hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 109-s-1
Sponsor: Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional gold medals
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Foreign leaders
Free enterprise
Human rights
International Affairs
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Margaret Thatcher Congressional Gold Medal Act - Provides for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Margaret Thatcher in recognition of her dedication to the values of free markets and free minds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act

Bill: 109-s-2
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Courts of special jurisdiction
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Import relief
International Affairs
Jurisdiction
Law
Nontariff trade barriers
President and foreign policy
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act or the Trade CLAIM Act - Amends the federal judicial code to grant the Court of International Trade exclusive jurisdiction of any civil action commenced by a petitioner requesting de novo review of a U.S. Trade Representative (Trade Representative) decision concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights.
 
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements concerning the enforcement of U.S. trade rights with respect to presidential authority and the responsibility of the Trade Representative.
 
Permits the Trade Representative to take further action to enforce U.S. rights, based on the Trade Representative's monitoring, when a petitioner considers that the actions of a foreign country in implementing a measure have not been satisfactory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-7
Sponsor: Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Congress
Dividends
Estate tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Gift tax
Income tax
Inheritance tax
Sunset legislation
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2005 - Makes permanent: (1) reductions in individual income tax rates enacted by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA); (2) reductions in individual capital gains and dividends tax rates enacted by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003; and (3) the repeal of the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reductions of the gift tax enacted by EGTRAA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Custody Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-8
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal liability
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Guardian and ward
Interstate commerce
Law
Parent and child
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
State courts
State laws
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Child Custody Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit transporting a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor&#146;s state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor&#146;s abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. 
 
Protects from prosecution or civil liability the minor or the minor&#146;s parents for violations of this Act.
 
Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place. 
 
Authorizes any parent who suffers harm from a violation of this Act to seek relief in a civil action. Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include a guardian, legal custodian, or person standing in loco parentis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-18
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Insurance premiums
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Retiree health benefits
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) negotiating fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs; (2) elimination of the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund; (3) application of risk adjustment reflecting characteristics for the entire Medicare population in payments to Medicare advantage organizations; (4) modification of the annual out-of-pocket threshold with respect to prescription drug benefits; (5) requiring two prescription drug plans to avoid Federal fallback; (6) waiver of the part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program); (7) transition of full-benefit dual eligible individuals to coverage under the Medicare drug benefit; and (8) Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premium reduction.
 
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on providing incentives to preserve retiree coverage.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to make certain information regarding the sponsor of a qualified prescription drug plan receiving a subsidy under the prescription drug program available to the public through the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S207-208)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Fiscal Responsibility for a Sound Future Act

Bill: 109-s-19
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional voting
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal budget process
Government spending reductions
Legislation
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Fiscal Responsibility for a Sound Future Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend through FY 2005 the spending caps for discretionary, highway, and mass transit categories in new budget authority and outlays.
 
Declares that Congress should enact a limit on total discretionary spending for FY 2006.
 
Retains (eliminates the expiration of) pay-as-you-go.
 
Reenacts into law (effective for FY 2005) certain budget enforcement mechanisms through FY 2015.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider under expedited procedures applicable to reconciliation in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 any measure that increases the deficit in the: (1) first fiscal year covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget; (2) first five fiscal years covered by such adoption; or (3) first five fiscal years following such period.
 

 
Amends H.Con.Res. 95 (108th Congress) to revise provisions concerning the Pay-As-You-Go point of order rule in the Senate to: (1) modify the formula used to estimate the baseline; and (2) extend the application of such rule through FY 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S210)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S137-138)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Reserve Fund Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-24
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget resolutions
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Government trust funds
Legislative resolutions
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Emergency Reserve Fund Act of 2005 - Establishes the Emergency Reserve Fund under the office of the Secretary of the Treasury in order to provide financial resources to respond to domestic disasters and emergencies.
 
States that amounts in the Fund shall only be available to meet the emergency funding requirements for particular domestic disasters and security emergencies that are: (1) designated by a joint resolution of Congress; or (2) declared by the President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
 
Includes among the list of permanent statutory appropriations those appropriations designed for the Emergency Reserve Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3111)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S214-215)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-26
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Animals
Appalachia
Capital
Career education
Citizen participation
Commerce
Community development
Congress
Depressed areas
Ecosystem management
Entrepreneurs
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Forest conservation
Forest management
Forest products
Forestry
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Labor and Employment
Maine
Nature conservation
New Hampshire
New York State
Open space lands
Performance measurement
Presidential appointments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Rural economic development
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Technological innovations
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Northern Appalachian Economic Development Commission to provide advisory strategic guidance and coordination and grant assistance in support of economic development, community development, and natural resource conservation in the Northern Appalachian region in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. Authorizes each affected state to designate local development districts to receive such assistance. Requires the Commission to develop an integrated development strategy for the region. Authorizes the Commission to approve grants to states, local development districts, and public and nonprofit entities for economic development projects in the region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11741)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.

Bill: 109-s-27
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Local taxation
Sales tax
State taxation
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for State and local general sales taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S215-216)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S215)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Border Travel Facilitation Act

Bill: 109-s-28
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Canada
Citizenship
Driver licenses
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Northern Border Travel Facilitation Act - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to direct the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to establish a State Driver's License and Identity Card Enrollment Program to permit a U.S. or Canadian citizen who produces a U.S. or Canadian driver's license or identity card meeting requirements of this Act to enter the United States from Canada without providing any other documentation or evidence of citizenship. Requires Program implementation by December 31, 2009. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, prior to such implementation, to permit a U.S. or Canadian citizen to enter the United States from Canada if the individual can demonstrate U.S. or Canadian citizenship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11741-11742)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-30
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Attorney-client privilege
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation
Evidence (Law)
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
Indictments
Law
Legal fees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any U.S. agent or attorney, in any federal investigation or criminal or civil enforcement matter, from demanding, requesting, or conditioning treatment on the disclosure by an organization (or affiliated person) of any communication protected by the attorney-client privilege or any attorney work product.
 
Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from conditioning a civil or criminal charging decision relating to an organization (or affiliated person) on one or more specified actions, or from using one or more such actions as a factor in determining whether an organization or affiliated person is cooperating with the government.
 
Numbers among the actions a U.S. agent or attorney may not use as a charging decision condition or a cooperation-determining factor: (1) any valid assertion of the attorney-client privilege or privilege for attorney work product; (2) the provision of counsel to, or contribution to the legal defense fees or expenses of, an employee of the organization; (3) entry into a joint-defense, information-sharing, or common-interest agreement with an employee of the organization if the organization determines it has a common interest in defending against the investigation or enforcement matter; (4) the sharing of relevant information with an employee; or (5) a failure to terminate an employee's employment, or otherwise sanction an employee, because of the employee's decision to exercise his or her constitutional rights or other legal protections in response to a government request.
 
Prohibits a U.S. agent or attorney from demanding or requesting that an organization or an affiliated person not take any such action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
International Remittance Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-31
Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automated clearing houses
Automated teller machines
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Credit unions
Department of the Treasury
Economic assistance
Economic statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic funds transfers
Electronic government information
English language
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Federal preemption
Fees
Financial institutions
Financial services
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
International Affairs
Language and languages
Law
Licenses
National Credit Union Administration
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
International Remittance Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a remittance transfer provider to: (1) clearly and conspicuously make specified disclosures in writing and in a form that the consumer may keep to each consumer requesting a remittance transfer; and (2) make such disclosures in English and in the same languages principally used by the remittance transfer provider, or its agents at that office, if other than English.
 
Prescribes error resolution guidelines and remedies governing remittance transfer errors.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to publish electronically on each business day the foreign currencies dollar exchange rate.
 
Subjects a remittance transfer provider to liability for violations committed by its agents or subsidiaries.
 
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to empower Federal Credit Unions to: (1) provide remittance transfers to persons in the field of membership; and (2) to cash checks and money orders for such persons for a fee. 
 
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to work with the Federal reserve banks to expand the use of the automated clearinghouse system for remittance transfers to foreign countries.
 
Requires certain Federal banking agencies to provide guidelines to financial institutions regarding the offering of low-cost remittance transfers and no-cost or low-cost basic consumer accounts, as well as agency services to remittance transfer providers.
 
Requires such agencies and the Secretary to assist the Financial Literacy and Education Commission in improving the financial literacy and education of consumers who send remittances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S223-224)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S221-223)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-32
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Day care
Department of Defense
Education
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health insurance continuation
Higher education
Insurance premiums
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Managed care
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military operations
Military pay
Military pensions
Military readiness
National Guard
Presidential appointments
Rating of employees
Recruiting and enlistment
South Asia
Veterans' education
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to limit the length of assignment of reservists during U.S. Central Command deployments of not less than one year.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report on Department of Defense policies and communications regarding the length of deployments for reservists in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate a senior level official of the Department of the Army to implement recommendations for executive action to address military pay problems.
 
Expands reenlistment bonus eligibility and the amount of such bonuses for members of the Selected Reserve.
 
Removes conditions on Ready Reserve members' eligibility for TRICARE enrollment. Makes such eligibility permanent.
 
Requires the Secretary concerned to pay applicable premiums to continue qualified health benefit plan coverage for family members of eligible reservists serving on active duty for the benefits coverage continuation period.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to fund child care for members of the Armed Forces on active duty for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
Requires employers to provide notice of rights and benefits under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA).
 
Increases monthly educational assistance benefits for members of the Selected Reserve. Expands eligibility for such benefits to include reservists who have served on active duty for a cumulative period of 24 months during any five-year period.
 
Reduces from 60 to 55 the age at which members of Reserve components may receive military retirement pay.
 
Establishes the position of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve Affairs). Eliminates the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Reduces the number of Assistant Secretaries of Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Electricity Needs Rules and Oversight Now (ENRON) Act

Bill: 109-s-33
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Electric power transmission
Electric utilities
Electric utility rates
Energy industries
Predatory pricing
Restrictive trade practices

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Electricity Needs Rules and Oversight Now (ENRON) Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to declare unlawful the use in contravention of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations of any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance in connection with the purchase or sale of electric energy or the purchase or sale of transmission services subject to FERC jurisdiction, including rates and charges that result from such manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S225)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S224-225)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate