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Moving to Work Charter Program Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3508
Sponsor: Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Home ownership
Housing authorities
Housing subsidies
Labor and Employment
Low-income housing
Performance measurement
Public housing
Rent
Social Welfare
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Moving to Work Charter Program Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into charter contracts, beginning in FY2007, with up to 250 public housing agencies administering the public housing program or the section 8 housing assistance program under the United States Housing Act of 1937. 
 
States that such charter contracts shall: (1) supersede and have a term commensurate with any annual contributions contract between a public housing agency and the Secretary; and (2) provide that a participating public housing agency shall receive capital and operating assistance allocated to it under specified laws.
 
Exempts charter contracts from the requirements of the United States Housing Act of 1937, except those for payment of wages prevailing in the community and the demolition and disposition of public housing.
 
Requires a charter contract to provide that a public housing agency: (1) may combine section 8 low-income assistance and Public Housing Capital and Operating Fund assistance and use it for housing assistance and related services for activities under this Act; (2) shall ensure that at least 75% of the families assisted are very low-income families; (3) shall establish a reasonable rent policy designed to encourage employment, self-sufficiency, and home ownership by participating families; and (4) meet specified additional requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to appoint a federal advisory committee to assess and develop a demonstration program to test standards, criteria, and practices for a national public housing agency accreditation system or other evaluation system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5876-5877)
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
America's Brownfield Cleanup Act

Bill: 109-s-3509
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Brownfields
Commerce
Compensation (Law)
Environmental Protection
Hazardous wastes
Income tax
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Tax credits
Tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
America's Brownfield Cleanup Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business tax credit for 50% of expenditures for the abatement or control of any hazardous substance, the demolition of any structure, the removal and disposal of property, and the reconstruction of utilities at certain contaminated sites.
 
Allows a tax exclusion for certain contributions made for the remediation of contaminated sites. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS).

Bill: 109-s-3510
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Academic performance
Authorization
Colleges
Commerce
Community and school
Community colleges
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational accountability
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Engineering
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Mathematics
National Science Foundation
Nonprofit organizations
Rural education
School districts
Scientific education
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Standards
Teacher education
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out a program of awarding grants to high-need local educational agencies to establish partnerships for access to laboratory science to improve laboratories and to provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology instruction at the secondary school level. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5877-5878)
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3511
Sponsor: Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Apartment houses
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Finance and Financial Sector
Housing management
Housing subsidies
Mortgages
Nonprofit organizations
Rent
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 to reauthorize through FY2011: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured MultifamilyHousing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark-to-Market) program; and (2) the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring.
 
 
Permits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to waive rent level limits for: (1) disaster-damaged eligible projects; and (2) up to 9% (currently 5%) of all units subject to restructured mortgages in any fiscal year, based on certain findings of special need.
 
Redefines eligible multifamily housing project to include properties worthy of cost-effective preservation even though their rents fall below a level otherwise authorized that, on an average per unit or per room basis, exceeds the rent of comparable properties in the same market area.
 
Requires each mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan to determine, for units assisted with project-based assistance in eligible multifamily housing projects, adjusted rent levels for disaster-damaged eligible projects equal to 100% of the fair market rents for the relevant market area.
 
 
Revises requirements for an approved mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan with respect to modification or forgiveness of all or part of a second mortgage held by the Secretary (debt relief) if the project concerned is acquired by a tenant organization or tenant-endorsed community-based nonprofit or public agency. Sets forth requirements for alternative periods of eligibility for such nonprofit debt relief if the purchaser acquires the project subsequent to the date of recordation of the related affordability agreement.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-1052.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for State judicial debts that are past due.

Bill: 109-s-3512
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legal fees
State courts
Tax refunds
Tax returns
Traffic accidents and safety
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from a state judicial agency that a named person owes a past-due, legally enforceable state judicial debt, to pay such debt from any tax refund due to such person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3513
Sponsor: Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorations
Delaware
District of Columbia
Historic sites
History
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Sports and Recreation
Tennessee
Trails
Virginia
West (U.S.)
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Extension Act of 2006 - Amends the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include: (1) the route followed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the preparation phase of their expedition, starting at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, and traveling to Wood River, Illinois, and in the return phase starting from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Washington, D.C.; and (2) each designated Lewis and Clark site in the states of Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Number Online Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3514
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identity theft
Internet
Law
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: 
Social Security Number Online Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a state or local government from displaying to the general public on the Internet the last four digits of any social security number. Imposes a fine of up to $5,000 a day on any state or local government that has a policy or practice of substantial noncompliance with the requirements of this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against a state, local government, or officer, employee, or contractor of such state or local government to enforce compliance with this Act. 

Directs the Attorney General to award grants to states and local governments for removing or redacting the last four digits of social security numbers from forms and records of their executive, legislative, and judicial agencies which are currently displayed on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3516
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Housing and Community Development
Medical fees
Medicare
Physicians
Rural health
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Extension Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend permanently the floor (at 1.00) on the Medicare work geographic adjustment under the fee schedule for physicians' services.
 
(The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required, after calculating the work geographic index for payment for physicians' services furnished on or after January 1, 2004, to increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which the calculated index is less than 1.00.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11244-11245)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5952)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5952)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Heroes at Home Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3517
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces reserves
Brain
Caregivers
Clinics
Commerce
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Curricula
Department of Defense
Employment of the disabled
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Health surveys
Home care services
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical screening
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
Military dependents
Military medicine
Military operations
Military readiness
National Guard
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Public-private partnerships
Quality of care
Science, Technology, Communications
Self-employed
Small business
Social Welfare
South Asia
Stress (Psychology)
Veterans' employment
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations
Veterans' rehabilitation
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Heroes at Home Act of 2006 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to require the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health, in addition to current duties, to report to the Secretary of Defense an assessment of, and recommendations for, improving assistance to members of the National Guard and reserve returning from deployment in Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, and their families, in transitioning to civilian employment.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the Assistance Center for Employers and Employment Assistance Organizations to assist employers, employment assistance organizations, and associations of employers in facilitating such transition.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to carry out demonstration projects to assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing community-based settings for the provision of assistance to such returning members and their families, including: (1) reuniting services; and (2) education to increase awareness of the physical and mental health difficulties, including post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, that members can and may experience.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a 15-year study on the effects of traumatic brain injury incurred by such members; and (2) establish within the Department of Defense the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel to develop curricula for training family members in the provision of care and assistance to returning members for traumatic brain injuries incurred during such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5953-5956)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5952-5953)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Credit Repair Organizations Act to establish a new disclosure statement.

Bill: 109-s-3518
Sponsor: Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Amends the Credit Repair Organizations Act to require the disclosure statement a credit repair organization must provide to any consumer before any contract or agreement is executed to notify the consumer of his or her right to obtain a free copy of his or her credit report once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer reporting agencies.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5956-5957)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3519
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate commerce
Law
Meat inspection
Poultry
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
 Agriculture Small Business Opportunity and Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to approve a qualifying State meat inspection program and allow the shipment in commerce of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products so inspected. Requires the Secretary to review approved plans annually. 
Prohibits from state inspection plan participation: (1) establishments that have more than 50 employees, except for those subject to state inspection as of January 1, 2007; and (2) federally inspected establishments after such date that have more than 50 employees. 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to establish the relationship between a state program and the Secretary; and (2) provide partial reimbursement for state costs to meet federal requirements. 
Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) sampling; (2) noncompliance; (3) acceptance of interstate shipments of meat and meat food products; and (4) advisory committees. 
Directs the Secretary to temporarily suspend or take over a noncomplying state program (or an establishment). 
Makes similar amendments to the Poultry Products Inspection Act. 
Terminates the Secretary's authority to establish interstate meat and poultry inspection programs under this Act if approval and cooperative agreements have not been concluded by January 1, 2007.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5957)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act

Bill: 109-s-3520
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative remedies
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Compensation (Law)
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cyprus
Department of Justice
District courts
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Europe
Evidence (Law)
Expropriation
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability (International law)
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
International claims
Jurisdiction
Law
Legal fees
Limitation of actions
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Negotiations
New York State
Rent
Right of property
Turkey

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
American-Owned Property in Occupied Cyprus Claims Act - Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to urge the President to authorize the Secretary of State to begin negotiations with Turkey to allow for certain claims by U.S. nationals respecting real property in the Turkish-held portions of Cyprus.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Treasury a Claims Fund for the payment of unsatisfied claims of U.S. nationals against Turkey. Sets forth payment procedures.
 
Amends federal law to grant U.S. district court jurisdiction for civil actions against any private person (any natural person or legal entity other than Turkey) by a U.S. national who owns property in the Turkish-held portion of Cyprus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5957-5958)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3522
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2006-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Anadromous fishes
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fish kills
Fishery management
Government Operations and Politics
Idaho
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Montana
Oregon
Overhead costs
Power marketing administrations
Washington State
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: 
Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2006 - Amends the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to make the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Program a pass-through program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to give priority to any project that has a total cost of less than $2.5 million (currently, $5 million). Makes development and implementation of projects on land or facilities owned by an Indian tribe nonreimbursable expenditures.
 
Requires: (1) any amounts provided by the Bonneville Power Administration directly or through a grant to another entity for a project carried out under the Program to be credited toward the non-federal share of project costs; and (2) the Secretary's report on projects under such Act to be made after partnering with local governmental entities and the states in the Pacific Ocean drainage area (Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho).
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Act through FY2012. Sets forth a formula for determining the amounts that may be used for federal (including tribal) and state administrative expenses (based on the amount made available for the Program each fiscal year). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-781.
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5961-5962)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5961)
action_date: 2006-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate