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To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in certain lobbying activities.

Bill: 109-hr-4658
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional officers
Ex-Members of Congress
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Lobbying
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to permanently bar former Members of Congress from lobbying current Members, officers, or employees of either house of Congress or any other legislative branch employee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1882-1883)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Background Check for Student Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4661
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
Business records
Commerce
Construction industries
Construction workers
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Government contractors
Identification of criminals
Labor and Employment
School buildings
School security

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Background Check for Student Safety Act of 2006 - Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to any entity for the construction of a federal facility unless the entity has in effect a policy of conducting a criminal background check on an employee before allowing the employee to participate in the construction of a public elementary school or secondary school or to have access to blueprints or other materials with details on such construction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4662
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Counterfeiting
Fines (Penalties)
Forgery
Fraud
Larceny
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication industry
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits any person from obtaining or causing the disclosure of, or requesting another person to obtain, customer proprietary network information relating to another person by: (1) making a false statement to a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing any information knowing that it is counterfeit, that it was obtained fraudulently or without the customer's consent, or that it contains a false statement. Prohibits a person from selling customer information relating to any other person knowing it was obtained in such manner.
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require each telecommunications carrier to notify a customer when proprietary network information relating to such customer is disclosed in violation of such prohibitions.
 
Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Gives all of the functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under that Act to the FCC to enforce compliance. Prescribes penalties, which double for violations that are part of a pattern of illegal activity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse States for expenditures associated with the implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for dual eligible individuals.

Bill: 109-hr-4663
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Coinsurance
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse states fully for expenditures associated with the implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit for dual eligible individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce certain contribution limits under such Act.

Bill: 109-hr-4664
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Political action committees
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) lower the limits on contributions to candidates (from $2,000 to $1,000), contributions to nonparty political committees (from $5,000 to $1,000), and contributions by multicandidate political committees to candidates (from $5,000 to $1,000); (2) provide for delay in implementation of indexing of the limit on the maximum amount of contribution to a candidate; and (3) apply indexing to certain other limits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for an offset from the Medicaid clawback for State emergency prescription drug expenditures for Medicare dual-eligible individuals.

Bill: 109-hr-4665
Sponsor: Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Collection of accounts
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to required state reimbursements to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for federal assumption of Medicaid prescription drug costs for dual-eligible individuals (Medicaid clawback).
 
Requires an offset from the Medicaid clawback for state prescription drug expenditures for covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs for part D eligible individuals who are: (1) entitled to benefits under the state plan (whether as full-benefit dual eligible individuals, qualified Medicare beneficiaries, or otherwise); and (2) enrolled in a part D plan but unable to access on a timely basis benefits to which they were entitled.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide for recovery of payment reductions owing to such offset from those part D or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans that would otherwise be responsible for the expenditures made by the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Voting Machine Deadline Extension Act

Bill: 109-hr-4666
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Ballots
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Federal-state relations
Grants-in-aid
Presidential elections
Voting machines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Voting Machine Deadline Extension Act - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to extend the deadline for replacement of punch card and lever voting systems from the first election for federal office held after January 1, 2006, to the regularly scheduled general election for federal office held in November 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H28)
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian Authority Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4668
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aggression
Arab-Israeli conflict
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Boundaries
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Democracy
Economic assistance
Gaza Strip
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Israel
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Peace negotiations
President and foreign policy
Recognition (International law)
Sovereignty
State-sponsored terrorism
Terrorism
West Bank

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Limitation on Assistance to the Palestinian Authority Act of 2006 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to promote the emergence of a democratic Palestinian government that: (1) denounces and combats terrorism; (2) is actively working to disarm and dismantle terrorist agencies, networks, and facilities; (3) is actively working to eliminate terrorist incitement and the commemoration of terrorists in Palestinian society; (4) respects its neighbors' boundaries and sovereignty; (5) recognizes Israel's existence and its right to secure borders; and (6) upholds the human rights of all people. 
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance under such Act or any other provision of law to the Palestinian Authority (PA) only during a period for which a presidential certification has determined that the PA: (1) is not controlled by a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) recognizes Israel's right to exist, disarms all militias, renounces violence against Israel, takes definitive steps to be an active and willing participant in peace negotiations, and removes people with ties to terrorist organizations from its security services. 
 
Directs the President to make and transmit such certifications to Congress every six months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Ethical Disclosure Act

Bill: 109-hr-4669
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional officers
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
House of Representatives
House rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Ethical Disclosure Act - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to modify financial disclosure reporting requirements of federal personnel to require, in the case of a Representative in Congress, a Delegate, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, or a congressional officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, a mandatory financial disclosure report to include a statement certifying that the individual is in compliance with rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Keep Lobbying Clean Act

Bill: 109-hr-4670
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ex-offenders
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Keep Lobbying Clean Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit lobbying by convicted felons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Clarity in Lobbying Act

Bill: 109-hr-4671
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional officers
Gifts
Government paperwork
Lobbying
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Clarity in Lobbying Act - Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists' semiannual reports to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to include the recipient and amount of any gift given to a covered legislative branch official by a registrant or employee listed as a lobbyist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4672
Sponsor: Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Commerce
Department of Energy
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental technology
Government Operations and Politics
Heating
Income tax
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Tax credits
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 25% of the cost of a qualifying idling reduction device, up to $1,000. Defines &quot;qualifying idling reduction device&quot; as any device that is: (1) installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicle to provide services that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the vehicle is temporarily parked or stationary; and (2) certified by the Secretary of Energy to reduce long-duration idling. Directs the Secretary to publish standards for certifying such devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Fuel Security and Consumer Choice Act

Bill: 109-hr-4673
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy efficiency
Fuel consumption

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Fuel Security and Consumer Choice Act - Amends federal transportation law to require manufacturers of new automobiles that can operate on gasoline or diesel fuel (dual fueled automobiles) to manufacture such automobiles by increasing percentages for 10 model years and beyond. Allows manufacturers to earn credits which may be applied to any three consecutive model years after the year in which they were earned if the manufacturer exceeds the number of dual fueled automobiles required to be manufactured in a particular year. Authorizes a manufacturer to sell credits to another manufacturer to enable the purchaser to meet the percentage requirements under this Act.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to measure the fuel economy for each model of dual fueled automobile based on certain formulas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33-34)
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Medicare State Reimbursement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4675
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Collection of accounts
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Medicare State Reimbursement Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to required state reimbursements to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for federal assumption of Medicaid prescription drug costs for dually eligible individuals (Medicaid clawback).

Requires an offset from the Medicaid clawback for state prescription drug expenditures for covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a part D plan but unable to access on a timely basis benefits to which they were entitled.

Requires the Secretary to provide for recovery of payment reductions owing to such offset from those part D or Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans that would otherwise be responsible for the expenditures made by the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility and suitability of designating the 9-11 Memorial in West Orange, New Jersey, as unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4676
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Governmental investigations
International Affairs
Monuments and memorials
National parks
New Jersey
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating the 9-11 Memorial in West Orange, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

Bill: 109-hr-4677
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2006-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Federal-state relations
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Sports and Recreation
State government-Indian relations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from approving any new tribal-state compacts for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act until two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-01-31
text: Introduced in House