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Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act

Bill: 109-s-3543
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air conditioning
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Department of Transportation
Energy
Environmental Protection
Fuel consumption
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Labeling
Labor and Employment
Law
Marketing
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicle safety
Signs and symbols
Speed limits
Standards
Trucks
Weather

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act - Amends federal transportation law to revise corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE Standards) for automobiles to exclude light trucks (currently, only passenger automobiles are excluded) from such standards. Prescribes graduated increased average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks beginning in model year 2009 in order to achieve a combined average fuel economy standard of at least 35 miles per gallon (or such other number of miles per gallon as the Secretary may prescribe) beginning in model year 2017. Prohibits such regulations from making any distinction between passenger automobiles and light trucks by not later than model year 2011 (effectively eliminating the SUV loophole). Sets forth minimum CAFE standards for domestic and foreign passenger automobiles manufactured in a model year prior to enactment of this Act.
 
Prescribes maximum CAFE standards for: (1) work trucks manufactured beginning in model year 2011; and (2) light trucks manufactured beginning in model year 2009.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue a motor vehicle safety standard to reduce vehicle incompatibility and agressivity between passenger vehicles and non-passenger vehicles.
 
Revises federal test procedures used to determine fuel economy values for labeling purposes to require such process to take into consideration certain current factors like speed limits, acceleration rates, and driving patterns for passenger automobiles by model year 2015.
 
Requires passenger automobiles and light trucks be equipped with fuel economy indicators and devices beginning with model year 2013.
 
Establishes a CAFE credit trading program to allow manufacturers whose automobiles exceed CAFE standards to earn credits to be sold to manufacturers whose automobiles fail to achieve such standards.
 
Revises fuel economy labeling requirements to require labels attached to passenger automobiles and light trucks to also include greenhouse gas and other emissions consequences information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6160-6162)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6159-6160)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reduce temporarily the duty on Thiamethoxam Technical.

Bill: 109-s-3544
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce temporarily the duty on Thiamethoxam Technical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Homeless Veterans Assistance and Prevention Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3545
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2006-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Authorization
Caregivers
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreclosure
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health
Homeless
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Labor and Employment
Low-income housing
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Rent
Social Welfare
Terminal care
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' employment
Veterans' loans
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation
Women
Women soldiers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: 
Comprehensive Homeless Veterans Assistance and Prevention Act of 2006 - Reaffirms: (1) the national goal to end chronic homelessness among veterans within a decade of the enactment of the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001; and (2) encouraging all federal and local departments and agencies and public and private sector entities and organizations to work cooperatively to achieve such goal. Expresses the sense of Congress that federal agencies should cooperate more fully to address the veteran homelessness problem.
 
Extends various Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and activities to assist homeless veterans, including: (1) grants for comprehensive homelessness services; (2) treatment and rehabilitation for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans; (3) the transfer to VA homeless assistance programs of properties obtained through mortgage foreclosures; (4) a grant program for homeless veterans with special needs; and (5) the homeless veteran service provider technical assistance program.
 
Extends funding for rental assistance vouchers for a VA-supported housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families occupying permanent housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6275)
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-3547
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Deceptive advertising
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government procurement
Larceny
Mail-order business
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentencing guidelines
Subcontractors
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005 (sic) - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) set forth criminal penalties for fraud in the provision of benefits or the procurement of property or services in connection with a major disaster or emergency declared under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974; and (2) increase criminal penalties for engaging in wire, radio, television, or mail fraud during and in relation to a presidentially declared major disaster or emergency. 
 
Directs the U. S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate or amend sentencing guidelines to provide for increased penalties for persons convicted of fraud or theft offenses in connection with a declared emergency or major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize appropriate action if negotiations with Japan to allow the resumption of United States beef exports are not successful, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-3548
Sponsor: Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
East Asia
Exports
Import restrictions
Imports
Japan
Meat
Tariff
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Directs: (1) the U.S. Trade Representative to certify to Congress by August 31, 2006, that Japan is no longer prohibiting the importation of U.S. beef; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, if such certification is not made, to impose additional tariffs (which shall continue until the certification is submitted to Congress) on Japan by September 30, 2006; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture to begin negotiations with Japan to end such beef import prohibitions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to allow members of the Selected Reserve enrolled in the TRICARE program to pay premiums with pre-tax dollars.

Bill: 109-s-3550
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces reserves
Finance and Financial Sector
Health
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Managed care
Military medicine
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to institute a health premium conversion plan under which members of the Selected Reserve who are participating in the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed care program) may choose between cash and health benefits under such program.
 
Requires the premium conversion plan to be designed to meet Internal Revenue Code requirements allowing premium payments with pretax dollars.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act

Bill: 109-s-3551
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Fish culture
Land transfers
Pennsylvania
Water Resources Development
Water rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Pennsylvania the following property for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as part of the state's fish culture program: (1) the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center located in Loganton, Pennsylvania; (2) all improvements and related personal property under the Secretary's control that is located on that property; and (3) all water rights relating to that property. 

action_date: 2006-09-20
text: 
Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the state of Pennsylvania the following property for use by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as part of the state's fish culture program: (1) the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center located in Loganton, Pennsylvania; (2) all improvements and related personal property under the Secretary's control that is located on that property; and (3) all water rights relating to that property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 109-339.
action_date: 2006-09-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 109-339.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3552
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Animals
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to Indians
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Head injuries
Health
Health education
Horses
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Minorities
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Performance measurement
Product safety
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to states, political subdivisions, Indian tribes and organizations, public organizations, and private nonprofit organizations for activities that encourage individuals to wear approved equestrian helmets.
 
Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of such grants.
 
Establishes an interim standard for equestrian helmets manufactured nine months after enactment of this Act pending establishment of a final standard. 
 
Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to begin rulemaking proceedings for development of a final standard. Excludes such proceedings from specified laws governing the CPSC's reliance on voluntary standards, the development of consumer product safety rules, and the CPSC's regulation of consumer products in accordance with other laws. Prohibits application of judicial review provisions to any standard issued pursuant to such proceedings.
 
Requires any failure to meet the interim standard to be treated as a violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Requires any final standard to be considered a CPSA consumer product safety standard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
10 by 10 Act

Bill: 109-s-3553
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Business records
Commerce
Consumer education
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Labeling
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Service stations
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
10 by 10 Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to make it unlawful after December 31, 2009, for any person to sell, supply, offer for sale or supply, dispense, transport, or introduce into commerce, for use in any motor vehicle, any gasoline with less than 10% renewable fuel by volume.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6288)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6287-6288)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternative Diesel Standard Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3554
Sponsor: Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Coal
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Oils and fats
Petroleum recycling
Recycling of waste products
Refuse as fuel
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Alternative Diesel Standard Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative diesel fuel (increasing from 250 million gallons in 2008 to 2 billion gallons in 2015 and determined per a prescribed formula thereafter). Requires the regulations to: (1) contain compliance provisions applicable to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers; (2) not restrict areas in which alternative diesel fuel may be used; and (3) not impose any per-gallon obligation for the use of alternative diesel fuel. Requires alternative diesel fuel to constitute 0.6% of diesel dispensed in 2008 if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations. Requires EPA to determine and publish the alternative diesel fuel obligation as a percentage of diesel each year for 2008-2015.
 
Requires such regulations to provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of transferable credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports diesel that contains a quantity of alternative diesel fuel greater than required. Authorizes the Administrator to waive alternative diesel fuel requirements on receipt of a state petition by reducing the quantity of alternative diesel fuel required based on a determination that: (1) implementation of the requirement would severely harm the economy or environment of a state, a region, or the United States; or (2) there is inadequate domestic supply of alternative diesel fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6288)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Identity Protection Act

Bill: 109-s-3555
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution
Auditing
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Data banks
Executive reorganization
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Identity theft
Judicial review
Law
Legal fees
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
Veterans Identity Protection Act or VIP Act - Establishes as an independent office in the executive branch the Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims, headed by a Director, to receive, process, and pay claims for injuries suffered as a result of the unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of identifying information stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Authorizes judicial review of claim determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify the rules of origin for certain textile and apparel products.

Bill: 109-s-3556
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Clothing
Import restrictions
Tariff
Textile fabrics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 
Amends the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to exempt certain window shades and blinds classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States from principles used in the Act to determine the origin of certain textile and apparel products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Overdose Reduction Act

Bill: 109-s-3557
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community health services
Death
Drug abuse
Drug abuse prevention
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Medical statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 
Drug Overdose Reduction Act - Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants or cooperative agreements to enable public health agencies or community-based organizations to reduce deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances, including by: (1) providing training on the effective response to individuals who have overdosed; or (2) providing overdose prevention, recognition, treatment, or response to individuals in need of such services.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) annually compile and publish data on the deaths occurring from overdoses of drugs or controlled substances for the preceding year; and (2) develop a plan to reduce the number of such deaths.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6422-6423)
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6422)
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Hepatitis B Act

Bill: 109-s-3558
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Access to health care
Alcoholism
Asian American ethnic groups
Cancer
Child health
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Epidemiology
Families
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health counseling
Health education
Health planning
Health surveys
Hepatitis
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Indian medical care
Infants
Liver diseases
Medical records
Medical research
Medical screening
Medical tests
Minorities
Native Americans
Pregnant women
Preventive medicine
Prisoners
Right of privacy
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
Sexually transmitted diseases
Vaccination
Vaccines
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: 
National Hepatitis B Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for hepatitis B prevention, control, and medical management.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) support the integration of testing, counseling, immunization, and medical referral activities into existing clinical and public health programs at state, local, and tribal levels; and (2) provide hepatitis B coordinators to health departments in order to ensure the success of such integration.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to implement programs to increase awareness and enhance knowledge and understanding of hepatitis B.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to: (1) support the establishment of a national hepatitis B surveillance program; and (2) report on population-based seroprevalence studies and hepatitis B's economic and clinical impact and its impact on quality of life.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct research on hepatitis B.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority in carrying out this Act to individuals with limited access to health education, testing, and health care services and groups that may be disproportionately affected by hepatitis B.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate