French Colonial Heritage National Historic Site Study Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-323
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Europe
France
Historic sites
History
Missouri
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: French Colonial Heritage National Historic Site Study Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area within the Ste. Genevieve National Historic District, Missouri, as a unit of the National Park System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-28.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act

Bill: 109-s-324
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Debtor and creditor
Earned income tax credit
Electronic benefits transfers
Electronic data interchange
Finance and Financial Sector
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Income tax
Law
Loans
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that advance payments of the earned income tax credit are not transferable or assignable or subject to the claims of any creditors, except outstanding claims of the Federal Government.
 
Prohibits: (1) the collection of a debt from a debtor's Federal tax refund by means of a refund anticipation loan; and (2) mandatory arbitration as a condition of providing a refund anticipation loan.
 
Terminates the Department of Treasury Debt Indicator Program. 
 
Excludes tax returns that have been filed subject to a refund anticipation loan from any determination of whether goals for electronic filing of tax returns have been met.
 
Allows earned income tax credit benefits to be paid through electronic transfer accounts. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) develop and implement a program to encourage the greater use of the advance earned income tax credit; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with federally insured depository institutions to provide low- and moderate-income taxpayers with the option of establishing low-cost direct deposit accounts using appropriate tax forms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1530-1531)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1200-1201)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1199-1200)
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
National Highway Borders Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-325
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Boundaries
Canada
Containerization
Customs administration
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal aid to transportation
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Intermodal transportation
International Affairs
International cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation planning
Trucking
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: 
National Highway Borders Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall make allocations to border States (i.e., States with a common boundary with Canada or Mexico) for projects within a border region (the portion of a border State located within 100 kilometers of a land border crossing with Canada or Mexico) to improve the safe movement of people and goods at or across the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders.
 
Permits allocations to States to be used in a border region only for specified: (1) improvements to transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo movement; (2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities; (3) operational improvements; (4) international coordination of planning, programming, and border operation; (5) projects in Canada or Mexico proposed by border States that directly and predominantly facilitate cross-border vehicle and commercial cargo movements; and (6) planning and environmental studies.
 
Directs the Secretary to allocate funds among border States on the basis of a specified formula. Sets the Federal cost share of projects under this Act at 80 percent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate