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Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act

Bill: 109-s-987
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arrest
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family violence
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Indian law enforcement
Indian women
Legislation
Minorities
Prosecution
Rape
Recidivists
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sex crimes
Victims of crimes
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Restoring Safety to Indian Women Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to cover domestic assault by a habitual offender in Indian country.
 
Amends the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act to cover a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence involving Indians, including domestic assault against unmarried intimate partners.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make pilot project grants for the development of tribal criminal history databases; and (2) study and report to Congress on the incidents of domestic violence in Indian country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4873-4874)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4873)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs Protection and Estate Tax Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-988
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congress
Estate tax
Gift tax
Inheritance tax
Law
Sunset legislation
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Jobs Protection and Estate Tax Reform Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the repeal of the tax on estates and generation-skipping transfers to January 1, 2005, and to make such repeal permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Reservists Pay Security Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-989
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Transportation
Employee rights
Federal employees
Leave of absence
Military pay
Military personnel
National Guard
Salaries
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Reservists Pay Security Act of 2005 - Entitles Federal employees who are absent from their positions while on active duty in the uniformed services or the National Guard to receive the amount of their basic pay which, when taken together with their military pay and allowances, is no less than the amount of pay that they would have earned if there had been no interruption in their civilian employment.
 
Expands the reemployment rights of Federal employees on active duty in the uniformed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 99.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act

Bill: 109-s-990
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Community and school
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Elementary and secondary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Social Welfare
Teacher education

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Teachers Professional Development Institutes Act - Amends the the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to: (1) award grants to Teachers Professional Development Institutes (TPDIs) to encourage the establishment and operation of TPDIs; and (2) provide technical assistance, either directly or through existing TPDIs, to assist local educational agencies and institutions of higher education in preparing to establish and in operating TPDIs.
 
 Sets forth selection criteria, including consideration of the extent to which the proposed TPDI will serve a community with a significant low-income population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4875-4876)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4874-4875)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-991
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Bankruptcy
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Corporate reorganizations
Defined benefit pension plans
Department of Labor
Employee rights
Executive compensation
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Pension funds
Pension trust guaranty insurance
Standards
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Taxation
Trusts and trustees
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
 Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a termination fairness standard that limits availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified deferred compensation plans if such employer's defined benefit pension plan is subjected to: (1) a termination based on bankruptcy reorganization; or (2) a conversion to a cash balance plan.
 
Prohibits funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.
 
Imposes penalties on funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans: (1) in the event of a pension plan termination based on bankruptcy reorganization or of a conversion to a cash balance plan; or (2) while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.
 
Requires disclosure with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4876)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor.

Bill: 109-s-992
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Forced labor
Human rights
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to eliminate the consumptive demand exception to the prohibition against importation of goods manufactured by convict, forced, or indentured labor. (The consumptive demand exception allows importation of such prohibited goods if similar goods are not sufficiently produced in the United States to meet U.S. consumer demand.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4877)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4876-4877)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on amounts received under certain insurance policies in which certain exempt organizations hold an interest.

Bill: 109-s-993
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2005-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Annuities
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Labor and Employment
Life insurance
Tax returns
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on certain tax-exempt organizations or other nonexempt persons which acquire a direct or indirect interest in any life insurance, annuity, or endowment contract for 100 percent of the acquisition costs of such interest. Allows an exception from such tax for individuals with insurable interests, named beneficiaries, and trust beneficiaries. Requires tax-exempt organizations and other nonexempt persons which acquire a taxable interest in such insurance contracts to file certain informational returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4877)
action_date: 2005-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor in the State of Texas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

Bill: 109-s-995
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Road construction
Roads and highways
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor in Texas as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Road to Health Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-996
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Disabled
Health
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Veterans Road to Health Care Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay the travel expenses of a veteran whose travel is in connection with treatment or care for a non-service-connected disability at a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility if the treatment or care: (1) is provided upon the recommendation of Department medical personnel; and (2) is not available at the Department facility at which the recommendation is made. 
Requires the Secretary, in calculating travel expenses under the Veterans Beneficiary Travel Program, to utilize the current Federal mileage reimbursement rates for the use on official business of privately owned vehicles.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4939)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Montana Cemetery Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-997
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Land transfers
Montana
National forests

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Montana Cemetery Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to convey to Jefferson County, Montana, the parcel of National Forest System land known as the Elkhorn Cemetery.

action_date: 2006-07-31
text: 
Montana Cemetery Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Regional Forester, Northern Region, Missoula, Montana, to convey by quitclaim deed for no consideration to Jefferson County, Montana, the parcel of National Forest System land known as the Elkhorn Cemetery to be used as a county cemetery and managed in consideration of its historical and cultural values. 

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on July 31, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Montana Cemetery Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Regional Forester, Northern Region, Missoula, Montana, to convey by quitclaim deed for no consideration to Jefferson County, Montana, the parcel of National Forest System land known as the Elkhorn Cemetery to be used as a county cemetery and managed in consideration of its historical and cultural values. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11537-11542; text as passed Senate: CR S11537)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11537-11542; text as passed Senate: CR S11537)
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 542.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-299.
action_date: 2006-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-299.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-157.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4940)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4940)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to include the State of Idaho as an affected area under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 2210 note).

Bill: 109-s-998
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Cancer
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Government liability
Health
Idaho
Leukemia
Nuclear weapons

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include the state of Idaho as an affected area under such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11993)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4940)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Palliative Care Training Act

Bill: 109-s-1000
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Authorization
College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Geriatrics
Higher education
Medical education
Osteopathy and osteopaths
Pain
Quality of life
Scholarships
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Palliative Care Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide Hospice and Palliative Care Academic Career Awards to individuals that: (1) are board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, family practice, or pediatrics and their subspecialties; (2) have completed an approved fellowship program or demonstrated specialized experience in palliative medicine; and (3) have a junior faculty appointment at an accredited school of medicine within an approved internship or residency program. Provides that the amount of such an Award shall be $75,000 for FY2006 (to be adjusted for subsequent fiscal years to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index) and the term shall not exceed five years.
 
Requires an individual who receives an Award to provide training in hospice care and palliative medicine, which shall constitute at least 75 percent of the obligations of such individual under the terms of the Award.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4944)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4940-4941)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1001
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Case management
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Health education
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Managed care
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Mental health services
Nurse practitioners
Nursing homes
Physicians' assistants
Quality of care
Respite care
Rural health
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish Hospice Demonstration Projects to increase the utility of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) hospice services for seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries. Includes a supportive and comfort care benefit within such program. Requires the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects in from three to six sites. Sets forth the criteria for selecting such sites, including geographic diversity and accessibility. Requires special rules for adjusting payment to any Medicare Advantage (SSA title XVIII part C) organization offering a Medicare Advantage plan to reflect an enrolled member's participation in such a project.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a Hospice Education Grant program under which the Secretary awards education grants to entities participating in the demonstration projects for the purpose of providing information about benefits under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4944-4946)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4940-4941)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1002
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Conflict of interests
Crime and Law Enforcement
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Medicare
Physicians
Puerto Rico
Quality of care
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospital payments. Provides for the use of estimated costs rather than average charges in establishing weighting factors for diagnosis-related groups under the inpatient hospital prospective payment system.
 
Revises requirements for exceptions to the prohibition against certain physician self-referrals to specialty hospitals in which a physician has invested.
 
Exempts from the limitation on such referrals, and any liability for criminal penalties, specified arrangements between hospitals and physicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4946-4947)
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1004
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Compensation for victims of crime
Computer crimes
Computer programming
Computer security measures
Computer software
Consumer protection
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Law
Local laws
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) combating spyware should be established as a matter of high priority for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) action; and (2) the resources and tools available to the FTC should be enhanced and expanded to increase the breadth and strength of the FTC's spyware enforcement efforts.
 
Declares that it is a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) to install through deceptive acts or practices software on protected computers. 
 
Subjects such practices to: (1) enforcement as a proscribed unfair or deceptive act or practice; (2) triple the penalty amounts prescribed in the FTCA; and (3) FTC authority to order disgorgement and seizure of ill-gotten gains.
 
Preempts state and local law or remedies.
 
Denies a private right of action in either federal or state court.
 
Authorizes state Attorneys General to bring enforcement actions in federal court. Prohibits state Attorneys General from bringing an action under this Act if either the U.S. Attorney General or the FTC institutes an enforcement action. 
 
Specifies federal and state law enforcement, investigatory, national security, and regulatory activities exempt from liability under this Act.
 
Extends the meaning of unfair or deceptive acts or practices subject to FTC enforcement to any such acts or practices involving foreign commerce that cause or are likely to cause reasonably foreseeable injury, or involve material conduct occurring, within the United States.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties for illicit indirect use of protected computers.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to permit certain summer food pilot programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions.

Bill: 109-s-1005
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2005-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child nutrition
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: 
Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to make all States eligible to have specified summer food pilot projects carried out by service institutions within those States. (Eliminates a formula under current law for determining whether a State is eligible for such pilot projects.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2005-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate