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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Higher Education Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-s-2160
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Asian American ethnic groups
Building construction
Community and school
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational counseling
Educational facilities
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Minorities
Minority education
Pacific Islanders
School buildings
School libraries
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Teaching materials

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Higher Education Enhancement Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 title III part A (Strengthening Institutions) to direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants and related assistance to certain institutions of higher education for activities to improve their capacity to serve students who are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Gives priority to eligible institutions with a significant percentage of enrollment made up of such students who are low-income individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14322)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Development Business Loan Program Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2162
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Bonds
Building construction
Business ethics
Collection of accounts
Compensation (Law)
Conflict of interests
Contractors
Contracts
Debt
Debtor and creditor
Depressed areas
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government publications
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Interest rates
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Law
Licenses
Liens
Loan defaults
Loans
Losses
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Settlement costs
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Surety and fidelity
Urban affairs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Local Development Business Loan Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to, among other things: (1) state that the development company loan programs authorized under title V of the Small Business Act shall be known as the Local Development Business Loan Program (program); (2) authorize appropriations to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) for financings under the program; (3) require qualified state or local development companies which do not apply to the SBA for foreclosure and liquidation of defaulted small business loans guaranteed by the SBA to contract with a qualified third party to perform such foreclosures and liquidations; (4) provide maximum loan eligibility and loan refinancing capacity for small businesses, including small businesses in low-income areas; (5) allow development companies to be designated as certified development companies and to issue debentures guaranteed by the SBA; and (6) provide development company operational authority, funding restrictions, and ethical requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR 12/22/2005 S14324-14326)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14322-14323)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Armed Forces Education Benefits Improvement Act

Bill: 109-s-2163
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Education
Governmental investigations
Higher education
Iraq compilation
Military pay
Payroll deductions
Recruiting and enlistment
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Armed Forces Education Benefits Improvement Act - Increases for FY2005 and thereafter the amount of monthly basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (GI Bill) for veterans whose obligated period of active duty for such entitlement is three years. Increases such amounts, for FY2006 and thereafter, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to work expeditiously with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that members of the Selected Reserve receive their educational benefits in a timely manner. Requires a study from the Secretary of: (1) Defense analyzing the effect of all GI Bill educational benefits on recruitment and retention; and (2) Veterans Affairs analyzing the effect of such benefits on the readjustment of veterans eligible for the increased benefits, above.
 
Increases for FY2005 and thereafter the amount of monthly educational assistance for members of the Selected Reserve who agree to remain members for at least six years. Increases such amounts, for FY2006 and thereafter, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index.
 
Allows eligible members of the Armed Forces to make an irrevocable election to receive basic educational assistance under the GI Bill. Defines as eligible members those who: (1) first became a member or first served on active duty before July 1, 1985; (2) served on active duty without a break in service since such date; (3) continue to so serve during the one-year period following enactment of this Act; (4) have successfully completed the requirements of a secondary school diploma and the equivalent of 12 semester hours toward a standard college degree; and (5) when discharged or released, receive an honorable discharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 12/22/2005 S14327-14328)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14326-14327)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Health and Welfare Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alabama
Child safety and welfare
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Louisiana
Medicaid
Medicare
Mississippi
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Health and Welfare Relief Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) the 2006 update to the single conversion factor for physician's services; (2) a three-year transition of hold harmless payments for small rural hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services; (3) the composite rate component of the basic case-mix adjusted system for dialysis services; and (4) other related matters.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a strategic and implementing plan to address issues regarding physician investment in specialty hospitals.
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Extends through calendar 2006 the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program under SSA title IV part A, the national random sample study of child welfare and child welfare waiver authority, and transitional medical assistance and abstinence education programs.
 
Provides for emergency health care, including disaster relief Medicaid under SSA title XIX, and other relief for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
 
Amends the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 with respect to: (1) reimbursement of states for TANF benefits to assist families affected by Hurricane Katrina; (2) an increase in additional TANF funds available for hurricane-damaged states; and (3) rules for receipt of Hurricane Katrina emergency TANF benefits and their application to the child support requirement.
 
Specifies requirements related to disclosure based on valid authorization and emergency procurement authority in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act

Bill: 109-s-2165
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal employees
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Labor and Employment
Law
Military dependents
Military personnel
Naturalization
Quality control
Rating of employees
Recruiting and enlistment
Science, Technology, Communications
Technology assessment
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the fingerprints provided by an individual at the time of military enlistment to satisfy any fingerprint requirements as part of an application for naturalization if the individual: (1) may be naturalized under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) was fingerprinted in accordance with requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD) at the time of enlistment; and (3) submits an application for naturalization within 12 months after the date of enlistment.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish the position of Citizenship Advocate at each military entry processing station to provide information and assistance to members of the Armed Forces on the naturalization process.
 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a toll-free naturalization assistance telephone number available only to members and their families; and (2) after any modification of naturalization laws, update the appropriate application form, instructions and guidebook, and Internet website to reflect such modification.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) report to the congressional defense and judiciary committees on the entire process for adjudication of an application for naturalization; and (2) conduct a study on the implementation of this Act by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2166
Sponsor: Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alabama
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Emergency Management
Floods
Grants-in-aid
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Mississippi
Voting
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make a grant to each state for the purpose of: (1) restoring and replacing supplies, materials, records, equipment, and technology used in the administration of federal elections which were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and (2) ensuring the full participation in such elections by individuals displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 

action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 

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

Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2005 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make a grant to each state for the purpose of: (1) restoring and replacing supplies, materials, records, equipment, and technology used in the administration of federal elections which were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and (2) ensuring the full participation in such elections by individuals displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-02-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1044)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1044)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1044)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Senate Committee on Rules and Administration discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1044)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR 12/22/2005 S14328)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14328)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2168
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Nonprofit organizations
Patients' rights
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) an extended period of open enrollment during all of 2006 without a late enrollment penalty; (2) extension throughout 2006 of the period for a one-time change of plan enrollment for the Medicare prescription drug benefit; (3) extension of the annual, coordinated election period under Medicare parts C (Medicare+Choice) and D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program); and (4) expansion of special election periods under such parts.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to conduct outreach and educational activities with respect to the prescription drug benefit under Medicare part D. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14329)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Data Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2169
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bank accounts
Bank records
Business records
Commerce
Computer security measures
Confidential communications
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Data banks
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Financial institutions
Financial statements
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Identification devices
Identity theft
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Liability (Law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
State laws
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Financial Data Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prescribe safeguards for data security.
 
Declares that each consumer reporter shall have an affirmative obligation to implement policies and procedures to protect the security and confidentiality of any consumer's sensitive financial personal information maintained, serviced, or communicated by or on the reporter's behalf against any unauthorized use reasonably likely to result in substantial harm or inconvenience to the consumer.
 
Defines &quot;consumer reporter&quot; as any consumer reporting agency, financial institution, or person: (1) which, for monetary fees, dues, on a cooperative nonprofit basis, or otherwise regularly engages in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer information for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, of providing or collecting payment for or marketing products and services, or for employment purposes; and (2) which uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for such purposes.
 
Prescribes implementation guidelines that include: (1) investigation requirements; (2) investigation notices and system restoration requirements; (3) third party duties; (4) consumer notice; (5) financial fraud mitigation; and (6) free file monitoring.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Trade Commission jointly to develop implementing standards and guidelines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2171
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Mortgages
Rent

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Mortgage and Rental Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2005 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide temporary assistance in the form of mortgage or rental payments for an individual who, because of financial hardship caused by a major disaster occurring on or after August 24, 2005, receives written notice of dispossession of or eviction from a residence by reason of a foreclosure of any mortgage or lien, cancellation of any contract of sale, or termination of any lease, entered into prior to such disaster.
 
Limits assistance to not more than 18 months. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Hurricane Katrina Response Act

Bill: 109-s-2172
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community development
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Louisiana

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Response Act - Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act - Establishes the Louisiana Recovery Corporation as an independent establishment in the executive branch whose primary mission shall be the economic stabilization and redevelopment of areas within Louisiana that were devastated or significantly distressed by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 
 
Authorizes parishes and municipalities of over 25,000 people to designate local advisory councils to assist the Corporation.
 
Directs the Corporation to establish the following divisions: (1) Environment and Land Use Management; (2) Economic Development; (3) Property Acquisition; (4) Property Management; (5) Property Disposition; and (6) Urban Homesteading and Community and Faith-Based Organizations.
 
States that the Corporation shall not have eminent domain authority. 
 
Sets forth Corporation authority with respect to: (1) property acquisition and mortgage debt assumption; and (2) asset disposition.
 
Terminates the Corporation ten years after enactment of this Act.
 
Makes specified funds available to Hurricane Katrina-affected areas for: (1) emergencies and other natural disasters in FY2005; (2) grants to public housing agencies for demolition, site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based assistance grants; (3) the HOME investment partnership program; (4) community development block grant assistance; and (5) emergency rental assistance vouchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14333-14334)
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Dual Eligible Identification and Enrollment Facilitation Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-2173
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Compensation (Law)
Computer software
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical records
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: 
Medicare Dual Eligible Identification and Enrollment Facilitation Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for outreach and education to pharmacies participating under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, particularly independent pharmacies.
 
Requires such outreach and education to address: (1) the full-benefit dual eligible population; (2) the transition from Medicaid prescription drug coverage to part D coverage for such population; and (3) the processes established by the Secretary to facilitate, at point of sale, identification of the drug plan assignment of such population or enrollment of previously unidentified or new full-benefit dual eligible individuals into Medicare part D prescription drug coverage. 
 
Directs the Secretary to reimburse pharmacies fully for: (1) any transaction fees associated with point-of-sale facilitated identification and enrollment processes; and (2) costs associated with any technology or software upgrade necessary to make any identification and enrollment inquiries as part of such processes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate