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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the position of Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-780
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Cabinet officers
Congress
Defense budgets
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Logistics
Management
Management information systems
Performance measurement
Personnel management
Planning-programming-budgeting
Presidential appointments
Productivity in government
Strategic planning

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management (Deputy Secretary) to: (1) serve as the Chief Management Officer of DOD; and (2) act as principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters relating to the management of DOD, including defense business activities.
 
Makes the Deputy Secretary responsible to the Secretary for development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight for the management of DOD that relate to performance of the the following functions: (1) planning and budgeting, including performance measurement; (2) acquisition; (3) logistics; (4) facilities, installations, and environment; (5) financial management; (6) human resources and personnel; and (7) management of information resources.
 
Requires the Deputy Secretary, among other things, to: (1) develop and maintain a department-wide strategic plan for defense business reform; and (2) establish performance goals and measures for improving and evaluating overall DOD economy, efficiency, and effectiveness.
 
Directs the Deputy Secretary to enter into an annual performance agreement with the Secretary measuring individual and organizational goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Land Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-781
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Commemorations
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Horses
Land use
Law
Licenses
Livestock
National forests
National monuments
National parks
Sports and Recreation
Trails
Wilderness areas
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Right-to-Ride Livestock on Federal Land Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to manage National Park System land in a manner that preserves and facilitates the continued use and access of pack and saddle stock animals on land where there is a historical tradition of using such animals. Requires such National Park System land to remain open and accessible to the use of such animals. Allows the Secretary of the Interior to implement a proposed reduction in the use and access of such animals on such land after complying with the full review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Makes the same amendments to other laws regarding other public land as follows: (1) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, with respect to Bureau of Land Management land; (2) the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, with respect to National Wildlife Refuge System land and (3) the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, with respect to National Forest System land (with the Secretary directed to act in this case being the Secretary of Agriculture).
 
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to issue final rules to define the term &quot;historical tradition of use of pack and saddle stock animals&quot; for purposes of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize travel and transportation for family members of members of the Armed Forces hospitalized in the United States in connection with non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-782
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Families
Health
Hospital care
Iraq compilation
Military dependents
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Military operations
Military transportation
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends Federal military pay and allowances provisions to provide reimbursement for travel for the family of members of the Armed Forces hospitalized in the United States in connection with certain non-serious illnesses or injuries incurred or aggravated in a contingency operation. Allows such reimbursement for only one round trip. Provides reimbursement funding from specified military accounts. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees if such expenses exceed $20 million in a fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Improvements Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-783
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aliens
Criminal aliens
Deportation
Immigration
International Affairs
Military training
Murder
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Material Support to Terrorism Prohibition Improvements Act of 2005 - Repeals a sunset provision in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 concerning material support of terrorism.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to expand the definition of alien terrorists deemed inadmissible to include persons who: (1) engage in specified terrorist-related activities regardless of whether they are affiliated with a designated foreign terrorist organization; or (2) have received military-type training from an organization that was a terrorist organization at the time of training. Makes persons who receive such military-type training subject to removal to the same degree that they would be inadmissible.
 
States that this Act's amendments to the INA shall apply to: (1) all aliens subject to removal, deportation, or exclusion at any time; and (2) acts and conditions constituting grounds for inadmissibility, exclusion, deportation, or removal occurring or existing before, on, or after the date of enactment.
 
Amends the Federal criminal code to increase penalties and establish mandatory minimum sentences for providing material support to terrorists or designated foreign terrorist organizations and for receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3656-3657)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3655-3656)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-784
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Clinics
Counseling
Families
Family services
Housing and Community Development
Marriage counseling
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Psychotherapy
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services generally, and particularly such services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. 
 
Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. 
 
 Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3657-3658)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3657)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the small refiner exception to the oil depletion deduction.

Bill: 109-s-785
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Depletion allowances
Energy
Income tax
Petroleum refineries
Small business
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of certain small crude oil refiners eligible for the exemption from limitations applicable to the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells to provide that such refiners will qualify for the exemption if their average daily refinery runs do not exceed 75,000 barrels (currently, 50,000 barrels). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-786
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation agreements
Aviation safety
Communication in science
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Commerce
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Hydrology
International Affairs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Meteorology
Oceanography
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Weather Service (NWS), in order to protect life and property, to be responsible for: (1) the preparation and issuance of severe weather forecasts and warnings; (2) the preparation and issuance of hydrometeorological guidance and core forecast information; (3) the collection and exchange of meteorological, hydrological, climatic, and oceanographic data information; and (4) reports, forecasts, warnings, and other advice necessary for aircraft safety and efficiency. 
Prohibits the Secretary from providing or assisting other entities in providing a product or service (other than a product or service for the preparation and issuance of severe weather forecasts and warnings as described above) that is or could be provided by the private sector unless: (1) the private sector is unwilling or unable to provide such product or service; or (2) the U.S. Government is obligated to provide such product or service under international aviation agreements. 
 
Sets forth requirements for the issuance of all data, information, guidance, forecasts, and warnings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or the NWS.
 
Prohibits, as specified, disclosures by Federal employees of any weather data, information, guidance, forecast, or warning that might influence or affect the market value of a product, service, commodity, tradable, or business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-21
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3658)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-787
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Federal employees
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $200, with a modified cost-of-living adjustment, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device direct view televisions.

Bill: 109-s-788
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device direct view televisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device projection type televisions.

Bill: 109-s-789
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Liquid Crystal Device panel assemblies for use in Liquid Crystal Device projection type televisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes.

Bill: 109-s-790
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television
Video display terminals

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on electron guns for high definition cathode ray tubes (CRT's).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on flat panel screen assemblies for use in televisions.

Bill: 109-s-791
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commerce
Electronics industry
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Television

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on flat panel screen assemblies for use in televisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
STANDUP Act

Bill: 109-s-795
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Transportation
Driver education
Driver licenses
Drug abuse
Drunk driving
Economics and Public Finance
Ex-offenders
Families
Federal aid to transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Highway finance
Law
State laws
Traffic accidents and safety
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act of 2005 (STANDUP Act) - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to award incentive grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that include for novice drivers under age 21: (1) a three-stage licensing process (including a learner's permit stage and an intermediate stage before an unrestricted driver's license is granted); (2) a prohibition on nighttime driving during the learner's permit and intermediate stages; (3) a prohibition (during the learner's permit and intermediate stages) against operating a motor vehicle with more than one non-familial passenger under age 21 if there is no licensed driver 21 years old or older present in the vehicle; and (4) any other requirement that the Secretary may require.
 
Directs the Secretary to withhold a certain amount of Federal-aid highway funds from States that are not in compliance with the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3665-3666)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3664-3665)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-796
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aquaculture
Commerce
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Licenses
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Preventive medicine
Seafood
Sports and Recreation
Territorial waters

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Natural Stock Conservation Act of 2005 - Amends the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 to prohibit specified agencies with aquaculture regulatory jurisdiction from issuing permits for marine aquaculture facilities in the exclusive economic zone until requirements for such permits are enacted into law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3667)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3666-3667)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
CDQ Community Preservation Act

Bill: 109-s-797
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Bering Sea
Community development
Economics and Public Finance
Fisheries
Fishery management
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Rural economic development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
CDQ Community Preservation Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make a community eligible for participation in the western Alaska community development quota (CDQ) program (under which a percentage of the total allowable catch of any Bering Sea fishery is allocated) if the community was: (1) listed in a specified table in the Code of Federal Regulations as eligible to apply for such quota; and (2) approved by the National Marine Fisheries Service on April 19, 1999.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3668)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3667-3668)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Families Leave Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-798
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Families
Family leave
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Iraq compilation
Leave of absence
Military dependents
Military operations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Military Families Leave Act of 2005 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and Federal law relating to the Armed Forces, to entitle eligible employees to certain leave because of any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that their spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces who is serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation or has been notified of an impending call or order to such active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3669-3670)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3668-3669)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the "John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-s-801
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2005-04-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Florida
Judges
Law
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the &quot;John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 

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

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the &quot;John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2006-06-27
text: 

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

Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida, as the &quot;John Milton Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6589; text as passed Senate: CR S6589)
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6589; text as passed Senate: CR S6589)
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 446.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3675)
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Introduced in Senate