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Royalty Distribution Clarification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5593
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Claims
Copyright
Fees
Intellectual property
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Royalty Distribution Clarification Act of 2006 - Allows Copyright Royalty Judges, upon the motion of a claimant and after publication of a request for responses, to make a partial distribution of cable and satellite royalty fees at any time after the filing of claims for distribution if no eligible claimant has stated a reasonable objection. (Current law authorizes a partial distribution during the pendency of a distribution proceeding.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6963)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5594
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Federal aid to research
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Solar energy
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Solar Utilization Now Demonstration Act of 2006 or the SUN Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program of grants to states to demonstrate advanced photovoltaic technology.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8016)
action_date: 2006-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2006-06-27
text: For Further Action See H.R.5656.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1130)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Enhancement and Authorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5595
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire fighters
Grants-in-aid
Health
Labor and Employment
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Risk
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Enhancement and Authorization Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out an Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Program, under which the Secretary may make grants: (1) to purchase equipment, conduct exercises, and provide training and technical assistance to state and local first responders and for facilities to provide training or assistance to responders; and (2) to provide reimbursement for specified expenses if 100 or more personnel in the relevant jurisdiction are dedicated exclusively to counterterrorism and intelligence activities.
 
Directs the Secretary to make such grants: (1) generally in accordance with the procedures, terms, and conditions under which grants were made under the program in FY2005; and (2) based solely on a quantitative assessment of the risk of a terrorist attack on high-threat, high-density urban areas that considers the threat of a terrorist attack to particular assets and the vulnerability of particular assets to, and the consequences of, such an attack.
 
Directs the Secretary, upon finding any problem in a grant application, to notify the applicant and provide an opportunity to correct it before making a grant. Makes: (1) fund allocations and grant approvals by the Secretary subject to modification by the President; and (2) provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act regarding the state and local domestic preparedness support grant program inapplicable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Truth In Medicare Enrollment (TIME) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5596
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Truth in Medicare Enrollment (TIME) Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a special enrollment period for all part D eligible individuals not enrolled in a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, which shall begin on such date of enactment and end on November 14, 2006.
 
Applies the late enrollment penalty to any individuals who enroll during such period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-06-13
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: 2006-06-13
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: 2006-06-13
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: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render deportable all aliens convicted of a criminal offense resulting in a sentence of incarceration, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5597
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal aliens
Criminal justice information
Deportation
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Imprisonment
Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) make all aliens sentenced to incarceration for a federal or state crime deportable; (2) provide for detention of all aliens who are sentenced to incarceration for a federal or state crime, and deportable on any ground; and (3) provide for expedited removal for all aliens sentenced to incarceration.
 
Prohibits state or local use of federal funds to assist incarceration of criminal aliens unless the state or local unit: (1) for each conviction, provides the Secretary of Homeland Security with adequate information to determine such person's immigration status; and (2) for each person determined to be unlawfully present in the United States, transfers custody of such person to the Secretary by the date imprisonment ends, or the date of sentencing if imprisonment is not imposed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act

Bill: 109-hr-5598
Sponsor: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Ethics
Federal aid to education
Health
Health education
Medical education
Sex education
Sexual abstinence

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Guarantee of Medical Accuracy in Sex Education Act - Prohibits a federal agency from providing funds or assistance to an entity for the development of course material or the provision of instruction on human development and sexuality if such material or instruction will include medically inaccurate information. Directs such an agency to require a sufficient assurance that such material or instruction will not include medically inaccurate information.
 
Defines &quot;medically inaccurate information&quot; as information related to medical, psychiatric, psychological, empirical, or statistical statements that is unsupported or contradicted by peer-reviewed research by leading medical, psychological, psychiatric, and public health organizations and agencies.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2006-06-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1137-1138)
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To require the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to Congress on the compliance of the United States Postal Service with procedural requirements in the closing of the postal sorting facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5599
Sponsor: Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Executive reorganization
Postal facilities
South Dakota
United States Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to specified congressional committees on the compliance of the U.S. Postal Service with procedural requirements in the closing of the postal sorting facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from taking any action to close such facility during a period ending 60 days after the submission of the GAO report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Growth Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5600
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Age
Earnings
Families
Income tax
Tax credits
Tax rates
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Child Tax Credit Growth Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from $10,000 to $5,000 the income threshold for determining the refundable portion of the child tax credit; (2) increase from 17 to 19 the age limit for a qualifying child under such credit; and (3) impose an additional income tax on individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5601
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Earned income tax credit
Families
Income tax
Married people
Military pay
Social Welfare
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the earned income tax credit phaseout amounts for married taxpayers and make such increases permanent; (2) increase the rate of such credit for families with three or more children; (3) reduce the phaseout of such credit for individuals with no children; (4) make permanent the inclusion of military combat pay in earned income for purposes of computing such credit; and (5) impose an additional income tax on individual taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes over $1 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.

Bill: 109-hr-5602
Sponsor: Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: East Asia
Government Operations and Politics
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
President and foreign policy
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 228 - 161 (Roll no. 519). (text: CR H8595-8596)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 228 - 161 (Roll no. 519).(text: CR H8595-8596)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8605-8606)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate H.R. 5602.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8595-8602)
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Mr. Thomas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-13
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Truckers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5604
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative law judges
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Canada
Chemical warfare
Civil actions and liability
Classified defense information
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental Protection
Evidence (Law)
Federal advisory bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Fingerprints
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Injunctions
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Latin America
Law
Licenses
Mexico
Official secrets
Punitive damages
Risk
Sabotage
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Terrorism
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation workers
Trucking

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Screening Applied Fairly and Equitably to Truckers Act of 2006 or the SAFE Truckers Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act 2002 to prohibit an individual from operating a motor vehicle in commerce while transporting a security sensitive material, unless the operator of the motor vehicle holds a security sensitive material permit issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Prohibits a person from offering a security sensitive material for transportation by motor vehicle or causing the transportation of such material by motor vehicle, unless the operator of the motor vehicle holds a security sensitive material permit issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct a fingerprint-based background records check before issuing a security sensitive material permit to an individual. Allows the Secretary to issue a security sensitive material permit to an individual as an integrated component of a transportation security card.
 
Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for persons who violate the requirements of this Act. 
 
Prohibits a motor vehicle registered in Mexico or Canada from transporting security sensitive material in U.S. commerce until the operator of the motor vehicle has undergone a similar background records check.
 
Establishes task forces on: (1) highway security; (2) disqualifying crimes; and (3) redundant background checks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2006-06-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
10,000 Trained by 2010 Act

Bill: 109-hr-5605
Sponsor: Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commerce
Community colleges
Computer security measures
Curricula
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Graduate education
Health
Health care industry
Health information systems
Higher education
Industry-university relations
Information technology
Infrastructure
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Medical records
Research grants
Technological innovations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
10,000 Trained by 2010 Act - Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants for basic research on innovative approaches to improve health care information systems, as well as for scientific and engineering activities to improve education in the health care information fields.
 
Requires the award of NSF grants also to institutions of higher education to: (1) establish multidisciplinary Centers for Informatics Research for conducting cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research to generate innovative approaches in health care information; and (2) establish or improve undergraduate and master's degree health care information programs, attract students to such programs, and provide them with experience in government or industry related to their studies.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Service Incentive Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5607
Sponsor: Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Fire fighters
Health
Income tax
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Social Welfare
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Service Incentive Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a $2,000 refundable tax credit for active members of a qualified volunteer fire department (an organization providing firefighting or emergency medical services). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
To require automobile dealers to disclose to consumers the presence of event data recorders, or "black boxes", on new automobiles, and to require manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to enable and disable such devices on future automobiles.

Bill: 109-hr-5609
Sponsor: Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Automobile industry
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Data banks
Electronics
Evidence (Law)
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation research

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Requires automobile dealers to disclose to each consumer at the time of purchase of a new automobile, and to include in the automobile's owner's manual, information on: (1) the presence and location of an event data recorder (EDR) in such automobile; and (2) the type of information recorded by the EDR, how such information is recorded, and the possible use of such information in law enforcement proceedings. 
 
 Requires the EDR and any data recorded to be considered the property of the vehicle owner. Prohibits the retrieval of EDR data by anyone other than the vehicle owner, except : (1) with the owner's consent; (2) in response to a court order; (3) by a vehicle dealer or an automotive technician for servicing the vehicle; or (4) for improving vehicle safety, provided the identity of the registered owner or driver is not disclosed.
 
Prohibits persons from manufacturing automobiles for sale in the United States after 2008 (bearing a model year of 2009 or later) that are equipped with EDRs, unless those EDRs can be disabled by the consumer. 
 
Treats a violation of EDR requirements of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in House