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America's Commitment to Veterans Act

Bill: 109-hr-5967
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Family planning and birth control
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Health
Law
Legal Services Corporation
Legal aid
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
America's Commitment to Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2007 for the Legal Services Corporation and for family planning programs under the Public Health Service Act to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans' medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Community Health Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5968
Sponsor: Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Government Operations and Politics
Health
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Veterans Community Health Enhancement Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2007 for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans' medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5969
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Coinsurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Law
Life insurance
Managed care
Medical economics
Medicare
Power of attorney
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Prescription Coverage Now Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Service to provide for an expedited process for the qualification for low-income assistance through a request to the Secretary of the Treasury for tax return and other information sufficient to identify: (1) whether the individual involved is likely eligible for subsidies; and (2) the amount of premium and cost-sharing subsidies for which they would qualify based on such information.
 
Increases the maximum permissible resource level for subsidy eligibility.
 
Waives the late enrollment penalty for subsidy-eligible individuals for the first 24 months of non-enrollment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
HIT for Small Business Health Care Providers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5971
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health information systems
Information technology
Inspectors general
Law
Planning
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
HIT for Small Business Health Care Providers Act of 2006 - Instructs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to ensure that a portion of certain loan amounts secured by the SBA under the Microloan program and under the 504 loan program (which finances small business concerns through loan guarantees under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958), respectively, are secured by certain guarantees.
 
Includes among the guarantee requirements that: (1) the purpose of the guarantee is to help a small business acquire capital for the purchase of materials relating to health information technology; and (2) purchase of materials is made pursuant to a plan certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
 
Requires the SBA Inspector General to review periodically a representative sample of such guaranteed loans in order to mitigate fraud and to ensure the safety and soundness of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Hydrogen Transportation Wins Over Growing Reliance on Oil (H2 GROW) Act

Bill: 109-hr-5973
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Energy
Hydrogen
Income tax
Natural gas vehicles
Retail trade
Service stations
Tax credits
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Hydrogen Transportation Wins Over Growing Reliance on Oil (H2 GROW) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of the cost of acquiring and installing qualified hydrogen-powered vehicle refueling property (fuel service stations for the retail sale of hydrogen fuel to the general public). Terminates such credit after 2013.
 
Excludes income from the sale of hydrogen fuel sold at retail for use in a hydrogen vehicle from taxpayer gross income. Terminates such tax exclusion after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Legal Services Corporation Act to provide appropriate removal procedures for the Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5974
Sponsor: Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation directors
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Inspectors general
Legal Services Corporation
Removal of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978 to grant the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) power to appoint and remove an LSC Inspector General.
 
Allows the Inspector General to be removed at any time upon the written concurrence of at least nine members of the Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5975
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinical trials
Communication in medicine
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health education
Health information systems
Medical research
Medical supplies
Pharmaceutical research
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to conduct or support reviews of existing evidence and research to develop evidence regarding comparative clinical effectiveness, outcomes, and appropriateness of prescription drugs, medical devices, and procedures.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a coordinated plan for research on methods for measuring and comparing adverse events associated with pharmaceuticals and other medical and surgical treatments so that clinicians and patients can evaluate the comparative safety and clinical effectiveness of the alternative treatment options.
 
Provides for information developed from such reviews to be made available to practitioners and patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a hardship waiver for recoupment of certain Medicare payments.

Bill: 109-hr-5976
Sponsor: Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Alabama
Collection of accounts
Disaster relief
Fines (Penalties)
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hospital care
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Medicare
Mississippi
Nursing homes
Payroll deductions
Rural health
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Taxation
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a sole acute care critical access hospital serving a rural underserved area that is a Hurricane Katrina disaster area, to: (1) waive any recoupment or recovery of certain alleged Medicare overpayments in order to permit the facility's continued provision of critical services to its Medicare and underserved populations; and (2) impose no sanction against the facility in connection with any related cost report filing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5977
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Child support
Collection of accounts
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Immigrants
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act of 2006 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) from approving a family-based immigration petition or fiance/fiancee nonimmigrant petition by a petitioner certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as owing child support arrearages.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to revoke a previously-approved petition (if a visa has not been issued or a status adjustment has not been effected) if such petition would not have been approved had the provisions of this Act been in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5978
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil War
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
History
Military parks
Missouri
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study relating to the First and Second Battles of Newtonia (Missouri) during the Civil War, including evaluating the suitability and feasibility of adding the battlefields and related sites as part of Wilson's Creek National Battlefield or designating such battlefields and sites as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-08-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager Abuse Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5979
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Conflict of interests
Consumer education
Drug industry
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Informed consent (Medical law)
Law
Medical ethics
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Pharmaceutical Benefit Manager Abuse Prevention Act of 2006 - Prohibits a pharmaceutical benefit manager from: (1) referring a patient to a pharmacy or other dispenser of pharmaceuticals that is owned or affiliated with the manager; or (2) changing the drug authorization for a patient without the patient's express consent and without informing the patient of the financial consequences.
 
Requires each pharmaceutical benefit manger to publicly disclose any kickbacks or other financial incentives or any relationship with any pharmaceutical manager.
 
Provides for civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Butterfield Overland Trail Study Act

Bill: 109-hr-5980
Sponsor: Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Arkansas
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Historic sites
History
Landowners
Landscape protection
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Right of property
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee
Texas
Trails

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Butterfield Overland Trail Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a resource study along the &quot;Ox-Bow Route&quot; of the Butterfield Overland Trail in the states of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Requires that the study evaluate a range of alternatives for protecting and interpreting the resources of the trail area, including alternatives for potential addition of such area to the National Trails System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-08-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Competitiveness in Contracting Act

Bill: 109-hr-5981
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergency Management
Government procurement
Government service contracts

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Competitiveness in Contracting Act - Permits, in awarding a contract to procure property or services in connection with a major disaster or emergency, if an executive agency awards the contract using procedures other than competitive procedures pursuant to the exception provided under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 for when the agency's need for the property or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the government would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals, such contract to be for a period of not greater than 90 days, with an option to extend that contract for one additional 90-day period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Universal College Credit Act

Bill: 109-hr-5982
Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2006-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: College costs
Education
Graduate education
Higher education
Income tax
Tuition tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: 
Universal College Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit up to $4,000 annually for the qualified tuition and related expenses of an individual taxpayer, a taxpayer's spouse, and dependents. Allows such credit for four years of undergraduate education expenses and six years of graduate or professional education expenses. Excludes expenses for courses involving sports, games, or hobbies (unless part of a degree program) and expenses unrelated to an academic program (e.g., student activity fees, athletic fees, or insurance fees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-28
text: Introduced in House