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Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 109-s-4034
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Ballots
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Congress
Congressional elections
Damages
Election fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Presidential elections
Voting
Voting machines
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Voter Suppression, Ballot Hacking, and Election Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit interference with or attempts to affect an election of a presidential or congressional candidate or ballot initiative by tampering with a voting system, discarding ballots, or altering a vote. Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to 20 years for violations.

Allows individuals whose right to vote is interfered with due to violations of this Act to bring a civil action in federal court and recover damages up to $10,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S10738)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal the school as lender program.

Bill: 109-s-4035
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Colleges
Debtor and creditor
Economics and Public Finance
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Higher education
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate institutions of higher education as eligible lenders under the Federal Family Education Loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Budget Enforcement Legislative Tools Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4036
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits
Budget resolutions
Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional budget
Congressional-executive relations
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal budget process
Government Operations and Politics
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Rescission of appropriated funds
Senate rules and procedure
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Budget Enforcement Legislative Tools Act of 2006 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for expedited consideration of certain rescissions proposed by the President of discretionary budget authority in an appropriation Act. Prohibits funds made available for obligation under this procedure from being proposed for rescission again.
 
Sets forth requirements for: (1) the President's transmittal to Congress of a special message regarding a proposed rescission; (2) a maximum 25% ceiling on amounts subject to rescission; and (3) expedited congressional consideration of such proposal.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for: (1) the first year or first five fiscal years covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget; or (2) the five fiscal years following such fiscal years.
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to retain (by eliminating the expiration of) pay-as-you-go requirements.
 
Extends specified budget enforcement mechanisms through FY2011.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4037
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Credit insurance
Crime and Law Enforcement
Damages
Deceptive advertising
Discrimination in consumer credit
Federal Reserve System
Federal preemption
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance charges
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Insurance premiums
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Lease and rental services
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Restrictive trade practices
Sales promotion
State laws
Trade regulation
Warranties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
 Rent-To-Own Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit a seller in a rent-to-own transaction from receiving or assessing any interest, finance charge, or other fee for the transaction that exceeds the interest, fees, or finance charges permissible under the laws of the state in which the seller is located which establish: (1) a maximum rate or amount of interest, finance charge, or time-price differential that may be charged in connection with a credit sale or retail installment sale for the same or a similar item; (2) the types of fees and the maximum amount of fees that a seller may so charge; or (3) the types of credit insurance and the maximum amount of premiums that can be charged for credit insurance in such a connection.
 
Permits certain additional termination charges and fees.
 
Cites federal laws which are applicable to a rent-to-own transaction.
 
Sets forth required disclosures, prohibitions, and enforcement, as well as civil liability for failure to properly disclose the terms of a rent-to-own transaction.
 
Declares this Act inapplicable to certain motor vehicles sales and leases otherwise subject to the Truth in Lending Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Resources, Environment, and Security Commission Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4038
Sponsor: Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental assessment
Environmental degradation
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
International environmental cooperation
Law
Legislation
Nongovernmental organizations
Population
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sustainable development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Global Resources, Environment, and Security Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Commission on Global Resources, Environment, and Security, a bipartisan and independent commission that will make recommendations for a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national policy for new and existing strategies initiated by the United States to promote global environmental security. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress on its findings and conclusions.
 
Authorizes the Commission to establish a multidisciplinary science, economic, and technical advisory panel. Requires the panel to ensure that the scientific information considered by the Commission is based on the best available data.
 
Encourages the Commission, Congress, and federal agencies to continue the dialogue about global environmental security after the Commission is terminated (30 days after the submittal of its report to Congress) and to examine institutional needs, including the formation of a new office.
 
Requires the President to submit to Congress and agencies a report containing a statement of proposals to carry out or respond to the Commission's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S10739-10741)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10738-10739)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Research in the Public Interest Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4040
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Drug approvals
Drug industry
Drugs
Education
Exports
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health
Higher education
Imports
Intellectual property
Inventions
Laboratories
Law
Licenses
Marketing
Medical research
Medical supplies
Orphan drugs
Patents
Research and development facilities
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Public Research in the Public Interest Act of 2006 - Requires, as a condition of receiving federal assistance, any institution of higher education or research that conceives, reduces to practice, or holds title in a subject invention to grant irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive licenses to the invention and associated rights to any party requesting such a license pursuant to this Act. Provides that licenses shall be issued for: (1) supplying medical products to countries with low-income or lower-middle income economies; or (2) conducting neglected research anywhere, royalty-free. Provides that such licenses shall be part of the institution's title in a subject invention. Makes a license under this Act irrevocable and perpetual so long as the licensee submits to the licensor payment of a fair royalty on sales of any medical product within 90 days.
 
Deems a party as automatically receiving the license requested upon submitting the required information to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Sets forth procedures for objections to the grant of a requested license.
 
Requires the holder of title or any license in a subject invention to notify the FDA of any grant or license of rights in that invention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S10743-10745)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10741-10743)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Medication Safety Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4041
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance
Attention deficit disorders
Child health
Child safety
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Families
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hyperactive children
Parent-school relationships
Problem children
Psychotropic drugs
School health programs
Secondary education
Special education
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Child Medication Safety Act of 2006 - Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds under any program or activity administered by the Secretary of Education, to develop and implement policies and procedures prohibiting school personnel from requiring a child, as a condition of attending school or receiving services, to obtain a prescription for any specified controlled substances listed under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). 
Provides that nothing in such requirement shall be construed to create a federal prohibition against teachers and other school personnel consulting or sharing classroom-based observations with parents or guardians regarding a student's academic performance or behavior in the classroom or school, or regarding the need for evaluation for special education or related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 
 
Directs the Comptroller General to review and report on: (1) variation among state definitions of psychotropic medication in state jurisdiction over public education; (2) prescription rates of medications used in public schools to treat children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other disorders or illnesses; and (3) which of such medications are CSA-listed and which are not, including properties and effects of the latter and whether they have been considered for CSA-listing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in the Senate.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10745)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a portion of Interstate Route 14 as a high priority corridor, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-4043
Sponsor: Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alabama
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Georgia
Governmental investigations
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Interstate highway system
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Road construction
South Carolina
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the Interstate Route 14 corridor from Wilmington, North Carolina, westward to El Paso, Texas, as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at the intersections of Broad Street, Seventh Street, Grace Street, and Eighth Street in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert Merhige Jr. Courthouse".

Bill: 109-s-4045
Sponsor: Sen. Allen, George [R-VA]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Courthouses
District courts
Judges
Law
Names
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Designates the United States courthouse, located at the intersection of Broad Street, Seventh Street, Grace Street, and Eighth Street in Richmond, Virginia, as the &quot;Spottswood W. Robinson III and Robert Merhige Jr .Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10747)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Port Workforce Act

Bill: 109-s-4047
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-11-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Arson
Assault
Bribery
Conspiracy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Drug abuse
Drug traffic
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Espionage
Ex-offenders
Explosives
Extortion
Firearms
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fraud
Hostages
Identification devices
Identification of criminals
Identity theft
Immigration
Insanity defense
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Larceny
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Merchant seamen
Murder
Organized crime
Rape
Sedition
Sex crimes
Smuggling
Terrorism
Transportation of hazardous substances
Transportation safety
Treason
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: 
Secure Port Workforce Act - Amends the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 to enumerate those felony offenses which would permanently disqualify or disqualify for a specified period an individual convicted of any such offenses (or found not guilty by reason of insanity) from being issued a transportation security card.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 664.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Exit the OECD Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4048
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign trade policy
Government Operations and Politics
International agencies
International cooperation
International organization
OECD countries

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Exit the OECD Act of 2006 - Prohibits the expenditure of federal funds for activities or projects undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10925-10926)
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for the redeployment of United States forces from Iraq by July 1, 2007.

Bill: 109-s-4049
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military strategy
Military training
Military withdrawal
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
States that it is U.S. policy to redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq by July 1, 2007, while maintaining in Iraq the minimal level of U.S. forces sufficient to engage directly in targeted counterterrorism activities, train Iraq security forces, and protect U.S. infrastructure and personnel in Iraq. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to jointly submit to Congress a report setting forth the strategy for such redeployment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4051
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Electronic surveillance
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
International Affairs
Judges
Judicial review
Law
President and foreign policy
Supreme Court
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Oversight and Resource Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to: (1) authorize the appointment of additional judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court); and (2) require FISA judges to act on applications for emergency electronic surveillance within 24 hours. Authorizes the hiring of additional personnel in the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and the Court to process surveillance applications.
 
Requires the Directors of the FBI and NSA to develop regulations for conducting and seeking approval for emergency electronic surveillance, preparing and submitting applications for such surveillance, and training personnel.
 
Extends from 72 to 168 hours the period during which the Attorney General may authorize emergency electronic surveillance pending judicial authorization of such surveillance.
 
Permits electronic surveillance without a court order of communications between individuals outside the United States for the purpose of collecting foreign intelligence information even if such communications pass through, or the surveillance device is located within, the United States. Requires a court order for the contents of any wire or radio communication sent by a person inside the United States to a person outside the United States.
 
Authorizes enhanced congressional oversight of electronic surveillance activities under FISA.
 
Requires Supreme Court review of any final decision of a U.S. court of appeals concerning the legality of the Terrorist Surveillance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11160)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR 12/4/2006 S11108-11109)
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10926-10927, S10928)
action_date: 2006-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4052
Sponsor: Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]
Introduced: 2006-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
East Asia
Economic assistance
Human rights
Immigration
International cooperation
Japan
Korean reunification
North Korea
Nuclear nonproliferation
Political persecution
Refugees
Relocation
Russia
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: 
North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Act of 2006 - States that purpose of this Act is to help the people of North Korea gain freedom from political oppression. 
 
Establishes in the Treasury the North Korea Refugee Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
 
Authorizes the President to use Fund amounts for: (1) refugee relief, relocation, and resettlement assistance; and (2) Korean reunification and reconstruction assistance.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the governments of South Korea, Japan, China, and Russia and other concerned governments should make commensurate commitments to: (1) assist refugees fleeing political oppression in North Korea; and (2) meet humanitarian and reconstruction needs arising in connection with the reunification of North Korea with South Korea, or the emergence in North Korea of a national government committed to respect for human rights, nonproliferation, and peaceful relations with the United States and the other countries in the region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10965-10966)
action_date: 2006-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate