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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing.

Bill: 109-s-1159
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American investments
Bank holding companies
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Foreign corporations
Holding companies
Income tax
Insurance
Insurance companies
Stockholders
Tax deferral
Tax exclusion
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to taxation of U.S. shareholders of controlled foreign corporations, to permanently extend the subpart F exemption (which excludes such income from the shareholder's foreign personal holding company income) for active financing (insurance, banking, financing, or similar businesses) income earned on business operations overseas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6055)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6055)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Legal Services Benefit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1160
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefit plans
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal services
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Legal Services Benefit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore, increase, and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to exempt preparation for high-skill, high-demand jobs from participation and time limits under the temporary assistance for needy families program.

Bill: 109-s-1161
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Skilled labor
Vocational and technical education
Wages
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Revises the mandatory work requirements of part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to the limitation on the number of persons in a state who may be treated as engaged in work by reason of participation in educational activities. Removes two-parent families from the formula for such limitation. Creates an exception to the limitation for education in preparation for sector-specific, high-skill occupations to meet employer demand.
 
Defines sector-specific, high-demand, high-skill occupation to meet employer demand as an occupation that: (1) has been identified by the state workforce investment board or by the state agency administering the state TANF program as within state needs with regard to current and projected employment opportunities in specific industry sectors; (2) requires occupational training; and (3) provides a wage of at least 75 percent of the state median hourly wage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1162
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Education
Higher education
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2005 - Repeals the ten-year limits on the use of veterans' and Selected Reserve educational assistance benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6102-6103)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Sectoral Market Assessment for Regional Training Enhancement and Revitalization Act

Bill: 109-s-1163
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Commerce
Curricula
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Labor supply
Labor unions
Public-private partnerships
Regional economic development
Skilled labor
Strategic planning
Surveys
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Sectoral Market Assessment for Regional Training Enhancement and Revitalization Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to make skills gap capacity grants to states to assist local boards and regional consortia, through certain partnerships, to make: (1) strategic sectoral skills gap assessments; (2) strategic skills gap action plans; and (3) strategic training capacity enhancement seed grants to providers of training services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for training service and delivery innovation projects.

Bill: 109-s-1164
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Distance education
Education
Educational technology
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include, among authorized demonstration and pilot projects, targeted innovation projects that improve access to and delivery of employment and training services. 
 
Emphasizes projects that incorporate advanced technologies to help connect individuals to information and tools to upgrade their skills. Includes projects that link individuals to opportunities for self-guided learning. Gives priority to projects that provide: (1) technology directly to eligible training recipients to reach information about training opportunities and content; (2) for conducting of online eligibility determinations for federal and state training programs, and directing individuals to appropriate area programs; and (3) high-quality employment and training services information integrated with delivery of information regarding other social services and health care programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the authorization of the Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission.

Bill: 109-s-1166
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Historic sites
History
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Extends the authorization for the Kalaupapa National Historical Park Advisory Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-201.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6104)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6104)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any antidumping duty or countervailing duty order.

Bill: 109-s-1167
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Iron and steel industry
Metal trade
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Steel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Exempts specified wire rods from antidumping or countervailing duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make inadmissible individuals who law enforcement knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe, seek entry into the United States to participate in illegal activities with criminal gangs located in the United States.

Bill: 109-s-1168
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Gangs
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make a person inadmissible for U.S. entry if the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that such person seeks to engage in a criminal street gang in the United States.
 
 Defines &quot;criminal street gang&quot; as an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more individuals that commits a violation of federal or state law that is punishable by at least one year's imprisonment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6104-6105)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1169
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Computer matching
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Due process of law
Electronic government information
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
International Affairs
Law
Legislation
Official secrets
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Technology assessment
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2005 - Requires the head of each federal department or agency that is engaged in any activity to use or develop data-mining technology to report annually to Congress on all such activities. Requires that such report be made available to the public.
 
Defines &quot;data-mining&quot; as a query, search, or other analysis of one or more electronic databases, where: (1) at least one of the databases was obtained from or remains under the control of a non-federal entity, or the information was acquired initially by another federal department or agency for purposes other than intelligence or law enforcement; (2) a federal department or agency or a non-federal entity acting on behalf of the federal government is conducting the query, search, or other analysis to find a predictive pattern indicating terrorist or criminal activity; and (3) the search does not use a specific individual's personal identifiers to acquire information concerning that individual.
 
Mandates annual updates, including any new uses or development of data-mining technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6106)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6105-6106)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1171
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Bombings
California
Charities
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Diplomats
District of Columbia
Education
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Export controls
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
International cooperation
Law
Middle East and North Africa
New York City
President and foreign policy
Right to travel
Sanctions (International law)
Saudi Arabia
Social Welfare
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Government of Saudi Arabia must immediately and unconditionally: (1) cooperate fully with the United States in the investigation of terror groups and individuals; (2) close permanently all organizations in Saudi Arabia that fund, train, encourage, or in any way aid terrorism anywhere in the world; (3) end funding for terror organizations outside Saudi Arabia; and (4) block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to Saudi-based or offshore terror organizations.
 
Directs the President to prohibit certain exports to Saudi Arabia and restrict travel of certain Saudi diplomats if the President cannot certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Saudi Arabia: (1) is fully cooperating with the United States in investigating and preventing terrorist attacks; (2) has closed permanently all Saudi-based terror organizations; (3) has ended funding for any offshore terror organization; and (4) has made all efforts to block funding from private Saudi citizens and entities to offshore terror organizations. Allows the President to waive such sanctions for national security reasons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6107-6109)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1172
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Cancer
Cervical cancer
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Gynecology
Health education
Nonprofit organizations
Ovarian cancer
Public service advertising
Social Welfare
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: 
Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005 or Johanna's Law - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national campaign to increase the awareness and knowledge of women with respect to gynecologic cancers, which shall include: (1) maintaining a supply of written materials to provide information to the public on gynecologic cancers; and (2) developing and placing public service announcements to encourage women to discuss their risks of gynecologic cancers with their physicians.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants to nonprofit private entities to test different outreach and education strategies for increasing such awareness among women and health professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6110)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6109)
action_date: 2005-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1173
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ballots
Collective bargaining
Government Operations and Politics
Labor unions
Law
National Labor Relations Board
Unfair labor practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Secret Ballot Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board; and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6157)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6156)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.

Bill: 109-s-1174
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional gold medals
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Progressivism (U.S. politics)
Senate
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design posthumously to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, Wisconsin, and the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-s-1175
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Coins and coinage
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-Members of Congress
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Progressivism (U.S. politics)
Senate
Silver
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 coins in commemoration of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and emblematic of his life and accomplishments.
 
Restricts coin issuance to calendar year 2006. Imposes a surcharge of $10 per coin, to be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Neighbor Islands Veterans Health Care Improvements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1176
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Ambulatory care
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Health
Law
Legislation
Long-term care
Mental health services
Military hospitals
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Neighbor Islands Veterans Health Care Improvements Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign an additional counselor to the vet center: (1) on the island of Maui, Hawaii; and (2) in Hilo, Hawaii.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a: (1) new vet center on the island of Oahu, Hawaii; and (2) satellite health care clinic on each of the islands of Lanai and Molokai. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and operate a medical care clinic on the west side of Kauai Island.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and operate on Oahu a medical care foster program; (2) assign appropriate additional clinical staff to specified community based outpatient clinics in Hawaii; and (3) establish and operate in Hilo a new center for the provision of veterans' mental health care and services.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to the congressional veterans' committees on the demand for and access to specialized care and fee-basis care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans on the neighbor islands of Hawaii.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a major medical facility project for the construction of a mental health center at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-09
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-217.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/08/2005 S6227-6228)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6157)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate