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Downed Animal Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-1779
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agricultural industries
Animal diseases
Animals
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Euthanasia
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labeling
Law
Livestock
Meat inspection
Meat packing industry
Protection of animals
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: 
Downed Animal Protection Act - States that it is U.S. policy that all nonambulatory livestock in interstate and foreign commerce be immediately and humanely euthanized when such livestock become nonambulatory. 
 
Amends the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate regulations providing for the humane treatment, handling, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock by a covered entity, including a requirement that nonambulatory livestock be humanely euthanized. 
 
Requires an entity to: (1) humanely euthanize nonambulatory livestock (while not limiting the Secretary's ability to test nonambulatory livestock for disease, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy); and (2) not move nonambulatory livestock while such livestock is conscious, and ensure that such livestock remains unconscious until death.
 
Prohibits an inspector at an establishment covered by the Federal Meat Inspection Act to pass nonambulatory livestock, carcass, or carcass parts through inspection. Requires an inspector or other employee at such establishment to label such material as &quot;inspected and condemned.&quot;
 
Defines "covered entity," &quot;nonambulatory livestock,&quot; and "humanely euthanize." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10597)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10596-10597)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the public disclosure of activities of exempt organizations, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1780
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
Automobiles
Block grants
Books
Charitable contributions
College costs
Commerce
Community organization
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Entrepreneurs
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Group homes
Higher education
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Inventories
Investment tax credit
Labor and Employment
Literature
Maternal and infant welfare
Music
Nonprofit organizations
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Tax penalties
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation and Public Works
Volunteer workers
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: 
CARE Act of 2005 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to charitable giving, including to: (1) allow nonitemizing taxpayers to claim a tax deduction for charitable contributions; (2) permit tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; (3) expand the tax deductions for charitable contributions of food and book inventories; (4) allow an increased tax deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, and scholarly compositions; and (5) exclude from gross income reimbursements to volunteers for the charitable use of an automobile. Revises various disclosure and oversight requirements relating to tax-exempt organizations.
 
Restores and increases funding for the Social Services Block Grant Program. 
 
Savings for Working Families Act of 2005 - Allows certain low income individuals to establish individual development accounts (IDAs) to accumulate assets for homeownership, education, business startup, and other purposes. Allows an investment tax credit for contributions to an IDA.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, nongovernmental organizations to assist nonprofit community-based organizations in delivering social services. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract for an evaluation of maternity group homes under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10597-10598)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Refinery Investment Tax Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1781
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Energy
Income tax
Petroleum refineries
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: 
Refinery Investment Tax Assistance Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) for the expensing of the entire cost of certain liquid fuels refinery property (currently, only 50% of such cost can be expensed); and (2) a five-year recovery period for the depreciation of certain petroleum refining property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10598)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10598)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1782
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Affiliated corporations
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Employee ownership
Engineering
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Partnerships
Service industries
Stockholders
Stocks
Subsidiary corporations
Tax administration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Qualified Personal Service Corporations Clarification Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the criteria for determining whether a corporation is a qualified personal service corporation. Includes within the definition of qualified personal service corporation a qualifying corporation substantially all of whose stock is held by certain former employees (thus permitting such corporation to use the cash method of accounting).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief to Victims of Hurricane Katrina and Other Natural Disasters Act

Bill: 109-s-1787
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Alabama
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy courts
Change of venue
Charitable contributions
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Counseling
Debtor and creditor
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income
Law
Limitation of actions
Louisiana
Mississippi
Small business
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: 
Relief to Victims of Hurricane Katrina and Other Natural Disasters Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law governing cases commenced as of October 17, 2005 (the effective date of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005).
 
Excludes from the accounting of current monthly income those payments made to victims of a natural disaster by a governmental unit, or by a qualified religious or charitable entity or organization, solely on account of their status as victims of such natural disaster.
 
Defines &quot;victim of a natural disaster&quot; as one whose financial condition is materially adversely affected by a natural disaster due to: (1) damage sustained to the principal residence as a result of such disaster; (2) an inability to remain at such principal residence; or (3) an inability to work at the principal place of employment of that person, as a result of such disaster.
 
Permits debtor status for a debtor unable to complete credit counseling because of a natural disaster.
 
Modifies requirements governing the statutory deadline for completion of debtors' duties. Authorizes the court to extend any such time period if: (1) the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster; and (2) the debtor's status as a victim of a natural disaster necessitates such extension of time.
 
Includes within the permissible monthly expenses of a chapter 7 debtor the actual reasonably necessary expenses incurred as a result of being a victim of a natural disaster if the debtor provides the requisite documentation.
 
Modifies requirements governing conversion or dismissal of either a Chapter 7 Liquidation case, a Chapter 11 Reorganization case, or Chapter 13 Regular Income case, where the debtor is a victim of a natural disaster.
 
Authorizes the court to grant an extension of time for filing small business bankruptcy documentation if the debtor's inability to meet the statutory deadline is warranted by a natural disaster.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to authorize an alternative venue if the debtor is not able to reside in the requisite district due to the natural disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Libby Health Care Act

Bill: 109-s-1788
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asbestos
Bankruptcy
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Environmental Protection
Environmental law enforcement
Environmentally induced diseases
Health
Health insurance
Indictments
Injunctions
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Lung diseases
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Miners
Mines and mineral resources
Montana
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: 
Libby Health Care Act - Amends federal bankruptcy law to prohibit the court from entering an order confirming a plan of reorganization under chapter 11 involving a responsible party, or issuing an injunction in connection with such order, unless the responsible party: (1) has established a health care trust fund for the benefit of individuals suffering from an asbestos-related disease or illness; and (2) has deposited not less than $250 million into such health care trust fund.
 
Defines &quot;responsible party&quot; as a corporation: (1) that has engaged in mining vermiculite that was contaminated by tremolite asbestos; (2) whose officers or directors have been indicted for knowingly releasing asbestos into the ambient air and knowingly endangering the residents of Libby, Montana, and the surrounding communities; and (3) for which the Department of Justice has intervened in a bankruptcy proceeding.
 
Requires any payment received by the United States for recovery of costs associated with the actions to address asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana, to be deposited into such fund.
 
Sets eligibility criteria for medical benefit payments from the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13483-13484)
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Mr. Anton Dodaj, Mrs. Gjyljana Dodaj, Franc Dodaj, and Kristjan Dodaj.

Bill: 109-s-1790
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Makes Mr. Anton Dodaj, Mrs. Gjyljana Dodaj, Franc Dodaj, and Kristjan Dodaj 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: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Timber Tax Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1791
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Income tax
Lumber trade
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax deductions
Timber sales

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Timber Tax Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction (available to taxpayers whether or not they itemize deductions) for up to 60% of gains from certain sales or exchanges of timber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the "Grant W. Green Post Office Building".

Bill: 109-s-1792
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Indiana
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the "Grant W. Green Post Office Building."
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the "Grant W. Green Post Office Building."

action_date: 2006-03-03
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the "Grant W. Green Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-06
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-03-06
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-03-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-03-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1755; text as passed Senate: CR S1755)
action_date: 2006-03-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1755; text as passed Senate: CR S1755)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend certain apportionments to primary airports.

Bill: 109-s-1793
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Airports
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Infrastructure
September 11, 2001
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Amends federal aviation law to extend through FY2006 the current authority of the Secretary of Transportation to apportion to the sponsor of a primary airport an amount equal to the amount apportioned to that sponsor in FY2002 or FY2003, whichever amount is greater, if the Secretary finds that: (1) the passenger boardings at the airport were below 10,000 in calendar year 2002 or 2003; (2) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger boardings and scheduled passenger aircraft service in either calendar year 2000 or 2001; and (3) the reason that passenger boardings were below 10,000 was the decrease in passengers following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10735)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10734-10735)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1794
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Aviation fuels
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Gasoline
Natural gas
Petroleum reserves
Petroleum storage
Revolving funds
Strategic materials
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish, maintain, and operate a Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve of gasoline and jet fuel.
 
Instructs the Secretary to determine between three and five regionally strategic Reserve sites throughout the United States.
 
Permits the Secretary to release gasoline or fuel from the Reserve only if: (1) the President finds that there is a severe fuel supply disruption; or (2) the Governor of a state requests a release from the Reserve, accompanied by specified findings.
 

 
Establishes in the Treasury a revolving Strategic Gasoline and Fuel Reserve Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11463)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10735-10737)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1795
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Annuities
Cost of living adjustments
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Prescription pricing
Railroad retirement plans
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit increases in the monthly Medicare premium, including the Medicare Advantage prescription drug program premium, to 25% of any Social Security cost of living increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10737)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Investment Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporate mergers
Defense industries
Energy
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Governmental investigations
Legislative resolutions
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Foreign Investment Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 relating to authorized investigations of the effects on national security of a proposed acquisition, merger, or takeover (transaction) by or with foreign persons which could result in foreign control of persons engaged in U.S. commerce to: (1) extend the time to commence such investigation; (2) require the findings and recommendations of any investigation to be sent immediately to the President and specified congressional committees for review; (3) require certain factors to be considered as part of such investigation, including the effect on domestic production and long-term projections of U.S. requirements for sources of energy and other critical resources; (4) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to report quarterly to such committees a detailed summary and analysis of each transaction being, or likely to be, reviewed; and (5) subject the President's decision not to suspend or prohibit a transaction to a congressional approval process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Do Not Call Act

Bill: 109-s-1798
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Fraud
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemarketing
Telephone
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: 
Medicare Do Not Call Act - Prohibits a Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) sponsor offering a prescription drug plan from conducting outbound call telemarketing to solicit enrollment into such a plan.
 
Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for criminal penalties for fraudulent telemarketing acts or practices.
 
Provides for increased funding for state health insurance counseling and assistance programs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform individuals eligible for benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of the availability and confidentality of the hotline maintained by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services for the reporting of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10747-10748)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10747)
action_date: 2005-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate