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A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain men's footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3670
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain men's footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain other footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3671
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain other footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear not covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3672
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear not covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3673
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear not covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Bill: 109-s-3674
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear not covering the ankle with coated or laminated textile fabrics.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the suspension of duty on Methyl 2-[[[[[4-(dimethylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluorethoxy)-1,3,5-tri zin-2-yl]-amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-3-methylbenzoate and application adjuvants.

Bill: 109-s-3675
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension of duty on Methyl 2-[[[[[4-(dimethylamino)-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-1,3,5-tri zin-2-yl]-amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-3-methylbenzoate and application adjuvants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower protections available to certain executive branch employees to legislative branch employees, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3676
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Arts, Culture, Religion
Congressional agencies
Employee rights
Federal employees
Federal libraries
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Law
Library of Congress
Merit Systems Protection Board
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: 
Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to apply whistleblower rights and protections to legislative branch employees, including those of the Government Accountability Office or the Library of Congress.
 
Prescribes for violation of this Act the same remedy as would be appropriate if awarded with respect to a prohibited federal personnel practice in the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce,  and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7630-7631)
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7630)
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Independent Living Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3677
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-07-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disabled
Home care services
Long-term care
Medical supplies
Medicare
Self-help devices for the disabled
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: 
Medicare Independent Living Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in-the-home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs. Deems such devices to be durable medical equipment (DME) if they are used in customary settings for the purpose of normal domestic, vocational, or community activities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7631)
action_date: 2006-07-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing  Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3680
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Depressed areas
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Small Business Administration
Small business
Standards
Venture capital

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: 
Securing Equity for the Economic Development of Low Income Areas Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to select at least one company from each SBA geographic region when selecting companies to participate as New Markets Venture Capital companies.
 

 
Establishes in the Investment Division of the SBA the Office of New Markets Venture Capital.
 
Modifies the definition of low-income geographic area to reflect the new markets tax credit under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Revises the formula for the amount of operational assistance grants for new markets venture capital companies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7762-7763)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3681
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural pollution
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Animals
Emergency Management
Farm manure
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: 
Agricultural Protection and Prosperity Act of 2006 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to: (1) include the definition of &quot;manure&quot;; and (2) exclude manure from the meaning of &quot;hazardous substance&quot; or &quot;pollutant or contaminant&quot; under that Act. Provides that such exclusion shall not: (1) impose liability under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 with respect to manure; (2) affect any provision of the Air Quality Agreement entered into between the Administrator and operators of animal feeding operations; or (3) affect the applicability of any other environmental law as it relates to the definition of manure or the responsibilities or liabilities of any person regarding the treatment, storage, or disposal of manure.
 
Amends the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to exempt releases associated with manure (as defined under CERCLA) from the emergency notification requirements under that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7764)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7763-7764)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act

Bill: 109-s-3682
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Charter schools
Compensatory education
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Nonprofit organizations
Private schools
Scholarships
School choice
School districts
Secondary education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: 
America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies, state educational agencies, or nonprofit organizations to provide scholarships or sustained supplemental educational services to low-income students who attend, or their siblings who would attend, a public elementary or secondary school due for restructuring for failing to meet state academic performance standards. 
 
Requires such scholarships to enable students to attend: (1) the private elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice; or (2) a public elementary or secondary school of their parent's choice outside the student's home school district, consistent with state law. 
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct an independent evaluation of this program, including an assessment of its impact on student achievement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8101)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7764-7765)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

Bill: 109-s-3683
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2006-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Christianity
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Eminent domain
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Religion
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: 
Vests in the United States all right, title, and interest to, and the right to immediate possession of, Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, to provide for its preservation as a national war memorial honoring veterans.
 
Requires the United States to pay a negotiated or court-ordered amount of compensation to current owners of such property.
 
Prohibits expanding the Memorial's boundaries, upon acquisition by the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8364-8365)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to study and promote the use of energy efficient computer servers in the United States.

Bill: 109-s-3684
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Commerce
Computer industry
Computers
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost control
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Energy consumption
Energy demand
Energy efficiency
Energy supplies
Finance and Financial Sector
Fuel cells
Government Operations and Politics
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
Quality of products
Science, Technology, Communications
Superconductivity

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: 
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through the Energy Star program, to analyze and report to Congress on the growth and energy consumption of computer data centers by the federal government and private enterprise.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the United States' best interest for purchasers of computer servers to give high priority to energy efficiency as a factor in determining best value and performance for purchases of servers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9242)
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Vision Care for Kids Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3685
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Eye care
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health education
Medical tests
Optometry
Physical examinations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Vision Care for Kids Act of 2006 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to states to: (1) provide comprehensive eye examinations by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist for children identified by a licensed health care provider or vision screener, with priority to children under age nine; (2) provide treatment or services to correct vision problems of such children; and (3) develop and disseminate educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7922)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors.

Bill: 109-s-3686
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain AC electric motors.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by providing for the immediate acquisition of the memorial by the United States.

Bill: 109-s-3688
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Christianity
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Eminent domain
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Religion
Signs and symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Vests in the United States all right, title, and interest to, and the right to immediate possession of, the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, to provide for its preservation as a national war memorial honoring veterans.
 
Requires the United States to pay just compensation to the current owner of such property.
 
Prohibits expanding the Memorial's boundaries, upon acquisition by the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7922-7923)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
National Historic Country Store Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3689
Sponsor: Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Foreclosure
Government lending
Grants-in-aid
Historic sites
History
Housing and Community Development
Maintenance and repair
Marketing
Performance measurement
Retail trade
Revolving funds
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
National Historic Country Store Preservation and Revitalization Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a historic country store preservation and revitalization program to: (1) collect and disseminate information on country stores; (2) promote State and regional partnerships among proprietors of historic country stores; and (3) sponsor and conduct research on the economic impact of historic country stores in rural areas, best practices to improve profitability and protect such stores from foreclosure or seizure, and best practices for developing cooperative organizations that address economic and historic preservation needs of historic country stores and the communities served by them. 
 
Allows the Secretary to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, an eligible applicant to carry out a project to: (1) rehabilitate or repair a historic country store; (2) enhance the economic benefit of the historic country store to the communities served; (3) identify, document, and conduct research on historic country stores; and (4) develop and evaluate appropriate techniques or best practices for protecting historic country stores. 
 
Directs the Secretary to carry out a pilot project in Vermont under which the Secretary shall conduct demonstration activities to preserve historic country stores and the communities served. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, using amounts in the Fund, to make direct loans to eligible applicants for projects to purchase, rehabilitate, or repair historic country stores or to establish microloan funds to make short-term, fixed-interest rate loans to proprietors of such stores. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7923-7924)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7923)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to pay the costs of evacuating nationals of the United States from the Middle East in response to the hostilities between Israel and its neighbors that began in July 2006, and to require, except in limited circumstances, the reimbursement of such costs.

Bill: 109-s-3690
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Airline passenger traffic
Americans in foreign countries
Arab-Israeli conflict
Collection of accounts
Emergency Management
Evacuation of civilians
Foreign service
Israel
Lebanon
Middle East and North Africa
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of State to cover the costs of evacuating U.S. nationals from the Middle East in response to the Israel-Hezbollah hostilities that began in July 2006.
 
Directs the Secretary to seek reimbursement for the evacuation of private U.S. citizens or third-country nationals, with discretionary waiver authority in the case of: (1) an evacuated person for whom reimbursement would result in undue financial hardship; and (2) a person who is unable to obtain reimbursement or credit from an air carrier for the unused portion of a commercial round-trip air fare or otherwise use such air fare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3691
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Authorization
Business education
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Corporation directors
Counseling
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Entrepreneurs
Federal advisory bodies
Federal incorporation
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade promotion
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Labor and Employment
Privatization
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Social Welfare
Technology transfer
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: 
Veterans Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act to make it the principal purpose of the Veterans Corporation to establish and maintain a national network of information and assistance centers for use by veterans and the public.
 
Revises requirements for appointment of voting members of the Board of the Corporation. Shortens the term of appointment from six to four years. Provides for removal of a Board member deemed unable to fulfill his or her duties.
 
Postpones from October 1, 2006, to October 1, 2009, the date upon which the Corporation shall assume the duties of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Affairs.
 
Extends the authorization of appropriations. Revises grant matching requirements, establishing limitations on the Corporation's nonfederal sources of revenue.
 
Directs the Corporation to develop and implement a plan to raise private funds and become a self-sustaining corporation within six months after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7926)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7924-7925)
action_date: 2006-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate