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Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-906
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal budgets
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Labor and Employment
National forests
Occupational health and safety
Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land of the National Forest System, (the Secretaries) to: (1) track funds expended for firefighter safety and training programs and activities; and (2) include a line item for such funds expended in each budget request submitted after enactment of this Act.
 
Directs the Secretaries to jointly submit annual reports to Congress on the implementation and efficacy of wildland firefighter safety and training programs and activities. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to: (1) ensure that any Federal contract or agreement with a private entity for wildland firefighting services requires the entity to provide firefighter training in accordance with standards established by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group; and (2) develop a program to monitor and enforce compliance with such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-518.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4260-4261)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-908
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Damages
Discovery (Law)
Food industry
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Injunctions
Jurisdiction
Liability (Law)
Obesity
Products liability
Retail trade
State courts
Trade associations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Commonsense Consumption Act of 2005 - Prohibits new and dismisses pending civil actions by any person against a manufacturer, marketer, distributor, advertiser, or seller of food or a trade association for any injury related to a person's accumulated acts of consumption of food and weight gain, obesity, or any associated health condition, excluding actions alleging: (1) a breach of express contract or express warranty provided that the grounds of recovery are unrelated to a person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; (2) a knowing violation of a federal or state statute applicable to the marketing, advertisement, or labeling of food with intent for a person to rely on that violation, where such person relied on that violation, and where such reliance was the proximate cause of injury related to that person's weight gain, obesity, or related health condition; or (3) a violation brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Federal Trade Commission Act or by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 
Requires in any excluded action: (1) a stay of discovery during the pendency of any motion to dismiss, unless necessary to preserve evidence or to prevent undue prejudice; and (2) evidence preservation during the stay. Requires the complaint in such an action to plead with particularity: (1) each element of the cause of action; (2) the Federal and State statutes that were allegedly violated; (3) the specific facts alleged to constitute the violation of law; and (4) the specific facts that are alleged to have caused the claimed injury. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4261-4262)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to expand eligibility for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries.

Bill: 109-s-909
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorations
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Amends the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 to make veterans buried in private cemeteries who died on or after November 1, 1990, (currently on or after September 11, 2001) eligible for governmental markers for marked graves. 
 
States that such amendment shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 502 of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4262)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4262)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-910
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Breast cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer education
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Mastectomy
Medical ethics
Medical fees
Patients' rights
Physicians
Radiotherapy
Surgery
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or issuer for prescribing any such length of stay.
 
Requires such a plan or issuer to: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act; and (2) ensure that full coverage is provided for secondary consultations by specialists in the appropriate medical fields to confirm or refute a diagnosis of cancer.
 
Applies such requirements to health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4263)
action_date: 2005-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-911
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education
Higher education
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medical education
Medical fees
Medicare
Midwives
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services. (Currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered.)
 
Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4399)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-912
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Congress
Congressional powers
Constitutional law
International Affairs
Lakes
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation
Rivers
Territorial waters
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4400-4401)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4399-4400)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Southwest Bridge Research Center Establishment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-913
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bridges
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to transportation
Higher education
Infrastructure
New Mexico
Research centers
Research grants
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Southwest (U.S.)
Transportation research
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Southwest Bridge Research Center Establishment Act of 2005 - Amends Federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants to New Mexico State University, in collaboration with the Oklahoma Transportation Center, to establish the Southwest Bridge Research Center to contribute at a national level to a systems approach to improving the overall performance of bridges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4401-4402)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4401)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterinary Workforce Expansion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-914
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Animals
Biological warfare
Building construction
Commerce
Crime and Law Enforcement
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Federal aid to education
Food safety
Higher education
Medical education
Medical laboratories
Medical research
School buildings
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Veterinary medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Veterinary Workforce Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to improve public health preparedness through increasing the number of veterinarians in the workforce. Defines &quot;eligible entities&quot; as accredited public or nonprofit schools of veterinary medicine, departments of comparative medicine, departments of veterinary science, schools of public health, or schools of medicine that offer training for veterinarians in a public health practice area.
 
Requires the Secretary to give preference to applicants that demonstrate a comprehensive approach by involving more than one eligible entity.
 
Allows grantees to use funds to: (1) pay the costs associated with construction, the acquisition of equipment, and other capital costs relating to the expansion of existing schools or departments; and (2) pay the capital costs associated with the expansion of academic programs that offer postgraduate training for veterinarians or concurrent training for veterinary students in specific areas of specialization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4404)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Portland, Oregon.

Bill: 109-s-915
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Czech Republic
Europe
Light rail transit
Oregon
Railroad equipment
Tariff
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Requires the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security to: (1) provide the duty-free entry of certain tramway cars and associated spare parts for use by the city of Portland, Oregon; and (2) reliquidate any entry whose liquidation becomes final before enactment of this Act, and refund the appropriate duty paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act

Bill: 109-s-916
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency Management
Flood control
Land use
Nevada
Right-of-way
Water Resources Development
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act - Provides for the release of approximately 65 acres of land known as the Orchard Detention Basin in the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area, Clark County, Nevada, from wilderness designation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to grant the County a right-of-way for the construction and maintenance of the Orchard Detention Basin Project on that land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4404-4405)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4404)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the pilot program for direct housing loans for Native American veterans.

Bill: 109-s-917
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Housing and Community Development
Indian housing
Minorities
Mortgages
Veterans' loans

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Amends Federal veterans law to make permanent the pilot program for direct housing loans for Native American veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1235, as amended, ordered to be reported.
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4405)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4405)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
E-85 Fuel Utilization and Infrastructure Development Incentives Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-918
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcohol as fuel
Energy
Income tax
Service stations
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
E-85 Fuel Utilization and Infrastructure Development Incentives Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) 50 percent of the cost of installing residential or commercial alternative fuel vehicle refueling property to store or dispense E-85 fuel (alternative vehicle fuel consisting of at least 85 percent ethanol); and (2) the retail sale of E-85 fuel for use in an alternative fuel motor vehicle. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4406-4407)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4405-4406)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Presidential Succession Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-920
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Cabinet officers
China
Congress
Congressional voting
Department of Homeland Security
Diplomats
East Asia
Electoral college
Europe
France
International Affairs
Nominations for office
Political parties
Presidential appointments
Presidential inaugurations
Presidential succession
Resignation from office
Russia
Salaries
United Kingdom
United Nations
Vice Presidents
Voting

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Presidential Succession Act of 2005 - Modifies the presidential succession list to include, following the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Ambassador to the United Nations, the Ambassador to Great Britain, the Ambassador to Russia, the Ambassador to China, and the Ambassador to France.
 
Revises the provision specifying how long an acting President shall serve to provide that an acting President shall continue to serve as such until the expiration of the then current Presidential term or until the disability of the President or Vice-President is removed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4409)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Savings for Working Families Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-922
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts
Bank records
Capital
College costs
Community development banking
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Federal aid to Indians
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Home ownership
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Income tax
Minorities
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Tax exemption
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Savings for Working Families Act of 2005 - Allows certain low-income individuals between age 18 and 61 to establish tax-exempt individual development accounts (IDAs) to pay for certain qualified expenses, including education expenses, first-time homebuyer costs, and business capitalization or expansion costs. Sets forth rules for the establishment, maintenance, and termination of IDAs. Permits tax-free withdrawals from IDAs for qualified expenses, but requires IDA beneficiaries to complete one or more financial education courses prior to making an IDA withdrawal.

Allows certain financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations, and Indian tribes to sponsor and administer IDAs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow such entities a business-related tax credit for the cost of administering IDAs and for making matching contributions to IDAs in parallel accounts.

Provides that IDA amounts shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under certain means-tested federal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4417-4418)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
TANF Financial Education Promotion Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-923
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural extension work
Agriculture and Food
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Community organization
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Personal budgets
Saving and investment
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
TANF Financial Education Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State to specify in its State plan how it intends to establish goals and take action to promote financial education among parents and caretakers receiving TANF assistance through collaboration with community-based organizations, financial institutions, and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture.
 
Defines financial education as education that promotes an understanding of consumer, economic, and personal finance concepts, including the basic principles involved with earning, budgeting, spending, saving, investing, and taxation.
 
Designates financial education a work activity for TANF purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4418-4419)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4418)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Education for Retirement Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-924
Sponsor: Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2005-04-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Adult education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against the elderly
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Estates (Law)
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Fraud
Grants-in-aid
Health
Labor and Employment
Law
Long-term care
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Retirement
Saving and investment
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Telemarketing
Usury

Summary:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: 
Education for Retirement Security Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance their financial and retirement knowledge; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4419-4420)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4419)
action_date: 2005-04-27
text: Introduced in Senate