3.0.0 1928 2023-01-13T04:49:46Z 2023-01-13T04:49:46Z Senate S S 2005-10-27 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-27T18:06:55Z 2005-10-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-10-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-10-27 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2005-10-27 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2005-10-27 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-10-27 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-10-27 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2005-10-27 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-10-27 True Economics and Public Finance Alabama Alaska Alternative energy sources Bikeways Bridges California Competitive bidding Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Cost of living adjustments Disaster relief Drugs Economic growth Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Executive reorganization Expedited congressional procedure Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to transportation Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Floods Georgia Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government trust funds Governmental investigations Great Lakes Health Highway finance Highway maintenance House rules and procedure Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Illinois Indiana Infrastructure Insurance premiums Intermodal transportation Interstate highway system Legislation Louisiana Magnetic levitation vehicles Maryland Medicare Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control National parks North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Passenger ships Pedestrians Performance measurement Planning-programming-budgeting Prescription pricing Public Lands and Natural Resources Railroad finance Railroad safety Rescission of appropriated funds Road construction Salaries Senate rules and procedure Social Welfare Terminals (Transportation) Traffic accidents and safety Traffic engineering Trails Transfer of employees Transportation and Public Works Vermont Walking Waste in government spending Water Resources Development Wisconsin Economics and Public Finance 00 2005-10-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-23T17:39:04Z Spending Money Accountably to Rebuild After Tragedy Act or SMART Act - Provides a 5% rescission in the: (1) budget authority provided (or obligation limitation imposed) for FY2006 for each discretionary account in each FY2006 appropriations Act (except any FY2005 supplemental appropriation Act, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006, and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act); (2) budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for FY2006 for such account in any prior fiscal year appropriations Act; and (3) contract authority provided in FY2006 for any program subject to a limitation contained in this joint resolution.

Permits the President to except certain programs, projects and accounts, in whole or in part, from such rescission; provided however, that such exceptions do not, in the aggregate, exceed 1% of the overall amount rescinded.

Prohibits the FY2006 cost of living adjustments in the statutory pay system of federal employees. Allows such adjustment for federal law enforcement officers.

Provides for a two-year: (1) delay of implementation of the Medicare part D prescription drug benefit under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA); and (2) extension of the Medicare prescription drug discount card and the transitional assistance program. Increases the transitional assistance for such period.

Amends SSA to accelerate the income-related reduction in Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for Aged and Disabled) premium subsidy.

Repeals the authorization for funding for high priority projects programs provided in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Rescinds any such unobligated balances as well as other unobligated balances of funds authorized by SAFETEA-LU for specified programs.

Reduces the obligation ceiling for: (1) federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, with specified exceptions; and (2) contract authority for certain transportation research programs. Rescinds any unused obligation limitation for certain high priority projects.

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending any realignments or eliminations.

]]> Spending Money Accountably to Rebuild After Tragedy Act Display Title Spending Money Accountably to Rebuild After Tragedy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce mandatory and discretionary spending in order to offset the cost of rebuilding the Gulf Region in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Spending Money Accountably to Rebuild After Tragedy Act Short Titles as Introduced SMART Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act Introduced in Senate 2005-10-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1928is/xml/BILLS-109s1928is.xml 2005-10-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.