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Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act

Bill: 109-hr-6080
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Department of the Interior
Energy
Energy demand
Energy prices
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Feedstock
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Imports
Mineral reserves
Minerals
Mines and mineral resources
Presidential appointments
Prospecting
Recycling of waste products

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act - Establishes the Mineral Commodity Information Administration under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. 
 
Vests management of the Administration in an Administrator and Assistant Administrators whose functions include: (1) commodity information development and analysis; (2) mineral industry analysis; and (3) data acquisition and analysis.
 
Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Administrator: (1) at least 200 full-time equivalent positions from the U.S. Geological Survey; and (2) at least 100 full time equivalent positions of an administrative nature from the Department of the Interior.
 
Sets forth the duties of the Administrator, including: (1) implementation of a Mineral Commodity Data and Information Program; (2) continuance of the Mineral Commodity Data Time Series; (3) projections of usage patterns; (4) publication of mineral commodity reports; and (5) analyses of the foreign and domestic mineral commodities that will be required by the United States to sustain the energy supply, demand, and prices projected by the Annual Energy Outlook analysis.
 
Directs the Administrator to establish the Mineral Commodity Advisory Committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1735)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Engineering Accountability Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6081
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Army Corps of Engineers
Civil actions and liability
Civil engineering
Congress
Damages
Department of Defense
Disasters
Emergency Management
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Injunctions
Limitation of actions
Negligence
Parties to actions
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Torts

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Federal Engineering Accountability Act of 2006 - Provides that an action may be brought only in federal court for actual, not punitive, damages against the Army Corps of Engineers for its failure or negligence to design, construct, or maintain a project, adversely impacted in a major disaster, for which the Corps is legally responsible. Establishes the Federal Engineering Accountability Commission to determine the Corps' failure or negligence after such a disaster and to report to the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Permits such an action for injury, loss of property, personal injury, or death to proceed only if a claimant can demonstrate that: (1) the Corps admitted that it failed or was negligent; or (2) the Commission determines that the Corps failed or was negligent.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Lebanese Temporary Protected Status Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6082
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Arab-Israeli conflict
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Displaced persons
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Refugees
Right to travel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Lebanese Temporary Protected Status Act of 2006 - Provides one-year temporary protected status to certain Lebanese nationals who have been present in the United States since enactment of this Act. (Treats Lebanon as a designated country for such purpose under the Immigration and Nationality Act.)
 
Provides such aliens with prior consent for temporary emergency travel abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Justice for the Unprotected Against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6083
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community health services
Condoms
Congressional reporting requirements
Correctional personnel
Cost accounting
Criminal statistics
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Labor and Employment
Medical screening
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Performance measurement
Preventive medicine
Prison administration
Prison violence
Prisoners
Prisoners' rights
Rape
Sex education
Sexually transmitted diseases
State laws
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Justice for the Unprotected Against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed Act of 2006 or the JUSTICE Act of 2006 - Requires the Attorney General to direct the Bureau of Prisons to allow community organizations to distribute sexual barrier protection devices (e.g., condoms) and to engage in sexually transmitted infection (STI) counseling and prevention education in federal correctional facilities. Prohibits a federal correctional facility from taking adverse action against a prisoner who possesses or uses a sexual barrier protection device.

Expresses the sense of Congress that states should allow for the legal distribution of sexual barrier protection devices in their correctional facilities. 

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a survey of all educational, testing, and other programs in federal and state correctional facilities for reducing the spread of STIs; and (2) develop and implement a five-year strategy to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs in such facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7504)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6084
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Collection of accounts
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Income tax
Interest
Interest rates
Loan defaults
Medical education
Social Welfare
Student loan funds
Tax exclusion
Tax returns
Taxation
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Income-Dependent Education Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education to conduct a direct income-dependent education assistance (IDEA) loan program, from July 1, 2007, through July 1, 2013, under which student borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL) or Direct Loans (DL), under parts B and D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, may elect to convert or consolidate such loans to direct IDEA loans. Provides that when a student defaults on a loan under the FFEL or DL programs and it is repaid or canceled by the Secretary, it is thereby converted to a direct IDEA loan. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to collect IDEA loan repayments through the income tax withholding system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1728)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Lester Nichols Presque Isle Light Station Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6085
Sponsor: Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commemorations
Federal-local relations
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Lenses
Lighthouses and lightships
Michigan

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Lester Nichols Presque Isle Light Station Act of 2006 - Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to modify, in compliance with the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, the 2004 Agreement for Outgoing Loans (AOL) with Presque Isle Township, Michigan, in order to provide for return of the Historic Third Order Fresnel Lens to the lantern room atop the Presque Isle Light Station Lighthouse.
 
Declares that: (1) the United States shall retain ownership of the Lens; and (2) the active aid to navigation at the Lighthouse, together with associated electronic and lighthouse equipment, shall continue to be operated and maintained by the United States within the Lens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
National Reportable Conditions Act

Bill: 109-hr-6086
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Animal diseases
Animals
Communication in medicine
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health information systems
Laboratories
Law
Local laws
Medical laboratories
Public health
Public records
Public utilities
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Terrorism
Toxicology
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
National Reportable Conditions Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Commission on National Reportable Conditions to review state and local regulations to determine the existence of conditions that represent a serious threat to the health of individuals in the United States, compile a list of national reportable conditions to be recommended for certifications, and advise the Secretary.
 
 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, based upon the Commission's recommendations, to: (1) annually certify a list of national reportable conditions (i.e., diseases, conditions, and events that when identified by health practitioners, veterinarians, animal and food production specialists, state and local health professionals, environmental and public utility workers, and laboratory workers must be reported to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)); (2) establish an electronic National Reportable Conditions System, a data repository of records processed by the System, a process to enable commercial entities to transmit reports to a single government entity, and a process for the identification of obstacles or challenges to the achievement of the purposes of this Act (including a research program to identify or create solutions); and (3) award grants to state and local entities to enable them to conduct surveillance and timely reporting activities regarding the submission of reports.
 
 Requires the Secretary to establish a process that permits the simultaneous submission of reports to a state or local jurisdiction to achieve compliance with a state or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Lake Barkley Water Level Improvement Act

Bill: 109-hr-6087
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Boats and boating
Drainage
Kentucky
Lakes
Marine safety
Outdoor recreation
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Lake Barkley Water Level Improvement Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a two-year pilot program to extend the summer pool elevation of 359 feet on Lake Barkley, Kentucky, from the current draw down date of July 1 until after the first Monday in September, under normal weather conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1724)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6088
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquifers
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Geology
Groundwater
Hydrology
New Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to conduct a study of water resources in New Mexico, to include: (1) a survey of groundwater resources and a characterization of surface and bedrock geology; and (2) the Salt Basin, Tularosa Basin, and middle Rio Grande Aquifer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Illegal Immigrant Deterrence and Public Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6089
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Communicable diseases
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal investigation
Department of Homeland Security
Deportation
Detention of persons
Evidence (Law)
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Habeas corpus
Health
Illegal aliens
Imprisonment
Injunctions
International Affairs
Judicial review
Law
Parole
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Illegal Immigrant Deterrence and Public Safety Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit indefinite detention of specified dangerous aliens under orders of removal who cannot be removed, subject to review every six months. States that habeas corpus review of such provisions shall be available only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after exhaustion of administrative remedies. 
 
Requires that a detention review process be established for aliens under order of removal who have effected an entry and are cooperating with removal. 
 
Authorizes indefinite detention of an inadmissible alien until such alien is subject to an administrative final order of removal. States that habeas corpus review of such provision shall be available only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after exhaustion of administrative remedies. 
 
Provides that: (1) states and state and local law enforcement personnel have the inherent authority to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to federal custody aliens in the United States (including interstate transportation to detention centers) for the purposes of assisting in U.S. immigration enforcement in the course of carrying out routine duties; and (2) nothing in this section may be construed to require state or local law enforcement personnel to report the identity of a victim of, or a witness to, a criminal offense for immigration enforcement purposes, or to arrest such victim or witness for an immigration law violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in House
Border Security Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6091
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Boundaries
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Deportation
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Landowners
Law
Prosecution
Public prosecutors
Recruiting of employees
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Smuggling
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Tunnels
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Border Security Enhancement Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Attorney General should adopt uniform guidelines for the prosecution of smuggling offenses.
 
Directs the Attorney General, subject to the availability of appropriations, to increase the number of U.S. attorneys employed to prosecute alien smuggling cases by at least 20 in each of FY2008-FY2013.
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine inadmissibility based on criminal grounds under an expedited removal process for an alien who: (1) has not been admitted or paroled; (2) has not been found to have a credible fear of persecution; and (3) is not eligible for a waiver of inadmissibility or relief from removal.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to execute an order of removal seven days (currently, 14 days) after it's issuance.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the knowing construction or financing of an unauthorized tunnel or subterranean passage that crosses the international border between the United States and another country. 
 
Imposes a 20-year maximum prison term for such offense. Imposes a 10-year maximum prison term on any person who recklessly permits the construction or use of such a tunnel or passage on land that such person owns or controls. 
 
Doubles penalties for persons who use such a tunnel or passage to unlawfully smuggle an alien, illegal goods, controlled substances, weapons of mass destruction, or members of a terrorist organization. 
 
Subjects to forfeiture any property involved in, or traceable to, the construction or financing of such a tunnel or passage. 
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for persons convicted of criminal offenses related to the construction or financing of such a tunnel or passage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in House
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any headquarters for the United Nations in any location in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recognized best practices in contracting and procurement.

Bill: 109-hr-6092
Sponsor: Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2006-09-19 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Building construction
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
President and foreign policy
Rent
United Nations
United Nations finances
United Nations headquarters

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: 
Prohibits the use of federal funds for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any U.N. headquarters in the United States unless the President transmits to Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internationally-recognized best practices in contracting and procurement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations.
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in House