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A bill to amend the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement, to prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out such a requirement, and to require the Secretary to protect information obtained as part of any voluntary animal identification system.

Bill: 109-s-3862
Sponsor: Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal diseases
Animals
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Livestock
Local laws
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing or carrying out (and prohibits use of federal funds to implement or carry out) a National Animal Identification System or similar requirement that mandates the participation of livestock owners.
 
Sets forth requirements governing disclosure of information obtained through a voluntary animal identification system established by the Secretary to identify and trace animals.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
TANF Economic and Financial Education Promotion Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3863
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Commerce
Community organization
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Loans
Nonprofit organizations
Personal budgets
Restrictive trade practices
Saving and investment
Welfare work participation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
TANF Economic and Financial Education Promotion Act of 2006 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a state to use TANF grant funds to establish a program to provide economic and financial education directly for parents and caretakers receiving TANF. Allows a parent's or caretaker's hours of participation in such a program to count as a required work activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9123-9124)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9122-9123)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Help Our Patriots Employment (HOPE) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3865
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Department of Labor
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Employment of the disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Tax credits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' employment
Wages
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Help Our Patriots Employment (HOPE) Act of 2006 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include veterans entitled to compensation for a service-connected disability as targeted group members for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit; and (2) increase from $6,000 to $12,000 the amount of first-year wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit in the case of a veteran with a service-connected disability. 

Authorizes additional appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009 to operate the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9126-9127)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Education for Retirement Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3866
Sponsor: Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crimes against the elderly
Economic theory
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Identity theft
Labor and Employment
Loans
Mortgages
Personal budgets
Restrictive trade practices
Saving and investment
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Education for Retirement Security Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a grant to a national entity to carry out a subgrant program for economic and financial education. Requires a grant recipient to award subgrants to enable eligible area entities to deliver economic and financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance financial and retirement knowledge; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud and identity theft. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to: (1) create and make available materials and information that promote economic and financial education; and (2) provide training and assistance regarding the establishment of economic and financial education programs to eligible area entities awarded a subgrant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9127-9129)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9127)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
An act to designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the 'Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse'.".

Bill: 109-s-3867
Sponsor: Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Courthouses
Diplomats
International Affairs
Law
Lawyers
Missouri
Names

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Designates the federal courthouse at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the &quot;Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., Federal Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2006-09-21
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the federal courthouse at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the &quot;Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr. Federal Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2006-09-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on September 21, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Designates the federal courthouse at 555 Independence Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the &quot;Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., Federal Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10802-10803; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR 9/29/2006 S10803)
action_date: 2006-09-27
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-09-21
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9129)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9129)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Air Attainment Enforcement Act

Bill: 109-s-3868
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air pollution control
Fees
Gases
Motor vehicle pollution control
Nitrogen oxides
Ozone
Smog
Solvents
Standards
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Clean Air Attainment Enforcement Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to declare that if a state in which a covered (nonattainment) area is located does not submit a required implementation plan (for achieving and maintaining national ambient air quality standards), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): (1) shall not have discretion to select whether highway and emission offset sanctions will be imposed on the covered area; and (2) shall impose such sanctions, with a specified exception regarding the emission offset requirements.
 
Requires implementation plan revisions relating to the attainment plans for serious, severe, and extreme areas to require each major stationary source located in a covered area that emits VOCs (volatile organic compounds) or NOx (oxides of nitrogen) to pay the Administrator a fee as a penalty for the failure to attain the standard for ozone by the attainment date. Requires the Administrator: (1) upon approval of a state implementation plan, to annually determine whether a covered area is making sufficient progress to achieve attainment; (2) to impose on each major stationary source located in the covered area a penalty for failure to meet a national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone; and (3) to suspend the imposition of such penalties if a covered area is making sufficient progress for the current calendar year. 
 
Requires such fees and actions by the Administrator with respect to implementation plan revision requirements for major stationary sources that emit PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9129-9131)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

Bill: 109-s-3871
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Business records
Commerce
Data banks
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hazardous wastes
Information technology
Law
Recycling of waste products
Revolving funds
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation of hazardous substances
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system that may be used by a hazardous waste generator or transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other entity that is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material that is shipped from the generation site to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling.
 
 Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) impose service fees on users to pay for developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system; and (2) deposit the fees into the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Fund (established by this Act). 
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Governing Board; and (2) carry out this Act in each state unless the state program is fully authorized to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-1076.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3872
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cigarettes
Consumer protection
Deceptive advertising
Drug abuse
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labeling
Nicotine
Restrictive trade practices
Smoking
Tobacco industry

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2006 - Prohibits a cigarette manufacturer from: (1) using a health descriptor (e.g., &quot;light&quot; or &quot;low tar&quot;) on the label or the advertising of any brand of cigarette; or (2) making any claims or other representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before enactment of this Act. Treats any violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9132-9133)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9131-9132)
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3874
Sponsor: Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional oversight
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Courts of special jurisdiction
Criminal investigation
Electronic surveillance
Freedom of association
Freedom of speech
Government Operations and Politics
House Intelligence
Information leaking
International Affairs
Law
President and foreign policy
Presidential powers
Senate Intelligence
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 - Allows the President to authorize a Terrorist Surveillance Program (Program) of electronic surveillance without a court order for periods of up to 45 days if: (1) the President determines that the surveillance is necessary to protect the United States, its citizens, or its interests, whether inside or outside the United States; (2) there is probable cause to believe that a surveillance subject is an agent or member of a group or organization on the Terrorist Surveillance List (established in this Act); (3) the surveillance is initiated and conducted in a manner reasonably designed to acquire only communications to or from the United States where at least one party to the surveillance is located outside the United States, or the communications appear to originate or terminate outside the United States; (4) there is not a substantial likelihood that the surveillance will acquire the substance of any communication where every party thereto is located within the United States; and (5) procedures are in place for the minimization of privacy infringement standards outlined under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
 
Directs the President to establish and maintain a Terrorist Surveillance List.
 
Requires the Attorney General: (1) after the end of each Program period, to review and recommend to the President whether the program should be reauthorized; and (2) to review the surveillance of individual targets within the United States under each Program.
 
Provides for the creation of Senate and House intelligence subcommittees to oversee and monitor surveillance conducted by the President under each Program. Requires regular subcommittee reports to the full intelligence committees.
 
Amends federal criminal law to provide criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of information collected under each Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
National Security Surveillance Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3876
Sponsor: Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appellate procedure
Classified defense information
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Electronic surveillance
Evidence (Law)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Information leaking
International Affairs
Judicial opinions
Jurisdiction
Law
Management information systems
President and foreign policy
Presidential powers
Searches and seizures
State-sponsored terrorism
Supreme Court
Terrorism
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
National Security Surveillance Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (the Act) to establish a new title relating to electronic surveillance. Gives the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Court) (established under the Act) jurisdiction to review U.S. electronic surveillance programs (programs) that seek to obtain foreign intelligence information or to protect against international terrorism. Allows the Court to issue an order that authorizes a program for up to 90 days. Provides for congressional oversight of approved programs.
 
Prohibits any provision of the Act from being construed to limit the constitutional authority of the President to collect intelligence with respect to foreign powers and agents thereof.
 
Revises generally provisions of the Act concerning electronic surveillance authorizations obtained without a court order, including certification by the Attorney General, reports to congressional committees, duties and compensation of common carriers required to perform, or make equipment available for, such surveillance, and application requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill entitled the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Improvement and Enhancement Act of 2006".

Bill: 109-s-3877
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2006-09-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional-executive relations
Counterintelligence
Courts of special jurisdiction
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Delegation of powers
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Electronic surveillance
Employee training
Evidence (Law)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Foreign agents
Government Operations and Politics
Government attorneys
International Affairs
Law
Management information systems
President and foreign policy
Terrorism
Transfer of employees
Warrants (Law)

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: 
States that specified chapters of the federal criminal code relating to electronic surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) shall provide the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted. 

Prohibits any modification or repeal of any provisions of title I (Electronic Surveillance) of FISA without an express legislative directive. 

Directs the President to brief each member of the congressional intelligence committees on the Terrorist Surveillance Program of the National Security Agency (NSA) and certain other surveillance programs. 

Amends FISA to extend the period allowed for emergency electronic surveillance without a court order. 

Authorizes the Attorney General to delegate the authority to approve an application for electronic surveillance and to appoint certain personnel in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the NSA to authorize emergency surveillance in the United States. 

Authorizes the appointment of additional judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. 

Directs the Attorney General to develop and implement a classified document management system to process electronic surveillance applications.

Expands the authority of the President to authorize wartime electronic surveillance without a court order. 

Permits electronic surveillance without a court order of communications between individuals outside of the United States under certain circumstances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-08
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2006-09-07
text: Introduced in Senate