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Rapid Efficiency Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1850
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Commerce
Corporation taxes
Electric power production
Electric vehicles
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Fuel cells
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Lighting
Natural gas vehicles
Service stations
Solar energy
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Rapid Efficiency Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to make certain energy-related income tax credits available for energy property placed in service after the enactment of this Act (instead of after December 31, 2005). 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for Energy Star compliant compact fluorescent light bulbs used in a residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11235-11236)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 30123 of title 49, United States Code, to require replacement tires for passenger vehicles to meet the standards required for tires on new vehicles.

Bill: 109-s-1851
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile tires
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Amends federal transportation law to require replacement tires to meet standards required for tires on new vehicles, including standards affecting fuel economy. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rulemaking regarding policies and procedures for testing and labeling such tires for fuel economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11236)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing the Incentives to Guzzle Gas Act

Bill: 109-s-1852
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Automobiles
Depreciation and amortization
Economics and Public Finance
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Reducing the Incentives to Guzzle Gas Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include certain heavy vehicles (with a gross vehicle weight of between 6,000 and 14,000 pounds) as passenger vehicles to which the limitations on the depreciation allowed for luxury automobiles apply; (2) exempt vehicles used in a farming business from such depreciation limitations; (3) revise the limitation amounts for the depreciation of luxury automobiles; and (4) allow the expensing of up to $30,000 of the cost of vehicles used in a farming business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11236)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Government Fuel Consumption Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1853
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Bicycles
Car pools
Energy conservation
Federal employees
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Government vehicles
Mass rapid transit
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommuting
Transportation and Public Works
Walking

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Reduce Government Fuel Consumption Act of 2005 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to require each federal agency to take necessary action to reduce by at least 10% vehicle fuel consumption by agency employees (other than fuel used for military purposes).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11236-11237)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Treat Emergency Victims Fairly Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1854
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2005-10-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Disaster relief
Disasters
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Law
Prices
Profit
Restrictive trade practices
Subpoena

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: 
Treat Emergency Victims Fairly Act of 2005 - Declares it is unlawful for any seller of goods or services of any type (including food, transportation, housing, and energy supplies) to engage in price gouging, that is, the charging of an unreasonable and unconscionable price for such a good or service immediately before, during, or after a natural disaster or other emergency formally declared by federal or state authorities.
 
 
Permits the federal government, through the Attorney General, or a state government acting through its attorney general, to bring an action in federal or state court to enforce this Act.
 
Requires an action that is brought under this Act in federal court to receive expedited review.
 
Permits the Attorney General of the United States and a state attorney general, respectively, to recover restitution or disgorgement of excess profits.
 
States that this Act does not preempt or otherwise affect any state or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2005 S11237)
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1855
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Local finance
Supplemental appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 - Authorizes the transfer of up to $750 million, of the &quot;Disaster Relief&quot; amounts provided in Public Law 109-62, to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program (including up to $1 million for related administrative expenses) for the cost of direct loans as authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Requires such funds to be used to assist local governments in providing essential services. Allows such transfer to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $1 billion under the Stafford Act. Permits the amount of any such loan to exceed $5 million.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1856
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Local finance
Supplemental appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 - Authorizes the transfer of up to $750 million, of the &quot;Disaster Relief&quot; amounts provided in Public Law 109-62, to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program (including up to $1 million for related administrative expenses) for the cost of direct loans as authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Requires such funds to be used to assist local governments in providing essential services. Allows such transfer to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $1 billion under the Stafford Act. Permits the amount of any such loan to exceed $5 million. Declares that such loans may only be cancelled with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1857
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster loans
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Local finance
Supplemental appropriations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 - Authorizes the transfer of up to $750 million, of the &quot;Disaster Relief&quot; amounts provided in Public Law 109-62, to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program (including up to $1 million for related administrative expenses) for the cost of direct loans as authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Requires such funds to be used to assist local governments in providing essential services. Allows such transfer to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $1 billion under the Stafford Act. Permits the amount of any such loan to exceed $5 million. Declares that such loans may only be cancelled with the approval of the Congress.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1859
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Diesel motor
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Motor vehicle pollution control
Ozone
Reformulated gasoline
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text as introduced in Senate: CR S11314-11315)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the phaseout of personal exemptions and the overall limitation on itemized deductions.

Bill: 109-s-1861
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Tax deductions
Tax exemption

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the reduction of the phaseout amount for personal tax exemptions; and (2) the phaseout of the overall limitation on itemized tax deductions. Makes permanent the overall limitation on itemized tax deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act

Bill: 109-s-1862
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Commercialization
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fossil fuels
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
International cooperation
Israel
Joint ventures
Middle East and North Africa
Research and development
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Solar energy
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
 United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act - Instructs the Secretary of Energy, in implementing the Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of Israel Concerning Energy Cooperation, to establish a grant program to support research, development, and commercialization of alternative renewable energy sources.
 
Authorizes grants to promote the following: (1) solar energy; (2) biomass energy; (3) energy efficiency; (4) wind energy; and (5) fossil energy.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory board to: (1) monitor how such grants are awarded; and (2) provide periodic performance reviews of actions taken to carry out the grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11766)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1863
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Affordable housing
Airports
Alabama
Appropriations
Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Barrier islands
Bridges
Broadband
Building construction
Building laws
Coastal zone
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Cultural centers
Disaster relief
Drainage
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Elementary and secondary education
Energy
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Evacuation of civilians
Executive reorganization
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Flood control
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Health
Health facilities
Historic sites
History
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Mississippi
Museums
Music
Nonprofit organizations
Planning
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Railroad freight operations
Residential rehabilitation
Restoration ecology
Road construction
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Sewage treatment
Social Welfare
Soil erosion
Subcontractors
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Act of 2005 - Establishes the Gulf Coast Recovery and Disaster Preparedness Agency for the efficient and effective use of federal resources relating to the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
 
Prohibits the Agency Director and other executive agency heads, except for professional services or in other specified circumstances, from entering into a contract, or awarding a grant, to procure disaster recovery services in connection with reconstruction efforts, unless the contract or grant requires that workers affected by the two hurricanes compose at least 30% of the workforce involved, including those employed by any indirect recipient of such contract or grant fiunds.
 

 

 
Establishes within the Agency the Gulf Coast Revitalization Authority, which shall develop a comprehensive plan for rebuilding and improving the public infrastructure of the hurricane-affected Gulf Coast region.
 

 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11318-11321)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11317-11318)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation.

Bill: 109-s-1864
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural machinery
Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Income tax
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a five-year depreciation recovery period for certain farming business machinery or equipment placed in service before January 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
SouthEast Crescent Authority Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1865
Sponsor: Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Alabama
Auditing
Citizen participation
Community development
Community organization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
County politics and government
Depressed areas
Federal-state relations
Florida
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
High technology
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate relations
Labor and Employment
Mississippi
Nonprofit organizations
North Carolina
Presidential appointments
Regional economic development
Regional planning
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
South Carolina
Urban affairs
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
SouthEast Crescent Authority Act of 2005 - Establishes a SouthEast Crescent Authority for all parts of the following southeastern states not eligible for assistance from the Appalachian Regional Commission or the Delta Regional Authority: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. Directs the Authority to perform various functions, including: (1) formulating plans and programs to spur economic development, and approving grants to States and public and nonprofit entities toward that end; (2) establishing priorities in a development plan for the region; (3) supporting local development districts, and creating them where they do not exist; and (4) encouraging private investment in the region. 
 
Permits the Authority to request and receive Federal, State and local government personnel as employees.
Stipulates that Authority grants for infrastructure development may be made only to State or local governments. Permits other Authority grants for job training, employment-related education, business development, assisting severely distressed and poor areas, or for other purposes in accordance with the Act. 
Allows the Authority to designate annually: (1) distressed counties; and (2) isolated areas of distress in nondistressed counties. 
Directs the Authority to garner public participation in the development, revision, and implementation of its plans and programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeland Security Policy Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1866
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Commerce
Communication in science
Conferences
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Education
Educational exchanges
Emergency Management
Employee training
Exchange of persons programs
Executive reorganization
Federal officials
Government and business
Higher education
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Presidential appointments
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Research and development facilities
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific exchanges
Strategic planning
Technological innovations
Terrorism
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Homeland Security Policy Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish an Under Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security to serve as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11323-11324)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11322-11323)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1867
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Absentee voting
Alabama
Congress
Congressional elections
Displaced persons
Election administration
Emergency Management
Floods
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Presidential elections
Voter registration
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Displaced Citizens Voter Protection Act of 2005 - Extends to individuals evacuated from their residences as a result of Hurricane Katrina the right to use the absentee balloting and registration procedures available to military and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Requires each motor vehicle authority and each designated voter registration agency in a state to take necessary steps to notify individuals to whom services are provided of the protections provided by this Act and of the requirements for obtaining them, including the requirement to submit an affidavit stating that the individual intends to return to the place of residence where he or she is otherwise qualified to vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11324)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11324)
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in Senate