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To designate the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.

Bill: 109-hr-4717
Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Animals
Art
Museums
Names
Painting
Wildlife
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Designates the National Museum of Wildlife Art located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming as the &quot;National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.&quot; 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-13
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
action_date: 2006-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act

Bill: 109-hr-4718
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer discounts
Drug industry
Drugs
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Hospitals
Marketing
Nursing homes
Pharmacies
Pharmacists
Physicians
Rebates
Sales promotion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require prescription drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to annually disclose to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs the value, nature, and purpose of: (1) gifts made in connection with detailing, promotion, or other marketing activity to any physician, hospital, nursing home, pharmacist, health benefit plan administrator, or any other person authorized to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs; and (2) cash rebates, discounts, or any other financial consideration given to any pharmaceutical benefit manager in connection with such marketing activities. Defines &quot;gift&quot; as any gift, fee, payment, subsidy, or other economic benefit with a value of $50 or more, except free samples of prescription drugs and the payment of reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses in connection with a bona fide clinical trial. 
 
Requires the Commissioner to: (1) make such information available to the public; and (2) keep confidential any information related to a trade secret. Establishes civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide Federal Medicaid funding for State costs associated with ensuring access to prescription drug benefits to part D eligible individuals.

Bill: 109-hr-4721
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Collection of accounts
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Managed care
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to a state federal financial participation with respect to costs, including administrative costs, incurred by the state on or after January 1, 2006: (1) for medical assistance for covered part D drugs for full-benefit dual eligible individuals enrolled under a prescription drug plan under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA), or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice Program), but who were not reasonably able to access on a timely basis any prescription drug benefits to which they were entitled under such part; and (2) which the state reasonably expected would have been covered under such part. 
 
Directs the Secretary to provide for the recovery of the amount of federal financial participation made available to states from part D and MA-PD plans if the Secretary determines that such plans should have incurred such costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.

Bill: 109-hr-4722
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Compensation (Law)
Congregate housing
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Housing and Community Development
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare recipients

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate cost-sharing under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) for certain full-benefit dual eligible individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Enrollment Extension Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4723
Sponsor: Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drugs
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Managed care
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 open enrollment period for Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans through September 30, 2006.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
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: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4724
Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accident prevention
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Energy
Equipment and supplies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Lighterage
Maintenance and repair
Oil pollution
Science, Technology, Communications
Tankers
Transportation and Public Works
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2005 - Prohibits the operator of a tank vessel from contracting or agreeing to transfer oil to or from an onshore or offshore facility, or a vessel with a capacity over 250 barrels in U.S. waters, unless: (1) a qualified person in charge of operations oversees the operation on the barge; and (2) at least one other person qualified as a tanker-assistant is on board to maintain an oil spill watch during the transfer.
 
Requires a person or facility conducting vessel refueling and bunkering operations, or the lightering of petroleum products, or person or facility transferring low flammability fuel oil between an onshore or offshore facility and a vessel with an oil capacity of over 250 barrels, to: (1) deploy, prior to the transfer of such oil, a boom that completely contains the area around the vessel and that meets Coast Guard (CG) adopted standards; and (2) submit an operations plan to the CG prior to commencement of nighttime refueling operations.
 
Requires a person or facility conducting refueling and bunkering operations, and a person or facility transferring fuel oil between an onshore or offshore facility and a tank barge fitted with a cargo tank liquid overfill protection system, to have an overfill control panel on the dock capable of receiving an alarm and shutdown signal from the cargo tank overfill sensor system.
 
Requires an operator of a tank vessel to provide annual documentation of repairs or alterations made to a cargo tank liquid overfill protection system to the CG Office of Marine Inspection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Tax Code Termination Act

Bill: 109-hr-4725
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Commerce
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Internal revenue law
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Marriage
Saving and investment
Tax administration
Tax rates
Tax simplification
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Tax Code Termination Act - Terminates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 after December 31, 2009, except for self-employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes, and Railroad Retirement taxes. 

Declares that any new federal tax system should be a simple and fair system that: (1) applies a low rate to all Americans; (2) provides tax relief for working Americans; (3) protects the rights of taxpayers and reduces tax collection abuses; (4) eliminates the bias against savings and investment; (5) promotes economic growth and job creation; and (6) does not penalize marriage or families.

Requires that the new federal tax system be approved by Congress in its final form by July 4, 2009.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E118)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4727
Sponsor: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Claims
Disabled
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Law
Limitation of actions
Military pensions
Tax credits
Tax refunds
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Disabled Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow members of the uniformed services whose retired pay in any taxable year is reduced due to an award of disability compensation by the Department of Veterans Affairs an extension of the three-year limitation period for filing tax refund claims until one year after the date of a disability determination. Limits the period for which such refund claims may be filed to taxable years beginning less than 15 years before the date of a disability determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E119)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Integration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4728
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Alabama
Case management
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Education
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Health
Health counseling
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Housing finance
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Labor and Employment
Loans
Louisiana
Mental health services
Mississippi
Mortgages
Personal budgets
Social Welfare
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Community Integration Act of 2006 - Amends the Robert T. Staford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide caseworker assistance to individuals who are evacuated and displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina and/or Hurricane Rita and are not able to return immediately to their principal place of residence because of the structure's inhabitability. Defines &quot;caseworker assistance&quot; to include assessing and addressing an individual's needs with respect to community integration, a job, school, meeting a mortgage or other loan obligation, health, and mental health. Sets the federal share of assistance at 100%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Home Energy Assistance Tax Credit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4729
Sponsor: Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Costs
Electricity
Energy
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Natural gas
Petroleum
Propane
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Home Energy Assistance Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Allows individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for 25% of of their home energy costs (i.e., electricity, natural gas, propane, and heating oil) incurred between October 1, 2005, and March 31, 2006. Limits the amount of such credit to $200 ($400 for joint returns) and reduces the credit for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $30,000 ($60,000 for joint returns).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the phased recovery of overpayments of pay and allowances made to members of the uniformed services, to delay the start of overpayment recovery from members who are wounded or injured, or who incur an illness, in a combat operation or combat zone, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4730
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Collection of accounts
Military pay
Military personnel
Payroll deductions
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Requires the phased recovery of overpayments of pay and allowances made to a member of the U.S. uniformed services to not exceed 20% of the member's pay per month, if the overpayment was made through no fault of the member.
 
Delays recovery of pay and allowance overpayments to a member recovering from a wound, injury, or illness incurred in a combat operation or combat zone while in the line of duty until after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the member is notified of the overpayment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4731
Sponsor: Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Consumer protection
Electronic commerce
Identification devices
Internet
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006 - Requires an owner of an Internet website to destroy, within a reasonable time frame, any data containing personal information if the information: (1) is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or any other legitimate business purpose; or (2) there are no pending requests or orders for access to such information pursuant to a court order. 
 
Treats a violation of this Act as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made part of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E91)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Sergeant Henry Prendes Memorial Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4732
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Capital punishment
Clergy
Conspiracy
Emergency Management
Fines (Penalties)
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Homicide
Judicial officers
Law
Law enforcement officers
Life imprisonment
Mandatory sentences
National Guard
Paramedical personnel
Police
Religion
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Sergeant Henry Prendes Memorial Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose penalties for killing, or attempting or conspiring to kill, a current or former federally-funded public safety officer engaged in official duties or on account of the performance of official duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E103)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Government Reform Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-4735
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional veto
Cost accounting
Cost control
Economics and Public Finance
Executive orders
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Government downsizing
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Law
Legislation
Legislative resolutions
Nonprofit organizations
Presidential appointments
Presidential commissions
Privatization
Productivity in government
Public meetings
Social Welfare
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Government Reform Act of 2005 - Establishes a Government Reform Commission to: (1) examine the current configuration of executive agencies and investigate their duties and responsibilities; (2) review agency operational jurisdictions to determine whether areas of overlap exist and whether the mission of any agency has become obsolete; (3) review and report to the President and Congress on existing Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Inspector General reports, together with any other existing governmental and nongovernmental recommendations, including those offered by the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, for reducing waste in executive agencies; (4) submit to the President and Congress a proposed reorganization plan which shall provide for the realignment or closure of executive agencies to reduce duplication of services and increase productivity; and (5) transmit a copy of the plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who shall issue a public report detailing the predicted savings in federal expenditures that would result from implementing such plan. 
 
Sets forth separate provisions for presidential and congressional consideration of and actions on the proposed reorganization plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Access to Contraceptives Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4736
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Abortion
Contraceptives
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Nongovernmental organizations
Preventive medicine
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Ensuring Access to Contraceptives Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to furnish assistance to provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. 
 
States that a nongovernmental organization shall not be subject to eligibility requirements relating to the use of non-U.S. government funds that are more restrictive than those that apply to a foreign government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House