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Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5001
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Computer networks
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Information networks
Information technology
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Native Americans
Police communication systems
Rating of employees
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Information and Analysis to implement a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide advisories and alerts regarding threats to homeland security. Requires such an advisory or alert to: (1) include information on protective measures and countermeasures; (2) be limited in scope to a specific region, locality, or economic sector; and (3) not use color designations as the exclusive means of specifying threat conditions.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) integrate and standardize the information of the Department's intelligence components into a Department information-sharing environment; and (2) designate, for each such component, an information-sharing and knowledge management officer.
 
Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information gathered from state, local, tribal, and private-sector sources; (2) develop mechanisms to provide analytical and operational feedback; (3) provide Department employees training and educational opportunities; and (4) evaluate how employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Department's intelligence components are utilizing homeland security information.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer, to establish a comprehensive information technology architecture for such Office.
 
Makes the Secretary the executive branch official responsible for disseminating homeland security-related terrorist threat information to state and local government and tribal officials and the private sector. Prohibits any federal official from issuing a homeland security-related analysis, advisory, or alert without the Secretary's approval, with exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Information Sharing Partnerships Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5002
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Employee training
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Local employees
Minorities
Native Americans
Police
Police training
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
State employees
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Homeland Security Information Sharing Partnerships Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State, Local, and Tribal Information Fusion Center Initiative to establish partnerships with state, local, tribal, and regional information fusion centers (designated entities that serve as data analysis and dissemination centers for potentially relevant homeland security information).
 
Specifies the Secretary's duties through such Initiative, including: (1) coordinating with the principal official of each state, local, tribal, or regional information fusion center and the official designated as the Homeland Security Advisor of the State; (2) providing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operational and intelligence advice and assistance to such centers; (3) reviewing homeland security information gathered by such centers and incorporate relevant information with Department information; and (4) providing training to such centers and encourage them to participate in terrorist threat-related exercises conducted by the Department.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees with a concept of operations for the Initiative, including a privacy and civil liberties impact assessment.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, to establish a Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Open Source Intelligence Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5003
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Information services
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Minorities
Native Americans
Public records
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Homeland Security Open Source Intelligence Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that: (1) the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection make full and efficient use of open-source intelligence (intelligence that is produced from publicly available information) by acquiring, gathering, processing, and analyzing open-source information to produce open-source intelligence products; and (2) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) makes full and efficient use of such information to analyze U.S. critical infrastructure nodes from the perspective of terrorists using publicly available information. Directs the Secretary to share such analysis with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, and private-sector officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency, to expand the scope of mental health services provided to family members of veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5007
Sponsor: Rep. Solis, Hilda L. [D-CA-32]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee training
Families
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Labor and Employment
Language and languages
Mental health services
Minorities
Psychotherapy
Racial discrimination
Recruiting of employees
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Translating and interpreting
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Amends federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in providing counseling and other mental health services to a veteran who has limited proficiency in English, to ensure that such services are available in both English and a language in which that veteran is proficient, if requested by the veteran. Requires such availability also for the family members of such a veteran.
 
Requires the Secretary to implement a system by which persons with limited English proficiency can access services provided by the Department of Veterans consistent with, and without unduly burdening, the Department's fundamental mission.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the implementation by the Department's Veterans Health Administration of a specified directive to implement prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of national origin for persons with limited English proficiency in federally-conducted programs and activities and in federal financial-assisted programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3146-3147)
action_date: 2006-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5008
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Agricultural research
Agriculture and Food
Biomass energy
Coal
Commerce
Commercialization
Electronics
Energy
Energy research
Federal aid to research
Grants-in-aid
Health
Medical research
Medical technology
Nanotechnology
Nuclear energy
Research centers
Research grants
Semiconductors
Textile fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Under Secretary of Technology of the Department of Commerce to award grants to eligible entities to establish up to eight Nanoscience to Commercialization Institutes throughout the United States to assist in the commercialization of nanotechnology. 
 
Instructs the Under Secretary to ensure that each Institute is located at either a public university or federal laboratory.
 
Requires grants awarded pursuant to this Act to be used to establish at least one Institute in each of the following areas of nanotechology or microtechnology: (1) energy; (2) printable electronics; (3) medical; (4) transportation; (5) textiles; and (6) agriculture.
 
Specifies matching requirements for for-profit manufacturing companies conducting research and development in micro- and nanotechnologies. 
 
Makes any institution of higher education that has a federally funded nanotechnology center or that is the primary lead of a nanotechnology center not eligible for a grant under this Act. 
 
Directs the Under Secretary to establish a peer review committee to review the goals and progress made by each Institute. Requires each grant recipient to submit a report to such committee describing its Institute's accomplishments and goals as a condition of continued grant funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2006-03-16
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: 2006-03-16
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: 2006-03-16
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: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5010
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Coal
Cooperative societies
Electric power production
Electric utilities
Energy
Environmental Protection
Geothermal resources
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Incineration
Income tax
Irrigation
Landfills
Methane
Minorities
Municipal solid waste
Native Americans
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public utilities
Refuse as fuel
Solar energy
Tax credits
Tax-exempt organizations
Water Resources Development
Wind power

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Renewable Energy Credit Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through 2012 the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (e.g., wind, biomass, poultry waste); and (2) allow certain organizations, including tax-exempt organizations, state and local governments, and Indian tribal governments, to sell unused amounts of such tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To award posthumously a congressional gold medal to John Pehle in recognition of his contributions to the Nation in helping rescue Jews and other minorities from the Holocaust during World War II.

Bill: 109-hr-5011
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional gold medals
Emergency Management
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
History
Immigration
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Refugees
Rescue work

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the family or personal representative of John Pehle in recognition of his service to the Nation in helping rescue Jews and other minorities from the Holocaust during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Rafael Camacho, Rosa B. Camacho, and Rosa Camacho.

Bill: 109-hr-5012
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Makes Rafael Camacho, Rosa B. Camacho, and Rosa Camacho each eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident of the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, upon payment of the required visa fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5014
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2006-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cost of living adjustments
Judicial compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: 
Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 - Repeals a requirement of federal law limiting salary increases for federal judges or Supreme Court Justices to those specifically authorized by Act of Congress.
 
Amends the federal judicial code to make the cost of living adjustments in judicial salaries effective in the first pay period beginning on or after January 1 each year. (Currently, such adjustments are triggered by General Schedule adjustments.) Prohibits the percentage adjustment taking effect in a calendar year, in any salary rate, from exceeding the adjustment taking effect in such year under General Schedule pay rate requirements.
 
Increases the rate of basic pay for: (1) the Chief Justice of the United States; (2) an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; (3) a judge of a U.S. circuit court, a district court, and the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) a bankruptcy judge; and (5) a full-time magistrate judge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E420)
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Act

Bill: 109-hr-5019
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Construction costs
Dams
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal aid to water resources development
Lakes
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: 
Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide grants to, or enter into cooperative or other agreements with, tribal, state, and local governmental entities and the Associated Ditch Companies, Incorporated (ADC) (nonprofit corporation that operates the Wallowa Lake Dam) to plan, design, and construct facilities needed to implement the Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Program.
 
Directs the Secretary, as a condition of providing funds, to ensure that: (1) the Rehabilitation Program meets the standards of the dam safety program of Oregon; (2) ADC agrees to assume liability for any work performed or supervised with federal funds provided to it under this Act; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act relating to a facility rehabilitated or constructed with federal funds provided under this Act, both while and after activities are conducted using such funds.
 
Limits the federal share of the cost of activities authorized under this Act to 50%.
 
Prohibits the federal government from holding title to, or being responsible for the operation and maintenance of, any facility rehabilitated or constructed under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5021
Sponsor: Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Department of Energy
Energy
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government liability
Health
Ionizing radiation
Law
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Occupational health and safety
Radiation victims

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: 
Nevada Test Site Veterans' Compensation Act of 2006 - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to set forth criteria for the inclusion of certain nuclear weapons program workers in the special exposure cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.
 
Establishes a deadline for claims adjudication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2006-03-28
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: 2006-03-28
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: 2006-03-28
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: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Introduced in House