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Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2053
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child safety
Costs
Environmental Protection
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Lead
Paints and varnishes
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Tax credits
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50 percent of the costs of reducing lead hazards in U.S. homes built before 1960 in which certain low-income children less than six years of age and women of child-bearing age reside. Allows a maximum credit of $3,000 for lead abatement costs and $1,000 for the cost of interim lead control measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13363-13364)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to provide for the use of gold in the metal content of the Medal of Honor.

Bill: 109-s-2055
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional Medal of Honor
Gold
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Requires the metal content of the Medal of Honor, awarded by the President to members of the armed forces and Coast Guard, to be 90 percent gold and ten percent alloy.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13365)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13364-13365)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberty Bill Act

Bill: 109-s-2056
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Law
Money

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Liberty Bill Act - Amends federal law to require that the design of the reverse side of all federal reserve notes incorporate: (1) the preamble to the Constitution; (2) a list describing the Articles of the Constitution; and (3) a list describing the Articles of Amendment. Prescribes design format. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13365-13366)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2057
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Asbestos
Building construction
Child safety
Congress
Congressional oversight
Construction costs
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Hazardous wastes
Health
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Interstate compacts
Libraries
Maintenance and repair
School buildings
School security
Secondary education
Special education
Students

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Investing for Tomorrow's Schools Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into cooperative agreements with states to establish state and multistate infrastructure banks for education. 

Provides, under such agreements, that the Secretary will award grants to states for initial capital to make loans through such banks to local educational agencies and public libraries for construction, reconstruction, or renovation of public elementary or secondary schools and public library facilities.

Grants congressional consent to states to enter into an interstate compact to establish a multistate infrastructure bank through such an agreement with the Secretary.
 
Includes among infrastructure bank requirements that states contribute from nonfederal sources at least 25% of the amount of the federal grant.
 
Lists types of projects eligible to be funded by such bank loans. Applies Davis-Bacon Act wage requirements with respect to individuals employed on such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13366-13367)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Radio and Concert Disclosure and Competition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2058
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Arts, Culture, Religion
Auditing
Commerce
Competition
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal Communications Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Music
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Sound recording and reproducing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Radio and Concert Disclosure and Competition Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify its regulations concerning disclosure of payments made to broadcasters to prohibit the licensee or permittee (licensee) of any radio station from receiving money or other valuable consideration from a record company, recording artist, or music promoter or publisher (music representative) unless the licensee discloses at least monthly to the FCC and the public the receipt of such money or consideration.
 
Directs the FCC to: (1) require that all transactions between a licensee and a music representative be conducted at an arm's length basis, reduced to writing, and retained at least five years; and (2) review any such transaction upon petition.
 
Directs the FCC to prohibit a licensee from: (1) using its control over any non-advertising matter in a broadcast to extract or receive money from a music representative; (2) engaging or receiving concert services from a musician or recording artist unless the licensee does not discriminate about the broadcast of non-advertising matter and provides fair compensation for the services; or (3) owning or controlling a concert promoter or a venue used primarily for live performances.
 
Authorizes license revocations for violations of this Act.
 
Increases maximum penalties for nondisclosure of payments made in connection with broadcasts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13368-13369)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13367-13368)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2059
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Arts, Culture, Religion
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Federal advisory bodies
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Inland water transportation
Interstate commissions
Lakes
Navigation
New York City
New York State
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Rivers
Ships
Strategic planning
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Vermont
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2005 - Establishes the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission to plan, develop, and execute programs and activities appropriate to commemorate, in 2009: (1) the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Henry Hudson (the first European to sail up the Hudson River); (2) the 200th anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton (the first person to use steam navigation on a commercial basis); and (3) the 400th anniversary of the voyage of Samuel de Champlain (the first European to discover and explore Lake Champlain). 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 and make certain improvements.

Bill: 109-s-2060
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Authorization
College costs
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Access Act of 1999 to authorize through FY2011 its public and private school tuition assistance programs.
 
Redefines &quot;eligible institution&quot; to include any private school located in the United States.
 
Limits federal funding for such public school and private school programs for FY2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.
 
Requires: (1) the annual congressional reporting requirement of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to be fulfilled by August 1 each year; and (2) the report to include the number of students applying for the program and the number graduating from it.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-511.
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13370)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13369-13370)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
School Bus Driver Tax Fairness Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2062
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bus drivers
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax
Labor and Employment
School buses
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
School Bus Driver Tax Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow school buses owners a tax deduction from gross income for their trade or business expenses incurred while employed as drivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act

Bill: 109-s-2063
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
College administration
College costs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Iraq compilation
Leave of absence
National Guard
Retired military personnel
Scholarships
Student aid
Students
Students' rights
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Reservist Opportunities and Protection of Education Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education, as a condition of their participation in the student aid program, to grant students who are called or ordered to active duty a military leave of absence while serving on active duty and for one year after conclusion of such service. 

Entitles students receiving such leave, upon release from active duty, to be restored to prior educational status attained without loss of academic credits earned, scholarships or grants awarded, or tuition or fees paid, unless those have been refunded. Requires institutions to give such students certain refunds of tuition or fees paid prior to active duty, or to credit such amounts to the next enrollment period after the student returns, at the student's option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Occupational Safety Partnership Act

Bill: 109-s-2065
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcoholism
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Continuing education
Curricula
Department of Labor
Drug abuse
Drug testing
Drugs and employment
Education
Employee training
Employers' liability
Federal employees
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Governmental investigations
Health
Higher education
Law
Occupational health and safety
Professional education
Small business
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Occupational Safety Partnership Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a program that qualifies individuals to provide consultation services to help employers identify and correct workplace safety and health hazards. Exempts from civil penalties for two years (with a possible two-year renewal) employers who receive certificates of compliance from qualified consultants. 

Authorizes employers to establish alcohol and substance abuse testing programs in accordance with federal guidelines.

Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) employer cooperative agreements for comprehensive safety and health management systems; (2) an employer voluntary program, with increased small business participation, for excellence in technical and managerial protection of employees from occupational hazards; (3) state cooperative agreements for state consultation services for employers; and (4) a three-state pilot program for expedited consultation services for small businesses.

Requires federal personnel responsible for enforcing OSHA to: (1) meet specified eligibility requirements; and (2) if they carry out inspections or investigations, receive professional education and training at least every five years. 

Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement at least one training and educational exchange program with a specialty trade in the construction industry for specified activities relating to OSHA Rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13371-13374)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13370-13371)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Occupational Safety Fairness Act

Bill: 109-s-2066
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Commerce
Department of Labor
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Facsimile transmission
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Health
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Occupational health and safety
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Standards
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Occupational Safety Fairness Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to revise requirements relating to enforcing, contesting, reviewing, and adjudicating citations, failures to correct violations, and assessments of penalties.

Permits alternative compliance methods by employers.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary's representative to: (1) provide technical or compliance assistance to an employer in correcting a violation; (2) issue a warning instead of a citation for violations that have no significant relationship to employee safety or health, and in cases where an employer in good faith acts promptly to abate a violation that is not willful or repeated; (3) attempt to contact an employer by telephone, facsimile, or other methods, in investigating an alleged danger or violation, to determine if corrective action has been taken or if there are reasonable grounds to believe a hazard exists; and (4) not conduct an inspection if the Secretary believes either that the request for the inspection was made for reasons other than employee health and safety or that the employees are not at risk.

Increases the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) membership from three to five, and sets forth a legal training requirement.

Awards attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing employer in an administrative adversary adjudication, or a judicial review of an action, instituted under OSHA, if at the time such adjudication was initiated or such action filed the employer had not more than: (1) 100 employees; and (2) $7,000,000 net worth.
 
Revises judicial review requirements to require deference to be given to reasonable OSHRC conclusions with respect to all questions of law. 
 
Prescribes requirements relating to contesting citations, correcting conditions, written statements following inspections, time periods for issuing or contesting citations, penalties for other than serious citations, unanticipated conduct, adoption of nongovernmental standards, and employee responsibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13374-13375)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13370-13371)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
HazCom Simplification and Modernization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2067
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Chemical industries
Chemicals
Commerce
Congress
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health
Labeling
Legislation
Occupational health and safety
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
HazCom Simplification and Modernization Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop model material safety data sheets for the list of highly hazardous chemicals contained in Appendix A to the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard published in the Code of Federal Regulations. Sets forth requirements for these model material safety data sheets.
 
Establishes a Global Harmonization Commission to: (1) consider the implementation of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals to improve chemical hazard communication; and (2) make recommendations to Congress.
 
Amends requirements for training and employee education under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to direct the Secretary to award demonstration project grants to develop, implement, or evaluate strategies or programs to improve chemical hazard communication in the workplace through the use of technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13375-13376)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13370-13371)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Bill: 109-s-2068
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
State courts

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

action_date: 2006-07-31
text: 

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

 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

action_date: 2006-08-03
text: 

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

 
Amends the District of Columbia Code to increase from 58 to 61 the number of associate judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-09-06
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-08-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8884; text as passed Senate: CR S8884)
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8884; text as passed Senate: CR S8884)
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 559.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 109-316.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins without amendment. With written report No. 109-316.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-01-27
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13376-13377)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
ATV Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2069
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
All terrain vehicles
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer protection
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Motor vehicle safety
Product safety
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
ATV Safety Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful, until the effective date of any Consumer Product Safety Commission mandatory rule applicable to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), for a manufacturer or distributor to distribute in commerce certain new assembled or unassembled ATVs unless they comply with certain ATV product safety standards.
 
Deems a violation of this Act to be a failure to comply with a consumer product safety rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act, subject to all of the penalties and remedies of that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate