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To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make certain loan guarantees for advanced conservation and fuel efficiency motor vehicle technology projects.

Bill: 109-hr-6248
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Electric vehicles
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Energy security
Environmental Protection
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fuel consumption
Industrial research
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicles
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Technological innovations
Transportation and Public Works
Weights and measures

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantee commitments to domestic motor vehicle manufacturers and suppliers for advanced conservation and fuel efficiency technology projects for gasoline and diesel vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles that reduce dependence on oil and greenhouse gas emissions. 
 
Limits the aggregate amount of guarantees for such production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Energy to make price floor loans to certain low-carbon coal-to-liquid fuel projects.

Bill: 109-hr-6249
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Economics and Public Finance
Energy prices
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Options (Contract)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into agreements, in the form of price floor loans, with up to six low-carbon CTL projects (that convert coal to liquid or gaseous transportation fuels) to guarantee each project a minimum price for its output of liquid or gaseous transportation fuels in return for: (1) payment to the United States of the cost of such loan; or (2) at the borrower's election, a call option for the United States equivalent in value to such payment. 
 
Prohibits any agreement for a price floor loan unless the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determines that the loan cost is fully offset by either certain payments or by the value of a call option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for health care benefits for certain nuclear facility workers.

Bill: 109-hr-6251
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Colorado
Employee health benefits
Environmental Protection
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government insurance
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Nuclear facilities
Nuclear weapons
Ohio
Radiation victims
Radioactive wastes
Retiree health benefits
Subcontractors

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide health care benefits for workers who: (1) have been employed by a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor to perform duties under a contract for environmental remediation, waste management, decontamination and decommissioning, maintenance, security, and administrative activities at the Fernald Closure Project (Harrison, Ohio), the Mound Closure Project (Miamisburg, Ohio), or the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Golden, Colorado); and (2) would have qualified for health care benefits available for retirees had the individual's employment not been terminated as a result of the accelerated closure of the site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6252
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Auditing
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Covert operations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: 
Intelligence Community Audit Act of 2006 - Reaffirms the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate financial transactions, programs, and activities of elements of the intelligence community (those elements identified in the National Security Act of 1947) and obtain access to records for such purposes.

Allows the Comptroller General to conduct an audit or evaluation of intelligence sources and methods or covert actions only upon a request of a congressional intelligence committee or the majority or minority leader of the Senate or the House of Representatives. Requires the Comptroller General to disclose the results of any such audit or evaluation only to the original requestor, the Director of National Intelligence, and the head of the relevant element of the intelligence community. 

Requires the Comptroller General to establish safeguards to protect the unauthorized disclosure of all classified and other sensitive information furnished to the Comptroller General in conducting an audit or evaluation.

Requires elements of the intelligence community to cooperate with the Comptroller General in providing documentation and information necessary for audits and evaluations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6253
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Compensation for victims of crime
Conspiracy
Fines (Penalties)
Forfeiture
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2006 - Revises and reorganizes the federal criminal code. Incorporates into such code all major federal crimes, including drug crimes, immigration crimes, and transportation-related crimes.
 
Sets forth uniform definitions applicable to the entire criminal code.
 
Provides for the punishment of attempts and conspiracies to commit a crime on the same basis as the completed offense, as a general rule.
 
Consolidates criminal and civil forfeiture and restitution provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6254
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Criminal investigation
Delegation of powers
Department of Justice
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Informers
Law
Prosecution
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Sentencing guidelines
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to require: (1) federal courts to impose sentences for crimes at no less than the minimum of the range prescribed by U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines up to the statutory maximum; and (2) appellate de novo review of any sentence imposed below the minimum of the range in applicable sentencing guidelines

Directs the Attorney General to create and implement a new policy for the filing of motions for reducing a criminal sentence for substantial assistance in investigating or prosecuting another individual.

Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) exempt sentencing courts from the requirement of filing a written report with the U.S. Sentencing Commission for certain petty crimes for which there are no applicable sentencing guidelines; and (2) prohibit the delegation of certain judicial duties relating to sentencing to the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1925-1926)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 109-hr-6255
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
Officer personnel
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Expands the eligibility of certain commissioned officers of the Armed Forces for the basic educational assistance program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6256
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to water resources development
Irrigation districts
Oregon
Sunset legislation
Water conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Tumalo Irrigation District, to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon. Sets the federal share of the cost of the Project at 25%. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6259
Sponsor: Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Authorization
Building construction
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to housing
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Hawaii
Hawaiians
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Indian housing
Interest
Minorities
Mortgage guaranty insurance
Residential rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2006 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Americans and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.
 
Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 to: (1) make the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the state of Hawaii eligible for loan guarantees; and (2) extend through FY2011 the authorization of appropriations for the credit subsidy to cover the costs of federal guarantees for financing for tribal housing activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1934)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of certain medical mobility devices approved as class III medical devices.

Bill: 109-hr-6260
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Medical fees
Medical supplies
Medicare
Motor vehicles
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and the disabled

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare of certain medical mobility devices approved as a class III medical device pursuant to a premarket approval application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
Special Agent Scott K. Carey Public Safety Officer Benefits Enhancement Act

Bill: 109-hr-6262
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: College costs
Cost of living adjustments
Department of Homeland Security
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Families
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Marriage
Married people
Paramedical personnel
Police
Public prosecutors
Scholarships
Secondary education
Student loan funds
Survivors' benefits
Widowers
Widows
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Special Agent Scott K. Carey Public Safety Officer Benefits Enhancement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend: (1) educational benefits to public safety officers who become permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty and to their spouses and children; (2) allow payment of retroactive benefits to dependents of such disabled officers; and (3) establish a program of pension payments for certain survivors of deceased public safety officers.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to: (1) award a Public Safety Officer scholarship to disabled public safety officers, their spouses, and their children; and (2) enter into agreements with educational institutions to carry out such scholarship program. 
 
Amends federal personnel law to allow widows or widowers of federal employees killed on the job to continue to receive monthly compensation even if they remarry before reaching age 55.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-6263
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Canals
Coal
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Land use
National parks
Pennsylvania
Railroads
Sports and Recreation
Strategic planning
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 to revise the appropriate steps the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission is required to take in implementing its Cultural Heritage and Corridor Management Plan for the Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor.
 
Requires the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Incorporated to develop a Strategic Plan for the Corridor that takes into account the findings and recommendations of a specified study conducted by the National Park Service Conservation Study Institute. Requires the plan to compliment the Corridor's management plan.
 
Makes the Corporation the management entity for the Corridor, assuming the Commission's duties in implementing the management action plan.
 
Authorizes the Corporation to use federal funds to make grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with Pennsylvania, local governments, nonprofit corporations, and individuals.
 

 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and associated landscape features within the Corridor, including resources of the greater anthracite region of Pennsylvania covered by other designated national heritage areas, that contribute to the understanding of the Corridor's national siginificance.
 
Requires the Secretary, in coordination with the Corporation, to evaluate and report to specified congressional committees on the possibility of: (1) designating one or more sites or landscape features as a unit of the National Park System; and (2) coordinating and complementing actions by the Corporation, Pennsylvania, local governments, and nonprofit agencies in the preservation and interpretation of significant resources within the Corridor and greater anthracite region.
 
Extends the Corporation, in place of the Commission, through November 18, 2019.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in House