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A bill to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1048
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Balance of payments
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Foreign exchange
International Affairs
Negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Amends the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 with respect to bilateral negotiations with countries considered to manipulate the rate of exchange between their currency and the U.S. dollar for purposes of preventing effective balance of payments adjustments or gaining unfair competitive advantage in international trade.
 
Reduces the preconditions for the initiation of negotiations by the Secretary of the Treasury to possession of significant bilateral trade surpluses with the United States (removing the other current condition of possession of material global current account surpluses).
 
Declares that a country shall be considered to be manipulating the rate of exchange between its currency and the U.S. dollar if there is a protracted large-scale intervention in one direction in the exchange markets.
 
Requires the Secretary's annual report to specified congressional committees on international economic policy to include a detailed explanation of the test the Secretary uses to determine whether or not a country is manipulating the rate of exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Covering Kids Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1049
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Church and social problems
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to child health services
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health insurance
Housing and Community Development
Indian children
Indian medical care
Language and languages
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Minorities
Minority health
Performance measurement
Poor children
Religion
Rural health
School health programs
Social Welfare
Welfare eligibility
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Covering Kids Act of 2005 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) conduct innovative outreach and enrollment efforts that are designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under SCHIP; and (2) promote understanding of the importance of health insurance coverage for prenatal care and children.
 
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to grant a state the option to provide for simplified determinations of a child's financial eligibility for medical assistance under Medicaid or child health assistance under SCHIP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text as measure as introduced: CR S5303-5304)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5302-5303)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Expedited Remedy for Persistent Dumping Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1050
Sponsor: Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Countervailing duties
Customs unions
Dumping
Export subsidies
Exports
Governmental investigations
Imports
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Prices
Trade agreements

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Expedited Remedy for Persistent Dumping Act of 2005 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise requirements for monitoring cases of suspected persistent dumping to: (1) provide for an expedited antidumping investigation of merchandise from an additional supplier country if the Department of Commerce discerns imports of merchandise from the additional supplier country have increased by 15 percent or more during a period of 90 days or longer; and (2) establish Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission procedures and deadlines for making determinations as to whether or not dumping and injury have occurred.
 
Adds specific conditions for reducing the price used to establish export price or &quot;constructed export price,&quot; meaning the amount at which the merchandise is first sold or agreed to be sold in the United States by or for the producer or exporter.
 
Applies this Act to Canada and Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Children and Family HIV/AIDS Research and Care Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Administrative procedure
Authorization
Case management
Child health
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug approvals
Drug therapy
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Human experimentation in medicine
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Infants
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Law
Maternal health services
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Pharmaceutical research
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Vaccination
Vaccines
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Children and Family HIV/AIDS Research and Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that recipients of certain grants related to HIV research and services for women, infants, and children agree to provide coordinated, family-centered care. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to provide health care and other supportive services to youth with HIV designed to recruit and retain youth in care.
 
Requires that chief elected officials in eligible areas and states prioritize certain grant funds using HIV case data rather than AIDS case data. Requires the Secretary to report on the status of using such HIV case data and the impact of this transition on the resources directed to women, infants, children, and youth.
 
Requires the Secretary to award demonstration grants to public and nonprofit private entities to conduct assessments of the effectiveness of certain strategies in reducing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, to report on activities related to the testing of potential HIV vaccine candidates in relevant pediatric populations.
 
Requires the Commission of Food and Drugs to issue guidance on the minimum requirements for obtaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to test an HIV vaccine in pediatric populations and for a pediatric indication of an HIV vaccine.
 
Requires the Director of NIH to invest in domestic and international research on specified topics related to HIV and pediatric populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5305-5306)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Title I Integrity Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Arts, Culture, Religion
Books
Compensatory education
Computers
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Preschool education
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Student transportation
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching materials
Textbooks
Transportation and Public Works
Year round schools

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Title I Integrity Act of 2005 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require local educational agencies (LEAs) to use title I-A funds only for direct or indirect instructional services. (Title I-A funds are those received under ESEA title I Helping Disadvantaged Children Meet High Standards, part A Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies.)
 
Limits to ten percent the portion of title I-A funds that an LEA may use for indirect instructional services.
 
Sets forth the types of direct and indirect instructional services for which title I-A funds may be used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text as measure as introduced: CR S5324-5325)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5323-5324)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act

Bill: 109-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Land transfers
Land use
Nevada
Noise
Recreation
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the city of Henderson, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified Federal land in Henderson (the Transition Area). 
 
Permits the City, after conveyance, to sell any part or parts of the Transition Area for nonresidential development purposes, or to elect to retain parcels in the Transition Area for public recreation or other public purposes consistent with the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. 
 
Requires the City to: (1) plan and manage the Transition Area in accordance with Federal law and regulations relating to airport noise compatibility planning; and (2) agree that if any land in the Transition area is sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed by the City, the sale, lease, or conveyance shall contain a limitation to require uses compatible with that airport noise compatibility planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-444.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text as measure as introduced: CR S5328-5329)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5328)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2005-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Claims
Clinics
Community health services
Government liability
Law
Liability (Law)
Medical malpractice
Physicians
Psychologists
Public health personnel
Social Welfare
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: 
Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners at health centers as employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing services to patients at such health centers.
 
Defines &quot;volunteer practitioner&quot; as a licensed physician who: (1) at the request of the entity, provides services to patients of a public or nonprofit entity receiving Federal funds for serving medically underserved areas; (2) provides such service at a site at which the entity operates or at a site designated by the entity; and (3) does not receive any compensation for the provision of services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5365-5666)
action_date: 2005-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary damage assessments, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to vigorously investigate and prosecute instances of fraud, including fraud in the handling and approval of claims for Federal emergency assistance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Burglary
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Disaster relief
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Ex-offenders
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Forgery
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Home repair and improvement
Housing and Community Development
Identification of criminals
Law
Losses
Motor vehicles
Standards
Transportation and Public Works
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relielf and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary disaster damage assessments; and (2) increase the associated penalties for fraud.
 
Directs the President to: (1) investigate vigorously any allegations and instances of fraud, including fraud relating to the handling and approval of claims for federal emergency assistance; and (2) refer to the Attorney General appropriate allegations, instances, and investigation results.
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) give serious consideration to any allegation or instance of fraud and begin an investigation into it not later than 10 days after the receipt of such a referral; and (2) report on investigation progress and results to the Secretary of Homeland Security within 45 days.
 
Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to propose new inspection procedures that: (1) more accurately identify disaster-related losses of household items for which applicants should be compensated; (2) modify guidelines for individual and housing inspections to require inspectors to specify any item that was not available for inspection; and (3) develop eligibility criteria for funding vehicle damage, taking into consideration damage to a vehicle sustained as a result of a disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-161.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act

Bill: 109-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disabled
Hearing aids
Income tax
Social Welfare
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for an individual who is either: (1) age 55 or older; or (2) is claimed as a dependent of the taxpayer.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5439)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5438-5439)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1062
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Minimum wages
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to: (1) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment of this Act; (2) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and (3) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
 
Makes federal minimum wage requirements applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Sets forth a transition period during which a specified minimum wage there shall be gradually increased to equal the federal minimum wage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-19
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 109.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1064
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Curricula
Data banks
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health education
Health facilities
Health information systems
Health planning
Health promotion
Health surveys
Higher education
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical personnel
Medical statistics
Medical technology
Medical tests
Neurology
Paramedical personnel
Planning
Preventive medicine
Public service advertising
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Stroke

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a grant program to enable states to develop statewide stroke care systems; (2) foster the development of stroke care systems through information sharing among involved agencies and individuals; (3) develop a model curriculum for training emergency medical services personnel in the identification, assessment, stabilization, and prehospital treatment of stroke patients; (4) issue recommendations and guidelines on best practices for establishing and operating such systems; and (5) provide public information on recognition of stroke signs and symptoms and appropriate actions. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements for such purposes.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry; and (2) award grants to states to develop stroke care systems that provide high-quality prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation. Authorizes the Secretary to make related state planning grants.
 
Requires the Secretary to give special consideration in awarding grants to states in a geographic area with an elevated incidence of stroke or stoke-caused disabilities or demonstrating a significant need for assistance in establishing such a system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to extend child care eligibility for children of members of the Armed Forces who die in the line of duty.

Bill: 109-s-1065
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces reserves
Day care
Families
Military dependents
Survivors' benefits
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
States that if a member of the Armed Forces or reserves dies either on active duty or while in active service, any child of such member who is enrolled in a Federal child care program shall be eligible to continue receiving services under such program for 24 months following such member's death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5443)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Economic Development Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1066
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2005-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Intergovernmental tax relations
Interstate commerce
Job creation
Labor and Employment
State taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: 
Economic Development Act of 2005 - Authorizes any State to provide to any person for economic development purposes tax incentives that otherwise would be the cause of discrimination against interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Makes exceptions for any incentive that: (1) is dependent upon State or country of incorporation, commercial domicile, or residence of an individual; (2) requires the recipient to acquire, lease, license, use, or provide services to property created in the State; (3) is reduced or eliminated as a result of an increase in out-of-State activity by the recipient or other person or as a result of such other person not having a taxable presence in the State; (4) results in loss of a compensating tax system, because the tax on interstate commerce exceeds the tax on intrastate commerce; (5) requires that other taxing jurisdictions offer reciprocal tax benefits; or (6) requires that a tax incentive earned with respect to one tax can only be used to reduce a tax burden for, or provide a tax benefit against any other tax that is not imposed on, apportioned interstate activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5445-5446)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5443-5445)
action_date: 2005-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate