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Adoption Equality Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1539
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adoption
Aliens
Child abuse
Child safety
Child welfare
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Foster home care
Immigration
Indian children
Minorities
Minority children

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Adoption Equality Act of 2005 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for children with special needs in the adoption assistance program. Requires that the child be in the care of a public or licensed private child placement agency or Indian tribal organization pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement, relinquishment, or involuntary removal of the child from the home, where the state has determined that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child's safety or welfare. Specifies related requirements.
 
Prohibits adoption assistance to parents with respect to a child who is not a U.S. citizen or resident, and who was adopted outside of the United States or brought into the United States for the purposes of being adopted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9299)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program Act

Bill: 109-s-1540
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental monitoring
Federal advisory bodies
Fishery management
Fishes
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
New Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoration ecology
Riparian ecology
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, in collaboration with the Secretary of the Interior, to establish the Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program to: (1) protect the silvery minnow and willow flycatcher in the Middle Rio Grande; (2) support improved water management; (3) allow continued water development; (4) benefit overall ecological integrity; and (5) promote cooperation and collaboration between federal and non-federal agencies.
 
Sets forth the structure and membership of the Program, including an Executive Committee, a Program Implementation Team, and working groups. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior to conduct Program activities, including: (1) reclamation activities; (2) programs to protect and help restore the silvery minnow population; (3) bridge construction; and (4) comprehensive water quality assessments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9300-9302)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9299)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Land Protection and Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1541
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Ecological research
Ecological surveys
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental technology
Federal aid to Indians
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Indian lands
International Affairs
Landowners
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Minorities
National forests
National parks
Native Americans
Non-native species
Oceania
Palau Islands
Pest control
Planning
Planning-programming-budgeting
Public-private partnerships
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Public Land Protection and Conservation Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to: (1) states to carry out assessment projects consistent with relevant state invasive species management plans to identify invasive species that occur in the state, including methods to control or detect incipient infestations, or control or assess established populations, of invasive species in the state; and (2) appropriate public or private entities and Indian tribes to carry out, in partnership with a federal agency, control projects for the management or eradication of invasive species on public land.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial assistance to states, local governments, nongovernmental entities, and Indian tribes to rapidly respond to outbreaks of invasive species that are at a stage at which rapid eradication or control is possible.
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a budget analysis of federal programs relating to invasive species, including a list of general priorities of federal efforts and programs in prevention, detection, eradication, and control of such species.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-347.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9303-9305)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9302-9303)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1542
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Nontariff trade barriers
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Service industries
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to create in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) the position of Chief Trade Prosecutor (CTP) to ensure that U.S. trading partners comply with trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
 
Requires the CTP to assist the USTR in: (1) investigating and prosecuting disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO) and pursuant to other trade agreements to which the United States is a party; and (2) carrying out USTR functions under the Act.
 
Require the CTP to: (1) make recommendations with respect to administration of U.S. trade laws relating to foreign government barriers to U.S. goods, services, intellectual property, and other trade matters; and (4) perform such other functions as the USTR may direct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Clinical Research Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1543
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Communication in science
Community and school
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Human experimentation in medicine
Information technology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labor and Employment
Medical centers
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medical research
Medical technology
Research centers
Research grants
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Clinical Research Act of 2005 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to award clinical investigator advancement grants to eligible academic health centers to: (1) establish career development programs for new and mid-level clinician-investigators who are fully committed to academic clinical research careers; (2) support the translation of basic science to patient care by implementing and conducting all aspects of their clinical research mission; and (3) support activities leading to innovative ways to achieve such purposes in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Requires that health centers receive a proportionate share of the total grant money awarded based on the amount invested by the grantee in clinical research compared to the total clinical research investment of all grantees.
 
Requires the Director to award clinical research infrastructure grants to eligible academic health centers to: (1) foster the use of information technology to facilitate the transformation of basic research findings on disease mechanisms into the development of new methodologies for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention; (2) devise, deploy, and support new technologies to improve the safety of human subjects, ensure the confidentiality of research data, and streamline the regulatory processes; (3) address the obstacles impeding the expeditious application of new science, including a lack of up-to-date information technology systems and an underrepresentation of some populations in clinical research; and (4) share clinical research infrastructure across academic health centers to enable and facilitate cross-center clinical research collaborations.
 
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make up to five grants to eligible academic health centers to form partnerships with health care providers for carrying out clinical human subject research to demonstrate how academic research centers may collaborate with the practicing health care community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Plains National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 109-s-1544
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commemorations
Commerce
Cultural property
Great Plains
Historic sites
History
North Dakota
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Northern Plains National Heritage Area Act - Establishes in North Dakota the Northern Plains National Heritage Area. Directs the Northern Plains Heritage Foundation, the management entity for the Area, to submit to the Secretary of the Interior a proposed Area management plan. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance for the development and implementation of the management plan.
 
Prohibits private property from being included in the Area without owner written consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-355.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to withdraw the Los Padres National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1545
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Energy
Geothermal resources
Mining claims
Mining leases
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Withdraws the Los Padres National Forest in California from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9306)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1546
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Dietary supplements
Food stamps
Social Welfare
Vitamins

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Food Stamp Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to permit food stamp program purchases of nutritional supplements providing a vitamin or mineral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers.

Bill: 109-s-1547
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Environmental Protection
Polymers
Tariff
Vinyl chloride

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Cooperative Hake Improvement and Conservation Act

Bill: 109-s-1549
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
California
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marketing
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Cooperative Hake Improvement and Conservation Act - Establishes a program of market-based incentives for management and conservation of Pacific whiting fisheries. Provides for the issuance of Pacific groundfish trawl limited entry permits and processor permits to qualified fishermen and qualified processors, respectively. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allocate, based on a specified formula, the allowable cooperative shares of Pacific whiting that: (1) can be harvested by each qualified fisherman who owns a Pacific groundfish trawl limited entry permit issued under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; and (2) can be purchased by a qualified processor.
 
Requires the on-shore allocation (that amount of the U.S. catch level required under a Plan to be delivered to processors located on shore in the states of California, Oregon, or Washington) to be divided so that: (1) an amount sufficient to account for the incidental commercial or recreational catch of Pacific whiting in fisheries other than the Pacific whiting fishery, but not to exceed 1% of the on-shore allocation, is available for harvest by any person eligible to harvest Pacific whiting; and (2) after subtracting such amounts, 50% of the remainder is available for harvest using fishermen's cooperative shares and 50% of the remainder is available for harvest using processors' cooperative shares.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to collect fees for the issuance of permits and from shareholders to recover the costs of carrying out this Act and conducting scientific research on the offshore whiting resource.
 
Authorizes the Pacific Fishery Management Council to recommend to the Secretary appropriate amounts of any species of Pacific groundfish (other than Pacific whiting) that may be harvested incidentally to the harvest of Pacific whiting under this and any other Act.
 
Sets forth penalties for the unlawful harvest of Pacific whiting and for any violations of the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend until September 30, 2008, changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in health professional shortage areas made by the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1550
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Admission of nonimmigrants
Alien labor
Aliens
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Nurses
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Amends the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 to extend the H-1C visa program for nonimmigrant registered nurses working in health professional shortage areas through September 30, 2008. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Free Trade in Pharmaceuticals Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1551
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Consumer protection
Drugs
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Imports
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Legislation
Patent infringement
Patents
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Protecting Free Trade in Pharmaceuticals Act of 2005 - Amends the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 to include among the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States avoiding negotiating trade agreements that could restrict, or be interpreted to restrict, the access of consumers in the United States to pharmaceutical imports from countries with a pharmaceutical infrastructure that is equivalent, or superior, to that of the United States: (1) by or through the use and development of the doctrine of international patent exhaustion, as interpreted or applied by U.S. courts on the enactment of this Act; or (2) by making it a violation for the United States to enact legislation permitting pharmaceutical imports without the consent of patent owners when the products involved have been sold outside the United States.
 
Prohibits the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) from: (1) entering into a bilateral or multilateral trade agreement that, with respect to the importation of pharmaceutical products without the consent of the patent owners, includes provisions identical or similar to the provisions of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement; or (2) negotiating an agreement or understanding with respect to any of such provisions.
 
Requires the USTR, with respect to the advisory committee on matters relating to intellectual property, to ensure that, for each meeting that relates or potentially relates to the importation of pharmaceutical products into the United States, at least 10% of the committee members represent the interests of consumers of such products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.

Bill: 109-s-1552
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colleges
Education
Educational facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Land transfers
Land use
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Extends, until December 31, 2009, the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain land reversion conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University, Washington.

action_date: 2005-12-16
text: 

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

 
Extends, until December 31, 2009, the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain land reversion conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University, Washington. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-12-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13936; text as passed Senate: CR S13936)
action_date: 2005-12-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13936; text as passed Senate: CR S13936)
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-195.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-195.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-11-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-347.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance tax incentives for small property and casualty insurance companies.

Bill: 109-s-1553
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Casualty insurance
Commerce
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Income
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Investments
Property insurance
Small business
Tax rates
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of gross receipts applicable to tax-exempt small property and casualty insurance companies to include gross investment income; (2) increase to $1.971 million (from $1.2 million) the limitation on net written premiums for purposes of qualifying non-life insurance companies for alternative tax rates; and (3) adjust such increased limitation amount annually for inflation after 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9472)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9472)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate