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Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1177
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Case management
Clinics
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Higher education
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inspectors general
Medical education
Medical screening
Mental health services
Military dependents
Military discharges
Military medicine
Physical examinations
Physicians
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Trauma care
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation
Victims of crimes
Women
Women veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity Enhancement Act of 2005 - Requires the Under Secretary for Health for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include as goals in performance contracts for prioritizing mental health services to veterans: (1) establishing appropriate staff-patient ratio levels; (2) fostering collaborative environments for providers; and (3) encouraging clinicians to conduct mental health consultations during primary care visits.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that not less than 90 percent of Department community-based outpatient clinics have the capacity to provide on-site, contract-referral, or tele-mental health services for at least: (1) ten percent of all clinic visits by no later than September 30, 2006; and (2) 15 percent of all clinic visits by no later than September 30, 2007.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure interdepartmental cooperation on mental health awareness and mental illness prevention.
 
Requires the Under Secretary to establish system-wide guidelines for screening primary care patients for mental health disorders and illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1182, as amended, ordered to be reported.
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 S6158-6159)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6157-6158)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act

Bill: 109-s-1178
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Medical economics
Medical savings accounts
Tax administration
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Securing Access, Value, and Equality in Health Care Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) require business taxpayers who receive payments for certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that benefits under part D of such title have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs.

Bill: 109-s-1179
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that benefits under the Medicare part D program have no impact on benefits under other Federal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Sheltering All Veterans Everywhere Act

Bill: 109-s-1180
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Dental care
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Mortgages
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Trauma care
Veterans' employment
Veterans' loans
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation
Victims of crimes
Vocational guidance
Women
Women veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Sheltering All Veterans Everywhere Act or SAVE Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Extends through FY2011: (1) the authorization of appropriations for Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive services for homeless veterans; (2) the homeless veterans reintegration program; (3) a Department program to provide additional services to homeless veterans at certain locations; (4) a Department grant program for homeless veterans with special needs; (5) the authorization of appropriations for the homeless veteran service provider technical assistance program; and (6) the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.
 
Makes the rate for per diem payments under the Department's comprehensive services for homeless veterans programs the same as that authorized for State homes for veterans' domiciliary care.
 
Includes veterans at imminent risk of homelessness under the veterans reintegration program.
 
Makes permanent (currently terminates at the end of 2008) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer properties obtained through foreclosures of Department home mortgages to certain organizations to assist homeless veterans and their families in acquiring shelter.
 
Requires: (1) additional information in an annual report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on assistance provided to homeless veterans; and (2) a new report from the Secretary to the defense and veterans' committees on the intersection of military sexual trauma and homelessness in veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5602)
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.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6159)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Federal Pell Grant Plus Act

Bill: 109-s-1183
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, John [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic security
Economics and Public Finance
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Infrastructure
International Affairs
Language and languages
Mathematics
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
21st Century Federal Pell Grant Plus Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Federal Pell Grant Plus program that increases, to double the amount calculated for the student, the Federal Pell Grant for those students who pursue programs of study in engineering, mathematics, science, or foreign languages. 


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 S6166)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6165-6166)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Workers Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1185
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government contractors
Government procurement
Grants-in-aid
Offshore manufacturing
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
United States Workers Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to prohibit: (1) outsourced federal government work from being performed by a contractor or any subcontractor outside the United States unless federal employees previously performed such work outside the United States; (2) work on a contract from being performed outside the United States unless it is necessary in order to meet a requirement for the contract to be performed specifically at a location outside the United States or the President deems it necessary for national security reasons, or the head of the executive agency makes and reports a determination to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget that the property or services needed are available only outside the United States and no property or services available inside the United States would satisfy the agency's need; and (3) federal funds from being disbursed to a state until the Governor of the state has transmitted written certification that none of the funds will be spent for the performance of contracts outside the United States and if the Governor of such state determines that the property and services needed by the state are available only outside the United States and no property or services available inside the United States would satisfy the state's need and transmits a notification of such determination to the agency head administering the authority under which such funds are disbursed to or for such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act

Bill: 109-s-1186
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Income tax
Literature
Music
Tax deductions
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) eliminate the 28-percent capital gains tax rate for collectibles, thus allowing gain from the sale of collectibles (including art works) to be taxed at the 15-percent tax rate applicable to other investment property; (2) allow the creator of a literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly property a fair market value tax deduction for the donation of such property to a tax-exempt organization, if properly appraised and donated no sooner than 18 months after its creation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6167-6168)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6166-6167)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of James Symington.

Bill: 109-s-1187
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Declares James Symington to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Fereshteh Sani.

Bill: 109-s-1188
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Makes Fereshteh Sani 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: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a strategic plan for long-term care, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1189
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Adult day care
Community health services
Disabled
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health insurance
Health planning
Home care services
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical statistics
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Quality of care
Respite care
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
Strategic planning
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a strategic plan for veterans' long-term care which includes policies and strategies for the delivery of care in domiciliaries, residential treatment facilities, and nursing homes, and for seriously mentally ill veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1182, as amended, ordered to be reported.
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.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1190
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blind
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Iraq compilation
Medical personnel
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Blinded Veterans Continuum of Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers with: (1) visual impairment services teams with a full-time coordinator; or (2) more than 150 currently enrolled legally blind veterans. Provides a specialist assignment priority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1182, as amended, ordered to be reported.
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.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
VetsRide Act

Bill: 109-s-1191
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Housing and Community Development
Law
Rural health
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
VetsRide Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program to provide innovative transportation options to veterans in remote rural areas in order to assist: (1) such veterans to travel to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and (2) in providing medical care to such veterans. Limits grant amounts to $50,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12707)
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.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Warm Welcome Home Act

Bill: 109-s-1192
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Warm Welcome Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of qualified veteran for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include veterans with a disability rating of not less than 10 percent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Airline Missile Defense Act

Bill: 109-s-1193
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Airlines
Antimissile missiles
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation safety
Commercial aircraft
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Guided missiles
Law
Ordnance
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: 
Commercial Airline Missile DefenseAct - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security Administration to: (1) issue regulations that require all turbojet aircraft used by an air carrier for scheduled air services to be equipped with a missile defense system; and (2) purchase and make available to an air carrier such missile defense systems as may be necessary for it to comply with such regulations.
 
Makes an air carrier responsible for installing and operating a missile defense system purchased and made available by the Assistant Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6168)
action_date: 2005-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act

Bill: 109-s-1194
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Inventories
Law
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear power plants
Radioactive wastes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: 
Spent Nuclear Fuel Tracking and Accountability Act - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to: (1) establish specific and uniform guidelines for tracking, controlling, and accounting for individual spent fuel rods or segments at nuclear power plants, including procedures for conducting physical inventories; (2) establish uniform inspection procedures to verify any action taken by a nuclear power plant to implement those guidelines; and (3) submit to Congress a status report describing the progress of the Commission in establishing such guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6228)
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6228)
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1195
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Continental shelf
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Environmental Protection
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Mining leases
Ocean mining
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: 
National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to establish a site and operating permit process to make areas of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone available to persons to develop and operate offshore aquaculture facilities.
 
Excludes offshore aquaculture from certain fishery conservation requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish permit fees; and (2) modify or suspend such permits.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to aquaculture operations located on facilities subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, to: (1) enforce all requirements contained in federal mineral leases and regulations issued pursuant to such Act; (2) require and enforce additional conditions necessary to protect the marine environment, property, or human life or health; and (3) issue orders to any offshore aquaculture permit holder to take appropriate action to ensure safe oil and gas or other mineral operations on such facility.
 
Sets forth certain environmental requirements for offshore aquaculture facilities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to establish an integrated, multidisciplinary, scientific research and development (R&D) program to further offshore aquaculture technologies compatible with the protection of marine ecosystems.
 
Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) falsify any information required to be reported, or any regulation or permit issued, under this Act; (2) engage in offshore aquaculture within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone except in full compliance with this Act; or (3) violate any provision of this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for judicial review of civil penalties or permit sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6228)
action_date: 2005-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate