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To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that World War II merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal shall be provided eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on the same basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

Bill: 109-hr-5758
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commemorations
Health
Labor and Employment
Merchant seamen
Military medals, decorations, etc.
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' medical care
War casualties
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hospital care and medical services, and authorizes the Secretary to furnish nursing home care, as needed to any veteran who was awarded the Mariners Medal (currently, only the Purple Heart). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Spent Nuclear Fuel Control and Accounting Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5761
Sponsor: Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Data banks
Environmental Protection
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear fuels
Nuclear reactors
Radioactive wastes
Science, Technology, Communications
Storage
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Spent Nuclear Fuel Control and Accounting Act of 2006 - Amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to promulgate regulations requiring: (1) each civilian nuclear power reactor to report a detailed record of each individual spent fuel rod, and each fragment of a spent fuel rod, that results from the loading or dismantling of a fuel assembly; and (2) annual inspections to determine the compliance of the civilian nuclear power reactor with NRC regulations relating to the material control and accounting of spent nuclear fuel.
 
Requires the NRC to develop and make available to each civilian nuclear power reactor guidance that describes: (1) best management practices for storing individual fuel rods and fragments; and (2) suitable annual inventory practices.
 
Directs the NRC to develop an electronic data management and waste tracking system to: (1) store and access the records of each civilian nuclear power reactor; and (2) track the location of spent nuclear fuel, including individual rods and fragments.
 
Instructs the NRC to: (1) develop a detailed manifest form for the onsite transportation of spent fuel that indicates whether the package containing the spent fuel contains individual rods or fragments; and (2) promulgate regulations requiring each civilian nuclear power reactor to provide the NRC a complete detailed manifest form to identify and track any spent fuel rod or rod fragment transported within the reactor's premises.
 
Directs the NRC to identify any spent fuel rod or rod fragment transported outside the premises of the civilian nuclear power reactor through use of manifests used by the Department of Transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5762
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Consumer protection
Contact lenses
Electronic commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Mail-order business
Pharmacies
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens manufacturers to make the lenses available in a commercially reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner to: (1) prescribers and associated entities; and (2) alternative channels of distribution. (Excludes specified types of lenses, including lenses that are custom designed and manufactured for an individual patient and are not mass produced or marketed.)
 
Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to carry out this Act. Treats violations of this Act as unfair or deceptive acts or practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
George Washington Memorial Parkway Boundary Revision Act

Bill: 109-hr-5763
Sponsor: Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Boundaries
Commemorations
Department of Transportation
Department of the Interior
Government Operations and Politics
Jurisdiction
Land transfers
Law
Monuments and memorials
Research centers
Scenic byways
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
George Washington Memorial Parkway Boundary Revision Act - Authorizes the exchange, between the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Transportation, of administrative jurisdiction over certain land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior within the boundary of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in McLean, Virginia, and certain land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation within the boundary of the Federal Highway Administration's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and adjacent to the boundary of the Parkway. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5764
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Land transfers
National forests
Right-of-way
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, a specified parcel of National Forest System land within the city. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
National Guard and Ready Reserves Employment Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5765
Sponsor: Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Commerce
Income tax
Labor and Employment
National Guard
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
National Guard and Ready Reserves Employment Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for 15% of the first $10,000 of wages paid to an employee who is a member of the National Guard or Ready Reserve. Terminates such credit after 2011.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Sex Offender Visa Loophole Elimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5767
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Child abuse
Child labor
Child pornography
Child sexual abuse
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer crimes
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Families
Forced labor
Immigrants
Kidnapping
Married people
Parents
Pornography
Prostitution
Rape
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Slavery
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Sex Offender Visa Loophole Elimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit a convicted U.S.-citizen sex offender from filing a family-based immigration petition.
 
Defines &quot;sex offense&quot; and &quot;specified offense against a minor.&quot;
 
Prohibits approval of a fiance/fiancee or waiting nonimmigrant spouse visa petition filed by a convicted sex offender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5769
Sponsor: Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: All terrain vehicles
Animals
Arts, Culture, Religion
Boundaries
Cultural property
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-Indian relations
Fire prevention
Flood control
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Habitat conservation
Hydrology
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Maps
Meteorology
Minorities
National parks
Native Americans
Natural areas
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Revenue sharing
Right-of-way
Signs and signboards
Sports and Recreation
Traffic signs and signals
Trails
Transportation and Public Works
Utah
Water Resources Development
Wild rivers
Wilderness areas
Wildlife management

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Washington County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006 - Provides for the conveyance of certain public land in Washington County, Utah. Sets forth requirements for the disposition of proceeds from the sale of certain of such land. 
 
Designates specified public lands in Utah as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Sets forth provisions governing the administration of each area designated as wilderness. 
 
Releases certain wilderness study areas in Washington County from further study for designation as wilderness. 
 
Sets forth provisions relating to wildlife management within the wilderness areas designated by this Act. 
 
Designates specified segments of the Virgin River and its tributaries across federal land within and adjacent to Zion National Park as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system. 
 
Establishes corridors for utilities, water infrastructure, and transportation purposes in Washington County.
 
Grants Washington County and the Washington County Water Conservancy District nonexclusive rights-of-way to nonwilderness federal land in the county for facilities and systems that are necessary for: (1) the impoundment, storage, treatment, transportation, or distribution of water or wastewater; or (2) flood control management.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to designate a system of trails, which shall be known as the &quot;High Desert Off-Highway Vehicle Trail.&quot; 
 
 Establishes the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in Utah. Sets forth provisions regarding management and use of the Area. Provides for the acquisition of land or interests in the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5770
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Community health services
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Higher education
Medical education
Medical residents
Mental health services
Mentoring
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
Minority education
Physicians
Public health personnel
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
United States Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Health Service Corps Medical School Scholarship Program to ensure an adequate supply of physicians providing primary health services. Requires the Secretary to provide scholarships and accept individuals into the Corps in exchange for such individuals completing a residency in a specialty needed by the Corps and serving as a provider of primary health services in a health professional shortage area for six years.
 
Allows the Secretary to make grants to: (1) increase the capacity of medical schools to accept students each year; (2) recruit students to participate in the Corps Scholarship Program; (3) increase the number of minority health professionals servicing medically underserved communities; and (4) establish new or alternative-campus accredited medical residency programs affiliated with accredited medical programs.
 
Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to community health centers to: (1) increase the number of medical service providers associated with such centers; and (2) increase primary care capabilities through the construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 109-hr-5771
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed forces reserves
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee training
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Health counseling
Health education
Health information systems
Labor and Employment
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Mental health services
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Preventive medicine
Psychotherapy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Suicide
Telephone
Veterans' medical care
Victims of crimes
Women
Women veterans

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive program for reducing the incidence of suicide among veterans.
 
Requires the program to include: (1) mandatory training for appropriate staff and contractors of the Department of Veterans Affairs who interact with veterans; (2) screening of veterans who receive medical care at a Department facility for suicide risk factors; (3) referral of at-risk veterans for counseling and treatment; (4) a suicide prevention counselor at each Department medical facility; (5) research for suicide prevention and for mental health care for veterans who have experienced sexual trauma while in military service; (6) 24-hour veterans' mental health care availability; and (7) a toll-free hotline.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) suicide among veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem; and (2) the Secretary should take in the special needs of PTSD-afflicted veterans in developing and implementing the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Fallen Heroes Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5772
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Deceptive advertising
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Military dependents
Military personnel
Names
Photography
Political advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
 Military Fallen Heroes Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits any person, except with permission, from using the name, image, or likeness of a protected individual in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, commercial, or political activity in a manner calculated to: (1) connect the protected individual with that individual's service in the Armed Forces; and (2) convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by the protected individual. Defines as a &quot;protected individual&quot; any person who: (1) is a member of the Armed Forces; or (2) was a member at any time after April 5, 1917, and, if not living, has a surviving spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or sibling.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to bring actions to enjoin violations of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Child Fingerprints Safekeeping Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5773
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer software
Computers
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Indian law enforcement
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Minorities
Missing children
Native Americans
Police
Police training
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Child Fingerprints Safekeeping Act of 2006 - Directs the Attorney General to establish and implement a grant program for the voluntary fingerprinting of children. Permits release of such fingerprints only to a parent or guardian of the child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a strategic plan for long-term care, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5774
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Adult day care
Community health services
Disabled
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health insurance
Health planning
Home care services
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical statistics
Medicare
Mental health services
Nursing homes
Quality of care
Respite care
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
Strategic planning
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a strategic plan for veterans' long-term care which includes policies and strategies for the delivery of care in domiciliaries, residential treatment facilities, and nursing homes, and for seriously mentally ill veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
CAFO Tax Credit Act

Bill: 109-hr-5775
Sponsor: Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural pollution
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Environmental Protection
Income tax
Livestock
Tax credits
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
CAFO Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow owners or operators of a concentrated animal feeding operation a business-related tax credit, up to $500,000 in a taxable year, for the cost of compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Terminates such credit after 2010. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
Voter Bounty Registration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5776
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional elections
Crime and Law Enforcement
Ex-offenders
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Presidential elections
Voter registration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: 
Voter Bounty Registration Act of 2006 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prescribe standards for paid distribution of voter registration application forms.
 
Prohibits any individual from distributing a voter registration application form for federal elections in a state if the individual: (1) is not registered to vote in such elections; (2) has been convicted of a felony under any state or federal law; (3) does not sign and print legibly the individual's name on the form; or (4) does not provide identifying information to the election official to whom the form will be submitted.
 
Excepts from this prohibition the distribution of a voter registration application form by an individual who is not compensated directly or indirectly for it.
 
Establishes criminal penalties for: (1) individuals not meeting such standards; and (2) anyone who employs such an individual knowingly, or who should reasonably be expected to know the individual is ineligible.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Introduced in House