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TRADE Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-191
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Afghanistan
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
American investments
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Clothing
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
East Timor
Government Operations and Politics
Kiribati
Laos
Maldives
Nepal
Oceania
President and foreign policy
Samoa
Solomon Islands
South Asia
Sri Lanka
Tariff preferences
Textile fabrics
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies Act of 2005 (TRADE Act of 2005) - Authorizes the President to designate Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Sri Lanka or their successor political entities (TRADE Act of 2005 countries) as beneficiary TRADE Act of 2005 countries eligible to receive duty-free treatment for certain articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of such countries, if after receiving the advice of the International Trade Commission (ITC) the President determines that such articles are not import-sensitive in the context of imports from such countries.
 
Conditions such designation upon eligibility requirements of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the Trade Act of 1974.
 
Prescribes the rule of origin for the articles for the duty-free treatment.
 

 
Applies duty-free treatment, without any quantitative limitations, granted to textile and apparel articles under AGOA to articles imported directly into the U.S. customs territory from a beneficiary TRADE Act of 2005 country if their assembly meets specified U.S. origin requirements.
 
Grants AGOA preferential treatment for apparel articles assembled in one or more beneficiary TRADE Act of 2005 countries or such former countries, or both, from regional fabric from yarn originating either in the United States or one or more of such countries.
 
 Establishes: (1) limitations on such preferential treatment; and (2) special rules for apparel articles wholly assembled in one or more beneficiary TRADE Act of 2005 countries or former beneficiary countries, or both, regardless of the country of origin of the yarn or fabric used to make such articles; and (3) applicable percentages of such benefits.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S600)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to permit the planting of chicory on base acres.

Bill: 109-s-194
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Herbs
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to permit the planting of chicory on base acres for purposes of direct and counter-cyclical payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S604)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-195
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts
Congressional elections
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Members of Congress
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2005 - Provides for full voting representation in Congress for the residents of the District of Columbia, including two Senators and as many Representatives as a similarly populous State would be entitled to under the law.
 
Treats the District of Columbia as a State. Prescribes a procedure for the first elections under this Act.
 
Entitles the District to one Representative until the taking effect of the next reapportionment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
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: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S604-605)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S604)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property.

Bill: 109-s-196
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign corporations
Imports
Income tax
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines &quot;imported property income&quot; as, with certain exceptions, income attributable to property manufactured outside of the United States and imported for sale into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S605)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Rail Crossing Safety Act

Bill: 109-s-197
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Ambulances
Bridges
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to transportation
Fire fighters
Governmental investigations
Health
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Law enforcement officers
Paramedical personnel
Police
Railroad freight operations
Railroad safety
Railroads
Road construction
Traffic accidents and safety
Traffic congestion
Transportation engineering
Transportation research
Tunnels

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Rail Crossing Safety Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study the impact of blocked highway-railroad grade crossings on the ability of emergency responders to perform public safety and security duties.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to States and units of local government to construct tunnels, bridges, and other means of separating rail tracks and roads in order to improve safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S605-606)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete.

Bill: 109-s-198
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Declares Griselda Lopez Negrete to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ricardo F. Pedrotti.

Bill: 109-s-199
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: 
Declares Ricardo F. Pedrotti to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-s-200
Sponsor: Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA]
Introduced: 2005-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Conservation of natural resources
Cultural property
Environmental Protection
Georgia
Historic sites
History
Land use
Mountains
Natural areas
Nature conservation
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia. Designates the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance as the Area's management entity. Requires the Alliance to develop a management plan for the Heritage Area and to implement that plan following approval by the Secretary of the Interior.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: 
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act - (Sec. 4) Establishes the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia. Designates the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance as the Area's management entity. 
 
(Sec. 5) Requires the Alliance to develop and submit a management plan for the Heritage Area to the Secretary of the Interior for approval that incorporates an integrated and cooperative approach to protect, interpret, and enhance the resources of the Area. Provides for such plan to be based upon the preferred concept in the document entitled &quot;Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Feasibility Study&quot;, dated February 28, 2001.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from providing any additional funding under this Act until a management plan is submitted.
 
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical and financial assistance to the Area for the development and implementation of the management plan.
 
(Sec. 8) Specifies the effect of this Act on certain authorities for occupational safety, conservation, and environmental regulations and land use regulations.
 
(Sec. 9) Authorizes appropriations. Limits: (1) the funding that may be used in any fiscal year to $1,000,000; and (2) the Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out using funds made available under this Act to 50 percent.
 
(Sec. 10) Terminates the authority of the Secretary to make grants or provide assistance under this Act on September 30, 2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment. With written report No. 109-3.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment. With written report No. 109-3.
action_date: 2005-02-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S606)
action_date: 2005-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Katarina Galovic Gnall.

Bill: 109-s-201
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Declares, for purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Katarina Galovic Gnall, the daughter of former Yugoslavian diplomats, to be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of the enactment of this Act upon payment of the required visa fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Gustav F.K. Wallner.

Bill: 109-s-202
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Declares Gustav F.K. Wallner to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Lakes Water Quality Indicators and Monitoring Act

Bill: 109-s-208
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Ecological research
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Great Lakes
Information networks
Pollution measurement
Science, Technology, Communications
Water pollution control
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Great Lakes Water Quality Indicators and Monitoring Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with Canada and appropriate Federal agencies, to develop and implement a set of science-based indicators of water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes, including measures of accumulated toxic pollutants. 
Directs the Program Office to establish a Federal network for continued monitoring and data collection with respect to such indicators. 
Requires biennial reporting of results and identification of any emerging problems.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S655-656)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Renato Rosetti.

Bill: 109-s-210
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Declares Renato Rosetti to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act upon payment of the required visa fee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-211
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Access to health care
Church and social problems
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Health
Information services
Internet
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Nonprofit organizations
Religion
Social Welfare
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to each State to carry out a program in the Administration on Children and Families for making available throughout that State the 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. Requires a participating State to ensure that at least 50 percent of the resources of the program funded by the grant will be derived from other sources. Requires a State seeking a grant to carry out its activities through a lead entity to be known as a 2-1-1 Collaborative.
 
Requires grant amounts to be used solely to make available to a State 2-1-1 telephone service for community information and referral on human services to all citizens of that State with phone access, including telephone connections between families and individuals seeking services and the service providers.
 
Requires grant recipients to: (1) abide by the Key Standards for 2-1-1 Centers; and (2) collaborate with human service organizations to provide an exhaustive database of services with which to provide information or referral to individuals utilizing the 2-1-1 service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S657)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of certain claims against the United States.

Bill: 109-s-216
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Claims

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada in settlement and full satisfaction of certain claims.
 
Excludes such payment from the provisions of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S669-670)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S668-669)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-217
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Access to airports
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Small towns
Subsidies
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Essential Air Service Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to repeal the mandate for the Essential Air Service local participation program (a pilot program under which up to ten designated essential air service communities located near hub airports shall assume ten percent of their essential air service subsidy costs for a four-year period).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S670)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide incentives to landowners to protect and improve streams and riparian habitat.

Bill: 109-s-218
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agricultural conservation
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Fishery management
Habitat conservation
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Landowners
Nonprofit organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Riparian ecology
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Soil erosion
Stream conservation
Thermal pollution of rivers, lakes, etc.
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish within the Natural Resources Conservation Service a stream habitat improvement program to provide cost-share payments to landowners for stream habitat improvement projects; and (2) provide a higher payment share to a landowner who carries out a project in partnership with a nonprofit organization.
 
 Gives priority for projects that: (1) remove a small dam or in-stream structure; (2) improve fish passage; (3) protect streamside areas; (4) improve water flow; or (5) improve in-stream flow quality or temperature regimes. Authorizes the Secretary to provide a higher payment share to a landowner who carries out a priority project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S671)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670-671)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Mohamad Derani, Maha Felo Derani, and Tarek Derani.

Bill: 109-s-220
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Makes Mohamad Derani, Maha Felo Derani, and Tarek Derani each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad.

Bill: 109-s-221
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Declares Luay Lufti Hadad to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9308-9309)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-222
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Legislation
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: 
Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should enact legislation to protect Medicare beneficiaries from dramatic increases in the Medicare part B premium. 
 
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cap the Medicare part B premium for each month in 2005 at the same rate for each month in 2004, adjusted for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S672-673)
action_date: 2005-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate