hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Hurricane Katrina Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2257
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alabama
Earnings
Emergency Management
Families
Floods
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Louisiana
Mississippi
Residence requirements
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Hurricane Katrina Working Family Tax Relief Act of 2006 - Increases the refundable portion of the child tax credit in 2006 and 2007 for taxpayers who had a primary residence in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area on August 28, 2005. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S867-868)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the membership of the Board of Directors and require that each State in the service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority be represented by at least 1 member.

Bill: 109-s-2258
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation directors
Electric utilities
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Residence requirements
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to require an increase in membership from nine to 13 on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). 
 
Revises the current requirement that at least seven Board members be legal residents of the TVA service area. Requires, instead, that at least one member be a legal resident of each state in the TVA service area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2259
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizen lawsuits
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional investigations
Congressional reorganization
Contempt of legislative bodies
Fines (Penalties)
Frivolous lawsuits
Government ethics
Governmental investigations
House Standards of Official Conduct
Law
Lobbying
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Senate Ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Office of Public Integrity and the Congressional Ethics Enforcement Commission, and vests in the latter the authority of the former.
 
Grants the Commission authority to: (1) investigate lobbying disclosures filed with the Senate and the House of Representatives; (2) investigate Senate members and staff who violate restrictions on interactions with lobbyists; (3) conduct research concerning governmental ethics and implement any public educational programs it considers necessary to give effect to this Act; and (4) report annually to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (ethics committees).
 
Declares that investigation by the Commission shall be in lieu of the preliminary ethics investigation required for such ethics committees. Prohibits such committees from conducting preliminary investigations upon the Commission's establishment.
 
Authorizes the Commission, upon a majority vote, to refer a case with evidence to the appropriate ethics committee.
 
Authorizes the Office of Public Integrity, upon a majority vote of the Commission, to refer potential legal violations to the Department of Justice for civil enforcement.
 
Subjects to fines, costs of the preliminary review, and penalties individuals who: (1) file false complaints with the Commission about alleged misconduct on the part of any legislator or other person; or (2) encourage another individual to do so. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2441-2442)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S868)
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Patients Before Profits Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2260
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Commerce
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical savings accounts
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Patients Before Profits Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, with respect to the health status adjustment to certain monthly payments to Medicare+Choice organizations. Repeals the limitation to 2008, 2009, and 2010 of the requirement that, in applying such adjustment to payment amounts, the Secretary of Health and Human Services ensure that it reflects changes in treatment and coding practices in the fee-for-service sector, and reflects any differences in coding patterns between Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and Medicare providers under parts A and B. Requires the Secretary's analysis of such differences to be completed in time to ensure that the results are incorporated into the risk scores for 2008 and subsequent years (currently, only the risk scores for 2008, 2009, and 2010).
 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to repeal the requirement that the Secretary establish an MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to repeal: (1) the state option for alternative premiums and cost sharing; (2) certain special rules for cost sharing for prescription drugs; (3) a state option for permitting hospitals to impose cost sharing for non-emergency care furnished in an emergency department; (2) the state option to provide benchmark benefit packages; and (3) the authority and mandate to establish Health Opportunity Accounts demonstrations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2261
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional conference committees
Congressional information resources
Congressional voting
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Financial disclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Internet
Legislation
Lobbying
Members of Congress
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
Transparency and Integrity in Earmarks Act of 2006 - Amends rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill unless: (1) a list of all earmarks in it, the names of the requestors, and a short justification for each earmark are available to all Members, and made available to the general public on the Internet, for at least 72 hours before its consideration; (2) all earmarks are contained in the text of the bill and not incorporated by reference or directed in the committee report; and (3) all earmarks are germane to the bill.
 
Permits waiver of such prohibition only by two-thirds of the Members.
 
Amends rule XXXVII (Conflict of Interest) to prohibit a Member of the Senate from: (1) advocating inclusion of an earmark in any bill or joint resolution (or its accompanying report) or in any conference report on such legislation (including an accompanying joint statement of managers) if the Member has a financial interest in the earmark; or (2) conditioning the inclusion of language to provide funding for an earmark in such legislation (or its accompanying report or joint statement of managers) on any vote cast by the Member in whose state the project will be carried out.
 
Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan to file a mandatory disclosure report containing: (1) the name of any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such federal funding; and (2) the amount of money paid. 
 

 
 

 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that pay may not be disbursed to Members of Congress after October 1 of any fiscal year in which all appropriations acts are not passed by Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-2262
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional salaries
Economics and Public Finance
Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House of Representatives from disbursing net pay to any Member of Congress for any pay period, beginning as of the first day of any fiscal year (October 1), if Congress has not passed all final appropriations acts necessary to provide appropriations for the entirety of that fiscal year.
 
Requires disbursement of all net pay after all such final appropriation acts have been passed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-28
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: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S979-980)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom From Foreign Oil Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2263
Sponsor: Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alcohol as fuel
All terrain vehicles
Alternative energy sources
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Freedom From Foreign Oil Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to require that passenger automobiles, automobiles capable of off-highway operation, or light trucks that are manufactured after model year 2007 be capable of operating on a flexible fuel mixture (mixture containing at least 85% of ethanol by volume with gasoline). Requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations requiring such automobiles or trucks to display prominently (including in the owner's manual of each vehicle) information indicating that such vehicles are capable of operating on a flexible fuel mixture.
 
Directs the Secretary to promote the use of a mixture containing at least 85% of ethanol by volume with gasoline in motor vehicles in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Phone Record Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2264
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Consumer protection
Federal Communications Commission
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Marketing
Parties to actions
Restrictive trade practices
Right of privacy
Sales promotion
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Consumer Phone Record Security Act of 2006 - Makes it unlawful for a person to: (1) obtain, or attempt to obtain, through fraud an individual's customer proprietary network information (CPNI), or cause, or attempt to cause, such individual's CPNI to be disclosed to another person without that person's authorization; (2) sell, or offer for sale, a person's CPNI without their authorization; or (3) request another person to obtain a person's CPNI from a telecommunications carrier without proper authorization (with an exception authorizing a law enforcement official to obtain a person's CPNI provided certain conditions are met).
 
Requires enforcement of the requirements of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the states. Authorizes a person whose CPNI has been obtained, used, or sold in violation of the requirements of this Act to file an action for civil relief against the violator in the appropriate court.
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require telecommunications carriers to implement certain measures to protect a person's CPNI.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Pork-Barrel Reduction Act

Bill: 109-s-2265
Sponsor: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional conference committees
Congressional voting
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid programs
Financial disclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Lobbying
Senate rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Pork-Barrel Reduction Act - Amends rule XVI (Appropriations and Amendments to General Appropriations Bills) of the Standing Rules of the Senate with respect to consideration of appropriations bills to provide that, upon a point of order, no: (1) new or general legislation nor any unauthorized appropriation may be included in any general appropriation bill; (2) amendment may be received to any general appropriation bill that would add an unauthorized appropriation; (3) new or general legislation nor any unauthorized appropriation, new matter, or nongermane matter may be included in any conference report on a general appropriation bill; or (4) unauthorized appropriation may be included in any amendment between the chambers in relation to a general appropriation bill.
 
Sets forth procedures for consideration of such points of order. 
 
Amends rule XXVIII (Conference Committees, Reports, Open Meetings) to make it out of order to consider a conference report which includes matter not committed to the conferees by either chamber.
 
Makes the presentation of conference reports in order only after such reports are filed and made available 48 hours before such presentation.
 
Prohibits a federal agency from obligating any funds made available in an appropriation Act to implement an earmark included in an accompanying report, unless the earmark is also included in the Act.
 
Amends rule XVI to prohibit consideration of an appropriation bill or amendment between the chambers which includes unauthorized appropriations, unless such bill is accompanied by a report providing a detailed listing of: (1) all unauthorized appropriations in such bill; (2) an identification of the Member or Members who proposed the unauthorized appropriation; and (3) an explanation of the essential governmental purpose for it.
 
Imposes the same prohibition with respect to a conference report which includes unauthorized appropriations if it is not accompanied by a joint statement that provides the same detailed listing.
 
 
Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require a recipient of federal funds to file a mandatory disclosure report containing: (1) the name of any registered lobbyist to whom the recipient paid money to lobby on behalf of such funding; and (2) the amount of such payment. 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S980-981)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Disabled Veterans Fellowship Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2266
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Afghanistan
Architecture and the disabled
Armed Forces and National Security
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Congressional committee staffing
Congressional employees
Congressional fellows
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Middle East and North Africa
Senate rules and procedure
South Asia
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Disabled Veterans Fellowship Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to establish a fellowship program to encourage offices of Members of Congress, committee offices, and leadership offices to hire disabled veterans for temporary office staff positions. Excludes such veterans from limits on the authorized number of positions for such offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to withdraw normal trade relations treatment from, and apply certain provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 to, the products of the People's Republic of China.

Bill: 109-s-2267
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: China
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Emigration
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Immigration
International Affairs
Most favored nation principle
Normal trade relations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Withdraws the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) from the products of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
 
Allows the extension of such treatment to the products of that country, subsequently, only in accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 as in effect with respect to such products on the day before the effective date of PRC accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
 
Deems the extension of waiver authority in effect before such date not to have expired, and to continue in effect until 90 days after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1064-1065)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Congressional Pension Accountability Act

Bill: 109-s-2268
Sponsor: Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Annuities
Bribery
Congressional ethics
Congressional pensions
Crime and Law Enforcement
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Fugitives from justice
Government Operations and Politics
Interest
Labor and Employment
Law
Members of Congress
Misconduct in office
Perjury
Public corruption

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Congressional Pension Accountability Act - Prohibits a Member of Congress, or a survivor or beneficiary, from receiving an annuity or retired pay if such Member is: (1) convicted of bribery of public officials and witnesses, conspiracy either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States, perjury, or subornation of perjury; or (2) indicted or has outstanding charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
 
Defines &quot;Member of Congress&quot; as the Vice President, a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-28
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: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S981)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street in Dayton, Ohio, as the "Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse".

Bill: 109-s-2269
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Ex-Members of Congress
Federal office buildings
House of Representatives
Law
Names
Ohio

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 200 West 2nd Street, in Dayton, Ohio, as the Tony Hall Federal Building and United States Courthouse. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S981-982)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care COSTS Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2270
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-02-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer education
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Government paperwork
Health
Health insurance continuation
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Law
Medical economics
Tax credits
Tax refunds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: 
Health Care COBRA OffSet Tax Savings Act of 2006 or the Health Care COSTS Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for 50% of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage under a group health plan. Requires notice of the availability of this tax credit to individuals entitled to COBRA continuation coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S982)
action_date: 2006-02-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Exchange Support Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2272
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2006-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational exchanges
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Foreign students
Households
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Secondary education
Students
Tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Youth Exchange Support Act of 2006- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase, from $50 to $200 per month, the tax deduction for the expenses of certain students living in a taxpayer's household; and (2) provide an inflation adjustment, beginning in 2007, for such amount.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1072)
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1072)
action_date: 2006-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate