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A bill to repeal section 5 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

Bill: 109-s-1977
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-11-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Energy
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine mammals
Marine terminals
Protection of animals
Tankers
Transportation and Public Works
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: 
Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to repeal restrictions on crude oil tanker traffic in Puget Sound. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1600)
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12534)
action_date: 2005-11-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Tim Fagan's Law

Bill: 109-s-1978
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Business records
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Deceptive advertising
Defective products
Department of Health and Human Services
Directories
Drug adulteration
Drug industry
Drugs
Fines (Penalties)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health education
Identification devices
Informers
Intellectual property
Labeling
Law
Medical personnel
Packaging
Product counterfeiting
Science, Technology, Communications
Subpoena
Wholesale trade

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Tim Fagan's Law or the Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for such drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred. 
 
Deems a drug to be misbranded if it is not manufactured in accordance with the use of technologies that the Secretary determines are technically feasible and will assist in preventing such violations.
 
Requires the Secretary to establish alternative requirements to the extent that such requirements provide greater certainty on the chain of custody and are economically and technically feasible.
 
Increases funding for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations.
 
Requires the Secretary to educate the public and health care professionals on counterfeit drugs.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) upon a finding of reasonable probability that a drug intended for human use would cause serious health consequences or death, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to cease distribution of the drug and to notify and instruct health professionals to cease administering or prescribing the drug; and (2) amend the order to include a recall if necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the establishment of a strategic refinery reserve, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1979
Sponsor: Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disasters
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Energy prices
Energy security
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Military and naval supplies
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Petroleum reserves
Strategic materials
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish and operate a Strategic Refinery Reserve. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to contract for: (1) the construction or operation of new refineries; or (2) the acquisition or reopening of closed refineries.
 
Instructs the Secretary to operate the Reserve to provide petroleum products to: (1) the federal government (including the Department of Defense); (2) any state governments and their political subdivisions that opt to purchase refined petroleum products from the Reserve; and (3) the general public during certain emergency periods.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that refineries in the Reserve are designed to provide a rapid increase in production capacity during such emergency periods.
 
Requires a refinery owner or operator to notify the Secretary, with an explanation, not later than 180 days before permanently closing a refinery in the United States. Requires the Secretary to report the notification and explanation to Congress, together with an analysis of the effects of the proposed closing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12609)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12608-12609)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1980
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to housing
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Indian education
Minorities
Residential rehabilitation
Rural education
Rural housing
School administration
School personnel
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Rural Teacher Housing Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide funds to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to make grants or loans to a school district located within a qualified community for: (1) construction of new housing units within the community, and the purchase and rehabilitation of existing structures to be used as such; (2) rehabilitation or leasing of housing units within a qualified community and the purchase or lease of real property on which such housing units will be constructed, purchased, or rehabilitated; and (3) repayment of a loan used for such purposes or any other activities normally associated with them. 
 
Defines qualified community as a home rule or general law city incorporated under the laws of Alaska, or an unincorporated community situated outside the city limits, which: (1) has a population of 6,500 or fewer individuals; (2) is situated within or near a Native Village that includes the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Islands Reserve; and (3) is not connected by road (except the Alaska Marine Highway System or a road through Canada) or railroad to the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.
 
Requires occupants of such housing units, with certain exceptions, to be teachers, administrators, other school staff, and members of their households.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13306)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12610-12611)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12609-12610)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Windfall Profits Tax Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1981
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobile industry
Commerce
Diesel motor
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy research
Excess profits tax
Excise tax
Federal aid to transportation
Fuel consumption
Government trust funds
Highway finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Investment tax credit
Mass rapid transit
Motor vehicles
Petroleum industry
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax rebates
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Windfall Profits Tax Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain oil companies for 50% of the windfall profit from all barrels of taxable crude oil. Defines &quot;windfall profit&quot; as the excess of the removal (sales) price of a barrel of taxable crude oil over the adjusted base price of such barrel ($40 per barrel adjusted annually for inflation). Allows a tax deduction for any windfall profit tax paid. Terminates the tax 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
 
Allows an income tax rebate for individual taxpayers of $150 in 2006 and, in subsequent years, of an amount to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury based upon a percentage of windfall profit tax revenues collected.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Low-Income Energy Assistance Trust Fund. Transfers windfall profit tax revenues to such Fund and provides for expenditures from such Fund for the low-income energy assistance program.
 
Allows a tax credit for investment in energy efficient motor vehicles and for related research and development costs. Bases the amount of such credit on the achievement of specified levels of fuel economy. Terminates such credit after 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3441)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12611-12613)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11463)
Home Energy Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1982
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Commerce
Energy
Finance and Financial Sector
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Inventories
Petroleum industry
Tax administration
Tax credits
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for residential heating costs paid in 2006. Allows a maximum credit of $500, but reduces or eliminates such credit for taxpayers at higher income levels. 
 
Requires integrated oil companies with gross receipts in excess of $1 billion to use the first-in, first-out (FIFO) inventory accounting method for purposes of determining their current federal income tax liabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12614)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12613-12614)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1983
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Accreditation (Medical care)
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health facilities
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospitals
Local laws
Medical personnel
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include a health care entity's refusal to provide coverage of, or pay for, induced abortions among the bases for which the federal government or any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance may not discriminate against such an entity. Expands the definition of &quot;health care entity&quot; to include a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, and any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12615)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12614-12615)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-s-1984
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Copyright
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Customs administration
Dispute settlement
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
Intelligence officers
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Patent infringement
Patents
Prosecution
Searches and seizures
Standards
Trade agreements
Trademarks
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act - Establishes the Intellectual Property Enforcement Network, consisting of specified representatives of various government agencies, to: (1) establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning international intellectual property protection and law enforcement; (2) protect U.S. intellectual property rights overseas, including by creating an international task force; and (3) coordinate and oversee implementation of such policies, objectives, and priorities by relevant agencies.
 
Requires the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to: (1) provide information to members and employees of the Network with appropriate security clearance; and (2) assign CIA employees to work on achieving suchpolicies, objectives, and priorities.
 
Requires the agencies in the Network to: (1) share the information they collect; (2) coordinate civil and criminal actions related to intellectual property rights; (3) establish formal processes for working with state and local government agencies and consulting with companies, labor unions, writers, artists, and other interested persons and groups; and (4) consult with the Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters.
 
Urges the President and relevant agency officers, when meeting with certain foreign countries, to stress the importance of establishing and participating in the international task force.
 
Calls for other government intellectual property initiatives to be consolidated into the work of the Network to prevent duplication.
 
Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 to repeal provisions establishing the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the predisaster hazard mitigation program under the Stafford Act.

Bill: 109-s-1985
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend the predisaster hazard mitigation program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the coordination and use of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium by the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1986
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Colleges
Colorado
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Education
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Explosives
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Local employees
Louisiana
Medical research
Military research
Nevada
New Mexico
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Railroad safety
Research and development facilities
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
State employees
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Texas
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation research
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, consisting of: (1) the Center for Domestic Preparedness; (2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; (3) the National Center for Bio-Medical Research and Training, Louisiana State University; (4) the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center, Texas A&M University; (5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada test site; and (6) the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado.
 
Requires the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, to the fullest extent possible, to use the Consortium to support cooperative programs to achieve cost-effective delivery of equipment, technical assistance, training, and situational exercises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12615-12616)
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Low-Income Home Energy Security Tax Act

Bill: 109-s-1987
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2005-11-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy assistance for the poor
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Low-income housing
Public utilities
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: 
Low-Income Home Energy Security Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain low-income individuals a refundable tax credit for residential energy costs; (2) provide for advance payments of such credit to providers of residential energy; and (3) require providers of residential energy to file informational returns for any advance tax credit payments received.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1990
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Continuing education
Counseling
Department of Veterans Affairs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Families
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Local employees
Social Welfare
State employees
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs among the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Public Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that state and local outreach assistance is provided in locations that: (1) have relatively large concentrations of veterans; or (2) are experiencing growth in veteran populations. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to state veterans agencies for state and local outreach services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12684)
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Services To Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act

Bill: 109-s-1991
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Case management
Day care
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to housing
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health insurance
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Indian housing
Labor and Employment
Law
Legal services
Low-income housing
Mental health services
Minorities
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Poverty
Rural housing
Social Welfare
Trusts and trustees
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 
Services To Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to eligible entities (private nonprofit organizations or consumer cooperatives) to provide and coordinate the provision of various supportive services for very low-income veteran families occupying permanent housing. Requires: (1) equitable geographic distribution of such assistance; and (2) the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance to participating entities regarding the planning, development, and provision of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12684)
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz.

Bill: 109-s-1992
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-11-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: 
Declares Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz to be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-11-10
text: Introduced in Senate