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A bill to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Bill: 109-s-446
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medicine
Health
New Jersey
Rescue work
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1659)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1659)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-447
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arid regions
Easements
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Infrastructure
Land transfers
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Natural areas
New Mexico
Parks
Research natural areas
Right-of-way
Surveying
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park Board (Board) for educational purposes not more than 1,000 acres of land that is located in the Jornada Experimental Range in the State of New Mexico and that is subject to an easement granted by the Agricultural Research Service to the Board.

action_date: 2005-07-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Jornada Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park Board (Board) for educational purposes not more than 1,000 acres of land that is located in the Jornada Experimental Range in the State of New Mexico and that is subject to an easement granted by the Agricultural Research Service to the Board. Specifies the terms and conditions such land conveyance shall be subject to.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2005-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9198)
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9198)
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9198)
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9198)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1659-1660)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1659)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.

Bill: 109-s-448
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Alaska
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Discrimination in public facilities
Indigenous peoples
Minorities
Native Americans
Racial discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design posthumously to Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich and Roy Peratrovich, in recognition of their outstanding and enduring contributions to the civil rights and dignity of the Native peoples of Alaska and the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1661)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1660-1661)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-451
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Business records
Cats
Commerce
Dogs
Fines (Penalties)
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Laboratories
Laboratory animals
Law
Licenses
Pets
Protection of animals
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to list permissible sources of dogs and cats used by research facilities to include dogs and cats obtained: (1) from a licensed dealer; (2) from a publicly owned and operated pound or shelter that meets specified requirements; (3) by donation from a person who bred and raised the dog or cat and owned it for not less than one year; or (4) from a research facility licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Sets forth additional monetary penalties for related violations. 
 
Prohibits Federal facilities from purchasing or otherwise acquiring dogs or cats for exhibition purposes except from: (1) the operator of an auction that comports with legal requirements; or (2) a person holding a valid dealer or exhibitor license.
 
Prohibits dealers from selling or otherwise providing a research facility with random source dogs or cats unless specified certification requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1670)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Tsunami Early Warning and Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-452
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Bangladesh
Burma
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Earthquakes
East Asia
Economic assistance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Evacuation of civilians
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
India
Indonesia
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International agencies
International cooperation
International relief
Kenya
Malaysia
Maldives
Remote sensing
Science, Technology, Communications
Seismology
Seychelles
Somalia
South Asia
Space activities
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Thailand
Tsunamis

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Tsunami Early Warning and Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Global Tsunami Disaster Reduction Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to protect vulnerable areas around the world, including Atlantic Ocean, Carribean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and European areas. 
 
Directs the Secretary of State to work with foreign countries that would benefit from tsunami warnings and through international organizations to: (1) share costs, data, and evacuation plan technical advice; and (2) ensure that the Global Earth Observation System of Systems program has access to and shares relevant information worldwide.
 
Directs NOAA to: (1) expand the U.S. Tsunami Ready program; and (2) work with other countries to enhance Global Seismic Network (GSN) monitoring activities.
 
Authorizes the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for: (1) individual victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami; and (2) infrastructure reconstruction of countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Seychelles, Bangladesh, Burma, Malaysia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1671-1672)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1670-1671)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act

Bill: 109-s-453
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aliens
Cubans
Haitians
Immigrants
Immigration
Refugees
Right of asylum
Supplemental security income program
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide a two-year extension of supplemental security income (SSI) through FY2008 for qualified aliens (including asylees and certain Cuban and Haitian entrants). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1672)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to release to the State of Arkansas a reversionary interest in Camp Joseph T. Robinson.

Bill: 109-s-454
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Land transfers
Military bases
National Guard

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Releases to the State of Arkansas certain reversionary interests in and to the surface estate of the land comprising Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
ACTION Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-455
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Admission of nonimmigrants
Arts, Culture, Religion
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collection of accounts
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Cultural relations
Curricula
Data banks
Department of State
Deportation
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational exchanges
Educational statistics
Employee training
Exchange of persons programs
Foreign service
Foreign students
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government statistics
Higher education
Identification devices
Immigration
International cooperation in science
Internet
Labor and Employment
Law
Marketing
Negotiations
President and foreign policy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Strategic planning
Student records
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
American Competitiveness Through International Openness Now Act of 2005 - ACTION Act of 2005 - Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to direct the President to submit to specified congressional committees a strategic plan for enhancing international student access to the United States for study and exchange activities.
 
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to provide for reduced fees in cases of short-term study, under the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). Directs the Secretaries of State and of Homeland Security to report on improving SEVIS fee collection and to develop policies to reform SEVIS database management.
 
Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure that the FBI has full connectivity to the Consular Consolidated Database.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress on improving the visa process. Directs the Secretary of State to issue certain guidance on visa processing. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise standards for visa evaluations for those having the intention, capability, and financial resources to complete a course of study in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1673-1675)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1673)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pathways to Independence Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-456
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Disability evaluation
Disabled
Drug abuse
Economics and Public Finance
Employment of the disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: 
Pathways to Independence Act of 2005 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States the option to receive credit for recipients who are determined by appropriate agencies to have a disability and to be in need of specialized activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1678-1679)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1676-1678)
action_date: 2005-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-458
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
College costs
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Textbooks
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Vocational and technical education
Welfare eligibility
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Act of 2005 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give States that receive a TANF grant the option to: (1) use the grant to establish a program, including an undergraduate post-secondary or vocational education program, under which an eligible participant may be provided certain support services although the State may not use Federal TANF grant funds to pay the participant's tuition; and (2) credit months of program participation for disregard in calculation of the five-year TANF assistance limitation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1719-1720)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division Highway Initiation Act

Bill: 109-s-459
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional tributes
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Infantry
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Limited access highways
Names
Road construction
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Interstate 3/3rd Infantry Division Highway Initiation Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a new interstate highway designated as &quot;United States Interstate Route 3&quot; should be constructed between Savannah, Georgia, and Knoxville, Tennessee; and (2) such highway should be known and designated as the &quot;3rd Infantry Division Highway&quot;, in honor of the professionalism, heroism, and sacrifice of the men and women of the U.S. Army 3rd Division in defending the freedom of the United States.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the steps and estimated funding necessary to designate and construct a new interstate route for the 3rd Infantry Division Highway, between Savannah, Georgia, and Knoxville, Tennessee (formerly the Savannah River Parkway in the State of Georgia).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-23
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1720)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Crosby-Puller Combat Wounds Compensation Act

Bill: 109-s-461
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Income tax
Iraq compilation
Military pay
Tax exclusion
Taxation
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Crosby-Puller Combat Wounds Compensation Act - Requires a member of the Armed Forces who is wounded or otherwise injured while serving in a combat zone for which special pay is authorized to be paid monthly military pay, during the period in which the member recovers from such wound or injury, that is at least equal to the monthly pay received by the member immediately before receiving the wound or injury. Makes such requirement effective for pay periods beginning on or after September 11, 2001.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to continue during such recovery period the combat zone special pay income tax exclusion. Makes such requirement effective for months beginning on or after the above date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12676)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1722)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1722)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Bill: 109-s-462
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Harbors
Maine
Navigation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Terminates authorization for a specified project for navigation in Tenants Harbor, Maine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1722-1723)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to deauthorize the project for navigation, Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Bill: 109-s-463
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Harbors
Maine
Navigation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Deauthorizes a specified project for navigation at Northeast Harbor, Maine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1722-1723)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to modify the project for navigation, Union River, Maine.

Bill: 109-s-464
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Maine
Navigation
Rivers
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Modifies the Union River, Maine, navigation project by redesignating a specified portion of the project as an anchorage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1722-1723)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for the mitigation of shore damage attributable to the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine.

Bill: 109-s-465
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-02-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Beaches
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Maine
Navigation
Rivers
Shore protection
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out, under the River and Harbor Act of 1968, a project for the mitigation of shore damage attributable to the project for navigation, Saco River, Maine, without regard to the requirement for congressional authorization set forth in that Act. Authorizes the Secretary to implement the project plan preferred by non-Federal interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1722-1723)
action_date: 2005-02-18
text: Introduced in Senate