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A resolution to honor the memory of Arnold "Red" Auerbach.

Bill: 109-sres-624
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Athletes
Basketball
Blacks
Congressional tributes
Massachusetts
Minorities
Sports and Recreation
Sports personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 
Honors Arnold &quot;Red&quot; Auerbach as a basketball genius, a leader in the effort to removal racial barriers and allow merit to prevail in professional sports, and one of the greatest coaches and executives of all time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11348-11349)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution extending the authority for the Senate National Security Working Group.

Bill: 109-sres-625
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-12-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Arms control negotiations
Arms sales
Ballistic missile defenses
Conferences
Congressional caucuses
Congressional delegations
Congressional leadership
Conventional weapons
Export controls
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International cooperation
Legislative bodies
Legislators
Members of Congress
Parliamentary government
Russia
Senate
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 
Amends specified Senate Resolutions to extend the authority for the Senate National Security Working Group from December 31, 2006, until December 31, 2008.

action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends specified Senate Resolutions to extend the authority for the Senate National Security Working Group from December 31, 2006, until December 31, 2008.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text as passed Senate: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text of measure as introduced: CR S11349)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text as passed Senate: CR 12/7/2006 S11382; text of measure as introduced: CR S11349)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution relating to the retirement of Linda E. Sebold.

Bill: 109-sres-626
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Commemorations
Congressional Record
Congressional employees
Congressional information resources
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 
Commends Linda E. Sebold for her outstanding service to her country and to the U.S. Senate.

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Commends Linda E. Sebold for her outstanding service to her country and to the U.S. Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11543-11544; text as passed Senate: CR S11544; text of measure as introduced: CR S11505)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11543-11544; text as passed Senate: CR S11544; text of measure as introduced: CR S11505)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution commemorating the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan.

Bill: 109-sres-627
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2006-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Anniversaries
Bombings
Commemorations
Commerce
Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Hotels, motels, etc.
Human rights
International cooperation
Jordan
Middle East and North Africa
Prosecution
Terrorism
Victims of terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 
Notes with sorrow the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan, and condemns such attacks in the strongest terms. 
 
Expresses ongoing condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed in the attacks and sympathies to those who were injured. 
 
Reiterates support for the Jordanian people and its government.
 
 Values the strong U.S.-Jordan friendship.
 
Expresses readiness to assist the Jordanian authorities in their efforts to pursue and dismantle the networks that carry out such terrorist attacks.

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Notes with sorrow the one-year anniversary of the November 9, 2005, terrorist attacks in Amman, Jordan, and condemns such attacks in the strongest terms. 
 
Expresses ongoing condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed in the attacks and sympathies to those who were injured. 
 
Reiterates support for the Jordanian people and its government.
 
 Values the strong U.S.-Jordan friendship.
 
Expresses readiness to assist the Jordanian authorities in their efforts to pursue and dismantle the networks that carry out such terrorist attacks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11544; text as passed Senate: CR S11544; text of measure as introduced: CR S11505)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11544; text as passed Senate: CR S11544; text of measure as introduced: CR S11505)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11505)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution supporting the 200th anniversary of the nation's nautical charting and related scientific programs, which formed the basis for what is today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and recognizing 200 years of research, service to the people of the United States, and stewardship of the marine environment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its predecessor agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-sres-628
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2006-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Anniversaries
Atmosphere
Coastal zone
Congressional tributes
Department of Commerce
Geodesy
Government Operations and Politics
History
Jefferson Administration
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oceanographic research
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Science, Technology, Communications
Surveying

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 
Recognizes: (1) the contributions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its predecessor agencies over a 200-year period in providing research, service, and stewardship of the marine environment; (2) the vision of President Thomas Jefferson in supporting the advancement of science and coastal surveys; and (3) the contributions of employees and officers of the Office of Coast Survey, the National Geodetic Survey, and the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes: (1) the contributions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its predecessor agencies over a 200-year period in providing research, service, and stewardship of the marine environment; (2) the vision of President Thomas Jefferson in supporting the advancement of science and coastal surveys; and (3) the contributions of employees and officers of the Office of Coast Survey, the National Geodetic Survey, and the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11544-11545; text as passed Senate: CR S11544-11545; text of measure as introduced: CR S11506)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11544-11545; text as passed Senate: CR S11544-11545; text of measure as introduced: CR S11506)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution establishing a procedure for affixing and removing permanent artwork and semi-permanent artwork in the Senate wing of the Capitol and in the Senate office buildings.

Bill: 109-sres-629
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
Congressional office buildings
Legislative resolutions
Painting
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 
Prescribes requirements for affixing permanent or semi-permanent artwork to, or removing it from, the public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings.
 
 Requires the Senate Commission on Art to recommend the affixation, in an appropriate location, or removal.
 
Requires that at least 25 years have passed since: (1) the death of any subject in a portrait included in the artwork; or (2) the commemorative event that is to be portrayed in it.
 
Requires also that the Senate has passed a Senate resolution approving the Commission's recommendation.
 
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Commission consider specified factors before making an affixation recommendation.
 
Requires the Commission, if a request meets the requirements of this Act, to select the artist and supervise the creation of the artwork and its application to the selected surface.

action_date: 2006-12-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Prescribes requirements for affixing permanent or semi-permanent artwork to, or removing it from, the public spaces and committee rooms of the Senate wing of the Capitol and the Senate office buildings.
 
 Requires the Senate Commission on Art to recommend the affixation, in an appropriate location, or removal.
 
Requires that at least 25 years have passed since: (1) the death of any subject in a portrait included in the artwork; or (2) the commemorative event that is to be portrayed in it.
 
Requires also that the Senate has passed a Senate resolution approving the Commission's recommendation.
 
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that the Commission consider specified factors before making an affixation recommendation.
 
Requires the Commission, if a request meets the requirements of this Act, to select the artist and supervise the creation of the artwork and its application to the selected surface.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11545; text as passed Senate: CR S11545; text of measure as introduced: CR S11506)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11545; text as passed Senate: CR S11545; text of measure as introduced: CR S11506)
action_date: 2006-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution allowing the senior Senator from Kentucky to reassign the Henry Clay desk when serving as party leader.

Bill: 109-sres-630
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congressional leadership
History
Kentucky
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Amends S. Res. 89 (106th Congress) to allow the assignment of the Henry Clay desk to the junior Senator from Kentucky upon the request of the senior Senator from that state if the senior Senator is serving as party leader.

action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends S. Res. 89 (106th Congress) to allow the assignment of the Henry Clay desk to the junior Senator from Kentucky upon the request of the senior Senator from that state if the senior Senator is serving as party leader.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11554-11555; text as passed Senate: CR S11554; text of measure as introduced: CR S11790)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11554-11555; text as passed Senate: CR S11554; text of measure as introduced: CR S11790)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution urging the United States and the European Union to work together to strengthen the transatlantic market.

Bill: 109-sres-632
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: American investments
Cost effectiveness
Economic integration
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
European Union
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign investments
Free trade
Government regulation
International Affairs
Nontariff trade barriers
Summit diplomacy
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Supports efforts by the United States and the European Union to fulfill commitments made in recent summits to implement all aspects of the United States-European Union Initiative to Enhance Transatlantic Economic Integration and Growth.
 
Calls upon the leadership of the United States and the European Union to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulatory compliance costs and non-tariff barriers to trade and investment at an accelerated pace. Urges such parties at the 2007 United States-European Union Summit to agree to a target date of 2015 for completing the transatlantic market and a study of existing obstacles to creating a transatlantic market that includes estimates of the costs of existing barriers to trade and investment and a timetable for removing those barriers.

action_date: 2006-12-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Supports efforts by the United States and the European Union to fulfill commitments made in recent summits to implement all aspects of the United States-European Union Initiative to Enhance Transatlantic Economic Integration and Growth.
 
Calls upon the leadership of the United States and the European Union to identify and eliminate unnecessary regulatory compliance costs and non-tariff barriers to trade and investment at an accelerated pace. Urges such parties at the 2007 United States-European Union Summit to agree to a target date of 2015 for completing the transatlantic market and a study of existing obstacles to creating a transatlantic market that includes estimates of the costs of existing barriers to trade and investment and a timetable for removing those barriers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11827; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11827; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11827; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11827; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution condemning the conference denying that the Holocaust occurred to be held by the Government of Iran and its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Bill: 109-sres-633
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conferences
Government Operations and Politics
History
Iran
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Middle East and North Africa

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Condemns the December 2006 conference denying the Holocaust's existence that will take place in Iran under the aegis of the Foreign Ministry of Iran. 
 
 Calls on the President, on behalf of the United States, to repudiate in the strongest terms such conference and its goal of denying the Holocaust's existence.

action_date: 2006-12-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Condemns the December 2006 conference denying the Holocaust's existence that will take place in Iran under the aegis of the Foreign Ministry of Iran. 
 
 Calls on the President, on behalf of the United States, to repudiate in the strongest terms such conference and its goal of denying the Holocaust's existence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11827-11828; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11827-11828; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution honoring the life and achievements of Tom Carr, Congressional Research Service Analyst, and extending the condolences of the Senate on the occasion of his death.

Bill: 109-sres-634
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congress
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional information resources
Congressional tributes
Federal employees
Federal libraries
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative procedure
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Honors the life and achievements of Congressional Research Service Analyst Tom Carr.
 
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow upon the occasion of Mr. Carr's death, and extends heartful condolences to those who survive him: his wife Mary (Mimi), his sons Thomas and John, his mother Carswella, and his 9 brothers and sisters.
 
Expresses the appreciation and respect of the Senate for Mr. Carr's exemplary record as an analyst for Congress.

action_date: 2006-12-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Honors the life and achievements of Congressional Research Service Analyst Tom Carr.
 
Expresses the Senate's profound sorrow upon the occasion of Mr. Carr's death, and extends heartful condolences to those who survive him: his wife Mary (Mimi), his sons Thomas and John, his mother Carswella, and his 9 brothers and sisters.
 
Expresses the appreciation and respect of the Senate for Mr. Carr's exemplary record as an analyst for Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-09
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text as passed Senate: CR 12/8/2006 S11828; text of measure as introduced: CR 12/8/2006 S11791)
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate