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Sudanese Diaspora Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 109-hr-4754
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Americans in foreign countries
Civil War
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to education
Government lending
Higher education
Immigrants
Immigration
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Refugees
Repatriation
Scholarships
Student loan funds
Sudan
Technical assistance
War relief

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Sudanese Diaspora Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish education loan forgiveness programs for Sudanese citizens who have become naturalized U.S. citizens or who are lawfully residing in the United States if they commit to returning to Southern Sudan for five or more years to help repair damage to infrastructure caused by the Sudanese civil war. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4755
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air traffic
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Transportation
Employee-management relations in government
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial arbitration
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Law
Legislation
Personnel management
Transportation workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to revise certain federal aviation administration personnel management system requirements to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees unless a bill is enacted into law by Congress that authorizes the change during the 60-day period beginning from the time Congress received the proposed change. (Current law does not require congressional action.) Requires the Administrator and FAA employee bargaining representatives to submit the proposed change to binding arbitration if Congress does not enact a bill into law within the 60-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the agri-biodiesel credit to oils produced from plants and animals.

Bill: 109-hr-4756
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy crops
Income tax
Oils and fats
Oilseeds
Tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to redefine &quot;agri-biodiesel&quot; for purposes of the tax credit for biodiesel used as fuel to include biodiesel derived solely from virgin oils produced from certain plants and animal fats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent hold harmless provision for sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for covered outpatient department services.

Bill: 109-hr-4757
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medicare
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a permanent hold harmless provision for sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for covered outpatient department (OPD) services.
 
Declares that, in the case of a sole community hospital for covered OPD services furnished after December 31, 2005, for which the PPS amount is less than the pre-BBA amount, the amount of payment shall be increased by the amount of such difference.
 
 
(Pre-BBA amount means an amount equal to the product of the reasonable cost of the hospital for such services for the portions of the hospital's cost reporting period (or periods) occurring in the year and the base OPD payment-to-cost ratio for the hospital.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the membership of the Board of Directors and require that each State in the service area of the Tennessee Valley Authority be represented by at least 1 member.

Bill: 109-hr-4758
Sponsor: Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Commerce
Corporation directors
Electric utilities
Energy
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Residence requirements
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley development

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to require an increase in membership from nine to 13 on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). 
 
Revises the current requirement that at least seven Board members be legal residents of the TVA service area. Requires, instead, that at least one member be a legal resident of each state in the TVA service area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4760
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Coinsurance
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare
State laws
Tax deductions
Tax exemption
Taxation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
All Kids Health Insurance Coverage Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide eligibility of all uninsured children for SCHIP. 
 
Provides for: (1) an increase in federal financial participation under SCHIP and Medicaid for states with simplified enrollment and renewal procedures for children; (2) a limitation on payments to states that have an enrollment cap but have not exhausted their available allotments; and (3) an additional enhancement to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to promote expansion of coverage to all uninsured children under Medicaid and SCHIP.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the scheduled phaseout of the limitations on personal exemptions and itemized deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional elections
Ex-offenders
Government Operations and Politics
Injunctions
Law
Presidential elections
State laws
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Second Chance Voting Rights Act of 2006 - Declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense. Applies this Act to a convicted individual upon his or her unconditional release from incarceration and completion of his or her sentence, including parole.
 
Provides for enforcement of, and remedies for, violations of this Act.
 
Prohibits construing this Act to prohibit states from affording the right to vote in any federal election on less restrictive terms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Canine Volunteer Protection Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4764
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animals
Dogs
Emergency Management
Fines (Penalties)
Police
Protection of animals
Rescue work

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Canine Volunteer Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to modify the definition of &quot;police animal&quot; for purposes of the prohibition against harming certain animals (i.e., dogs and horses) used in law enforcement to include animals employed or commissioned for search and rescue missions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E161)
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
High Threat Helicopter Flight Area Act

Bill: 109-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air cargo
Air routes
Aviation safety
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Helicopters
Labor and Employment
Law
Recruiting of employees
Security measures
Terrorism
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
High Threat Helicopter Flight Area Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to designate an area at high risk for an attack by one or more terrorists as a high threat helicopter flight area.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide screening of all passengers and property transported from a high threat flight helicopter area on a passenger helicopter equivalent to that provided for passengers and property carried aboard a domestic passenger aircraft. Requires the Secretary to develop a plan for acquiring and training personnel, including acquiring equipment, to provide such screening. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to take necessary action to ensure that: (1) no passenger helicopter flies in a high threat flight area, except on approach for landing, or departure after takeoff, in such area; (2) a passenger helicopter when flying in such area, to the maximum extent practicable, flies over water; and (3) a helicopter pilot when in flight over such area remains in contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding its flight path, irrespective of its altitude. Exempts from such requirement helicopters carrying out military, police, medical, or other operations as the Secretary of Transportation deems appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Tanning Accountability and Notification Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4767
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Barber and beauty shops
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Eye diseases
Governmental investigations
Health
Product safety
Skin cancer
Skin diseases
Ultraviolet radiation
Warning labels

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Tanning Accountability and Notification Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to determine whether: (1) the labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices provide sufficient information to consumers regarding the risks that the use of such devices pose for the development of irreversible damage to the eyes and skin, including skin cancer; (2) adding the warning suggested by the American Academy of Dermatology or any other additional warning to the current warning label would communicate such risks more effectively; and (3) there is no warning that would be capable of adequately communicating such risks. Requires the Secretary, in making such determinations, to: (1) conduct appropriate consumer testing using the best available methods for determining consumer understanding of label warnings; and (2) hold public hearings and solicit comments from the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E188)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 109-hr-4770
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Black colleges
Charities
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coins and coinage
Congress
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational associations
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Legislation
Minorities
Minority education
Scholarships
Silver
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue, during 2014, no more than 350,000 one-dollar coins designed to be emblematic of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its contribution to civil rights in America. 
 
 Requires sales to include a $10 surcharge per coin, which shall be paid to the United Negro College Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Invasive Species Control Act

Bill: 109-hr-4771
Sponsor: Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Aquatic pests
Armed Forces and National Security
Coast guard
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental research
Government Operations and Politics
Great Lakes
Infrastructure
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine terminals
Non-native species
Pest control
Science, Technology, Communications
Ships
Transportation and Public Works
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Great Lakes Invasive Species Control Act - Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to apply requirements directing vessels equipped with ballast water tanks to carry out exchange of ballast water or alternative ballast water management methods prior to entry into any port within the Great Lakes to vessels that are not carrying ballast water. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct a study of the effectiveness of alternative ballast water management methods in reducing the threat of invasive species to the Great Lakes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E186)
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4773
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College teachers
Community and school
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Graduate education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Mentoring
Recruiting of employees
Secondary education
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Preparing Excellent Teachers Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states and local educational agencies to establish and support teacher mentoring programs to attract and train teachers of exceptional ability who are mid-career professionals or recent college graduates. Places limits on the amount, number, and distribution of such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Clean Air Act to require that, after the year 2012, all gasoline sold to consumers in the United States for motor vehicles contain not less than 10 percent renewable fuel and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4774
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Alternative energy sources
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Gasoline
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring that all gasoline motor vehicle fuel sold or dispensed to consumers in the United States after 2012 contain not less than 10% renewable fuel on an annual average basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending programs of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 until after implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-4775
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2006-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Acreage allotments
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture in foreign trade
Authorization
Congress
Cotton
Dairy industry
Department of Agriculture
Economics and Public Finance
Feed grains
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Legislation
Milk
Peanuts
Sugar
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: 
Extends, with specified exceptions, commodity programs, other direct spending programs, and authorizations of appropriations under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 until implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations is enacted into law.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-16
text: Introduced in House