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Home Energy Savings Incentives Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2105
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Electric power
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Natural gas
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Home Energy Savings Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property enacted by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow an individual taxpayer a credit equal to $10 for each therm of certified natural gas savings and $0.65 for each kilowatt hour of certified electricity savings attributable to energy efficiency improvements made to the taxpayer's principal residence. Limits the amount of such credit to $5,000, less credits received for all prior taxable years. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe the manner and method for making energy savings certifications for purposes of the tax credit.
 
 Terminates the credit after December 31, 2007.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2106
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Government Operations and Politics
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Irrigation
Planning
Research centers
Rivers
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Waste water treatment
Water conservation
Water districts
Water purification
Water supply
Watersheds
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Santa Ana River Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with: (1) the Orange County Water District (the District), to participate in the design, planning, and construction of natural treatment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin; (2) local governments to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines to export the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the Pacific Ocean; and (3) the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project. Limits the federal share of total project costs. Prohibits using funds provided by the Secretary for operation and maintenance of the projects. 
 
Directs the Secretary to establish at the District a center to provide: (1) assistance in the development and advancement of membrane technologies; and (2) educational support in the advancement of public understanding and acceptance of membrane produced water supplies.
 
Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act after 10 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13662)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13661-13662)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Household Energy and Taxpayer Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2107
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Energy assistance for the poor
Fuel
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Public utility rates
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Household Energy and Taxpayer Assistance Act of 2005 - Provides additional appropriations for the low-income home energy assistance program for FY2006.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for 20% of their residential energy expenses. Imposes a $200 lifetime limitation on such credit ($300 for joint returns).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13662-13663)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act

Bill: 109-s-2108
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Access to airports
Administrative procedure
Air routes
Airports
Airspace (Law)
Citizen participation
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Land transfers
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests
National parks
Private aviation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Backcountry Landing Strip Access Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from taking any action that would permanently close, restrict, render or declare as unserviceable any aircraft landing strip located on federal land under their respective jurisdiction, unless: (1) the head of the aviation department of each state in which the aircraft landing strip is located approves the action; (2) notice of the proposed action has been published in the Federal Register; (3) a public comment period on the action has been provided; and (4) the relevant Secretary and the head of the aviation department of each state in which the affected aircraft landing strip is located have taken into consideration any comments received during the comment period.
 
Directs the Secretaries to: (1) adopt a nationwide policy for governing backcountry aviation issues related to the management of federal land under their jurisdiction; and (2) require regional managers to adhere to it. Declares that a policy affecting air access to an aircraft landing strip located on federal land will not take effect unless certain conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Collaboration for the Recovery of Endangered Species Act

Bill: 109-s-2110
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Income tax
Judicial review
Land banking
Land use
Law
Licenses
Restoration ecology
Right of property
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Collaboration for the Recovery of Endangered Species Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to revise the role of states and private landowners in the recovery of endangered species. 

State Government Assistance in Recovery Act - Revises provisions of ESA allowing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with states for the recovery of endangered species. 

Priority for Listing and Recovery Act - Revises provisions of ESA relating to the determination of endangered and threatened species to require the Secretary to establish: (1) a revised system of priorities for making endangered and threatened species determinations; (2) a schedule for making such determinations; and (3) revised recovery programs for the preservation of endangered species and recovery teams to implement such programs.

Incentives for Species Recovery Act - Establishes a system of conservation banks for the exchange of conservation credits by private landowners engaged in the recovery of endangered species.

Allows the issuance of provisional permits for the continuation of certain activities on potential endangered species habitats until a habitat conservation plan is approved. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax deduction for credits purchased from a conservation bank; and (2) a tax credit for ESA-related conservation and recovery costs.
 
Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to protect landowners enrolled in certain ESA recovery plans from liability for incidental takings of endangered species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13677-13678)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Growth Initiative Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2111
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Employee training
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Minimum tax
Pension funds
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Stocks
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Technological innovations
Technology transfer

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Small Business Growth Initiative Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small business employers (with between two and 100 employees) a business tax credit for employee training expenses; (2) double the tax exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of qualified small business stock and reduce the holding period for such stock from five to three years; (3) exempt such small business stock gain from the alternative minimum tax; (4) extend through 2010 the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets; and (5) increase the tax credit for small employer pension startup costs. 
 
Amends the Small Business Act to increase federal agency expenditures under the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer program (STTR) through FY2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13679-13680)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Seasonal Influenza and Pandemic Preparation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2112
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Communication in medicine
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee training
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Health insurance
Influenza
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Poor children
Public health personnel
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Vaccination
Vaccines
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Seasonal Influenza and Pandemic Preparation Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national voluntary influenza vaccination program to provide free influenza vaccines. Requires the Secretary to reimburse participating entities for the cost of administering such vaccines.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to health departments, public hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and other entities to facilitate: (1) the establishment of influenza vaccination programs in partnership with private entities; and (2) the development of influenza vaccination programs for students and families of students.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to elementary and secondary schools to facilitate the development of a voluntary influenza vaccination program; (2) develop an immunization plan with immunization target numbers for Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (3) provide bonus payments to eligible health care providers and other entities who meet such immunization targets; (4) establish a Volunteer Vaccine Corps to facilitate the distribution of vaccines during a public health emergency related to an influenza outbreak; (5) maintain a database of Corps members; and (6) award grants for the training of Corps members. Limits the liability of Corps members when performing their duties.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a national public affairs campaign to increase influenza immunization rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Age Communications Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2113
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Antennas
Block grants
Cable television
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Delegation of powers
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal Communications Commission
Federal preemption
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government regulation
Independent regulatory commissions
Judicial review
Law
Legislation
Licenses
Limitation of actions
Local laws
Performance measurement
Poverty
Radio stations
Restrictive trade practices
Right-of-way
Social Welfare
State laws
Sunset legislation
Technological innovations
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Digital Age Communications Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful for any provider of electronic communications service to participate in unfair methods of competition, or unfair or deceptive practices, in or affecting electronic communications networks and services.
 
Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from denying an application to assign or transfer control of a communications license, permit, or certificate unless it is in violation of the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) or a specific FCC rule or regulation.
 
Repeals the Act's application to universal service three years after the enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the Federal-State Joint Board on universal service to periodically recommend to the FCC modifications as to which basic electronic communications services are to be supported by federal universal service support mechanisms. Directs the FCC to: (1) promulgate rules to reform the universal services contribution mechanism and adopt a new mechanism; and (2) revise its current universal service fund system to establish a single universal service fund which shall be the exclusive federal universal service support mechanism.
 
States that it shall be U.S. policy: (1) to integrate federal, state, and local regulation of electronic communications networks; (2) that such networks and their services be governed by a single, minimally pervasive regulatory regime; (3) to eliminate rate regulation and rate-setting when feasible; and (4) to create incentives to invest in new technologies and to encourage the deployment of advanced electronic communications services.
 
Authorizes continued state regulation of rates for basic stand-alone local service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Confluence National Heritage Corridor Act

Bill: 109-s-2114
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Landscape protection
Mississippi River
Missouri
Missouri River development
Nature conservation
Nonprofit organizations
Rivers
Social Welfare
Water Resources Development
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Confluence National Heritage Corridor Act - Establishes a national heritage corridor in the States of Missouri and Illinois to be known as the &quot;Confluence National Heritage Corridor.&quot; Designates the Confluence National Heritage Corridor Association to serve as the local coordinating entity for the Heritage Corridor. Requires the Association to prepare and submit a management plan relating to the Heritage Corridor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act Amendments of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2115
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-12-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmentally induced diseases
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Law
Medical research
Medical statistics
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Parkinson's disease
Planning-programming-budgeting
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: 
Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions regarding a research planning conference required to be convened by the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to require such conference to: (1) investigate Parkinson's research funded by NIH; and (2) identify shortcomings and opportunities for more effective treatments and a cure for Parkinson's disease.
 
Requires the result of each conference to be included in a research investment plan that also: (1) provides for measurable results with the goals of better treatments and a cure for Parkinson's disease determining the allocation of research dollars; (2) includes an outline of how to fully utilize the Udall Center program; and (3) includes a budget and implementation strategy.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure adequate funding to carry out activities described in the investment plan.
 
Requires the Director to ensure funding for an additional Morris K. Udall research center to coordinate activities conducted by, and manage the interdisciplinary efforts of, the other centers. Requires each research center to ensure that there is a significant clinical component and ongoing basic research. Requires the Director to establish an application review process for grants to fund such research centers. Directs (currently, allows) the Director to award grants to support qualified investigators with potential for significant future Parkinson's disease breakthroughs.
 
Requires the Director to investigate and report to Congress on the incidence of Parkinson's disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13680-13681)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S16780, S16781)
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Introduced in Senate
TANF and Related Programs Extension Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2119
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
American Samoa
Appropriations
Authorization
Cash welfare block grants
Child abuse
Child welfare
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Guam
Health
Medicaid
Medicare
Puerto Rico
Sexual abstinence
Virgin Islands
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
TANF and Related Programs Extension Act of 2005 - Reauthorizes and extends through June 30, 2006, in the manner authorized for FY2005, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant Program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), additional grants to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, funding for state abstinence education programs under SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant), and eligibility for Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) under SSA title XIX (Medicaid).
 
Reauthorizes and extends the national random sample study of child welfare and child welfare waiver authority through June 30, 2006, in the manner authorized for FY2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13788)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-12-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cooperative housing
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Mortgages
Single family housing
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 
Veterans Housing Fairness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the use of veterans' housing loan benefits to purchase stock or membership in a development, project, or structure (structure) of a cooperative housing corporation as long as such structure: (1) complies with criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and (2) is a single family residential unit. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-715.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Introduced in Senate