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Making Savings Automatic Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1590
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil service retirement
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Individual retirement accounts
Labor and Employment
Law
Payroll deductions
Pension funds
State laws
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Tax-deferred compensation plans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Making Savings Automatic Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) automatic payments to employee pension plans; (2) direct payments of tax refunds to individual retirement plans; (3) a business tax credit for employer costs of a salary reduction arrangement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to the suspension of interest and certain penalties where the taxpayer is not contacted by the Internal Revenue Service within 18 months.

Bill: 109-s-1591
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Interest
Tax administration
Tax penalties
Tax returns
Tax shelters

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify provisions which suspend interest and penalties for taxpayers not contacted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about additional tax liability within 18 months of the filing of their tax returns to deny certain tax shelter participants suspension of any interest or penalties accruing on or before October 3, 2004, except those participants who accept certain IRS tax shelter settlement initiatives (current law applies only to interest accruing after October 3, 2004).
 
Provides that the 18-month period for IRS notification of additional tax liability for taxpayers who file amended tax returns or return information showing additional tax liability begins on the date such amended returns or information are filed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9511)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9510)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1592
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Medicaid
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Psychiatric hospitals
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Care Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to reimbursement for specified emergency care and services of private institutions for mental diseases subject (under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Medicaid (EMTALA) Program) to certain requirements for examination and treatment for emergency medical conditions.
 
Requires the Medicaid program to reimburse such institutions for care and services required to stabilize an emergency medical condition of an individual between ages 21 and 65, if the treatment is within the range of services that such institution typically provides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9511-9514)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1593
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Ambulatory care
Clinics
Hospital rates
Medicare
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Medicare Payment Adjustment To Community Health Centers (PATCH) Act of 2005 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of federally qualified health center (FQHC) services to include certain services furnished by an FQHC for which payment may otherwise be made under Medicare if they were furnished by a health care provider or health care professional other than an FQHC. 
 
Repeals the limitation of such services to outpatients of an FQHC, extending them to all patients of an FQHC. Repeals the declaration that any reference to a rural health clinic is deemed a reference to an FQHC.
 
Ensures FQHC reimbursement for patients of hospitals and critical access hospitals under the hospital prospective payment system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9514-9515)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Privacy Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1594
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank records
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Credit unions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Department of the Treasury
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Law
National Credit Union Administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Financial Privacy Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to require each financial institution to develop and maintain a security system designed to prevent any breach with respect to its customer information.
 
Prescribes guidelines for: (1) federal functional regulators to issue regulations governing a customer information security system; and (2) financial institutions to notify customers of unauthorized access to customer information.
 
Provides for: (1) civil action for damages by a customer adversely affected by a violation of this Act; (2) injunctions against a financial institution in violation or potential violation of this Act; and (3) civil enforcement actions by state Attorneys General.
 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to: (1) require a consumer reporting agency to trigger a fraud alert in a consumer file upon notification by a consumer of a data security breach or suspected breach under this Act; and (2) prohibit the user of a consumer report to take any adverse action with respect to a consumer based solely on the inclusion of a fraud alert, extended alert, or active duty alert in the file of that consumer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9515-9517)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9515)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 3-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices.

Bill: 109-s-1595
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Depreciation and amortization
Electric power
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to assign a three-year recovery period for depreciation of qualified energy management devices placed in service before January 1, 2008. Defines &quot;energy management device&quot; as a meter or metering device to measure and record electricity usage data on a time-differentiated basis in at least four separate time segments per day. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require electric utilities to provide net metering service.

Bill: 109-s-1596
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Cogeneration of electric power and heat
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Electric power
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Environmental Protection
Fuel cells
Geothermal resources
Hydroelectric power
Landfills
Methane
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require each electric utility to make net metering service available upon consumer request. 
 
Permits a state regulatory authority, one year after enactment of this Act, to determine whether it is in the public interest to decline to implement such requirement.
 
Permits a state to establish incentives to encourage on-site generating facilities and net metering in addition to the requirements of this Act.
 
Requires an electric utility to charge the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility rates that are identical to those charged to its other electric consumers in the same rate class.
 
Bars such utility from charging the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility any additional standby, capacity, interconnection, or other charges.
 
Prescribes guidelines for: (1) electric energy sales to the owner or operator of an on-site generating facility; and (2) measurements of electric energy consumed.
 
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate additional control, testing, and interconnection requirements for on-site generating facilities and net metering systems deemed necessary to protect public safety and system reliability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to award posthumously a Congressional gold medal to Constantino Brumidi.

Bill: 109-s-1597
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Sculpture

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in recognition of Constantino Brumidi's contributions to the Nation as a designer and decorator of the U.S. Capitol.
 
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to arrange for the gold medal to be displayed in the Capitol Visitor Center as part of an exhibit honoring Constantino Brumidi.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9517-9518)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Protection and Home Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1598
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child safety
Commerce
Costs
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of the Treasury
Evidence (Law)
Families
Firearms
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Liability (Law)
Quality of products
Safety measures
Standards
Storage
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Child Protection and Home Safety Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable tax credit for up to 25 percent of the cost of a qualified residential gun safe. Defines &quot;qualified residential gun safe&quot; as a container not intended for the display of firearms which is specifically designed to store or safeguard firearms from unauthorized access and which meets established performance standards. Limits the amount of such credit to $250.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9518-9519)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9518)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Abolishing Aviation Barriers Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1599
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air routes
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Airports
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Infrastructure
New York City
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Abolishing Aviation Barriers Act of 2005 - Amends federal transportation law to repeal the prohibition against an air carrier's operation of an aircraft nonstop in air transportation between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and another airport that is more than 1,250 statute miles away.
 
Prohibits the obligation of federal funds to enforce the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey rule banning flights beyond 1,500 miles (or any other flight distance related restriction) from arrival or departure at New York LaGuardia Airport. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-31
text: Star Print ordered on on the bill.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9519-9520)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9519)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure full access to digital television in areas served by low-power television, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1600
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Canada
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
International Affairs
International cooperation
Latin America
Mexico
Television broadcasting
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Digital Translator and Low-Power Television Transition Assistance Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the deadline for conversion of translator stations and low-power analog television stations to advanced (digital) television services from the current transition period ending on December 31, 2006, to the period ending four years thereafter.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Low-Power Digital Television Transition Trust Fund, funded by proceeds from the federal auction of certain electromagnetic spectrum frequencies, for the making of grants to licensees of low-power television stations, state and local governments, and community organizations to: (1) upgrade low-power television translator stations from analog to digital in eligible rural communities and other areas served by low-power television stations; and (2) extend digital television broadcast signals to unserved households located in such communities and areas. Requires a report from the Federal Communications Commission to specified congressional committees on the status of low-power television and translator stations.
 
Directs the FCC to report semiannually to such committees on the status of international cooperation with Canada and Mexico with respect to the Digital Television table of allotments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9520)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend temporarily the duty suspension on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold.

Bill: 109-s-1601
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Electronics
Gold
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2010, of the duty on certain semi-manufactured forms of gold.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1602
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Caregivers
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Excise tax
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health insurance portability
Home care services
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Law
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
State laws
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Welfare eligibility
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Improving Long-Term Care Choices Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to disregard benefits paid under long-term care insurance for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish specified additional consumer protections with respect to long-term care insurance policies, based on the October 2000 National Association of Insurance Commissioners model regulations.
 
Amends SSA title XIX to permit the expansion of long-term care partnership insurance policies to all states.
 
Requires all new partnership policies to be Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Policies.
 
Directs the Secretary to set standards for reciprocity to provide for the portability of long-term care partnership policies from one partnership state to another partnership state.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a deduction from gross income for eligible long-term care premiums paid during the taxable year; and (2) a tax credit to help cover long-term care expenses.
 
Provides that no gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of a qualified long-term care insurance contract for another qualified long-term care insurance contract.
 
Amends SSA title XIX to provide states with a new option to offer home and community-based services to Medicaid-eligible individuals without obtaining a federal waiver.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue regulations removing administrative barriers under Medicare (SSA title XVIII) and Medicaid that impede the offering of integrated acute and long-term care services, which combine acute, home and community-based, nursing facility and mental health services, and coverage of prescription drugs, into a single model of care for individuals who are dually eligible for such programs. 
 
Directs the Secretary to make recommendations to Congress for removal of statutory barriers to the offering of such integrated services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9520-9523)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Lending Improvement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1603
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Law
Small Business Administration
Small business
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Small Business Lending Improvement Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the current Preferred Lenders Program operated by the Small Business Administration (SBA) the National Preferred Lenders Program, under which a participant may operate as a preferred lender in any state if the lender meets eligibility criteria established by the SBA. Allows each approved participant to make loans for up to two years under the program.
 
Increases: (1) to up to $3 million the maximum authorized SBA gross loan amount for small businesses; and (2) the FY2006 authorization of appropriations to the SBA for such loans.
 
Directs the SBA Administrator to establish an alternative size standard (measuring the size of a business for purposes of eligibility for small business loans) utilizing the maximum net worth and net income of the prospective borrower as an alternative to the use of industry standards. Requires, in the interim, the use of an alternative size standard regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9524)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9523-9524)
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1604
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Caribbean area
Cuba
Cubans
Department of the Treasury
Expropriation
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Latin America
Trademark agreements
Trademarks
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: 
Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to repeal the prohibition against U.S. courts recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by a designated Cuban national of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations as necessary to repeal such provisions, including removing any applicable prohibition on transactions or payments.
 
Authorizes U.S. courts to recognize, enforce, or otherwise validate an assertion of rights in any mark or trade name based on common law rights, registration under the Trademark Act of 1946, or any treaty to which the United States is a party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate