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An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.

Bill: 109-sres-36
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees (Senate)
Senate Judiciary

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: 
Authorizes expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for the 109th Congress.

action_date: 2005-02-03
text: 

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

 
Authorizes expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for the 109th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S992)
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Specter. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Specter. Without written report.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Committee on the Judiciary ordered to be reported an original measure.
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution designating the week of February 7 through February 11, 2005, as "National School Counseling Week".

Bill: 109-sres-37
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-02-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Education
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Special weeks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: 
Requests the President to designate the week of February 7 through February 11, 2005, as National School Counseling Week. 

action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 

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

 
Requests the President to designate the week of February 7 through February 11, 2005, as National School Counseling Week. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1309)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1309)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1308-1309)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1308-1309)
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S992)
action_date: 2005-02-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution apologizing to the victims of lynching and the descendants of those victims for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation.

Bill: 109-sres-39
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil rights enforcement
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Due process of law
Hate crimes
History
Law
Legislation
Murder
Prosecution
Racial violence
Racism
Senate
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: 
Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S. citizens; and (3) remembers the history of lynching, to ensure that these personal tragedies will be neither forgotten nor repeated.

action_date: 2005-06-13
text: 

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

 
Declares that the Senate: (1) apologizes to the victims and survivors of lynching for its failure to enact anti-lynching legislation; (2) expresses its deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets to the descendants of such victims whose ancestors were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all other U.S. citizens; and (3) remembers the history of lynching, to ensure that these personal tragedies will be neither forgotten nor repeated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6364-6365)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6364-6365)
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-13
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1059)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1059-1061)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution supporting the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day to promote the adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room.

Bill: 109-sres-40
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Human engineering
Nurses
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Special days
Surgeons
Surgery

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: 
Expresses support for the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day (June 22, 2005) to promote the adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room.
 
Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to reduce medical errors.

action_date: 2005-06-22
text: 

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

 
Expresses support for the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day (June 22, 2005) to promote the adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room.
 
Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to reduce medical errors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7199)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7199)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7199)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7199)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1062)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1062)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl XXXIX.

Bill: 109-sres-41
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
Congress
Congressional tributes
Football
New England
Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: 
Congratulates the New England Patriots on their dramatic victory in Super Bowl XXXIX. 

action_date: 2005-02-07
text: 

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

 
Congratulates the New England Patriots on their dramatic victory in Super Bowl XXXIX. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1064-1065; text as passed Senate: CR S1065; text of measure as introduced: CR S1062-1063)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1064-1065; text as passed Senate: CR S1065; text of measure as introduced: CR S1062-1063)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on promoting initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine.

Bill: 109-sres-42
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Canada
Charitable contributions
Communication in medicine
Conferences
East Asia
Epidemics
Europe
France
Germany
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International cooperation
Italy
Japan
Medical research
Pharmaceutical research
President and foreign policy
Research centers
Russia
Science, Technology, Communications
Strategic planning
United Kingdom
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) mobilize necessary economic and scientific support for the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise (an alliance of the world's leading scientists and independent organizations committed to accelerating the development of an HIV vaccine by enhancing coordination, information sharing, and collaboration globally); and (2) urge members of the Group of Eight (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to garner support from their own communities for the development of an HIV vaccine.
 
Calls for such countries to: (1) take further measures to explore and implement Enterprise initiatives; (2) leverage financial contributions from the international philanthropic community to provide funding to promote the development of an HIV vaccine; (3) include the scientific and political leadership of the countries most affected by the pandemic of HIV and AIDS; and (4) develop a plan for furthering such efforts prior to their June 2005 meeting.
 
Urges the President to generate global support for the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise by carrying out an initiative that: (1) coordinates and partners with member countries, the private sector, and other countries; (2) encourages Group of Eight countries to act swiftly to mobilize resources; (3) includes a strategic plan to prioritize challenges to the development of an HIV vaccine, to coordinate research and product development, and to encourage greater use of information-sharing networks and technologies; (4) encourages the establishment of coordinated global HIV vaccine development centers; and (5) increases cooperation and communication among regulatory agencies on issues related to AIDS and HIV.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-292.
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1063)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1063-1064)
action_date: 2005-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution designating the first day of April 2005 as "National Asbestos Awareness Day".

Bill: 109-sres-43
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Asbestos
Environmental Protection
Special days

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Designates the first day of April 2005 as National Asbestos Awareness Day.

action_date: 2005-03-17
text: 

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

 
Designates the first day of April 2005 as National Asbestos Awareness Day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-14
text: Star Print ordered on the resolution, as agreed to.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S3086-3087)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S3086-3087)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3086-3087)
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1138)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1138-1139)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution celebrating Black History Month.

Bill: 109-sres-44
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Civil rights enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Discrimination in education
Discrimination in medical care
Due process of law
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Equality before the law
Health
Higher education
History
Law
Minorities
Murder
Racial discrimination
Racial violence
Racism
Segregation
Slavery
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Celebrates Black History Month by: (1) acknowledging the tragedies of slavery, lynching, segregation, and by condemning them as an infringement on human liberty and equal opportunity so that they will stand forever as a reminder of what can happen when Americans fail to live up to their noble goals; (2) honoring those Americans who during the time of slavery, lynching, and segregation risked their lives in the underground railway and in other efforts to assist fugitive slaves and other African Americans who might have been targets and victims of lynch mobs and those who have stood beside African Americans in the fight for equal opportunity that continues to this day; (3) reaffirming the Senate's commitment to the founding principles of the United States of America that &quot;all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness;&quot; and (4) committing the Senate to addressing those situations in which the African American community struggles with disparities in education, health care, and other areas where the Federal Government can play a role in improving conditions for all Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1139)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1139-1140)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution commending the James Madison University Dukes football team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA National Football Championship.

Bill: 109-sres-45
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
College sports
Congress
Congressional tributes
Education
Football
Higher education
Sports and Recreation
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Congratulates the James Madison University (Virginia) Dukes football team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division 1-AA National Championship.

action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 

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

 
Congratulates the James Madison University (Virginia) Dukes football team for winning the 2004 NCAA Division 1-AA National Championship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1143-1144; text as passed Senate: CR S1143-1144; text of measure as introduced: CR S1140-1141)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1143-1144; text as passed Senate: CR S1143-1144; text of measure as introduced: CR S1140-1141)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution commemorating the life of the late Zurab Zhvania, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia.

Bill: 109-sres-46
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Central Asia
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Democracy
Foreign leaders
Georgia (Republic)
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Expresses deepest condolences to the family of Zurab Zhvania for their tragic loss. 
 
Commends the courage and leadership of Zurab Zhvania that were so critical to the development of a democratic Republic of Georgia. 
 
Recognizes that the Republic of Georgia's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions will be the completion of Zurab Zhvania's vision and his most lasting legacy. 

action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 

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

 
Expresses deepest condolences to the family of Zurab Zhvania for their tragic loss. 
 
Commends the courage and leadership of Zurab Zhvania that were so critical to the development of a democratic Republic of Georgia. 
 
Recognizes that the Republic of Georgia's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions will be the completion of Zurab Zhvania's vision and his most lasting legacy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1144; text as passed Senate: CR S1144; text of measure as introduced: CR S1141)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1144; text as passed Senate: CR S1144; text of measure as introduced: CR S1141)
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate commending civilian employers of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces for their support of members who are called to active duty and for their support of the members' families.

Bill: 109-sres-47
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Military dependents
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the: (1) members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and the businesses that employ them are a cornerstone of the United States' successful prosecution of the war on terror, and the Federal Government should take steps to assist such businesses;
 
(2) business community deserves the Nation's gratitude its supporting role; and
 
(3) Federal Government should carefully review the adverse effects on the business community of mobilizations and demobilizations of the reserve components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1307)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding trafficking in persons.

Bill: 109-sres-48
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child welfare
Children's rights
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
East Asia
Emergency Management
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Kidnapping
Organized crime
President and foreign policy
Prosecution
Smuggling
South Asia
Treaties
Tsunamis
United Nations
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) combating trafficking in persons should continue to be a U.S. foreign policy priority; (2) the United States should ratify, and urge all countries to ratify, the United Nations (UN) Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children; and (3) the President should commend the efforts of the governments of those countries affected by the December 26, 2004, tsunami to protect their children from the dangers of trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1307-1308)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1308)
action_date: 2005-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Bill: 109-sres-49
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2005-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees (Senate)
Senate Rules and Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 
Authorizes expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration for the 109th Congress.

action_date: 2005-02-14
text: 

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

 
Authorizes expenditures by the Committee on Rules and Administration for the 109th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Lott. Without written report. (text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1350)
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Committee on Rules and Administration. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Lott. Without written report.(text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1350)
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Committee on Rules and Administration ordered to be reported an original measure.
action_date: 2005-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate