Senator Leahy's Bills in the 109th Congress (updated
December 11, 2006)
Below is a sampling of bills
Sen.
Leahy has written and introduced, or
co-sponsored, in the 109th
Congress, which began in January 2005 and ended in December 2006.
(Bill summaries provided from the
Library of Congress.)
Legislation
S. 11 - Standing With Our Troops Act of 2005 - A bill
to amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the
strength of the Armed Forces and the protections and benefits
for members of the Armed Forces and their families are adequate
for keeping the commitment of the people of the United States to
support their service members, and for other purposes.
S. 13 - Fulfilling Our Duty to America's Veterans Act of
2005 - A bill
to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to expand and
enhance health care, mental health, transition, and disability
benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 14 - Fair Wage, Competition, and Investment Act of 2005
- A
bill to provide fair wages for America's workers, to create new
jobs through investment in America, to provide for fair trade
and competitiveness, and for other purposes.
S. 18 - Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries
Act of 2005 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the
Social Security Act to make improvements to the Medicare program
for beneficiaries.
S. 19 - Fiscal Responsibility for a Sound Future Act -
A bill
to reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and
strengthening fiscal responsibility.
S. 20 - Prevention First Act -
A bill
to expand access to preventive health care services that help
reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and
improve access to women's health care.
S. 29 - Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act -
A bill
to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of
social security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for
such misuse, and for other purposes.
S. 32 - National Guard and Reserve Bill of Rights Act of
2005 - A bill to enhance the benefits and
protections for members of the reserve components of the Armed
Forces who are called or ordered to extend active duty, and for
other purposes.
S. 35 - A bill to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for production of
electricity from wind.
S. 37 - A bill to extend the special
postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years.
S. 94 - Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act -
A bill
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a
charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.
S. 119 - Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005
- A
bill to provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien
children, and for other purposes.
S. 121
- A bill to amend titles 10 and 38,
United States Code, to improve the benefits provided for
survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other
purposes.
S. 150 -
Clean Power Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act
to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for other
purposes.
S. 167 - Family Entertainment and
Copyright Act of 2005 - A bill
to provide for the protection of intellectual property rights,
and for other purposes.
S. 183 -
Dylan Lee James Act - A
bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide
families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase
coverage under the medicaid program for such children, and for
other purposes.
S. 185
- Military Retiree Survivor Benefit Equity Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend title 10, United
States Code, to repeal the requirement for the reduction of
certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of
dependency and indemnity compensation and to modify the
effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit
Plan.
S. 187 -
Ensuring College Access for all
Americans Act - A bill to limit the applicability
of the annual updates to the allowance for States and other
taxes in the tables used in the Federal Needs Analysis
Methodology for the award year 2005-2006, published in the
Federal Register on December 23, 2004.
S. 195 -
No Taxation Without Representation
Act of 2005 - A bill to provide for full voting
representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of
Columbia, and for other purposes.
S. 196- A bill to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation of income of
controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported
property.
S. 217
-
Essential Air Service Preservation
Act of 2005 - A bill to amend title 49, United
States Code, to preserve the essential air service program.
S. 223
-
Overtime Rights Protection Act -
A bill to amend the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 to repeal any weakening of overtime
protections and to avoid future loss of overtime protections due
to inflation.
S. 240
-
Small Business Military Reservist
Tax Credit Act - A bill to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow small business employers a credit
against income tax with respect to employees who participate in
the military reserve components and are called to active duty
and with respect to replacement employees and to allow a
comparable credit for activated military reservists who are
self-employed, and for other purposes.
S. 241 - A bill to amend section 254 of the
Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as
universal service contributions and the universal service
support programs established pursuant to that section are not
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code,
commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.
S. 261 - A bill to
designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as
wilderness.
S. 266 - Stop
Government Propaganda Act - A bill to stop taxpayer funded
Government propaganda.
S. 268 - Training
for Realtime Writers Act of 2005 - A bill
to provide competitive grants for training court reporters and
closed captioners to meet requirements for realtime writers
under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and for other
purposes.
S. 269 - Small
Business and Farm Energy Emergency Relief Act of 2005 - A
bill to provide emergency relief to small business concerns
affected by a significant increase in the price of heating oil,
natural gas, propane, or kerosene, and for other purposes.
S. 273 - A bill to
amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to
extend and improve national dairy market loss payments.
S. 282 - Family
and Medical Leave Expansion Act - A bill to amend the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand the scope of the Act,
and for other purposes.
S. 289 - A bill to
authorize an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 for mental
health courts through fiscal year 2011.
S. 296 - A bill to
authorize appropriations for the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership Program, and for other purposes.
S. 300 - Medicare Rural Home Health Payment Fairness
Act of 2005 - A bill to extend the temporary increase in
payments under the Medicare program for home health services
furnished in a rural area.
S. 301 - Upper
Connecticut River Partnership Act - A bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in implementing
cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational activities in
the Connecticut River watershed of the States of New Hampshire
and Vermont.
S. 311 - Early
Treatment for HIV Act of 2005 - A bill to amend title XIX of
the Social Security Act to permit States the option to provide
medicaid coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV.
S. 312- Local Community Radio Act of 2005 - A bill to
implement the recommendations of the Federal Communications
Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM
service.
S. 313 - Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat
Reduction Act of 2005 -
A bill to improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation
crises and United States nonproliferation operations.
S. 317 - Library, Bookseller, and Personal Records Privacy
Act - To protect privacy
by limiting the access of the Government to library, bookseller,
and other personal records for foreign intelligence and
counterintelligence purposes.
S. 319 - To amend
the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum
allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from
Homelessness program.
S. 322 - Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Act
of 2005 - To establish
the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership in the States
of Vermont and New York, and for other purposes.
S. 328 - Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2005 -
To facilitate the sale
of United States agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000.
S. 329 - Bankruptcy Fairness Act - To amend title 11, United States
Code, to increase the amount of unsecured claims for salaries
and wages given priority in bankruptcy, to provide for cash
payments to retirees to compensate for lost health insurance
benefits resulting from the bankruptcy of their former employer,
and for other purposes.
S. 334 - Pharmaceutical Market Access and
Drug Safety Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with
respect to the importation of prescription drugs, and for other
purposes.
S. 337 - Guard and Reserve Readiness and Retention Act of
2005 - To amend title
10, United States Code, to revise the age and service
requirements for eligibility to receive retired pay for
non-regular service; to expand certain authorities to provide
health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for
other purposes.
S. 342 - Climate Stewardship Act of 2005 -
A bill to provide for a
program of scientific research on abrupt climate change, to
accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the
United States by establishing a market-driven system of
greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, to limit greenhouse gas
emissions in the United States and reduce dependence upon
foreign oil, and ensure benefits to consumers from the trading
in such allowances.
S. 352 - Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2005
- To revise certain
requirements for H-2B employers and require submission of
information regarding H-2B nonimmigrants, and for other
purposes.
S. 359 - Agricultural Job Opportunities,
Benefits, and Security Act of 2005 - A bill to provide for the
adjustment of status of certain foreign agricultural workers, to
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the H-2A
worker program under that Act, to provide a stable, legal
agricultural workforce, to extend basic legal protections and
better working conditions to more workers, and for other
purposes.
S. 372 - Artist-Museum Partnership Act - To amend the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value
shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary,
musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the
donor.
S. 382 - Animal Fighting Prohibition
Enforcement Act of 2005 - A bill to amend title 18, United
States Code, to strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting,
and for other purposes.
S. 384 - A bill to
extend the existence of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese
Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group for 2
years.
S. 393 - Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Act of 2005 -
To require enhanced
disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making
only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card
debt, and for other purposes.
S. 394 - OPEN Government Act of 2005
- A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness
in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information
Act), and for other purposes.
S. 424 - Arthritis Prevention, Control, and
Cure Act of 2005 - A
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for
arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.
S. 425 - Green Mountain National Forest Land Adjustment Act
of 2005 - To authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain
National Forest System land in the State of Vermont.
S. 438 - Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of
2005 - To amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the medicare
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.
S. 440 - To amend
title XIX of the Social Security Act to include podiatrists as
physicians for purposes of covering physicians services under
the medicaid program.
S. 443 - Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Act
of 2005 - A bill to
improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses.
S. 445 - Medicare Prescription Drug Price Reduction Act of
2005 - To amend part D
of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
of 2003, to provide for negotiation of fair prices for Medicare
prescription drugs.
S. 450 - Count Every Vote Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified paper
record, to improve provisional balloting, to impose additional
requirements under such Act, and for other purposes.
S. 471 - Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 -
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human
embryonic stem cell research.
S. 472 - Anti-phishing Act of 2005 - To criminalize Internet scams involving fraudulently obtaining
personal information, commonly known as phishing.
S. 478 - To designate the annex to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal
Building and United States Courthouse located at 333
Constitution Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the
`William B. Bryant Annex'.
S. 484 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal
civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums
on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE
supplemental premiums.
S. 491 - Christopher Kangas Fallen Firefighter
Apprentice Act - To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
to expand the definition of firefighter to include apprentices
and trainees, regardless of age or duty limitations.
S.494 -
Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act -A bill to amend chapter 23 of
title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of
information protected from prohibited personnel practices,
require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and
agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform
with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority
for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes.
S. 495 - Darfur Accountability Act of 2005 - To impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against
humanity in Darfur, Sudan, and for other purposes.
S. 537 - Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act -
A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health
service professionals (including those based in schools)
providing clinical mental health care to children and
adolescents, and for other purposes.
S. 548 - Voluntary Public Access and Wildlife Habitat
Incentive Program Act of 2005 - To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to encourage owners and
operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to
voluntarily make their land available for access by the public
under programs administered by States and tribal governments.
S. 550 - Microbicide Development Act - To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to
facilitating the development of microbicides for preventing
transmission of HIV and other diseases, and for other purposes.
S. 555 - NOPEC - To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting
cartels illegal.
S. 582 - Little Rock Central High School
Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of
the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas,
and for other purposes.
S. 589 - Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - To establish the Commission on Freedom of Information Act
Processing Delays.
S.602 -
Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund
breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing
more help to caregivers and increasing public education about
prevention.
S. 619 - Social Security Fairness Act of 2005 - To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the
Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
S. 622 - Restoration of Freedom of Information Act of
2005 - To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296)
to provide for the protection of voluntarily furnished
confidential information, and for other purposes.
S. 633 -
American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act -
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while
serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
S. 639 - To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for
receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60
years of age to 55 years of age.
S. 654 - Convention Against Torture Implementation Act
of 2005 - To prohibit the expulsion, return, or extradition of persons by
the United States to countries engaging in torture, and for
other purposes.
S.662 -
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act - A bill to reform the postal laws of the United States.
S. 664 - Green Mountain National Forest Adjustment Act of
2005 - To adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain National Forest.
S. 666 -
Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - A bill to protect the public health by providing the Food and
Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco
products.
S. 730 -
Mercury Emission Act of 2005 -
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements
concerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired electric utility
steam generating units, commercial and industrial boiler units,
solid waste incineration units, medical waste incinerators,
hazardous waste combustors, chlor-alkali plants, and Portland
cement plants to reduce emissions of mercury to the environment,
and for other purposes.
S. 757 -
Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2005 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of
research centers regarding environmental factors that may be
related to the etiology of breast cancer.
S. 770 -
National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005 - A bill to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and
Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that Act.
S. 776 - The Federal Aviation Safety Security Act of
2005 - To designate certain functions performed at flight service
stations of the Federal Aviation Administration as inherently
governmental functions, and for other purposes.
S. 793 -
Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2005 - A bill to establish national standards for discharges from cruise
vessels into the waters of the United States, and for other
purposes.
S. 811 - Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act - A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln.
S. 828 -
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act - A bill to enhance and further research into paralysis and to
improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons
living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for
other purposes.
S. 829 - Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2005 - To allow media coverage of court proceedings.
S. 840 -
Fair Pay Act of 2005 - A
bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit
discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race,
or national origin, and for other purposes.
S. 841 -
Paycheck Fairness Act - A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide
more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the
payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
S. 842 - Employee Free Choice Act - To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an
efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist
labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for
unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other
purposes.
S. 843 -
Combating Autism Act of 2006 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism
through research, screening, intervention and education.
S. 849 - Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act - To make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and
discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent.
S. 851 - Fiscal Responsibility for a Sound Future Act -
To reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and
strengthening fiscal responsibility.
S. 852 -
FAIR Act of 2005 - A bill to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims
of victims for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, and
for other purposes.
S. 863 - Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Coin Act -
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel
Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, and for other
purposes.
S. 882 - America's
Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2005 - A bill to designate certain Federal land in the State of Utah as
wilderness, and for other purposes.
S. 889 - Automobile Fuel Economy Act of 2005 - To amend title 49, United States Code, to require phased
increases in the fuel efficiency standards applicable to light
trucks, to require fuel economy standards for automobiles up to
10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, to increase the fuel economy
of the Federal fleet of vehicles, and for other purposes.
S. 894 - Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2005 - To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
S. 912 - Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 -
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the
jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United
States.
S. 936 - E-Mail Privacy Act of 2005 - To ensure privacy for e-mail communications.
S. 938 - National Guard and Reserves Housing Equity Act of
2005 - To amend title 37, United States Code, to require that members of
the National Guard and Reserve called or ordered to active duty
for a period of more than 30 days receive a basic allowance for
housing at the same rate as similarly situated members of the
regular components of the uniformed services.
S. 945 - PROTECTION Act - To provide reliable officers, technology, education, community
prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods.
S. 968 - Federal Public Safety Officer Surviving Spouse
Protection Act of 2005 - To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to
provide that spouses of Federal public safety officers who are
killed in the line of duty, may remarry and continue to receive
a survivor annuity, and for other purposes.
S. 981 - Reservists Pay Security Act of 2005 - To ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in
order to perform service as a member of the uniformed services
or member of the National Guard shall continue to receive pay in
an amount which, when taken together with the pay and allowances
such individual is receiving for such service, will be no less
than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no
interruption in employment had occurred.
S. 994 - Family Abduction Prevention Act of 2006 -
A bill to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to
improve the ability of State and local governments to prevent
the abduction of children by family members, and for other
purposes.
S. 1007 - Medicaid Formula Fairness Act of 2005 - To prevent a severe reduction in the Federal medical assistance
percentage determined for a State for fiscal year 2006.
S. 1047 - Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 - A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of each of the Nation's past Presidents and their
spouses, respectively to improve circulation of the $1 coin, to
create a new bullion coin, and for other purposes.
S. 1062 - Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005 - To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an
increase in the Federal minimum wage.
S. 1095 - A bill to amend chapter 113 of title 18, United States Code,
to clarify the prohibition on the trafficking in goods or
services, and for other purposes.
S. 1109 - Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity
Act of 2005 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
payments to Medicare ambulance suppliers of the full cost of
furnishing such services, to provide payments to rural ambulance
providers and suppliers to account for the cost of serving areas
with low population density, and for other purposes.
S. 1112 - College 529 InvEST Act of 2005 - To make permanent the enhanced educational savings provisions for
qualified tuition programs enacted as part of the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
S. 1120 - Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2006 - An act to reduce hunger in the United States, and for other
purposes.
S. 1145 - Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2005 -
To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions
to prosecute hate crimes.
S. 1169 - Federal Agency Data-Mining Reporting Act of 2005 -
To require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of
data-mining.
S. 1172 - Johanna's Law - To provide for programs to increase the awareness and knowledge
of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic
cancers.
S. 1181 - A bill to ensure an open and deliberate process in Congress by
providing that any future legislation to establish a new
exemption to section 552 of title 5, United States Code
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) be
stated explicitly within the text of the bill.
S. 1197 -
Violence Against Women Act of 2005 - A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
S. 1214 - Equity in Prescription Insurance and
Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2005 - To require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs
and devices, and contraceptive services under health plans.
S. 1220 - Prevention and Recovery of Missing Children Act
of 2005 - To assist law enforcement in their efforts to recover missing
children and to strengthen the standards for State sex offender
registration programs.
S. 1278 -
Permanent Partners Immigration Act - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a
mechanism for United States citizens and lawful permanent
residents to sponsor their permanent partners for residence in
the United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1319 - Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and
Improvement Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the
operation of employee stock ownership plans, and for other
purposes.
S. 1320 - Multilateral Debt Relief Act of 2005 - To provide multilateral debt cancellation for Heavily Indebted
Poor Countries, and for other purposes.
S. 1322 -
ANTI-GANG Act - A bill to allow for the prosecution of members of criminal street
gangs, and for other purposes.
S. 1332 -
Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005 - A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft; to ensure privacy;
and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance,
and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent
access, and misuse of personally identifiable information.
S. 1368 -
United States Parole Commission Extension and
Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005 - A bill to extend the existence of the Parole Commission, and for
other purposes.
S. 1376 - Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - To improve and expand geographic literacy among kindergarten
through grade 12 students in the United States by improving
professional development programs for kindergarten through grade
12 teachers offered through institutions of higher education.
S. 1411 - National Small Business Regulatory Assistance
Act of 2005 - To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance
assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
S. 1423 - Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the
President to the next of kin or other representative of those
individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001.
S. 1462-
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2005 - A bill to promote peace and accountability in Sudan, and for
other purposes.
S. 1525 - Medical Malpractice Insurance Antitrust Act of
2005 - To ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing,
bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of
competition and consumers.
S. 1530 - Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2005 -
To provide a Federal tax exemption for forest conservation bonds,
and for other purposes.
S. 1587 - Children's Health Equity Technical Amendment
Act of 2005 - To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit
qualifying States to use a portion of their allotments under the
State children's health insurance program for any fiscal year
for certain medicaid expenditures.
S. 1597 - To award posthumously a Congressional gold medal to Constantino
Brumidi.
S. 1604 - Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 2005 -
To restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and
trade name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the
United States, and for other purposes.
S. 1615 - Federal Emergency Management Agency Restoration
Act of 2005 - To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an
independent agency, and for other purposes.
S. 1622 - To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal,
State, and local response to the devastation wrought by
Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States
especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and
other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate
corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
S. 1631 - Windfall Profits Rebate Act of 2005 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary
windfall profit tax on crude oil and to rebate the tax collected
back to the American consumer, and for other purposes.
S. 1634 - Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions
Act of 2005 - To allow United States courts to conduct business during
emergency conditions, and for other purposes.
S. 1643 - Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of
2005 - To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with additional authority
and funding to provide emergency relief, in coordination with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane
Katrina and related conditions.
S. 1647 - Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community
Protection Act of 2005 - To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide relief to
victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters.
S. 1687 - National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide waivers
relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect
to breast and cervical cancers.
S. 1695 - Hurricane Katrina Food Assistance Relief Act of
2005 - To provide the Secretary of Agriculture with additional authority
and funding to provide emergency relief, in coordination with
the Secretary of Homeland Security, to victims of Hurricane
Katrina and related conditions.
S. 1699 - Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act -
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal
penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks.
S. 1735 - Energy Emergency Consumer Protection Act of 2005 -
To improve the Federal Trade Commission's ability to protect
consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies, and for
other purposes.
S. 1739 - To amend the material witness statute to strengthen procedural
safeguards, and for other purposes.
S.1748 - A bill to establish a congressional commission to examine the
Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by
Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States
especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and
other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate
corrective measures to improve such responses in the future.
S. 1749 - Fair Wages for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Workers
Act - To reinstate the application of the wage requirements of the
Davis-Bacon Act to Federal contracts in areas affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
S. 1768 - To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
S. 1779 - Downed Animal Protection Act - To amend the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act of 1958 to
ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock, and for
other purposes.
S. 1785 - Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of
2005 - To make certain improvements relating to intellectual property,
and for other purposes.
S. 1789 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005
- A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy,
to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal
penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections
against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of
personally identifiable information.
S. 1795 - Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2005 -
To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security
cost-of-living adjustments (COLA).
S. 1796 - SAFE Act - A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of
domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking,
and for other purposes.
S. 1841 - The Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
extended and additional protection to Medicare beneficiaries who
enroll for the Medicare prescription drug benefit during 2006.
S. 1881 -
San Francisco Old Mint Commemorative Coin Act - To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the Old Mint at San Francisco, otherwise known
as the `Granite Lady', and for other purposes.
S. 1885 - Food Employment Empowerment and Development
Program Act of 2005 - To encourage the effective use of community resources to
combat hunger and the root causes of hunger by creating
opportunity through food recovery and job training.
S. 1958 - Northern Border Prosecution Initiative
Reimbursement Act - To authorize the Attorney General to establish and carry out a
program, known as the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to
provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and
municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal
activities, and for other purposes.
S. 1959 - To direct the Architect of the Capitol to obtain a statue of Rosa
Parks and to place the statue in the United States Capitol in
National Statuary Hall.
S. 1968 - Court Security Improvement Act of 2005 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges,
prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, and
for other purposes.
S. 1975 - Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation
Prevention Act of 2005 - To prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
S. 2011 - Tire-Derived Fuel Safety Act of 2005 - To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency to establish performance standards for fine particulates
for certain pulp and paper mills, and for other purposes.
S. 2025 -
Vehicle and Fuel Choices for American Security Act - A bill to promote the national security and stability of the
United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United
States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new
technology, and for other purposes.
S. 2039 - Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2005
- To provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public
defenders.
S. 2046 - National Methamphetamine Information
Clearinghouse Act of 2005 - To establish a National Methamphetamine Information Clearinghouse
to promote sharing information regarding successful law
enforcement, treatment, environmental, social services, and
other programs related to the production, use, or effects of
methamphetamine and grants available for such programs, and for
other purposes.
S. 2059 -
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission Act of
2005 - A bill to establish the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th
Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.
S. 2075 -
DREAM Act of 2005 - A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State
residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the
cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain
alien students who are long-term United States residents and who
entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.
S. 2076 - Assistant United States Attorney Retirement
Benefit Equity Act of 2005 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant
United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are
afforded to Federal law enforcement officers.
S. 2082 - To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain
provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to
March 31, 2006.
S. 2109 -
National Innovation Act of 2005 - A
bill to provide national innovation initiative.
S. 2125 -
Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy
Promotion Act of 2006 - A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
S. 2155 - To provide meaningful civil remedies for victims of the sexual
exploitation of children.
S. 2167 - A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of
certain provisions of that Act and the lone wolf provision of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to
July 1, 2006.
S. 2178 - Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of
2006 - To make the stealing and selling of telephone records a criminal
offense.
S.2180 -
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 - A bill to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to
disclosure and enforcement of ethics and lobbying laws and
regulations, and for other purposes.
S. 2181 - Medicare State Reimbursement Act of 2006 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for an
offset from the Medicaid clawback for State prescription drug
expenditures for covered part D drugs for Medicare
beneficiaries.
S. 2183 -
Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief
(REPAIR) Act of 2006 - A bill to provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order
to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D
prescription drug program.
S. 2197 -
PACE-Energy Act - A bill to improve the global competitiveness of the United States
in science and energy technology, to strengthen basic research
programs at the Department of
