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To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle school and high school students.

Bill: 109-hr-5458
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Camping
Colleges
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Higher education
Mathematics
Nonprofit organizations
Scholarships
School districts
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Technical education
Urban affairs
Urban education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations to develop and operate summer camps designed to interest and instruct middle and high school students in science, mathematics, and technology. Conditions a nonprofit organization's eligibility on its expertise and experience in providing the public with informal science and mathematics education.
 
Requires grantees to enter into agreements with urban high-need local educational agencies on processes for selecting disadvantaged students from schools administered by such agencies for attendance at such camps. Allows the use of grant funds to cover the cost of attendance by such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To authorize funds for the United States Marshals Service's Fugitive Safe Surrender Program.

Bill: 109-hr-5459
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Church and social problems
Churches
Courthouses
Fugitives from justice
Judicial officers
Law
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Directs the U.S. Marshals Service to establish, direct, and coordinate the Fugitive Safe Surrender Program to apprehend, in a safe, secure, and peaceful manner, federal, state, and local fugitives in coordination with local law enforcement and community leaders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Sierra Vista Subwatershed Feasibility Study Authorization Act

Bill: 109-hr-5460
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
Armed Forces and National Security
Army
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Governmental investigations
Military bases
Natural areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Water use
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Sierra Vista Subwatershed Feasibility Study Authorization Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water augmentation alternatives feasibility study to identify alternatives for project implementation and construction that would be likely to balance water use within the Sierra Vista Subwatershed, including Fort Huachuca, in Arizona, with the needs of the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To suspend the Federal highway fuels taxes, to authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5462
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska
Animals
Arctic and polar regions
Commerce
Diesel motor
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Excise tax
Gas industry
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Groundwater
Infrastructure
Judicial review
Law
Natural gas
Oil and gas leases
Oil pollution
Petroleum
Petroleum industry
Petroleum storage
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Right-of-way
Tax credits
Tax exemption
Tax rates
Tax refunds
Transportation and Public Works
Underground storage
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to suspend excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene for a 90-day period after the enactment of this Act (suspension period). Provides for the reimbursement of the Highway Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for tax receipts lost during the suspension period.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to: (1) establish an oil and gas leasing program in the Coastal Plain, defined as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) 102 Coastal Plain Area; and (2) conduct two lease sales before October 1, 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-21
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase in the age of minor children whose unearned income is taxed as if parent's income.

Bill: 109-hr-5463
Sponsor: Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Age
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Parent and child

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to return to 14 the age until which the passive income of children is taxed at their parents' marginal income tax rates (the age limit had been increased to 18 by the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Identity Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-5464
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Computer security measures
Consumer credit
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Identity theft
Larceny
Law
Public records
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Veterans Identity Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide notice to each veteran whose name or other personal identifying information was part of the VA data that was stolen from the home of a VA employee around May 22, 2006, informing the veteran of: (1) the theft; (2) the nature of the breach of confidentiality; and (3) the veteran's right to request a free credit report once every three months and free monitoring of the veteran's credit report for the next year.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) include with each notification a form (with a postage-paid return envelope) by which the veteran may make such requests; (2) enter into discussions with the three principal credit reporting agencies and conclude agreements necessary to implement such elections; and (3) fully implement, as rapidly as possible, each of the 16 information security improvements recommended in the VA Inspector General's report on the March 2005 audit of the VA's Information Security Program.
 
Sets penalties for failure to implement this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5465
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Cancer
Case management
Communication in medicine
Comprehensive health care
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Health planning
Higher education
Home care services
Law
Medical education
Medical fees
Medical research
Medicare
Nurses
Physicians
Psychologists
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning services.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a two-year demonstration project for Medicare payment for comprehensive cancer care symptom management services furnished by an eligible entity in accordance with a described plan.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities for establishing a new, or expanding an existing, palliative care and symptom management program for cancer patients.
 
Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to improve the quality of graduate and postgraduate training of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, as well as continuing professional education, in palliative care and symptom management for such patients.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a program of grants for research on palliative care, symptom management, communication skills, and other end-of-life topics for such patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-24
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: 2006-05-24
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: 2006-05-24
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: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Identity Security Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5467
Sponsor: Rep. Drake, Thelma D. [R-VA-2]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Identification devices
Identity theft
Misconduct in office
Names
Public records
Right of privacy
Social Welfare
Social security numbers
Volunteer workers

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Veterans Identity Security Act of 2006 - Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of records containing personal information about veterans by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officer or employee, contractor (or employee of a contractor), or volunteer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Favorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-06-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Bioterrorism Funding Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5468
Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Biological warfare
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency medicine
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health planning
Law
Public health
Risk
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Responsible Bioterrorism Funding Act of 2006 - Requires, for FY2007 and subsequent fiscal years, that all grants to states administered by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for preparation for or response to bioterrorism be distributed in accordance with a risk-based formula predicated on a quantitative assessment of threat, vulnerability, and consequences. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) develop such formula, which shall be established and provided to the HHS Secretary by March 31, 2006; and (2) periodically review (and revise as appropriate) the formula to accurately distribute funds based on risk. Makes a revision ineffective for a fiscal year unless it is approved by both Secretaries by July 1 of the preceding year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Honest Income Disclosure Act

Bill: 109-hr-5469
Sponsor: Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Corporate accountability
Corporate finance
Data banks
Financial statements
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities regulation
Tax returns

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Honest Income Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue revised regulations requiring certain mandatory annual reports to include the income reported by the issuer to the Internal Revenue Service for the most recent taxable year, presented in a prominent location and in a manner that permits a ready comparison of such income to income otherwise required to be included.
 
Requires such information to be: (1) suitable for entry into the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR); and (2) immediately available via that system, upon receipt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5470
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefit plans
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Indexing (Economic policy)
Inflation
Off-budget expenditures
Public housing
Salaries
Social Welfare
Supplemental appropriations
Wages

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2006 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses; (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization; (3) inflation; and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay.
 
Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement or provided in supplemental appropriations laws.
 
Prohibits adjustments for inflation or or any other factor.
 
Amends the Act to extend indefinitely the formula used to calculate the baseline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3148)
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Soledad Canyon Mine Leases Adjustment Act

Bill: 109-hr-5471
Sponsor: Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Courts of special jurisdiction
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Federal-city relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Landowners
Law
Legal fees
Mining claims
Mining engineering
Mining leases
Sand and gravel industry
Transportation and Public Works
Trucking
Trucks
Urban affairs
Valuation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
 Soledad Canyon Mine Leases Adjustment Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management leases CA-20139 and CA-22901 on lands subject to a federal mineral estate, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.
 
Directs the Secretary to provide to the Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation (TMC) other financial and mineral production opportunities in exchange for the economic value invested in trying to bring leases CA-20139 and CA-22901 into commercial production.
 
Requires TMC to submit to the Secretary an itemized list with supporting documentation so the Secretary can determine that expenses associated with the leases are reasonable.
 
Prohibits the Secretary from issuing leases for mining sand and gravel in the Soledad Canyon area of California that in the aggregate authorize mining exceeding historical production levels.
 
Requires the Secretary, before issuing any lease authorizing the mining of sand or gravel in such area, to: (1) consult with the city of Santa Clarita, California, Los Angeles County, California, and the surface owners in the area; and (2) take into consideration the environmental and transportation concerns of such mining on the area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2006-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Student Savings Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5473
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2006-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting
Age
Families
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax
Minimum tax
Parent and child
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: 
Student Savings Act of 2006 - Repeals the provision of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 which subjects the passive income of minor children under the age of 18 (formerly, under the age of 14) to the marginal income tax rates of their parents. Imposes a surtax on individual adjusted gross income over $1 million to compensate for revenue losses resulting from such repeal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Introduced in House