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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the State sentences for which burial in National Cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery are prohibited to include any sentence of life imprisonment for a State capital crime.

Bill: 109-s-1751
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ex-offenders
Life imprisonment
Veterans' benefits
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Expands the prohibition against interment or memorialization in the National Cemetery System for persons convicted of a State capital crime for which the person was sentenced to life imprisonment to include any sentence of life imprisonment. (Currently, the prohibition applies only to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10380-10381)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to apply the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2005 for fiscal years 2006 through 2014.

Bill: 109-s-1754
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Applies the FY2005 federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state to each of FY2006-FY2014 for the state for purposes of title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10381)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South Barrington Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Karl Malden Station".

Bill: 109-s-1755
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: California
Congress
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Government Operations and Politics
Names
Postal facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 South Barrington Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Karl Malden Station."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.

Bill: 109-s-1757
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Families
Income tax
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Rico
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to remove the remains of Russell Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.

Bill: 109-s-1759
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Crime and Law Enforcement
Murder
Prisoners
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Army to remove the remains of Russell Wayne Wagner from Arlington National Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10826)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Gulf Coast Recovery Act

Bill: 109-s-1761
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Commerce
Construction industries
Damages
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Floods
Government contractors
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Liability (Law)
Liability for environmental damages
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Mississippi
Rescue work
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Gulf Coast Recovery Act - Prohibits any person or entity awarded a government contract to perform rescue, recovery, repair, or reconstruction work in any part of a disaster zone, as a result of the performance of that work, from being subject to liability that any private party may seek to impose under any provision of federal law (including any regulation) that: (1) is administered by the Secretary of the Army, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), or the Secretary of Transportation; and (2) otherwise permits the filing of a lawsuit by a private individual.
 
Sets forth provisions with respect to a federal cause of action for claims arising out of, relating to, or resulting from the performance of a government contract in a disaster zone for: (1) the search, rescue, or recovery of individuals or property dislocated by the disaster; (2) the demolition, removal, repair, or reconstruction of structures or utilities damaged by the disaster; (3) the clean-up or remediation of property polluted by the disaster; (4) the removal of debris deposited by the disaster (including dredging); or (5) the dewatering of property flooded by the disaster. Makes the Chief of Engineers of the Department of the Army exclusively responsible for the review of any government contract that any person or entity claims to be necessary for the recovery of a disaster zone from a disaster for the purpose of establishing a government contractor defense in any lawsuit for claims relating to the performance of a government contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 222.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
First Responders Interoperable Communications Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1762
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Fire departments
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Police
Rescue work
Science, Technology, Communications
State-local relations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
First Responders Interoperable Communications Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, local law enforcement agencies, and local fire departments to assist in: (1) improving communication systems to allow for real-time, interoperable communication between state and local first responders; or (2) the purchase of communication systems that allow for such communication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1763
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Construction industries
Construction workers
Disaster relief
Dislocated workers
Displaced persons
Emergency Management
Floods
Government contractors
Government procurement
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Minimum wages
Mississippi
Subcontractors
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Reconstruction and Displaced Worker Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the heads of federal executive agencies, in entering into contracts to procure services in connection with Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts, to give a preference in the source selection process to each offeror that employs workers displaced by Hurricane Katrina as at least 25 percent of the workforce that will perform such services.
 
Reinstates the application of the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act to all federal contracts in connection with Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts in the localities involved, notwithstanding the President's proclamation dated September 8, 2005, or any other provision of law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10382)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to reevaluate the band plans for the upper 700 megaHertz band and the un-auctioned portions of the lower 700 megaHertz band and reconfigure them to include spectrum to be licensed for small geographic areas.

Bill: 109-s-1767
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Auctions
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Radio spectrum allocation
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to initiate a proceeding no later than June 1, 2006, to reevaluate and reconfigure its band (spectrum) plans for the upper 700 megahertz band and the unauctioned portions of the lower 700 megahertz band, requiring the reconfiguration to include spectrum to be licensed for small geographic areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10426)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Bill: 109-s-1768
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Supreme Court
Television broadcasting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.

action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 

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

Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-11-09
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-331.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10429)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10426-10429)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Hurricane Katrina Fast-Track Refunds for Working Families Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1770
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Earned income tax credit
Emergency Management
Families
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Louisiana
Mississippi
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Fast-Track Refunds for Working Families Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an advance payment of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit in 2005 for taxpayers in a Hurricane Katrina disaster area who received such credits for a taxable year ending in 2004. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10435)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Katrina Worker Safety and Filing Flexibility Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1771
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alabama
Alien labor
Auditing
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional witnesses
Construction workers
Department of Labor
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Employee rights
Employee training
Employers' liability
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Immigrants
Immigration
Inspectors general
Labor unions
Law
Louisiana
Medical records
Mississippi
Occupational health and safety
Personnel records
Public service advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Katrina Worker Safety and Filing Flexibility Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the safety of workers in Hurricane Katrina-related response and recovery activities, and maintenance of records on such workers.
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for necessary communications including public service announcements, additional personnel, safety standards enforcement, and health and safety training and resources for affected workers and employers.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor and the OSHA Administrator to give a briefing to specified congressional committees on progress towards providing necessary personnel for such enforcement and training, and on coordination with other federal agencies.

Extends annual financial report deadlines under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act for unions or employers in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area.
 
Directs the DOL Inspector General to audit, investigate, and report on each of the DOL programs that includes Hurricane Katrina-related response and recovery activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 223.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10435-10436)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act

Bill: 109-s-1772
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air pollution control
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation fuels
Coal
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Diesel motor
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Energy research
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Environmental technology
Federal aid to air pollution control
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Gas industry
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Industrial pollution
Law
Licenses
Methane
Military base closures
Minorities
Natural gas
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: 
Gas Petroleum Refiner Improvement and Community Empowerment Act or the Gas PRICE Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Economic Development Administration to give priority to the construction of petroleum-based refineries in communities affected by military base closures or realignments. 
 
Revises the process for issuing permits for the construction and operation of a refinery.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to (1) solicit applications for grants under the EPA Natural Gas STAR Program to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industries; and (2) conduct workshops to provide information to state officials on methane emission reduction techniques.
 
Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) hold states harmless for emission levels resulting from emergency waivers granted by EPA; and (2) require the Administrator to revoke the approval of certain fuels no longer included in a state implementation plan. 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel, including diesel and jet fuel; (2) evaluate the use of such fuel for reducing engine exhaust emissions; and (3) submit recommendations and reports to Congress. 
 
Authorizes loan guarantees for domestic coal and petroleum coke-based Fischer-Tropsch commercial demonstration projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-18
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1001.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10436-10437)
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1774
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Higher education
Hypertension
Labor and Employment
Lung diseases
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical records
Medical research
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Scientists

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on pulmonary hypertension and to coordinate the Director's activities with related activities of other national research institutes and National Institutes of Health (NIH) agencies. Requires the Director to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of centers to conduct research and programs on pulmonary hypertension, including: (1) basic and clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of the disease; (2) training programs for scientists and health professionals; (3) programs to provide information and continuing education to health professionals; and (4) programs for the dissemination of information to the public. 
 
 Requires the Director to establish: (1) a data system for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with pulmonary hypertension; and (2) an information clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and understanding of pulmonary hypertension by health professionals, patients, industry, and the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10515-10516)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Family Child Assistance Act

Bill: 109-s-1775
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Sunset legislation
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Working Family Child Assistance Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the annual inflation adjustment applicable to the $10,000 income threshold required to qualify for the refundable portion of the child tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10517)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10516-10517)
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act

Bill: 109-s-1776
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2005-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices
Agricultural subsidies
Crop insurance
Disaster relief
Droughts
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Losses
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Storms
Water Resources Development
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: 
Permanent Emergency Agricultural Assistance Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture, as of the 2005 crop year, to make emergency financial assistance to farm producers in a county located in a disaster-designated area who incur qualifying crop losses for an insurable crop due to damaging weather or related condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate