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National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5832
Sponsor: Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural education
Agricultural innovations
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Alternative energy sources
Biological warfare
Commerce
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Agriculture
Developing countries
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Energy
Energy crops
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Farm produce
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to research
Food safety
Food supply
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Hunger
International competitiveness
Obesity
Presidential appointments
Research centers
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Sustainable agriculture
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture Act of 2006 - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which shall be an agency composed of a Director (who shall be an agricultural researcher and scientist) and a Standing Council of Advisors.
 
Authorizes the Director to establish standing committees. Requires the Director to establish: (1) an Office of Advanced Science and Application which shall monitor national needs and advances in research to identify problems for which solutions are realistically achievable through research; (2) an Office of Scientific Assessment and Liaison which shall monitor programs and expenditures; and (3) an Office of Scientific Personnel which shall assess the number of, and need for additional, agricultural scientists in the United States.
 
Directs the Institute to provide grants to support and promote the highest quality of fundamental agricultural research, including grants to fund research proposals submitted by: (1) individual scientists; (2) research centers composed of a single institution or multiple institutions; and (3) other individuals and entities from the private and public sectors, including Department and other federal researchers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-07
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Teacher Centers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5833
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Community and school
Continuing education
Curricula
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational research
Educational technology
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Illiteracy
Labor and Employment
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Mentoring
Paraprofessional school personnel
Recruiting of employees
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Special education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Teaching

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Teacher Centers Act of 2006 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortiums of LEAs for the establishment and operation of new teacher centers or the support of existing centers. Requires that special consideration be given to high-need LEAs that serve a specified number or percentage of poor children and face difficulties in recruiting highly qualified teachers.
 
Requires teacher centers established or supported with such funds to provide: (1) high-quality professional development to teachers that will enable them to help students improve their achievement and meet state academic standards; (2) teachers with information on developments in curricula, assessments, and educational research; and (3) training and support for new teachers. Lists other permissible uses of such funds by teacher centers. Conditions a center's receipt of such assistance on its operation under the supervision of a teacher center policy board, the majority of whose members must be representatives of, and selected by, the elementary and secondary school teachers to be served by the center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1459)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5834
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Child health
Competitive bidding
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medical tests
Medically uninsured
Poor children
School health programs
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Protecting Children's Health in Schools Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish requirements for providing and receiving reimbursement for school-based health care for children, including children with special needs, and the related administrative and transportation costs covered under Medicaid. Includes health care provided through Medicaid managed care organizations.
 

 

 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, acting jointly, to develop and implement a uniform methodology for claims under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1456)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5836
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Authorization
Blacks
Boundaries
Clinical trials
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Epidemiology
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Health education
Health planning
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Immigrant health
Immigration
International Affairs
International cooperation in science
Latin America
Lung diseases
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical technology
Mexico
Minorities
Minority health
Pharmaceutical research
Preventive medicine
Public-private partnerships
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientists
Student loan funds
Tuberculosis
Vaccines
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) establish a national program for the elimination of tuberculosis and expand tuberculosis research and development activities and demonstration projects; (2) expand the duties and membership of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and require the Council to develop and implement a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; (3) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to develop new tools for the elimination of tuberculosis, including drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines; (4) require the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH tuberculosis research, to make awards to faculties of medical and osteopathic schools to develop curricula for tuberculosis prevention, management, and control, and to make awards to support career development of clinically trained professionals committed to pulmonary infection research; (5) require the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH to work to develop a tuberculosis vaccine; (6) require the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis; and (7) require the Secretary to ensure that a portion of funds appropriated to repay education loans of qualified health professionals, researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and clinical researchers is reserved for contracts with individuals who research tuberculosis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
YouthBuild Transfer Act

Bill: 109-hr-5837
Sponsor: Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apprenticeship
Appropriations
Community development
Compensatory education
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Labor
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational counseling
Elementary and secondary education
Employment of the disadvantaged
English language
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to housing
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Higher education
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Low-income housing
Mentoring
Poor children
Rental housing
Residential rehabilitation
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
YouthBuild Transfer Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a revised YouthBuild program under the authority of the Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to carry out certain activities under the YouthBuild program, including: (1) education and workforce investment; (2) supervision and training for participants in the rehabilitation or construction of housing (including residential housing for homeless individuals or low-income families), transitional housing for homeless individuals, and community and other public facilities; (3) adult mentoring; and (4) follow-up services.
 
Repeals authority for the YouthBuild program under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
 
Transfers the YouthBuild program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act

Bill: 109-hr-5838
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial statements
Fraud
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Identification devices
Identity theft
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical records
Office of Management and Budget
Personnel records
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act - Amends federal law governing public printing and documents to: (1) instruct the Director of Office of Management and Budget to establish policies, procedures, and standards for agencies to follow in the event of a breach of data security involving disclosure of sensitive personal information in violation of federal law; and (2) require timely notification to individuals whose sensitive personal information could be compromised as a result of such breach.
 
Authorizes the Chief Information Officer to enforce data breach policies.
 
Requires federal agency information security programs to include data breach notification procedures to alert individuals whose sensitive personal information is compromised. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Leadership PAC Prohibition Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5839
Sponsor: Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional reporting requirements
Election candidates
Fund raising
Members of Congress
Political action committees
Presidential elections

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Leadership PAC Prohibition Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for federal office or federal officeholder from directly or indirectly establishing, financing, maintaining, or controlling any federal or non-federal political committee other than a principal campaign committee of the candidate, an authorized committee, a committee of a political party, or other designated political committee.
 
Allows a candidate for more than one federal office to designate a separate principal campaign committee for each federal office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from paroling into the United States an alien who falls ill while seeking admission at a port of entry or seeks emergency medical assistance by approaching an agent or official of the Department of Homeland Security at or near a border.

Bill: 109-hr-5841
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Aliens
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from paroling an alien into the United States solely because he or she: (1) falls ill while seeking admission at a port of entry; or (2) approaches a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent at the border to seek emergency medical assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Genuine American Flag Act

Bill: 109-hr-5844
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Commemorations
Flags
Import restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Genuine American Flag Act - Prohibits the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United States of America (regardless of size and whether or not in compliance with the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Zhen Xing Jiang.

Bill: 109-hr-5845
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Provides for the relief of Zhen Xing Jiang.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Tian Xiao Zhang.

Bill: 109-hr-5846
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Provides for the relief of Tian Xiao Zhang.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Illegal Transshipments Enforcement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5849
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2006-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Air cargo
Commerce
Embezzlement
Evidence (Law)
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Freight
Intermodal transportation
Larceny
Law
Sentencing guidelines
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: 
Illegal Transshipments Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to repeal the requirement of specific intent to convert to personal use from the prohibition against theft or fraudulent acquisition of goods or chattels in an interstate or foreign shipment of cargo. Adds to the list of vehicles or facilities involved any trailer, air cargo container, intermodal container, trailer, container freight station, warehouse, or freight consolidation facility. Increases from one to three years the prison term for any such felony involving less than $1,000. States that goods and chattel shall be construed to be moving as an interstate or foreign shipment at all points between the point of origin and the final destination (as evidenced by the waybill or other shipping document of the shipment), regardless of any temporary stop while awaiting transshipment or otherwise.
 
Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and make appropriate changes to the federal sentencing guidelines based upon the amendments to the crime of cargo theft made by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Pool and Spa Safety Act

Bill: 109-hr-5850
Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2006-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accident prevention
Administrative procedure
Child safety
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Drainage
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Employee training
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Independent regulatory commissions
Labor and Employment
Law
Local employees
Product safety
Public service advertising
Recruiting of employees
Safety measures
Standards
State employees
State laws
Swimming pools

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: 
Pool and Spa Safety Act - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish recommended state law standards meeting specified minimum requirements for: (1) enclosure of swimming pools and spas by barriers to prevent unsupervised access by small children; and (2) systems to prevent entrapment of children by pool or spa drains. 
 
Requires the CPSC to establish: (1) a grant program to provide assistance to states in hiring and training government employees in implementing and enforcing state pool safety standards, educating the public about pool and spa safety, and administering safety programs; and (2) a national education program to inform the public of methods to prevent drownings and entrapment in pools and spas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-20
text: Introduced in House