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Gasoline Affordability and Security Act

Bill: 109-s-1868
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aviation fuels
Coal
Commerce
Commercialization
Computers
Congressional employees
Consumer education
Diesel motor
Energy conservation
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Executive reorganization
Federal Trade Commission
Federal employees
Fines (Penalties)
Fringe benefits
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Income tax
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Petroleum industry
Petroleum reserves
Profit
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Strategic materials
Sulphur
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Telecommuting
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Gasoline Affordability and Security Act or the GAS Act - States it is unlawful to sell gasoline or diesel fuel at a price which constitutes price gouging (as defined by Federal Trade Commission (FTC)) during the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the President determines the existence of conditions warranting the drawdown and sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
 
Requires the FTC to establish a Competitive Pricing Task Force to provide assistance upon request of a state attorney general.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) ensure that specified funds are allocated to coal-based gasification technologies, including a Fischer-Tropsch technology project to produce ultra-low sulfur liquid transportation fuel; (2) establish as an energy policy priority the expedited, large-scale commercialization of such technology; and (3) provide funds for a subsequent Fischer-Tropsch technology project.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a credit against the income tax the qualified teleworking expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer during such year.
 
Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of employer-provided computer equipment as a fringe benefit.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress and the employees of the legislative branch of the federal government should: (1) conserve gasoline, aviation, and diesel fuel by whatever means practicable; and (2) as a part of such conservation efforts, promote teleworking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11325-11326)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11324-11325)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1870
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
California
Commemorations
Concessions
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Maintenance and repair
National parks
National recreation areas
Rent
Restaurants
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Modifies the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract for the management of such properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-361.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11424)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11423-11424)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
An original bill to repeal the increased micropurchase threshold.

Bill: 109-s-1871
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Competitive bidding
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Floods
Government procurement
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Amends the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 to repeal requirements concerning the use of the emergency procurement authority under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act and the increased micropurchase threshold with respect to procurements of property or services by executive agencies for use in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations. 

action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 to repeal requirements concerning the use of the emergency procurement authority under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act and the increased micropurchase threshold with respect to procurements of property or services by executive agencies for use in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 234.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Collins. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Collins. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ordered to be reported an original measure.
A bill to permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

Bill: 109-s-1872
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Local finance
Local taxation
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Permits the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Alien Tort Statute Reform Act

Bill: 109-s-1874
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Aliens
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
District courts
Genocide
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Limitation of actions
Murder
Slavery
Torts
Torture

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Alien Tort Statute Reform Act - Amends the federal judicial code to revise the alien tort (injury) statute. Grants exclusive, as well as original, jurisdiction to U.S. district courts over tort claims brought by aliens against U.S. individuals and business entities (e.g., corporations and partnerships). Specifies the torts that are actionable under the Act as torture, extrajudicial killing, genocide, piracy, slavery, or slave trading. 
 
Establishes as the legal standard for defendant liability under the Act direct participation with specific intent to commit the alleged tort. Requires courts to decline jurisdiction over an alien tort claim if: (1) the alien claimant has not exhausted adequate and available remedies in the place where the alleged tort occurred; or (2) the President certifies in writing that the exercise of jurisdiction will have a negative impact on U.S. foreign policy interests. 
 
Requires claims under the Act to be brought within 10 years from the date of the alleged tort.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11435-11436)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11423-11435)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1875
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border patrols
Boundaries
Canada
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Immigration
Latin America
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Border Law Enforcement Relief Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to a tribal, state, or local law enforcement agency located in a county within 100 miles of a U.S. border with Canada or Mexico, or in a county beyond 100 miles that has been certified by the Secretary as a high impact area, to provide assistance in addressing: (1) criminal activity that occurs by virtue of proximity to the border; and (2) the U.S. government's failure to adequately secure its borders. Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the costs incurred by law enforcement agencies in connection with such criminal activity or failure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11436-11437)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code.

Bill: 109-s-1876
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Justice
Federal employees
Government attorneys
Government travel
Law
Leave of absence

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Makes attorneys employed by the Department of Justice (including assistant U.S. attorneys) eligible for compensatory time off for travel.

action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 

 
Makes attorneys employed by the Department of Justice (including assistant U.S. attorneys) eligible for compensatory time off for travel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11386)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-01-27
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: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of certain county offices of the Farm Service Agency.

Bill: 109-s-1877
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Congress
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Legislation
Relocation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from closing or relocating a Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office in operation as of the date of enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Predatory Payday Loan Prohibition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1878
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts
Bank loans
Checks
Commerce
Consumer credit
Credit unions
Fees
Loans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
 Predatory Payday Loan Prohibition Act of 2005 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from making a payday loan to any person if the creditor knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that: (1) the personal check or share draft received in exchange for the loan is drawn on an insured depository institution or an insured credit union; or (2) the account that will be debited in exchange for the loan is a transaction or share draft account at an insured depository institution or an insured credit union.
 
Defines payday loan as any transaction in which a short-term cash advance is made to a consumer in exchange for: (1) the consumer's personal check or share draft in the amount of the advance plus a fee, where presentment or negotiation of the check or draft is deferred by agreement of the parties until a designated future date; or (2) the consumer's authorization to debit his or her transaction or share draft account in the amount of the advance plus a fee, where such account will be debited on or after a designated future date.
 
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from: (1) making any payday loan, either directly or indirectly; or (2) making a loan to another lender for purposes of financing, refinancing, or extending a payday loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11438-11439)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11437-11438)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Bankruptcy Prevention Credit Counseling Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1879
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-10-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Commerce
Consumer credit
Counseling
Debtor and creditor
Interest
Personal budgets
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: 
Bankruptcy Prevention Credit Counseling Act of 2005 - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing allowance of claims or interests to direct the court to allow a claim to which an objection has been raised, except to the extent that the consumer debt is an unsecured claim arising from a debt to a creditor that does not have a policy of waiving additional interest for all debtors who participate in a debt management plan administered by a nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11439)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11437-11438, S11439)
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Introduced in Senate
San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-s-1881
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
California
Coins and coinage
Finance and Financial Sector
Gold
Historic sites
History
Museums
Silver

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins and 500,000 $1 silver coins emblematic of the San Francisco Old Mint Building, its importance to California and U.S. history, and its role in rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire. 
Requires that all surcharges received by the Secretary from such coin sales be promptly paid to the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society to rehabilitate the Historic Old Mint in San Francisco as a city museum and an American Coin and Gold Rush Museum.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-18
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11479)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11478-11479)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for a national tire fuel efficiency program.

Bill: 109-s-1882
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Automobile tires
Commerce
Consumer education
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption
Labeling
Quality of products
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Amends federal transportation law with respect to certain standards prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation establishing a uniform quality grading system for motor vehicle tires to help consumers make an informed choice when purchasing them. Requires such grading system to include standards for rating the fuel efficiency of passenger car and light truck tires.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a national tire fuel efficiency program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1883
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Constitutional law
Department of Transportation
Eminent domain
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Families
Family farms
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Housing and Community Development
Injunctions
Judicial review
Land transfers
Law
Mediation
Ombudsman
Parties to actions
Real estate appraisal
Relocation
Right of property
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Empowering More Property Owners With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005 or EMPOWER Act - Amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to require a federal agency when acquiring real property to provide to a property owner with: (1) at the beginning of the negotiation process, the current contact information for the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsperson; (2) a description of available mediation and other dispute resolution alternatives; and (3) in specified cases, a copy of the appraisal.
 
 Establishes the Office of the Property Rights Ombudsperson to: (1) at the request of a federal or state agency, advise the agency with respect to actions that may affect property rights; (2) advise private property owners that have a legitimate potential or actual claim against a federal agency involving property rights; and (3) if appropriate, and if requested by a private property owner, mediate or arrange arbitration for disputes between private property owners and federal agencies that involve property rights, eminent domain, or relocation assistance under the Act. 
 
Sets forth requirements for arbitration and mediation requested by a private property owner and arranged by the Property Rights Ombudsperson. 
 
Authorizes the establishment of other federal and state offices of property rights ombudspersons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11479-11480)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1884
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medical fees
Medicare
Social Welfare
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the requirements and the formula for payments for services furnished to individuals in ambulatory surgical centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1885
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-10-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Economics and Public Finance
Food relief
Food service
Good samaritan laws
Grants-in-aid
Hunger
Labor and Employment
Law
Nonprofit organizations
Restaurants
Social Welfare
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: 
Food Employment Empowerment and Development Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a food employment empowerment and development program of grants to eligible public agencies and private nonprofit institutions to encourage the use of community resources to combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating opportunity through food recovery and job training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11480-11481)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11480)
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the conduct of small projects for the rehabilitation or removal of dams.

Bill: 109-s-1887
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water resources development
Infrastructure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out a small dam removal or rehabilitation project, including one relating to a privately-owned dam that does not generate hydropower, upon determining that the project will enhance public safety or improve the quality of the environment, or is in the public interest.
 
Directs a non-federal interest to provide 35% of removal or remediation costs. Permits construction to be commenced only after a non-federal interest has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary to pay: (1) the non-federal share of construction costs; and (2) 100% of any operation and maintenance costs. Limits to $5 million in federal funds the amount that may be allotted for a project at any single location.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11561)
action_date: 2005-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate