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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments.

Bill: 109-s-583
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Income tax
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income disaster mitigation payments paid pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or the National Flood Insurance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2398)
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act

Bill: 109-s-585
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Claims
Colorado
Compensation (Law)
Department of Energy
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Labor and Employment
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Plutonium
Radiation victims
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Rocky Flats Special Exposure Cohort Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to provide compensation (for beryllium- and radiation-related health conditions) for employees of the Department of Energy (DOE) or of a DOE contractor employed for an aggregate number of at least 250 work days before January 1, 2006, at the Rocky Flats (nuclear weapons production and testing) site in Colorado.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2400)
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2398-2399)
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments.

Bill: 109-s-586
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2005-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Income tax
Land transfers
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income disaster mitigation payments paid pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act or the National Flood Insurance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2984)
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom From Foreign Oil Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-587
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcohol as fuel
All terrain vehicles
Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Freedom From Foreign Oil Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to require that passenger automobiles, automobiles capable of off-highway operation, or light trucks that are manufactured after model year 2006 be capable of operating on a flexible fuel mixture (mixture containing at least 85 percent of ethanol by volume with gasoline). Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations requiring such automobiles or trucks to display prominently (including in the owner's manual of each vehicle) information indicating that such vehicles are capable of operating on a flexible fuel mixture.
 
Directs the Secretary to promote the use of a mixture containing at least 85 percent of ethanol by volume with gasoline in motor vehicles in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act

Bill: 109-s-588
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Commemorations
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Sports and Recreation
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Arizona Trail Feasibility Study Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint study of the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national scenic trail or a national historic trail. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-101.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2484-2485)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Faster FOIA Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-589
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federal advisory bodies
Freedom of information
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - Establishes a 16-member Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays to conduct a study concerning methods to reduce delays in processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to Federal agencies. 
 


action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - Establishes a 16-member Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays to conduct a study concerning methods to: (1) reduce delays in processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted to Federal agencies; and (2) ensure the efficient and equitable administration of FOIA throughout the Government. Requires the study to also address whether FOIA fees and fee waivers need to be reformed.
 
Requires the Commission to submit study results and recommendations to Congress and the President within one year.
 
Directs the heads of executive agencies, the Government Accountability Office, and the Congressional Research Service to provide the Commission with information needed by the Commission to carry out its functions.
 
States that the Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting its report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 59.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-03-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2485-2486)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2485)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, Nevada, as the "Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 109-s-590
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Mayors
Names
Nevada
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, Nevada, as the "Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
No Net Loss of Private Land Act

Bill: 109-s-591
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: No Net Loss of Private Land Act - Allows the United States to acquire an interest in 100 or more acres of land within a State in which 25 percent or more of the land within that State is owned by the United States only if the United States disposes of the surface estate to land in that State approximately equal in value to the land being acquired. Specifies exceptions and authorizes a waiver in times of war or a national emergency.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-593
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Communist countries
Countervailing duties
Dumping
Economics and Public Finance
Free enterprise
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 2005 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply its countervailing duty provisions to nonmarket economy countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2486-2487)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 1114 of title 11, United States Code, to preserve the health benefits of certain retired miners.

Bill: 109-s-594
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Coal
Collective bargaining
Energy
Health
Labor and Employment
Miners
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Retiree health benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Amends Federal Bankruptcy Law to prohibit the bankruptcy court from terminating or modifying the payment of coal industry health insurance benefits by a Chapter 11 debtor-employer to retired employees if such benefits are required by the Internal Revenue Code to be provided by such debtor-employer as the last operator signatory to a coal wage agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2487-2488)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Encouraging Work Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-595
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Age
Agricultural labor
Agriculture and Food
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Enterprise zones
Ex-offenders
Families
Food stamps
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Railroad employees
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Urban affairs
Vocational rehabilitation
Wages
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Encouraging Work Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consolidate and modify provisions of the work opportunity tax credit and the welfare-to-work tax credit and make the consolidated tax credit permanent. Expands eligibility for the consolidated tax credit by: (1) determining eligibility of ex-felons without regard to family income; and (2) raising the age ceiling for food stamp recipients from 25 to 40. Includes a &quot;designated community resident&quot; (in lieu of &quot;high risk youth&quot;) and &quot;long-term family assistance recipient&quot; as members of the targeted group eligible for the consolidated tax credit. Provides for an increased tax credit for employment of long-term family assistance recipients.
 
Repeals the separate welfare-to-work tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2488-2490)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Fatuka Kaikumba Flake.

Bill: 109-s-597
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Declares Fatuka Kaikumba Flake 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: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize provisions in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 relating to Native Hawaiian low-income housing and Federal loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.

Bill: 109-s-598
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Affordable housing
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Hawaiians
Indian housing
Low-income housing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2006-FY2009 for grants for housing assistance to Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands, including rental assistance for low-income housing.

action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 

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

 
Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to authorize appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for FY2006-FY2009 for grants for housing assistance to Native Hawaiian families eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands, including rental assistance for low-income housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Ordered placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs by unanimous consent.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-221.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 109-221.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2495)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2494-2495)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-599
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Brunei
Cambodia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
East Asia
Employee rights
Environmental Protection
Free trade
Human rights
Indonesia
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Labor and Employment
Laos
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Tariff
Thailand
Tuna
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Fair Trade in Pouch Tuna Act of 2005 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate tariffs on pouch tuna imported from member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), excluding the Union of Myanmar, up to the quantity of such duty-free imports from beneficiary nations of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Restricts eligibility to those ASEAN nations that provide and enforce internationally recognized worker rights and environmental protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include combat pay in determining an allowable contribution to an individual retirement plan.

Bill: 109-s-601
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military pay
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include combat zone compensation (otherwise excludable from gross income) as earned income for purposes of calculating the tax deduction for contributions to retirement savings plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2495)
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-603
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advertising
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal liability
Damages
Deceptive advertising
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Garnishment
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Insurance premiums
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Law
Lease and rental services
Leases
Liability (Law)
Liability insurance
Limitation of actions
Maintenance and repair
Negotiable instruments
Parties to actions
Prices
Property insurance
Rent
Restrictive trade practices
Small business
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Taxation
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2005 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prescribe guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, and waiver of consumer claims or defenses, and other specified types of provisions; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) rental-purchase advertising disclosures. 
Declares that an action for civil liability may be brought against a merchant's assignee only if the violation is apparent on the face of a rental-purchase agreement to which it relates, including, but not limited to, a disclosure that can be determined to be incomplete or inaccurate from the face of the agreement. 
Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to promulgate implementing regulations. 
Provides for Federal and State enforcement of this Act. Subjects to criminal penalties any willful and knowing violation of the information disclosure requirements of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2517-2521)
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-604
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Diet
Medicare
Nutrition
Physicians
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: 
Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize expansion of Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services to diseases, conditions, or disorders other than diabetes or a renal disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2521)
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Education Funding Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-605
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-03-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Government trust funds
Income tax
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: 
Education Funding Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to restore the phaseout of the personal tax exemption and the overall limitation on itemized tax deductions. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Education Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Fund 50 percent of the revenues raised by this Act for the purpose of funding education programs administered by the Department of Education to the degree that funding for such programs are increased from the FY 2005 level. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-03-11
text: Introduced in Senate