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To amend the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 to require data with respect to Federal financial assistance to be available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form.

Bill: 109-hr-5060
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Federal aid programs
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government insurance
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Internet
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to work with the Administrator of General Services and other agencies to make available data regarding federal financial assistance in accordance with this Act and the E-Government Act of 2002. 
 
Prescribes implementation guidelines.

action_date: 2006-06-21
text: 
 Instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to work with the Administrator of General Services and other agencies to make available on the Internet, from a single website database, at no cost to the public, downloadable data regarding federal financial assistance in accordance with this Act and the E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Requires such data to: (1) contain all information and types of information (data fields) collected through the Federal Assistance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or any other existing federal database, as well as specified additional information about each award; (2) appear within 30 days of the award of such assistance; (3) display in a form permitting full searching and aggregation of all data fields across all agencies; (4) identify the federal financial assistance a recipient has received during the preceding 10-year period; (5) include lists of federal financial assistance awards and the dates and amounts of federal fund disbursements; and (6) identify subgrantees that are nonfederal entities.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-22
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4335)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4335)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5060.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4335-4338)
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Mr. Davis, Tom moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5062
Sponsor: Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: National forests
New Hampshire
Wilderness areas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006 - Designates specified federal lands in the White Mountain National Forest area of New Hampshire as wilderness and incorporates such lands into the Sandwich Range Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by recorded vote (2/3 required): 220 - 169 (Roll no. 472).
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by recorded vote (2/3 required): 220 - 169 (Roll no. 472).
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6994-6995)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Bordallo objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5062.
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6944-6945; text of measure as introduced: CR H6944)
action_date: 2006-09-25
text: Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2006-04-05
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Privacy Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5063
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chet [D-TX-17]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Income tax
Right of privacy
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Taxpayer Privacy Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a tax return preparer from requesting a taxpayer to consent to the disclosure or use of tax return information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund and to extend health status adjustment.

Bill: 109-hr-5064
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Case mix (Medical care)
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Finance and Financial Sector
Government trust funds
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Managed care
Medical fees
Medicare
Preferred provider organizations (Medical care)
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.
 
Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, to repeal the phase-out, and instead extend indefinitely application, of the budget neutrality factor in the health status adjustment in determining the amount of payments to Medicare Advantage Organizations. (The budget neutrality factor reflects changes in treatment and coding practices in the fee-for-service sector, as well as differences in coding patterns between Medicare Advantage plans and providers under part A and B, to the extent that the Secretary has identified such differences.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5065
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Art
Arts, Culture, Religion
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Commemorations
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Monuments and memorials
Postage stamps
Women
Women in government

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Honoring Female Congressional Pioneers Act of 2006 - Directs the Postal Service to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient means to contribute towards the acquisition (for public display) of works of art honoring Jeanette Rankin, Mary Teresa Norton, Patsy Mink, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm, and other female pioneers in government service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire additional full-time non-supervisory import specialists of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5069
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Imports

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire additional full-time non-supervisory import specialists of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection so that the number of such specialists during FY2007 and each subsequent fiscal year is at least 1,080. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary to certify to specified congressional committees, annually, that this requirement has been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Animas River Good Samaritan Mined Land Remediation Pilot Project Act

Bill: 109-hr-5071
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Colorado
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hazardous wastes
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Licenses
Mine wastes
Planning
Pollution measurement
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Animas River Good Samaritan Mined Land Remediation Pilot Project Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a 10-year pilot project under which the Administrator, with the State of Colorado's concurrence, may issue or modify, enforce, or terminate a permit to a remediating party for discharges associated with remediation activity at an abandoned or inactive mined land in the Animas River watershed above Elk Creek in San Juan County, Colorado, that modifies otherwise applicable discharge requirements, effluent limitations, and permit certification requirements. Defines a &quot;remediating party&quot; as: (1) the United States, except with respect to abandoned or inactive mined land on federal land; (2) the State of Colorado or its political subdivisions; or (3) persons that are neither responsible for site activities that contributed to pollution discharges nor owners of the site.
 
Sets forth procedural guidelines for a applying for, reviewing, issuing, enforcing, and terminating such permits for remediation activities at an abandoned or inactive mined land from which there is, or may be, a discharge of pollutants into U.S. waters. Requires: (1) an applicant to submit a remediation plan describing pollutants present, persons responsible, remediation goals, practices to meet maximum daily load allocations, the monitoring method, and the remediation schedule and budget; and (2) the Administrator to issue regulations establishing generally applicable requirements for such plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
Technological Resource to Assist Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act

Bill: 109-hr-5073
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2006-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ammunition
Arrest
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Criminal statistics
Data banks
Fines (Penalties)
Firearms
Firearms control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Identification devices
Indictments
Law
Licenses
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-03
text: 
Technological Resource to Assist Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Attorney General to: (1) revoke the license of an importer who imports or a manufacturer who manufactures a firearm that is not microstamped (i.e., the make, model, and serial number etched onto an internal surface of the firearm); (2) conduct ballistics testing of any firearm in federal custody believed to be involved in a federal or state crime and establish an electronic database with the results of such testing; (3) report to the Judiciary Committees of Congress on the use of ballistics records in federal and state criminal investigations, arrests, indictments, and prosecutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Privacy Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5075
Sponsor: Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Information services
Law
Right of privacy
Tax preparers
Tax returns
Taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Taxpayer Privacy Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit: (1) tax return preparers from using any tax return information outside the United States or disclosing such information to any person located outside the United States; and (2) disclosure or use of tax return information based on taxpayer consent, with limited exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E508)
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Numismatic Rarities Certainty Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5077
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Auctions
Awards, medals, prizes
Coins and coinage
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Exhibitions
Fund raising
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government property
Inventories
Law
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Numismatic Rarities Certainty Act of 2006 - Amends federal law governing coins and currency to provide that any coin, medal, or numismatic item made or issued by the United States before January 1, 1933, that is not in the possession of the federal government as of the date of the enactment of this Act, shall not be considered to be property of the United States unless it is reacquired by the United States for value given in a sale or exchange. 
Requires transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury of any coins, medals, and numismatic items that were struck or made by the U.S. government after 1932, which were never issued by the U.S. government, and yet come into its possession. 
 
Prescribes guidelines for disposition of such items, including historic preservation, public display, and sales at public auction.
 
Requires the Secretary to compile an inventory of all coins, medals, or numismatic items that are either: (1) in the possession of the U.S. government; or (2) on loan to, or were at any time presented to or retained by, any person or entity (other than in accordance with a specific requirement of federal law), regardless of when such item was struck or made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Department of Environmental Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5078
Sponsor: Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Cabinet officers
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Department of Environmental Protection Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as an executive department, the Department of Environmental Protection, to be headed by a Secretary of Environmental Protection who shall be appointed by the President. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Orphan Drug Tax Credit Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5080
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Clinical trials
Commerce
Drug industry
Health
Income tax
Orphan drugs
Pharmaceutical research
Research and development tax credit
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Orphan Drug Tax Credit Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to move up the date on which a taxpayer may claim the tax credit for the clinical testing of drugs for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drugs) from the date a drug is designated an orphan drug to the date the application for such designation is filed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouses Employment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5081
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Families
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Married people
Military dependents
Tax credits
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Military Spouses Employment Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include spouses of members of the Armed Forces on extended active duty (more than 90 days or for an indefinite period) as members of a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit (thus giving employers a tax incentive for hiring military spouses).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Staff Sergeant Carlos Farler Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5083
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Geoff [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2006-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Labor and Employment
Military pensions
Retired military personnel
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: 
Staff Sergeant Carlos Farler Citizen Soldier Equality Act of 2006 - Requires that, in the case of a reserve member of the Armed Forces who is retired due to disability incurred as a result of being wounded in action, or whose name is placed on the temporary disability retired list because of a disability incurred for which the member is awarded the Purple Heart, such member shall be credited with the same number of years of service that would be credited to a member of the regular (non-reserve) Armed Forces for such service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-04-04
text: Introduced in House