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Alternative Energy Extender Act

Bill: 109-s-2401
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Alcohol as fuel
Alternative energy sources
Biomass energy
Bonds
Coal
Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Electric power production
Energy
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Excise tax
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel cells
Heating
Housing and Community Development
Hydrogen
Income tax
Investment tax credit
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied petroleum gas
Natural gas
Oils and fats
Petroleum refineries
Service stations
Solar energy
Tariff
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Alternative Energy Extender Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010: (1) the tax credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources; (2) the tax credit for holders of clean renewable energy bonds and the national volume cap for such bonds; (3) the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (4) the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; (5) the tax credit for residential energy efficient property; (6) the tax credits for investment in qualified fuel cells, microturbine power plants, and solar energy property; and (7) the income and excise tax credits for biodiesel and alternative fuels and for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.
 
Increases the maximum tax credit amounts for the advanced coal and gasification project programs. 

Extends through 2012 the taxpayer election to expense certain crude oil refinery property. 
 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend through 2010 the suspension of duties on mixtures of ethyl alcohol and ethyl tertiary-butyl ether.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2035-2036)
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2402
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank records
Cartels
Checks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Conspiracy
Consumer credit
Counterfeiting
Criminal investigation
Electronic funds transfers
Extraterritoriality
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Forgery
Government securities
Grand jury
Indictments
Law
Money laundering
Obstruction of justice
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities
Smuggling
Subpoena

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2006 - Amends money laundering provisions of the federal criminal code to redefine &quot;specified unlawful activity&quot; as: (1) any act constituting an offense in violation of the laws of the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; and (2) any act occurring outside of the United States that would constitute such an offense if committed within U.S. jurisdiction. 
 
Revises the procedure for issuing subpoenas in money laundering cases. 
 
Assigns a standard value to monetary instruments payable to bearer in blank (with no amount indicated on the instrument). 
 
Increases the penalty for bulk cash smuggling in or out of the United States from five to 10 years. 
 
Redefines money laundering transactions involving amounts greater than $10,000 to include commingling of funds from separate accounts and structured transactions designed to avoid reporting requirements. 
 
Permits a single indictment for multiple money laundering violations that are part of the same scheme or continuing course of conduct. 
 
Prohibits illegal (currently, unlicensed) money transmitting businesses. 
 
Extends the jurisdiction of the United States in money laundering cases to include activities outside of the United States that have an effect in the United States. 
 
Prohibits the possession of any material that can be used to counterfeit U.S. currencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2033-2034)
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2032-2033)
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the duty suspension on o-tert-Butylcyclohexanol.

Bill: 109-s-2404
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on o-tert-Butylcyclohexanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend the temporary duty suspension for acetanisole.

Bill: 109-s-2405
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the suspension, through December 31, 2009, of the duty on acetanisole.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on 1,2 Pentanediol.

Bill: 109-s-2406
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on 1,2 Pentanediol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on p-Anisaldehyde.

Bill: 109-s-2407
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Chemicals
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on p-Anisaldehyde.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to release documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bill: 109-s-2408
Sponsor: Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional reporting requirements
Electronic government information
Freedom of information
Government publicity
History
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Official secrets
Persian Gulf War
Public records
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
South Asia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Requires the Director of National Intelligence to make publicly available on an Internet website all documents captured in Afghanistan or Iraq during Operations Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom. Provides conditions under which the Director shall not be required to make a captured document publicly available, including providing a list of retained documents, and the criteria used for such retention, to the congressional intelligence committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2124)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2409
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Coinsurance
Community health services
Congregate housing
Disabled
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Home care services
Housing and Community Development
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental care facilities
Mental health services
Mentally disabled
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Welfare waivers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line who: (1) reside in an assisted living facility, a resident care program facility, or any other appropriate licenced facility, including a psychiatric health facility, a mental health rehabilitation center, and a mental retardation developmental disability facility; or (2) receive home and community-based services in a home setting under a home and community-based waiver.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2124-2125)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Investment Transparency and Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2410
Sponsor: Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Containerization
Corporate mergers
Corporation directors
Crime and Law Enforcement
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Foreign corporations
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Government ownership
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Marine safety
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation safety

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Foreign Investment Transparency and Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that a foreign government controlled entity may acquire, own, or otherwise control or manage any critical infrastructure of the United States only through the establishment or operation of a foreign owned general business corporation that meets specified requirements.
 
Requires a majority of the board of directors of such a corporation and its chief security officer to be U.S. citizens.
 

 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress on the processes and policies for implementation of a scanning system for 100% of all inbound maritime containers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2125-2126)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2006-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1935)
A bill to reliquidate certain entries of salmon.

Bill: 109-s-2411
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Tariff

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to liquidate or reliquidate, without assessment of antidumping duties or interest, specified entries of salmon at the port of Miami, Florida. Requires refund of any antidumping duties or interest previously paid on such entries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Return of Talent Act

Bill: 109-s-2413
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Disaster relief
Economic assistance
Emergency Management
International Affairs
Military civic action
Military occupation
Naturalization
Peacekeeping forces
Repatriation
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Return of Talent Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible immigrant alien (as defined by this Act) and family members to return for up to 24 months (with an extension available) to the alien's country of citizenship in order to make a material contribution to that country if the country is engaged in post-conflict or natural disaster reconstruction activities.
 
States that during such absence the alien and family members shall be considered to be physically and continuously present and residing in the United States for naturalization purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2127-2128)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2126-2127)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2414
Sponsor: Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN]
Introduced: 2006-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Brokers
Department of the Treasury
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Mutual funds
Securities
Tax administration
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: 
Simplification Through Additional Reporting Tax Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include within the reporting requirements of investment brokers the adjusted basis of any security owned by customers of such brokers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2196-2199)
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2415
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Cost of living adjustments
Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Veterans Burial Benefits Improvement Act of 2006 - Increases the authorized allowance for burial and funeral expenses for deceased veterans who: (1) at the time of death were in receipt of veterans' disability compensation or veterans' pension benefits; or (2) were veterans of any war or were discharged or released from active military service for a service-connected disability and for whom there is no next of kin or sufficient resources to cover funeral and burial costs. 
Increases the burial plot allowance for veterans who, at the time of death, were receiving hospital or nursing home care in or through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Authorizes the annual adjustment of such allowances based on increases in the Consumer Price Index.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2204)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2204)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Employment and Training Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2416
Sponsor: Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education
High technology
Higher education
Indian education
Job creation
Labor and Employment
Minorities
Science, Technology, Communications
Skilled labor
Technological innovations
Veterans' education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: 
Veterans Employment and Training Act of 2006 - Permits accelerated payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to an individual enrolled in an approved program of education that either: (1) leads to employment in a high technology occupation in a high technology industry; or (2) lasts less than two years and leads to employment in a sector of the economy that is projected to experience a substantial increase in the number of jobs, positively affect the growth of another sector of the economy, or consists of existing or emerging businesses that are being transformed by technology and innovation and require new skills for workers.
 
Includes as an authorized program for purposes of such assistance a program of education pursued at a tribally controlled college or university as defined under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-08
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-715.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2205)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2204-2205)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-s-2417
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arkansas
Clinton Administration
Commemorations
Ex-presidents
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Land transfers
National parks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, if the Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. donates the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, to designate the William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home site as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, to be known as the &quot;President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-547.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2205)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2418
Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Broadband
Broadcast journalism
Commerce
Competition
Direct broadcast satellites
Emergency Management
Emergency communication systems
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio broadcasting
Radio programs
Radio stations
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: 
Local Emergency Radio Service Preservation Act of 2006 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations to provide that digital audio radio satellite service (DARSS): (1) licensees may not provide services that are locally differentiated or that result in programming being delivered to consumers in one geographic market that is different from programming delivered in any other geographic market; and (2) repeaters shall be restricted to simultaneously retransmitting the programming transmitted by satellite directly to DARSS subscribers' receivers and may not be used to distribute any information not also transmitted to all subscribers' receivers.
 
Requires the FCC to complete a rulemaking proceeding to determine whether DARSS licensees should be permitted to provide locally oriented services on nationally distributed channels, taking into account, among other things, the ability of such licensees to afford listeners the same emergency and other information as is afforded listeners of local broadcast stations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2205-2206)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-s-2419
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commemorations
District of Columbia
Government Operations and Politics
History
Monuments and memorials
Tourism
Vietnam veterans
Vietnamese Conflict

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline Enforcement Act - Amends federal law which authorized construction of a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center (Center) in Washington, D.C. to require: (1) the Center to be located underground in the triangular land area between Henry Bacon Drive, 23rd Street, Constitution Avenue, and the Lincoln Memorial; and (2) final approval for the Center no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-547.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2206)
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Gulf Coast Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2420
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-03-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Animals
Coastal zone
Continental shelf
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental degradation
Fishery management
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Gas in submerged lands
Government Operations and Politics
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Land subsidence
Local finance
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine terminals
Navigation
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum in submerged lands
Revenue sharing
Shore protection
Storms
Submarine oil well drilling
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: 
Gulf Coast Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse to coastal producing states by December 31, 2006, without further appropriation, 50% of the qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues received during the preceding year.
 
Prescribes proportional allocation requirements.
 
Restricts the purposes for which the producing states and coastal political subdivisions may use such funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-15
text: Introduced in Senate